Excelsior Correspondent
RAJPURA, Aug 1: Dr Baljit Kaur, Punjab Government’s Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development, said that Bhagwant Mann Govt will streamline the implementation of Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) and would ensure that no SC students is deprived of education.
She said this during the inauguration ceremony of Aryans Scholarship Mela, organised by Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, near Chandigarh at Abohar Palace.
Akash Bansal, SDM Fazilka was guest of honour on the occasion. Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges, presided over the function. Deep Kamboj from Aam Aadmi Party and Gagan Chugh, CEO, Bombay Institute, Abohar were also present.
Baljit Kaur said that in the Aryans Scholarship Mela, 100 SC daughters from backward and border areas including Malout, Fazilka, Muktsar, Ferozepur, Jalalabad, Abohar etc will fulfill the dream of getting education in Chandigarh without any tuition fees in Aryans Group of Colleges.
While expressing gratitude to the Minister, Dr Anshu Kataria said that under her visionary guidance two months back an initiative of “Each One, Reach One, Teach One” was taken to choose needy & deserving students of Abohar, Malout, Fazilka etc. “Today we have selected around 100 students belonging to categories including General & SC/ ST to study in Aryans Group of Colleges in various job oriented courses including B Tech, Law, Pharma, Nursing, Paramedical, Management, Education, Agriculture etc,” he added.
SDM Akash Bansal appreciated the efforts of Dr Anshu Kataria and the entire Aryans management to organise this event for needy & deserving students.
Gagan Chugh, Chief Executive Officer, Bombay Institute Abohar, said that SC/ ST students would be given free education while on the other hand General students have also been selected for partial scholarship as per Govt rules.
Around 100 eligible students were selected under the SC / ST Scholarship Scheme and scholarship letters were distributed. After getting the scholarship letters, the students said that they were thankful to Aryans Group for doing virtuous work by giving admission under Scholarship Scheme on zero fee basis.
On the occasion, Dr Garima Thakur, Deputy Director, Aryans Group; Manpreet Maan, Dean Scholarship Dept; Er Jaswinder Singh, HoD, Aryans College of Engineering, Faculty members including Dr Dharmender Singh, Manjeet Kaur, Ramanpreet Kaur etc were also present.