In an attempt to educate underprivileged tribal children, the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) will sponsor education of 40 tribal children from its periphery villages at the Kalinga Institute for Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar.
The children, both boys and girls, will be identified by the KISS in association with the RSP. The children will be imparted free residential education at the institute and the RSP will bear an entire expenditure of Rs 30,000 for each student per year. Apart from accommodation and food, the RSP will also cover expenses towards healthcare, study material, clothing, vocational training, games and sports, etc. RSP CEO Gauri Shankar Prasad has presented a cheque of Rs 12 lakh to the KISS towards the expenditure for a year.