Scholarships for 10th standard toppers

Students of 200 government schools across the State can now reap the benefits of ‘Muthoot M George Excellence Awards Distribution 2016’ scholarship.

Inaugurated by director of The Muthoot Group, Eapen Alexander on Thursday, the ‘Excellence Award 2016’ is a CSR initiative by the company to support children of government schools.

Students will also receive a cash prize of Rs 3,000 with a certificate signed by Educational Officer and Chairman of Muthoot M George Foundation.

Speaking after the launch, Alexander said, “We felt that we should encourage the children from the deprived class, who constitute the main student population of government schools.

We will remain duly committed towards our commitment to the community through coming up with various corporate social responsibility in the near future.”

Anuradha Devi Deputy Inspector of Schools, Golconda Mandal; P Veera Lakshmi Head Mistress, Govt High School, Trishulpark; Babu John Malayil, DGM Corporate Communications Muthoot Finance Ltd; Lt Col R Sreekanth, Regional Manager, Hyderabad region; Lt Col Chandrasekharan Suresh, regional manager, Secunderabad along with PTA members were present during the launch.

The scholarship award was launched in 2010 for the toppers of government schools in Kerala; later in 2013 it got extended to Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

The selection of scholarships is based on the list of rank holders of these schools in consultation with District Educational Offices.