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Five Indo-Canadians bag prestigious STEM scholarships
Toronto, Sep 7
Five Indo-Canadian high school students have received this year's prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships.
Nimra
Dar, Manpreet Deol, Aditya Mohan, Aishwarya Roshan and Simranjeet Singh
were among 50 high school graduates who were awarded the scholarship to
enrol in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM)
undergraduate programmes at participating universities in Canada and
Israel, reports schulichleaders.com.
The scholarship is awarded
to the "most promising students" in Canada and Israel to encourage them
become pioneers in global scientific research and innovation, the
undergraduate award programme's website said in a statement.
Of
the 50 scholarships awarded each year, 25 scholarships worth $80,000
each are designated for students pursuing an engineering degree, while
the rest -- valued at $60,000 each -- are designated for students
studying science, technology or maths.
According to the website,
Dar and Deol will utilise their scholarships to pursue engineering
programmes, while the other three students will use it to study science
courses.
Schulich Leader Scholarship, set up by Canadian
businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich in 2012, is funded by
the Schulich Foundation and co-administered by UJA Federation of Greater
Toronto.
Nominations for the scholarships are invited each year
subject to the nominees meeting two of the three criteria -- academic
excellence, outstanding community, business or entrepreneurial
leadership and financial need.