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Mumbai: The Fair & Lovely Foundation invites Project
Saraswati Scholarship applications for the year 2004.
These scholarships for postgraduate studies are granted
to deserving young women who have the aptitude, drive
and ambition to achieve their goals, but are constrained
due to their financial resources. Application forms will
be published in leading dailies across the country through
press advertisements on the 1st & 2nd of May or can
be downloaded from www.hll.com. The last date for receiving
entries is 5th June 2004.
Project
Saraswati is one of the several projects undertaken
by the Fair & Lovely Foundation for the economic
empowerment of women. The programme directors for Project
Saraswati are Dr. Snehalata Deshmukh, ex-vice chancellor,
Mumbai University and padmashri Lila Poonawalla, founder
& chairperson, Lila Foundation and chairperson,
DeLaval.
In
the urban phase of Project Saraswati, scholarships of
up to Rs l lakh will be awarded to deserving young girls
from across the country, for any postgraduate course
within India. The scholarships will be given on the
basis of academic performance and a personal interview
by a panel of eminent judges; and as per terms and conditions
laid down by the Fair & Lovely Foundation Charter.
Application forms can be mailed to: Project Saraswati,
Fair & Lovely Foundation, P.O. Box No. 11281, Marine
Lines Post Office, Mumbai 400 020.
Dr.
Snehalata Deshmukh, ex-vice chancellor, Mumbai University
and one of the programme directors, said, “Educating
a woman is the best way to empower her, and commitment
towards higher education helps empower underprivileged
women. This initiative of the Fair & Lovely Foundation
will encourage deserving young women gain higher education
and thus, will help empower them.”
In
2003 the Fair & Lovely Foundation awarded scholarships
to 47 deserving women students out of a total of 5000
applicants.
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