Saroja & Rajanna Scholarship Program

To recognise and encourage a bright student, who may or may not be in a dire financial need, but who has the potential to be a future leader. It observes the merit, financial situation and potential leadership qualities in the applicants.

The program is active from the academic year 2008-09.


2nd year students

All students of 2nd year of Engineering and MCA at Vasavi College of Engineering are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

2-steps

Selection process consists of two stages. First, the completed application form, along with the detailed responses to the essays, has to be sent to srsp@jtrust.org in a document. Second, an interview would be conducted for short-listed candidates. A final recipient of the scholarship would be announced based on the application and the interview.

5 questions to answer


  • E1: Tell us about the various aspects of your life for the past 18 years. Provide more details and cover as much information about you as you can.
  • E2: What are your plans and goals in short (3-5 years), long term (10-15 years) and life term (30-40 years)? Provide us more details by explaining your career path and what you want to achieve and stand for in your life.
  • E3: How are you going to execute the plans and reach the goals that you mentioned in E2? A practical and realistic answer would be appreciated.
  • E4: Where do you want to use the money that you get as part of the scholarship, once selected for it?
  • E5: List the major challenges that you have faced in your life. Provide details of a few of the major challenges and how you overcome the challenge. What did you learn from each one of those?

Rules


  • 1. The students should send the completed application form & essay responses to all the 5 questions in an MS-Word document (*.doc or *.docx format) as an attachment to the e-mail. The e-mail should be send to srsp@jtrust.org.
  • 2. The subject of the e-mail should be "Application for Saroja & Rajanna Scholarship Program at VCE - "Student full name".
  • 3. There is no given word-limit for the essay answers. The work should & must be on your own. It should NOT be a fiction (or) story created for the purpose of the scholarship.
  • 4. The student is NOT selected based on the quality of the English language. This is not a test of English language skills. The program recognizes students equally who might have come from Telugu medium background.
  • 5. On the response sheet, students should also furnish their name, college, roll no., branch, contact phone no. and e-mail address.
  • 6. A personal interview would be conducted for the short-listed students.
  • 7. Fill the application form attached below and send it along with the essays document.

    Application Form


NOTE: The selected student should show a consistent improvement in his academic and overall performance in the 2nd year. A review will be done after 1st semester. Based on the results, the last 6 payments would be made.

For shortlisted students

Usually, interview will be conducted in the college on a working day. Details will be posted here.

Scholarship details

  • A selected student will receive a scholarship amount of Rs. 3,500/- per month for a period of 12 months, in addition to the Certificate of Scholarship. The total scholarship amount is Rs. 42,000/- .
  • A girl student will be selected for the 'Promising future leader award', given a one-time scholarship amount of Rs. 2,500, and a Certificate of award.
  • A boy student will be selected for the 'Promising future leader award', given a one-time scholarship amount of Rs. 2,500, and a Certificate of award.
  • For the academic year 2013-14,

    Announcement of the scholarship program 30-Aug
    Last date to receive the applications by e-mail 16-Sep
    Announcement of short-listed students 7-Oct
    Personal Interview 8-Oct to 11-Oct
    Announcement of the Selected students 14-Oct

    Below students received the scholarship

    Name of the student Academic Year
    G Kanakaiah 2008-09
    M Mahesh 2009-10
    V Sathish 2010-11
    B Renuka 2011-12
    V Gouthami 2012-13
    Evaluation is in progress 2013-14