Hyderabad|India|April'2009: Prof. Y V Reddy, former RBI Governor and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Hyderabad gave away the Achievers’ Awards at a glittering function organized on the University Campus.

University of Hyderabad in the year 2006 instituted fellowships and scholarships to all students on the campus. These fellowships encourage the meritorious students and also make the students’ self-supported irrespective of their social and economic status for their studies. The University is supporting 348 Ph.D scholars, 188 M.Phil scholars, 1279 PG students and 400 students of Integrated Master’s Programme. The rate of fellowship differs from course to course. The Ph.D students are given fellowship at Rs. 5000/- per month, M. Phil students at Rs. 3000/- per month, PG students at Rs. 1000/- per month and integrated Master’s Programme Students at Rs. 500/-. The Ph.D and M. Phil students are also supported with annual contingency amount of Rs. 10000/- p.a. and Rs. 8000/- p.a. for Science and Social Sciences and Humanities discipline respectively.

This Year University of Hyderabad awarded the Achievers’ Awards to 149 students amounting to Rs. 15 Lacs per annum. Out of the 149 toppers selected for the Achievers’ Awards; 6 students belong to SC, 2 students belong to ST, 7 students belong to BC, 4 are Physically Challenged students and 1 Foreign student. The University of Hyderabad is incurring on an average expenditure of Rs: 1.50 crores per month for all fellowships given to its students.

Reachout's News Bureau
 April' 2009