New Delhi, Oct 18, 2024: Bharti Airtel Foundation has recently hosted an investiture ceremony, celebrating the achievements of 282 students under Bharti Airtel Scholarship program. These students hail from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, pursuing technology courses at top 50 NIRF engineering institutions in India.
The ceremony highlighted the inspiring journeys of these students and featured esteemed dignitaries underscoring the importance of education in shaping the nation’s future and the transformative impact of the scholarship in the lives of the scholars.
In celebration of its 25th year of philanthropic journey, this scholarship has been designed with the goal of expanding reach to 4,000 scholars, with an outlay of over Rs 100 crore per year as the Program reaches its full potential.
Bharti Airtel Foundation aims to support deserving students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, with a focus on girl students, to become future technology leaders. To achieve this goal, a merit-cum-means based scholarship program, Bharti Airtel Scholarship, has been designed for students enrolled in technology-based engineering undergraduate (UG) courses and 5-year integrated programs (as per the eligibility criteria) in the top 50 NIRF Engineering institutes.
The students receiving the scholarship are called Bharti Scholars. The fully funded scholarship is envisaged to eliminate financial barriers that hinder access to quality education to meritorious students. It covers 100% annual fees over the duration of the course, including meal and accommodation charges to those who apply for it. A laptop will also be provided to all Bharti Scholars in the first year for assisting them in studies.
 Prof Srinivasan Raghavan, Chair of CeNSE IISc, Prof Govindan Rangarajan, Director IISC, Siddharth Jain, Director - INOX Group, Diganta Sarma, RBH - INOXAP and Dr Dhavala Suri, Asst Prof, CeNSE.JPG)
