VIT (AP) offers Rs 62 lakhs as scholarships to Covid-affected students
Dr G Viswanathan, founder-chancellor of VIT announced Rs 62 lakhs as scholarships in the form of 100 per cent fee waiver for 25 VIT-AP University students who have lost a parent, who was the bread-winner of the family, due to COVID-19. These 25 students are pursuing various Engineering & Non-engineering programmes. During the first wave of the pandemic, VIT (AP) offered a building as a quarantine centre to the state's health department and donated Rs 75 lakhs to the Andhra Pradesh CM Relief Fund to aid the government’s efforts in its fight against the novel Coronavirus.
“VIT (AP) hopes that such students do not face financial difficulties and will be able to complete their study on time,” says Dr S V Kota Reddy, vice-chancellor of VIT (AP).