Chandigarh University has formulated a special scholarship scheme for the meritorious students of Uttarakhand. This is to ensure that they are rewarded for their performance in the university and board examinations and are able to continue their studies and pursue higher education without any hassle, said Chandigarh University spokesperson Ravi Sinha in a press conference in Dehradun on Saturday.
Announcing the details of Super Achiever Scholarship Scheme for meritorious students of Uttarakhand, Sinha said that any 10+2 or Graduation passing-out student of any stream with 80 per cent or above can apply for academic scholarship upto 100 per cent at Chandigarh University.
As a mark of respect towards the defence personnel for their service towards the nation, Chandigarh University announced five per cent seats reserved in every course offered at the university for the wards of serving/martyred defense personnel.
He further said that the students from Uttarakhand have also brought laurels for Chandigarh University as three of the students from Dehradun were part of the seven-member team which represented Team-CU at NASA Moon-buggy race and won first rank in Asia and 12th rank in the world during NASA Annual Moon-buggy Race held in Huntsville, Alabama, at the US Space and Rocket Center.
Three students from Uttarakhand are all Mechanical Engineering students who represented Team-CU during the NASA Annual Moon-buggy Race. They are Parul Kashyap, Palaash Plaha and Jayant lamba. “Students are now opting for specialised and industry oriented programs in emerging areas as it offers better placement opportunities. Chandigarh University has become the first university in the region to offer programs in emerging areas such as Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering and Industry Collaborative courses such as IBM Collaborative Computer Science Engineering in emerging fields of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics and Information Security” added Sinha.
Moreover, the students from Uttarakhand who studied in Chandigarh University have shown brilliant performance in academics and campus placements in 2015.