Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana handed over cheques to beneficiaries of “CCL Covid Crisis Scholarship Scheme”, a new CSR initiative of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), of Rs 95.50 lakhs during Justice SB Sinha Memorial Inaugural Lecture function at Judicial Academy, Ranchi.
CCL Covid Crisis Scholarship scheme for students is an exclusive scholarship scheme for students, who have lost either of their parents or primary earning member of the family due to COVID-19 and studying in class-1 to undergraduate courses. These beneficiaries are of eight districts of Jharkhand- Ranchi, Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Giridih, Chatra, Latehar, Palamu and Bokaro- where mining activities are carrying out by the company to meet energy requirement of the Nation.
In addition to the Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice, High Court of Jharkhand cum Patron-in-Chief, NALSA, Dr Ravi Ranjan, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand and Executive Chairman, JHALSA Justice, Aparesh Kumar Singh, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand and Judge-In-Charge, Judicial Academy Jharkhand Justice, S Chandrashekhar, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand and Chairman, HCLSC, Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, Judge of Jharkhand and Chancellor Nominee to executive council, NUSRL Justice Rangon Mukhopadhyay and other judges of High Court of Jharkhand and dignitaries were present.
CMD CCL, PM Prasad and other senior officials were also present to grace the occasion.
CCL under the guidance of Director (Pers), PVKR Mallikarjuna Rao launched this scholarship, which is aimed to provide financial support to the students belonging to the marginalized sections of the society whose education has been hampered during to COVID-19. The selected 180 students will receive a scholarship amount ranging from Rs 20000 to Rs 50000 per annum per student to enable them to continue their education.