
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: During its Golden Jubilee Year, Dogra Group of Institutions has announced scholarships for the meritorious students and also free-ships for those who are meritorious but have no means to pursue their career in Law, B Ed, BA, B Com & BBA etc.
Announcing the scholarships, Thakur Gulchain Singh Charak, Chairman, Dogra Group of Institutions, informed that those who have secured 75 percent or more marks in the qualifying examination shall be granted scholarship of Rs 5000/- in the first year at the time of admission and the same shall continue if the student keeps on scoring 75 percent or more marks in the subsequent years as well.
The students who obtain 75 percent or more marks in the respective university examination during the course of study irrespective of their initial score, are also entitled for scholarship of Rs 5,000/- for the respective year of the course only, he added.
The Chairman, elaborated that three percent of the enrolment in Dogra Group of Colleges shall be awarded “Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship” from the session 2016-17. In this category, top merit (not below 75 percent) based on the score in the qualifying exam from Board/University, if joins in any of the Dogra Group of Colleges and whose parents’ income is less than Rs 75,000/- per annum from all means, shall be offered Freeships to pursue their career in Law, B Ed, BA, B Com and BBA.
Dogra Educational Trust has also decided to honour the outstanding achiever in the Dogra Law College as Law Genius who scores overall first position in the aggregate in the University of Jammu with “Maluk Law Genius Gold Medal Award”, which carries a Gold Medal & a cash prize of Rs 15,000/-.
Likewise, to honour the outstanding teacher in the making, a B Ed student if completes his/her 2 years course from the Dogra College of Education and scores first position in the aggregate from the University of Jammu, shall also be awarded Matushri Gold Medal for the Best Teacher Trainee, which shall also carry Gold Medal & cash award of Rs 15,000.
Mr Charak further informed that in the yearlong Golden Jubilee celebrations, various activities are being organized to further the cause of pride in Dogra culture, monuments, history, language & achievement of Dogra heroes.
Surekha Charak, Uma Katal, Samar Dev Singh Charak, Gambhir Dev Singh Charak and S C Khajuria were also present in the press conference.