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| SSN Institutions announces 10th
Annual Scholarships Awards |
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- 405 students benefit from SSN Scholarships for the
year 2008
- Till date, Rs.28 crore in scholarship have been
disbursed
- 112 First generation learners benefit from the
scholarships
- 20 Rural Govt. School Toppers awarded scholarship
for entire Engg. Course at SSN
- 30 outstanding Sportspersons awarded scholarships
- 5 Scholarships instituted by SSN Alumni
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Chennai, 8th September, 2008: The
not-for-profit SSN Institutions established by the SSN
Educational and Charitable Trust today announced its 10TH
Annual Scholarship Awards at the SSN Institution campus.
Scholarships worth a total of Rupees four crores were
distributed to 405 students based on the academic
performance, economic need and excellence in Sports. The
scholarships were distributed by the Chief Guest of the
Occasion, Mr. Gopal Srinivasan, Director, TVS Electronics in
the presence of the Founder, Shri Shiv Nadar.
SSN Educational and Charitable Trust was founded by Padma
Bhushan Shri. Shiv Nadar, Chairman, HCL Technologies as his
personal initiative to give back to the society.
The SSN Trust Scholarships was instituted in 1999 and since
then the Institution has continued its tradition by
disbursing scholarships every year. Till date, the SSN Trust
Scholarships amounting to a total of Rs.28 crore have been
disbursed to benefit 2000 students.
On the occasion, Padma Bhushan Shri. Shiv Nadar, Founder,
SSN institutions, said, "scholarship are mainly to bridge
the gap between the talent and the opportunities. These
scholarships have opened opportunities for brilliant but
economically less privileged students, especially from rural
areas. Scholarships are awarded to meritorious students,
based on the academic performance at the qualifying
examinations for fresher's, and in the case of senior
students, the performance during the previous year".
He added, "this year we have come up with a new idea of
reaching this to the students directly by offering 20 full
scholarships to the rural government schools toppers. Rs. 22
lakh has been exclusively allocated per year for the benefit
of 1st rank holders across rural Government Higher Secondary
Schools in Tamil Nadu. Additionally our scholarships have
also benefited and aided 112 first generation learners by
providing them access to technical education."
During the current academic year, 405 students are being
awarded with the SSN scholarships. Of these, 215 students
have received the scholarship on a Merit basis; 112 on Merit
cum means Scholarships; 30 on sports scholarships; 23
students were awarded the Walk-in-Walk out scholarships and
5 students was awarded the Special scholarship instituted by
SSN Alumni. 20 students received scholarships for the SSN
School of Advanced Software Engineering (SSN SASE) Master's
of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) course.
Ms.Kala Vijayakumar, President SSN Institutions, said "the
origin and the motto of the Scholarship scheme is to service
the nation by giving world class education to the deserving
Students. Mr. Shiv Nadar's vision is that with good
stewardship and encouragement to the young talent who can
raise to the highest levels, in technocracy, leadership and
as a good citizen. The SSN Scholarships aim at encouraging
deserving students in need of economic support in realizing
their potential by having access to SSN education."
Merit Scholarships are granted based on student performance
in qualifying examinations for entrance into an SSN program.
For those already pursuing their education at SSN,
scholarships are granted based on their previous years
academic performance.
The various scholarships and the criteria for selection are: |
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Merit Scholarship
Merit Scholarships are awarded to meritorious students of
Engineering, MCA & MBA Programmes, based on the academic
performance at the qualifying exam for freshers, and in the
case of senior students, the performance during the previous
year. The scholarship offers a waiver of tuition fees, free
hostel stay and boarding / grant towards living expenses and
an allowance for books.
Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship waivers tuition fee,
provides free hostel stay and boarding/grant towards living
expenses and an allowance for books. Academic performance
and demonstrated economic need are the key criteria for this
scholarship.
Full Scholarships
A Full scholarship holder will receive the amount towards
the Tuition and Development fee, Special fee, a book fee of
Rs.1, 500/- and a maintenance allowance of Rs.15, 000/-. The
Sports scholarship holder will, in addition, receive the
Training kit charges and cost of engaging a Coach, if any.
The awardees of Waiver scholarships will receive the Tuition
and Development fees paid by them during the year.
Waiver of Tuition Fee - The entire tuition fee for
the first academic year is waived for first year students
entering an SSN Institution. Students who secure the highest
marks in the +2 examinations are eligible. Similarly, senior
students are offered scholarships on the basis of their
previous year's academic performance.
Walk-in-Walk-out Scholarships - absolutely free of
cost education is granted to top ten rank holders of any
State or Central Board Examination, including the TNPCEE at
the +2 or equivalent level pursuing the B.E./B.Tech. Degree
at SSN College of Engineering
Sports Scholarships are also granted to students with
an outstanding record in Sports. Typically, students who
have represented the State at National Level Competitions
conducted by accredited Sports Boards are eligible. |
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| About the SSN Institutions: |
The SSN Institutions endeavor to provide
world class research based education at affordable cost to
meritorious students. SSN Institutions comprise SSN College
of Engineering (SSNCE), SSN School of Management & Computer
Applications (SSNSoMCA).The Institutions are not for profit
and managed by the SSN Trust (Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar
Educational and Charitable Trust). The trust was instituted
in 1994 by Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL and (Late) Justice
Pratap Singh in honour of Shiv Nadar's father.
The SSN Institutions are ideally located on the Old
Mahabalipuram Road-known as 'Cyber Corridor' of Chennai. The
campus is spread over 250 acres with a built up area of over
1 million sq ft and is equipped with the state-of-the-art
infrastructure for learning including computers & internet
facilities networked by optic fibre links, modern workshops
& labs, seminar halls, auditorium, libraries, gymnasium, a
sports complex and separate hostels for men & women. The
total students' strength is 2600. The faculty student ratio
is a favourable 1: 12. SSN Institutions offer significant
student scholarships to encourage merit and to make
education accessible to students of all economic strata. The
Institution has initiated a thriving tradition of over 250
scholarships offered every year to meritorious and deserving
students.
To accomplish its vision to build a world-class institution
based on cutting edge research, SSN Institutions have set up
the Research Advisory Council with eminent personalities
like Dr Raj Reddy (Member Microsoft Technical Advisory Board
and Mozah Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer
Science and Robotics, School of Computer Science, Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU), USA), Dr V S Arunachalam
(Distinguished Services Professor, Robotics Institute, CMU,
USA and formerly Head of DRDO), Dr R Natarajan (formerly
Chairman, AICTE, GoI and former Director, IIT, Madras) and
Dr. N. Balakrishnan (Chairman, Information Science Division,
Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) and
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc,
Bangalore). |
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| Contact details for media: |
Jeeva Rekha/Santhosh Malliah
Genesis Burson-Marsteller
Mobile: 9841879100/9884065152
Email: Jeeva.rekha@bm.com /
santhosh.malliah@bm.com |
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