Hyderabad, Jun 22 : Ms K Sloka Chandra and Mr Sayyad Mahamood Aali, BA final year students of GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GSHS), GITAM (Deemed to be University), Hyderabad Campus, have been selected for the prestigious Ashoka University’s Young India Fellowship (YIF).
Earlier, Sai Venkat Nihith Bodepudi was also selected for this fellowship, a release said on Tuesday.
By this 11th cohort of the YIF – the Class of 2022 (one year full-time residential program), Sloka and Ali have qualified for a very restrictive scholarship of almost 100 per cent (waiver of Tuition and Hostel fee worth Rs.9.45 lakhs) to pursue his fellowship.
They also will join a distinctive group of about 200 young individuals from diverse academic, professional, socio-economic and geographic backgrounds to get guidance and support on their journey to significant leadership positions in India and the world.
YIF will help them to evolve personally and professionally, in a world-class learning environment from the most inspiring and accomplished faculty around the globe from prestigious Universities.
On graduating from the program, they will be awarded a postgraduate diploma in Liberal Studies from Ashoka University. They also have the option to apply for an additional year of study and pursue a PG in Liberal Studies, Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program or the Mother Teresa Fellowship for Social Impact.
Prof N Siva Prasad, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, GITAM, Hyderabad, DVVSR Varma, Resident Director, Prof VVV Nagendra Rao, the Director of School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GSHS) has appreciated Sloka & Ali on their academic accomplishment and bringing laurels to the GSHS in such a short time of its establishment.(uni)