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Plaksha announces ‘Bharti Scholarship’ to empower students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds

Date: February 15, 2021

Plaksha, an upcoming university backed by leading technology entrepreneurs, business leaders and corporates, today announced the prestigious ‘Bharti Scholarship’ for undergraduate students. Launched in association with Bharti Foundation with an aim of going beyond a financial commitment, Bharti Scholarship will be extended to exceptional students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds to pursue full-time undergraduate studies at Plaksha. The scholarship also aims to promote women in technology. 

Introduced with a vision to go beyond financial commitment, it offers a transformational experience for students to develop academically and professionally. The scholarship will be awarded on an annual basis to deserving candidates subject to eligibility through a stringent selection process. As part of this scholarship, the recipients known as “Bharti Scholars”, will be eligible for:
 

  • Student mentoring program by senior faculty and industry leaders during the first year.  

  • Participation in Exchange Programs with Global Universities to broaden their horizon with projects, research, etc. 

  • Lifelong fellowship, visit Plaksha campus anytime, attend conferences that cover a wide range of topics and volunteer at Alumni events

Announcing the scholarship, Mr Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Vice-Chairman, Bharti Enterprises and Co-Chairman, Bharti Foundation said, “We believe that one right step, no matter how small it is, can lay a solid foundation for transforming the Indian education system into a vibrant knowledge hub. Our aim to offer ‘Bharti Scholarship’ is to provide access to high-quality education across research, design, innovation and entrepreneurship to students, enabling them to be future-ready. We are confident that with this scholarship program, we will enable many bright students to pursue higher studies and achieve success in their life thereby contributing immensely to the country’s economic growth in the future.” 

Mr Vineet Gupta, MD, Jamboree Education and Founder and Trustee, Plaksha said, "We are thankful to Bharti to partner with Plaksha to offer ‘Bharti Scholarship’ to nurture bright young individuals from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and empower them to become trailblazers of tomorrow. Bharti’s vast experience and deep commitment to furthering quality education and research in India has added immense value to this collective mission. We are working together to build future leaders by providing them right tools to evolve as a professional and achieve success in life.”

About Bharti Foundation:

Bharti Foundation was set up in the year 2000 as the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises. It implements and supports programs in primary, secondary and higher education as well as sanitation. Since 2006, the flagship Satya Bharti School Program has been providing free quality education to thousands of underprivileged children in 183 schools in rural areas across six states, with a focus on the girl child. The impact of quality education has been scaled-up by transferring the learning and good practices of this program to 2,35,440 students studying in 802 partner government schools across 14 states and union territories, through the Satya Bharti Quality Support Program, since 2013.  Satya Bharti Abhiyan, the sanitation initiative started in 2014, has benefitted 1,86,461 beneficiaries by improving sanitation conditions in the districts of Punjab, providing access to toilets and by fostering behavioral change in communities. Together, these programs have cumulatively impacted over 2 million community members