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Merit Scholarship Inc., a charitable non-profit corporation
dedicated to improve the lives of deserving and financially disadvantaged
families through the gift of education
Latest Information:
Announcing 10th
Annual Sophia Scholarship Award Results!
Sophia Scholarship is pleased
to announce the recipients of the Year 2008 10th Annual Scholarship
Awards. This year Sophia is awarding a total of 15 scholarships to academically
outstanding and financially deserving students, 9 in Engineering and
6 in Medical. Sophia is very glad to announce that 4 of the 9 Engineering
and 1 of the 6 Medical Scholarships is made possible by generous contributors
from India thorough Sophia India organization.. The Board and the Advisory
Committee would like to thank all the donors for their generous contributions
to enable us to give record 15 scholarships. The new Scholarship Awards
will be $2100 (Rs.1.00,000) for engineering and $2400 (Rs.1.15,000)
for medicine.
Advertisement calling for
Scholarship was published in the Sophia Web Site and in “The Hindu”
dated September 30/ 2008. We received an overwhelming response of 1324
applications ( Medicine 128, Engineering 1196) from all over the country,
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, CSBE, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand,
and West Bengal. The Advisory Committee reviewed all the applications
based on Merit, Financial Resource of the Parents and other eligibility
criteria outlined in the application forms. The committee recommended
a list of candidates for the Award. Sophia Board of Directors reviewed
the Advisory Committee recommendations and unanimously approved the
selection.
Sophia Board and the Advisory
Committee would like to congratulate all the recipients of Year 2008
10th Annual Sophia Scholarship Awards. Sophia would also like to thank
all those who applied for the scholarship and were not selected. We
wish them the very Best in their educational endeavors .All the selected
Scholars have been intimated and the awards will be distributed at a
special ceremony in Chennai in mid May 2009. The Scholarships will substantially
cover tuition, boarding and lodging costs for the entire length of the
Degree Program.
To view the list of recipients
of this year, click on the Program
Page.
Mailing Address:
SOPHIA MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
INC
5437 TREE SIDE DRIVE
CARMICHAEL CA 95608
Phone:
916-485-4238, 916-359-5104, 408-997-2702
E-mail:
info@sophiascholarship.org
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