Latest report:11th Annual Sophia Scholarship Award Results:

Sophia Scholarship is pleased to announce the recipients of the Year 2009 11th Annual Scholarship Awards. This year Sophia is awarding a total of 8 scholarships to academically outstanding and financially deserving students, 4 in Engineering and 4 in Medical. Sophia is very glad to announce that 3 of the 4 Engineering Scholarships are made possible by generous contributors from India through 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 8 scholarships. The new Scholarship Awards will be $2100 (Rs.1,00000) for engineering and $2400 for medicine.

Scholarship applications were received based on request for applications in Sophia Web site in October 2008. We received 88 applications (Medicine 18, Engineering 70) from all over the country; 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 2009 11th 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-February 2010. The scholarships will substantially cover tuition, boarding and lodging costs for the entire length of the Degree Program

Names of Candidates who received the Sophia Merit Scholarship Awards for 2009:

No.	NAME	INSTITUTION
Engineering
1	Mr.Ravi Varma.S	College of Engg. Anna University, Chennai
2	Mr.Anand Soraganvi	R.V.College, Bangalore
3	Mr.Vivek Kumar.T	National Institute of Technology, Trichy
4	Ms.Kavya Kishore	K.R.G.Amma College of Engg., Alappuzha
Medical
1	Mr.L.Logesh	Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai
2	Ms.P.Sathya	Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore
3	Mr.L.Vignesh	Thanjavur Medical College, Tanjore
4	Ms.Basuda Roy	Institute of P.G. Medical College, Kolkata

Candidates selected in 2008 for Full Scholarships:

Dr.Kuldip Kumar Memorial Scholarship Candidate: Rahul Gupta., Engineering

Dr.Mohit Ranjan Lahiri Memorial Scholarship Candidate: S.H.Chinanbhai, Medicine

Aruna Siva Family Scholarship Candidate: A. S.Sekar , Engineering

Dr. V. P. Viswanathan Memorial Scholarship Candidate: Mr.C.Parthiban , Medicine

B.Sivakami Memorial Scholarship Candidate: G.Dhivya , Engineering.

General Report:

• Number of Scholarships awarded to-date: 95 (12 in 2008, 5 by Sophia India)
• Scholarships are awarded only after the funds required to meet the entire duration of college studies are raised through donations from the public. The excess of funds raised minus the scholarship amounts disbursed are held in a bank checking account and CDs. This assures the Sophia Scholars that their needs will be met to the end of their undergraduate studies provided they continue to perform well.
• With the completion of the academic year 2007-2008 we have 55 Graduates, (13 in 2008), 22 doctors and 33 Engineers
• Scholarships have been awarded to 95;Hindus (88), Christians (4) and Muslims (3) who are studying in the States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Gujarat.
• Number of women Sophia Scholars: 24
• Total amount of donations raised: $ 216044 (as of June 6, 2009)
• Total amount of commitments made: $ 203500
• Total amount of disbursements made: $ 166900

 

YEAR	ENGINEERING	MEDICINE
1999	Mr. S. Praveenkumar	Ms. V. Bhuvaneswari
2000	Mr. K. Hariprasad	Ms. S. Gomathi
	Mr. R. Satishkumar	Mr. V. Jayaprakash
	Mr. E. V. Satyasai	Mr. S. Rajeshkumar
	Mr. P. R. Venkateswaran	Ms. G. V. Santhoshi
2001	Mr. S. Yogendrakumar	Ms. R. Packia Nancy
	Mr. R. Mayandi	Mr. R. Neelakandan
	Ms .M. Poornimaswarna	Mr. S. Rajanayaham
	Ms. S. Ramya	Mr. K. Yogendra
2002	Ms. Sheik Shahin Sultana	Ms. Felix Cordelia
	Mr. Kodari Ramesh	Mr. S. Sundaravadivel
	Mr. Vijay Venkataraghavan	Mr. S. Saravanan
	Mr. Balaji Chandrasekhar
2003	Ms. Nagamani Sunkana	Mr. R. Jemin Bharat
	Mr. Hussain Mohammad	Mr. N. Hari Balaji
	Mr. S. Dharmarajan	Mr. K. Suresh
	Mr. J. Sridhar Choudary	Ms. Divya Reddy
		Ms. Malathi Latha
2004	Mr. R. Sattaiah	Mr. K.Gowrishankar
	Mr. Santhosh Kumar	Ms. D. Rathika
	Mr. V. Naresh	Ms. S. Bhuvaneswari
	Mr. Sai Madubabu	Mr. G. Balakrishnan
	Mr. Aditya Choudary
	Mr. S. K. Habeeb
	Mr. B. Khalandar
	Ms. C. Sasirekha
2005	Mr. V. Bharadwaj	Mr. A. Raja
	Ms. V. Sharmila	Ms. B. Revathy
	Mr. R. Rupesh	Mr. D. Premkumar
	Ms. G. Priyanka	Mr. Jeevanandam
2006	Mr.P.Nagendra Babu	Mr. Lakshmanamurthy
	Mr.B.A.Chandramohan	Mr. D.Malleswara Rao
	Mr. Dewank Jain	Mr. V.Muthukumaran
	Mr.Tony.K.John	Mr. P.T.Durai Raaja
	Mr.N.S.Mukunda	Mr.Srinivasulu Reddy
	Mr. P.Saidulu	Mr. P.Thiyagarajan
	Mr. Pilli Srikanth
	Ms. G.Vinitha
2007	Mr.G.Srinivas	Mr.E.G.Iyyappan
	Mr.T.Srinivas	Mr.S.Mahesh
	Ms.V.Roopa	Ms.Gayatri
	Ms.N.Shwetha	Mr.N.Sailesh Kumar
	Mr.D.M.Ramprakash	Mr.Vivek Kumar
	Mr.O.T.Pari	Mr.B.Biswajit
	Mr.R.Bharathy	Mr. M.Govindaraju
	Mr.S.K.Nasir
2008	Mr. Rahul Gupta	Ms. Snigdha.B
	Ms. Renju Koshy George	Mr. S.H Chimanbhai
	Mr. Vishwanath S Kokane	Mr. C.Parthipan
	Mr. Mahadev Sambhaji Patil
	Mr. Swadesh Jain
	Mr. A. Deepan
	Ms. K.Sarojini Rani
	Ms. G.Dhivya
	Mr. A.S.Sekar
2009	Mr.Ravi Varma.S	Mr.L.Logesh
	Mr.Anand Soraganvi	Ms.P.Sathya
	Mr.Vivek Kumar.T	Mr.L.Vignesh
	Ms.Kavya Kishore	Ms.Basuda Roy

Any donor who contributes the entire cost of a student’s engineering ($2100) or medical course ($2400) is entitled to name that scholarship of their choosing! The BoD may award a scholarship in memory of person(s) distinguished in service of humanity.

Malti Prasad Memorial Scholarship. The most outstanding female Sophia Scholar each year will be awarded a Certificate. This award was instituted by the Sophia BoD in honor of (late) Mrs. Malti Prasad who had served the cause of the Indian community in the San Francisco Bay area for over 25 years. Miss. Sheik Shahin Sultana and Miss. Nagamani Sunkana, Miss V.Roopa were presented this certificate for Years 2002-2003 and Year 2003-2004, 2007-2010.

V. Kalyanasundaram Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Dr. K. Venkateswaran and Mrs. Shyamala Venkateswaran in memory of Dr. Venkateswaran’s father. Mr. Husain Mohammad has been awarded the certificate for the Years 2003-2006.

Gangagoud Kaira Memorial Scholarship and Rukmini Kaira Memorial Scholarships were donated by Dr. Lingagoud Memula and Mrs. Kala Memula in memory of Mrs. Kala’s parents. Mr. R. Jemin Bharat and Mr. N. Hari Balaji were awarded these scholarships for the Years 2003-2006.

A.S.Seshiengar Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Dr. Ravi Srinivasan and Mrs. Mallika Srinivasan in memory of Dr. Ravi Srinivasan’s grandfather. This memorial Scholarship was awarded to Mr. K. Gowrishankar for the years 2004-2007. Mr. K. Gowrishankar has joined Stanley Medical College.

CSV Memorial Educational Scholarship. This award was donated by Dr..Subrmanian and Jayalakshmi . This memorial Scholarship was awarded to Mr.G.Balakrishnan for the years 2004-2007. Mr Balakrishnan has joined Thanjavur Medical College.

Raghavan family trust Educational Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. Rajan Raghavan and Ragini This Full Scholarship was awarded to Mr.R.Sattaiah for the years 2004-2007. Mr R.Sattaiah has joined Osmania University.

Millie Ryan Legacy Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Ms. Carol Ryan in loving memory of her mother. This Full Scholarship was awarded to Mr. A. Raja, Medicine for the years 2005-2009. Mr. A. Raja has joined Stanley Medical College, Chennai

B.R.Jindal Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Krishan and Manju Jindal. This Full Scholarship was awarded to Mr. V. Bharadwaj in Engineering for the years 2005-2009. Mr. V. Bharadwaj has joined Anna University, Chennai

B.R.Jindal Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Krishan and Manju Jindal. This Full Scholarship was awarded to Ms.Revathy in Medical for the years 2005-2009. Ms.Revathy has joined Stanley Medical College, Chennai

Lakshmanalwar Memorial Scholarship. This award donated by, Dr. & Mrs. P. & S.Regunathan ,
Candidate:: N.S. Mukunda , Engineering

Shivi Kripalani Memorial Scholarship. This award donated by, Mr. & Mrs. Indru & Pramila Kriplani , Candidate:: Dewank Jain, Engineering

Har Prasad Agrawal Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by, Dr. Rajendra Prasad ,
Candidate:: Pilli Srikanth, Engineering

Kalawati Prasad Agrawal Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by, Dr. Rajendra Prasad , Candidate:: P.T. Durai Raja, Medicine

Shanti Suvan Gupta Memorial Scholarship. This award donated was by, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Candidate:: P. Saidulu, Engineering

Savitri Suvan Gupta Memorial Scholarship. This award donated was by, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Candidate:: D. Malleswara Rao, Medicine

Sivakamu Ammal Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by, Mr.Karthik Sivasubramanian , Candidate:: P. Nagendrababu, Engineering

CSV Memorial Scholarship. This award donated was by, Mr. & Mrs. C.V. & J. Subramanian ,
Candidate:: P. Thiyagarajan, Medicine

Savitri Ammal Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by, Mr. & Mrs. M. & G. Iyer ,
Candidate:: V. Muthukurmaran, Medicine

C.N.Kuppuswamy Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by, Dr. & Mrs. C.N. & R.Krishnaswamy , Candidate: B.A. Chandramohan, Engineering

Visweswaran Family Scholarship. This award was donated by, Mr. & Mrs.Visveswaran & Jaya , Candidate:: G. Vinitha, Engineering

Pallavi Group Scholarship. This award was donated by, Pallavi Group, Candidate:: Lakshmanamurthy, Medicine

K.Chandrasekaran Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Dr. & Mrs. K. & S. Venkateswaran,
Candidate :Mr. T.Srinivas, Engineering

Satya Family Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs.G. & K. Satya,
Candidate :Ms.N.Shwetha , Engineering

Girija Sundari Das Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Ranendu M.Das & Rukmani Pennathur-Das,
Candidate :Mr.G.Srinivas, Engineering

Dr.Kuldip Kumar Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Indru & Pramila Kriplani,
Candidate :Mr. D.M Ram Prakash, engineering

Aruna Siva Family Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. T. & A.Sivasubramanian,
Candidate : Mr.S.K.Nasir , Engineering

MITIANS Scholarship. This award was donated by Hari Krishnamurthy and his friends,
Candidate : Ms.R.Bharathy, Engineering

TAG Corporation Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. R.T. Chari,
Candidate :Mr.O.T.Pari , Engineering

Shyamala Devi Memorial. This award was donated by Mr. & Dr. S. & R.Mamidi,
Candidate :Mr.Vivek Kumar , Medicine

Rukmini Ramani Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Avinash Yewle & Gomathi Sadhasivan,
Candidate :Ms. Gayatri, Medicine

Sudha & krishna Chander Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Krishna & Sudha Chander,
Candidate :Mr. M.Govindaraju, Medicine

T.N.Srinivasan Memorial Scholarship. Donated by, Dr. & Dr. Kastoori Iyengar & Rangaprasad Sarangarajan,
Candidate :Mr.E.G.Iyyappan, Medicine

Dr.Mohit Ranjan Lahiri Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Indru & Pramila Kriplani,
Candidate : Mr.N.Sailesh Kumar , Medicine

Dr. V. P. Viswanathan Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. A. & U. Ramesh,
Candidate :Mr.B.Biswajit , Medicine

Kalyani Vaidyanathan Scholarship. This award was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Ravi and Mallika Srinivasan,
Candidate :Mr.S.Mahesh , Medicine

K.Chandrasekaran Memorial Scholarship, This award was donated by, Dr. & Mrs. K. & S. Venkateswaran,
Candidate :Mr. T.Srinivas, Engineering

Dr.Kuldip Kumar Memorial Scholarship, This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Indru & Pramila Kriplani. Candidate Rahul Gupta., Engineering

Dr.Mohit Ranjan Lahiri Memorial Scholarship, This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Indru & Pramila Kriplani. Candidate S.H.Chinanbhai, Medicine

Aruna Siva Family Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. T. & A.Sivasubramanian,
Candidate : A. S.Sekar , Engineering

Dr. V. P. Viswanathan Memorial Scholarship. This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. A. & U. Ramesh,
Candidate :Mr.C.Parthiban , Medicine

B.Sivakami Memorial Scholarship This award was donated by Mr. & Mrs. S.Balakrishnan,
Candidate :G.Dhivya , Engineering.

 

• The Board of Directors campaign and collect funds in U.S.A for award of Scholarships. Based on the funds raised the number of scholarships to be awarded for the year are decided.
• The Advisory Committee issues an advertisement in a reputed daily newspaper in August of each year soliciting applications from high-performing, needy students entering engineering or medical colleges. The students need to produce evidence of admission into any recognized college in India and a declaration of financial status.
• All applicants are ranked by academic achievement (score in High School final examination). The top twelve students in each category (engineering and medicine) are evaluated against financial need based on their declarations and verification by AC as required.
• Advisory Committee makes recommendation to the Board of Directors the names of candidates selected for award of scholarships for the year.
• The BOD reviews and approves the awards and issues checks in annual installments directly to the students who will be known as Sophia Scholars.
• The Advisory Committee monitors the performance of the Sophia Scholars before subsequent years’ disbursements of funds. Stating this year for the new scholars Scholarship amount is raised due to inflation and the drop in value of dollar. The previously awarded scholars will be paid at the old rate of $700 in the first year and $500 for the following 3 years, except that medical students receive an additional $300 in the final (fifth) year. These amount to a total of $2200 for engineering scholars and $2500 to the medical scholars. The new scholars will be awarded $600 in the first year and $500 for the following 3 years, except that medical students receive an additional $300 in the final (fifth) year. These amount to a total of $2100 for engineering scholars and $2400 to the medical scholars.