Charity gives scholarships to poor Indian students
Published: October 16, 2004
There’re so many things I risk to take for granted: education, health care, to name two.
Today I will be thankful.
The Indian International Foundation, a London-based charity, will give 100 scholarships to deserving students in India, who come from the economically weaker strata of society.
The details of the scholarships, which will be given next year, were being worked out, foundation president Hardyal S Luther said while addressing a function organised in honour of Kamalesh Sharma, the new high commissioner of India in the UK on Wednesday night.
In addition to the scholarship, the foundation would also organise two free eye camps in Orissa and Bihar and distribute free spectacles to the needy.
Speaking on the occasion, mp, parliamentary under secretary of state for racial equality, community policy and civil renewal, Fiona Mactaggart referred to a whole range of shared interest and values such as democracy and diversity between India and Britain and lauded the rapid progress made by India.
Observing that India was modernising itself, Sharma said “I firmly belief that this century is going to belong to everybody - India, China and Europe”.
The first acknowledgement in this regard, he said, has come from Great Britain, which has said it would cooperate fully with India in shaping the 21st century. Others who spoke on the occasion included Sir Goolam Noon, NRI industrialist, and Baroness Shriela Flather.
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