SGPC, Cambridge varsity to institute scholarships for Sikh students
Charu Chhibber
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 29. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) plans to institute scholarships in collaboration with the University of Cambridge (UK) for needy and meritorious Sikh students for research studies leading to MPhil and PhD degrees.
SGPC president Jathedar Avtar Singh said the SGPC had received a proposal from the Department of Human Resources, University of Cambridge (UK), in February this year regarding providing opportunities to Indian students from the Sikh community.
Michael O’ Sullivan Joseph, Director, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, arrived in India a few days back to discuss the modalities for the creation of scholarships.
The Trust grants about 860 scholarships to Commonwealth students who are meritorious and fulfill the eligibility for admission to Cambridge varsity.
Joseph visited important institutions accompanied by the Director, Education, SGPC. He held a meeting with the SGPC chief in which the Director, Education and Principal of College of SGPC and Agya Paul Singh from Ludhiana participated.
The amount of scholarships will be shared as 50 per cent each between the SGPC and the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. The scholarships will be granted through the SGPC-Cambridge University Education Foundation.
The University of Cambridge, which is celebrating its 800th anniversary this year, and has decided to open its doors to Guru Granth Sahib for the first time in whose presence an MoU will be signed in July, 2009.
Sikh students who will avail the scholarships for MPhil or PhD degrees will fill a five-year bond to serve at the appropriate level in various educational institutions of the SGPC. The SGPC on the one hand plans to build up its core faculty and on the other, needy and meritorious students will get an opportunity to study at the most prestigious university of the world which has produced approximately 75 Nobel laureates, informed the SGPC chief.
A four-member committee, comprising Vice-Chancellor, Guru Granth Sahib World University, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Director, Education, SGPC, GS Walia, chief coordinator Agya Paul Singh and Inderjeet Singh Seehra of Cambridge University, has been formed to finalise the modalities with the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust regarding the SGPC Cambridge Scholarship Programme.
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the information that you given above is valid for graduates or also for undergraduates , if valid then whats the processure of applying for this scholarship ??????