Sunday, July 7, 2019

SRM gives scholarships to 300 poor students

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:07.07.2019

The SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) here has offered scholarships to 300 students hailing from a poor background in Peramblaur constituency. “Out of 1,500 applicants, we have shortlisted 300 based on their performance in the board exams. They will be enrolled in different courses and will receive free education and lodging,” said T R Paarivendhar, Perambalur MP and founder chancellor of SRMIST. He said he wanted to give something back to the people of the constituency who had elected him as their representative in Parliament.

Students from Kulithalai, Lalgudi, Manachanallur, Musiri and Perambalur were awarded the scholarship. Paarivendhar said the National Research Foundation would benefit private universities to fund research within the educational system. When asked about the water crisis in Perambalur he said, “We are distributing water through tankers and digging borewells.”

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