Avanse Financial Services announces Rs 25 lakh in scholarships for 50 defence personnel children

Avanse Financial Services has announced Rs 25 lakh in scholarships for a total of 50 children of defence personnel who are postgraduate aspirants. The move will empower dreams of fifty bright Indian students with INR 50,000 each.

The scholarship amount can be used for formal education as well as alternate courses. The applicants can opt for any post-graduation and skill enhancement course of their choice.

Interested students can send in the applications for the scholarship programme from March 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020.

Students of Defence personal having an academic track record of 70%, aspiring to pursue their post-graduation can apply for the Avanse scholarship programme.

The applicant can opt for any



Post-Graduation/Skill Enhancement course and apply on scholarship@avanse.com

It has to be a full-time course and for a period of minimum 1 year.

"The sacrifices made by the families of defence personnel are often overlooked. Their children either spend a lot of time without their parent or if they are with their family, they spend a large portion of their school years moving from one base to the other," said Avanse Financial Services CEO Amit Gainda.

"While there is no true way to repay for their sacrifices, we believe that this scholarship programme will help them take a step towards their academic goals," he added.

The scholarship is subject to evaluation by Team Avanse. Students for this program will be selected on first come first serve’ basis.