Applications are invited for Legrand Empowering Scholarship Program 2023 for Girl Students. The last date of application is 31 August.
About the Scholarship
Legrand Empowering Scholarship Program is an initiative by Legrand under its CSR initiative to provide financial support to meritorious girl students, differently-abled girl students and transgender students to help them pursue their higher education.
Under this program, academically promising girl students who have chosen to pursue B.Tech/ BE/ B.Arch./ other graduation (Finance or Science) – BSC/BCOM/BBA/etc. will receive 60% of the annual course fee up to INR 60,000 per year and students in the special category* will receive 80% of the annual course fee up to INR 1,00,000 per year till the completion of their course based on their academic performances.
About Legrand
Legrand is a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructure. Based in Limoges, Legrand operates in 90 countries and has a market presence in over 180 countries. Legrand offers a wide range of products in the categories of Energy distribution, wiring devices, Home Automation, Structured Cabling, UPS, Lighting Management Solutions, Cable Management and Industrial application products.
Key Highlights
- Mentoring support is provided to the selected scholarship beneficiaries by Legrand India. Industrial experts and subject matter experts to build women future leaders.
- Internship assistance short/long term is offered exclusively to the scholarship beneficiaries across Legrand’s PAN India locations.
- Scholarship benefit is given till the end of the course based on the student’s performance.
Eligibility Critieria
- Open for girl students across India only.
- Applicants must have gotten admission in B.Tech/BE/B.Arch./BBA/B.Com/B.Sc. (Math and Science) degrees
- Applicants must have passed out class 12 in the year 2022–2023
- Applicants must have secured a minimum of 70% and above marks in Class 10 and 12 examinations. Exceptions given to the differently-abled girl students and transgender students.
- Annual family income of the applicant from all sources must be less than INR 5,00,000.
Application
Interested and eligible candidates can apply online via Buddy4Study.
FAQs
What is the scholarship award and how it will be disbursed?
There are two categories of students among which the amount will be disbursed:
Generic category: All meritorious and deserving girl students.Scholarship award amount- 60% of the course fee up to the limit of 60,000/- (whichever is less) per annum until the completion of the course.
Special Category: Differently-abled girl students, Transgender students, students with single parent, and students who lost their parents due to COVID-19.Scholarship award amount- 80% of the course fee up to the limit of 1,00,000/- (whichever is less) per annum until the completion of the course.
Each year the eligible scholarship amount will be disbursed to the student’s given Indian account number after submitting the required documents (relevant fee receipts/college bonafide certificate/previous year mark sheet and bank proofs) through Legrand’s implementation partner, Buddy4Study (As per the payment cycle communicated).
Can students of any graduation apply for this scholarship?
Apart from Engineering and Architecture, students from other graduation courses like B.Com, BSc – Science/Math, BBA can apply for this scholarship
Are students who passed their Class 12 in 2022 eligible for this scholarship?
No, this scholarship is extended to the students who have cleared their class 12 in 2023-24 with a minimum of 70% marks in Class 10 and 12 examinations. Exceptions are given to differently-abled girl students and transgender students
