BHU to launch scholarship for economically weak MBBS students-Education News

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is going to set up a new scholarship for students pursuing their first year of MBBS and coming from economically weaker backgrounds very soon, the university announced on Sunday.

This initiative is intended to help and support meritorious students who come from financially weaker backgrounds by providing them Rs 25,000 in the first year of MBBS course. Ramesh Chandra Gupta, an alumnus of BHU and former professor and head of the department of metallurgical engineering at IT-BHU (now IIT-BHU), has donated Rs 5 lakh to his alma mater. An official from BHU said,” The new scholarship scheme Dr. Bhoj Raj Varma and Smt. Shanti Varma Memorial Scholarship is named after the close relatives of Gupta”. It will be started by the BHU using the donation made under the Pratidanascheme, an official statement said.  This scholarship will help deserving students pursue their dreams of becoming doctors without the burden of financial constraints, said the statement. 

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