Sophia Scholarships will be awarded to students for pursuing
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Medicine after completion
of higher secondary education.
Students entering first year college only eligible to apply.
Students from any part of India may apply to pursue an undergraduate program
in any
Indian University.
Sophia Merit Scholarships goal is to help outstanding students from poor
families
so that deserving families are extricated from poverty. Although there are
many
respectable and worthy fields of study, in the Indian situation, engineering
and
medicine are two fields, which continue to be secure, and financially
rewarding.
The completed application form along with the requested details and
attachments
should reach the contact address by October 30 2008. After the selection
process
is completed the candidates will be informed of the decision by
November/December of 2008.
The awards for the selected Sophia Scholar will be distributed towards the
end February 2009
at an award ceremony in Chennai.
Awards will be sent by mail to Sophia Scholars who are unable to attend the
Award Ceremony.
Deadline for receiving all required documents and application form is Oct
30, 2008.
For further details visit: http://www.sophiascholarship.org
For application form http://www.sophiascholarship.org/SCH_APP_FORM_2008.pdf
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