The JSPl foundation awarded the OP Jindal Scholarship to 196 students from various schools of Chhendipada and Banarpal blocks in Angul district under various categories at the OP Jindal School here on Tuesday.
Chief Guest Angul RCCF Pandab Behera and chief patron JSPl Executive Director DK Saraogi handed over the scholarship certificates and cheques to the students.
Of the 196 scholarships, 85 were given under the OP Jindal Rural Scholarship programme and 79 scholars were selected on the basis of performances in high school examination-2014. They will be given `12,000 scholarship, per year.
Besides, six scholars selected on the basis of the IIT/JEE- 2014 examination performance will be given `24,000, per year. The scholars were given 50 per cent of their scholarship amount, as it is being disbursed in two installments.