Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 24: District Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (DGPC) president, Ranjit Singh Tohra along with Balvinder Singh vice president, Surjit Singh general secretary and senior members Dharam Prachar Committee declared to provide financial assistance to Sikh aspirants for getting coaching for IAS/KAS and other Competitive exams.
Addressing a joint press conference here today, these senior members stated that from the day DGPC members taken over the charge had decided upon to lay stress and formulate the process to arrange education to under privilege students of Sikh Community and also to impart coaching to deserving aspirants for IAS/KAS/JKSSB and other competitive exams.
They said DGPC had made a request to the community to submit applications for seeking financial assistance for the students belonging to weaker section and DGPC received number of applications which are being shortlisted keeping in view the family income and merit of the applicants and the shortlisted applicants will soon be provided financial support in shape of fee directly to the School.
Balvinder Singh said that DGPC Jammu in continuation to their efforts to give their best to the society in the field of education has taken some new initiatives. While giving detail of the initiatives taken by DGPC Jammu he stated that in the current year we have decided to provide financial assistance to the aspirants for imparting coaching for IAS/KAS and other competitive exams through the reputed coaching centres of Jammu. He said it was decided to start with minimum 20 to 25 aspirants for giving financial support. The list of aspiring candidates shall be scrutinized through written exams or on the basis of personal appearance before a panel of experts and percentage of financial assistance shall depend upon the financial background and merit of the candidate.
Balvinder stated that this scholarship will be for both who want to appear in 2023 & 2024 sessions. The interested candidates are hereby directed to fill and submit their application form (available at both the Gurudwara) at DGPC Headquarters Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Chand Nagar Jammu and DGPC Sub office at Gurudwara Baba Fateh Singh Ji in between 11.00 AM to 4.00 PM daily on or before April 30, 2023 and submit it there along with annual income proof.
Some of the prominent persons of the community who were present in the conference included Rajinder Singh Sudan, Rajinder Singh Retd ZEO, Manjit Singh, TP Singh, Tejinder Singh, Paramjit Singh, Daljeet Singh, Makhan Singh Retd DSP, Jasbir Singh, Onkar Singh and others.
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