By TCN News,
Aligarh: India Wisdom Foundation (IWF), a group dedicated to assist weaker sections of Indian society in the fields of education and health, distributed scholarships to students in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on the eve of Independence Day.
The function was organized at the Ismat Literacy Centre behind the university post office here on Sunday.
On this occasion the scholarships worth Rs.210,000 was distributed among 36 students from school to professional courses like engineering.
Masood-ul Hasan, a retired professor of English and Mother Mary Stanislaus, former principal, Our Lady of Fatima School, were the chief guests who encouraged the students to work hard and excel in life.
Dr Shahid Jameel, one of the founding members of IWF, said, “The idea is to motivate students from financially poor background. We want to tell them that financial considerations should not come on their way if they want to study.”
Named as Aligarh Project, is a scholarship program run by IWF to support the education of meritorious students, who are unable to afford it. Every year 30-35 students are supported through this program with a spending of about Rs. 2.5 to 3 lakhs.
In addition to this IWF provides financial support to the Ismat Literacy Centre of the AMU Ladies Club. This Centre provides non-formal education and vocational training to about 200 girls of various ages.
It also provides Iron-Folic acid and Calcium supplements to post-puberty age girls studying in the Ismat Literacy Centre. With sustained support from IWF, one acid attack victim completed BA from Delhi University and the other has completed the nursing course from Jamia Hamdard.