Infosys merit scholarships for SC/ST students

DAVANAGERE: Students who belong to SC/ST with merit must toil hard to earn good recognition and seek higher degrees for a better living, called upon Sugar Minister S A Ravindranath here recently.

Distributing merit-scholarship of Rs 5,000 each to 30 meritorious students who had scored highest marks in SSLC and PUC exams in district sponsored by Infosys Foundation at a programme organised by district administration, he said the students of these communities who face all sort of difficulties and challenges in their life will score more marks and become model for others.

Try to get good name and fame to your parents, teachers and society through your bright education, he called upon. After securing jobs, work for the total welfare of society and not become a trouble shooter for society, he advised.

It was good work done by Infosys Foundation of identifying the poor, helping them financially, said MP G M Siddeshwara. Since large number of SCs and STs population was found in district, continuing their education had become a problem, it was right decision of district administration joining hands with the Infosys for presenting such merit scholarships, he lauded.

Although government was giving drinking water, furniture, study materials to schools, financial assistance for education was important.

This honest and great work taken up by Sudha Murthy, was commendable, Shivshankar said. Through Infosys library facility for schools were given. Identification of merit students was additional encouragement for poor students to reach the ladder of success, said DC M B Dyaberi.

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