Amar Ujala Foundation launched scholarship program in June 2014 which was especially custom made for students from poor socio-economic background and with zeal to continue their studies. Students who have secured more than 60 % marks in their last annual exams from schools, are pursuing their education from government state boards from 9th to 12th standard, whose annual family income is less than INR 2 lakh are eligible for this scholarship. This competition will take place across the states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand.
After a rigorous written exams multiple rounds of interviews will take place in all above-mentioned states, on bases of merit 23 students from for class 9th, 10th and 23 students from class 11th, 12th will be selected, including 2 differently abled (Visually Impaired) students total 46 students will be awarded scholarship. For Class 9th and 10th from this year scholarship will be INR 50,000 and for Class 11th and 12th scholarship will be INR 75,000 total 28.8 Lac of scholarship will be awarded to selected 46 students for financial year 2023-24.
Eligibility Criteria: Students who have secured more than 60 % marks in their last annual exams and are studying in 9th to 12th standard, and whose annual family income is less than 2 lakh are eligible for this scholarship program.
Winners: In financial year 2022-23 after a rigorous selection process (written examination and multiple rounds of interviews), a total of 43 students was selected for this scholarship program, 23 of which were from class 9th and 10th who got Rs.30,000/- each, 22 were from class 11th and 12th and got Rs.50,000/- each and 2 blind students one from class 10th and one from 12th category who got Rs.30,000/- and Rs.50,000/- respectively.
Felicitation: After the announcement of the scholarships, all 43 students were invited to Delhi for two days along with their guardians. On the first day, the students get a chance to understand how Amar Ujala works, and how the newspaper is designed. They interact with senior Editors as well as Managing Director of Amar Ujala. On the second day, these students and their parents were taken to a day-long Delhi-Darshan trip. The memorable trip turned into a life-time event when these students were felicitated in the evening by the Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah. The earlier batches in the previous years were felicitated by Vice-President Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan and the then Union Minister of HRD, Mrs. Smriti Irani.
