By TCN News,
Aligarh: Mr. C. D. Mittal, Chairman, Smt. Urmila Mittal Memorial trust and an alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University has announced scholarships for female students of medicine and engineering faculties and AMU Schools.
Mr. Mittal, who received his Law degree from AMU in 1962 and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration thereafter, through a letter of intent, informed the Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah regarding institution of 50 scholarships of Rs. 2,500 per month for full duration of a course initially for female students of Medicine and Engineering faculties. He also announced that he will provide 35 scholarships of Rs. 500 to female students of Senior Secondary School of AMU.
Today, Mr. Mittal met the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brig. (Retd.) S. Ahmad Ali to finalize the process of awarding scholarship.
Mr. Mittal said that the Smt. Urmila Mittal Memorial Trust, New Delhi, established in memory of his mother is presently offering scholarships to about 500 girls mostly coming from Tikaram Girls’ Inter College, Chiranjilal Girls’ Inter College and some other local institutions in Aligarh. He said that, being an old boy of AMU, he would also like to bring AMU girl students of different courses, including those from its affiliated schools, into the purview of these scholarships. He said that the criteria of selection will be strictly based on genuine need of girls from economically weaker section of society who otherwise would not be able to pursue their education for the lack of money.
Mr. Mittal said that his father Shri Niranjan Lal Mittal served as the Honorary Special First Class Magistrate in Aligarh till his death.