OGDCL has launched a need based scholarship program to fulfill the dreams of 130 students from financially weak backgrounds.
The scholarship program allows students to pursue higher education in a multitude of fields including Engineering, Business administration, Law, Archaeology, Defense and Strategic studies, Gender studies, History, Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Electronics, Physics, Math, IT, and Pak Studies. Both UG and PG courses are available (though with some restrictions).
The program is specifically tailored for the students belonging from OGDCL operational and concessional districts. A complete list of the areas can be downloaded here.
The objective of the program is quite straightforward. It is to provide underprivileged students, who other wise are capable and on merit, with the financial support to carry out their future education.
The scholarship program will cover the tuition, lodging and boarding fee for 130 deserving students in its first phase this year.
The following conditions must be kept in mind before applying for the program.
Some additional points regarding the offered programs are given below.
The application process is quite simple and straightforward.
Fill out this online application form. Afterwards the printed scholarship form will be submitted along with the supporting documents to the financial aid office of the partner university.
OGDCL spent Rs 141 million on the program and have said it is their social corporate responsibility to do so. With all the negativity in today’s media, steps like these must be commended.
We hope more institutions follow this act and slowly but surely change the educational landscape of our nation.