The Bansidahr and Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) announced the names of six meritorious students for the 11th Professor Ghanashyam Dash Scholarship for Higher Education to pursue their degree courses. Instituted in 2005, the scholarship was earlier given to four meritorious students till 2013, two for wards of IMFA employees and two for wards belonging to financial weaker section society.
This year, five students have been selected from non-employee category. They are Sumit Sindhria of Sambalpur district, Biswajit Mallik of Kendrapada district, Soumya Ranjan Tripathy of Baleswar district, Soumya Ranjan Nayak of Jajpur district, Sarojini Pani of Bhadrak district. Under employee category, Sahib Mohammad, son of IMFA employee Sabir Mohammad has been selected. Each candidate will get 90 per cent of the total admission, tuition and hostel fees covering maximum Rs 1 lakh per annum.