The
quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his
commitment to excellence and striving for excellence in education
is not aiming at the sky but looking beyond the skies.
Vedanta Resources plc. is a London Stock Exchange listed and
FTSE 250 International metals and mining major with interests
in Aluminium, Zinc, Copper, Silver and Lead, having operations
in India, Australia and Africa. It holds its interests in
these businesses through Sterlite Industries India Ltd. (
SIIL ) in Copper, Bharat Aluminium Company Limited ( BALCO
) and Madras Aluminium Company Limited ( MALCO ) in Aluminium
and Hindustan Zinc Limited in Zinc and Lead.
BALCO, a proud member of the Vedanta Group
has made a substantial progress since its acquisition.The company which used to produce less than one lakh tonne of Aluminium is now producing 2.5 lakh tonnes.
With its' eyes set on bringing excellence in everything in
the State of Chhattisgarh, BALCO invites applications from
bright and talented aspirants from economically weaker sections
of the society who cherish a dream to pursue education from
a premier engineering institute of the country. For encouraging
such talent BALCO unveils a Scholarship Scheme 'UTKARSH'
Salient Features of the Scheme
•
The scheme is applicable to the bonafide residents of
Chhattisgarh state.
• Preference
shall be given to the students who hail from economically
weaker section of the society with family’s annual income
not
exceeding Rs 1.25 Lacs.
• Upto
21 students can avail the scholarship every year in the field
of Engineering from the academic session 2009 - 2010 onwards.
• Students having confirmed admission for BE / B.Tech in premier institutions viz. all Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), all National Institute of
Technology (NIT), Birla Institute of Technology- Pilani and Indian Institute of Sciences - Bangalore shall be eligible to apply for the
scholarships.
• The scholarship
being merit cum means shall cover tuition fee, study material
and hostel fee. Each student can avail the scholarship amount
as per actuals upto a maximum of Rs 31,000
in one academic session.
• Students
who continue to secure 65% marks or equivalent GPA score shall
be eligible for the benefit of scholarship in subsequent years.
• Students
securing scholarship during 4 year of Engineering shall be
considered for employment in any of Vedanta Group Companies.
• No correspondence
regarding the scholarship will be entertained and the decision
of BALCO management will be binding for all
• BALCO
reserves the right to change and/or modify the scheme at any
point of time.
Opening from 20th September 2009
Last date of Submission 31st October 2009
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