The Vedanta limited at Jharsuguda felicitated students who successfully completed matriculation under its flagship CSR project Vedanta VidyarthiVikasYojana (VVVY).
The project scripted 98 per cent success at the 2018 matriculation exams conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. Out of 114 students who were enrolled in the project and appeared for the exam, 112 students successfully completed matriculation and 44 students emerged with flying colours, having bagged first division.
Started in the year 2009 in partnership with NGO AJKA, project VVVY runs seven tutorial centers for high school children, covering 23 villages of Jharsuguda.
With the aim to improve performance of students in higher secondary exam of Odisha Board, the VVVY provides remedial coaching assistance to students of Std. 8 – 10th. Since its inception, the project has benefited more than 3,900 students hailing from the nearby villages.
The felicitation event was graced by Head – Plant II Operations GG Pal, community leader Digdhan Pradhan, and Head CSR – Vedanta Sundar Raj.
The students felicitated included Chinmayee Panigrahy from Sripura, Hemanand Rohidas from Brundamal village and Monalisha Padhan from Parmanpur.