Ambani Foundation offers scholarships for disabled

The Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation (DAF), founded in 1995, has instituted “Dhirubhai Ambani SSC Merit Reward” and “Dhirubhai Ambani Under  Graduate Scholarship” schemes    for physically handicapped students for the students of the North-East region.

These schemes have been successfully implemented in the States of Maharashtra, Gujarat,   Goa and Union Territory of     Dadra Nagar Haveli, Diu and Daman, and now these have been extended to the North-Eastern states, including Sikkim.For the SSC Merit Reward scheme, the top five physically handicapped students in SSC examinations conducted by the respective State Boards of Education in March each year     will be eligible.

The total number of  scholarships per State will be decided by the Foundation, depending upon the population    and the number of districts. The minimum eligibility criteria of      the reward is 60 per cent average marks in the Board examination.

In the Under Graduate Scholarship scheme, the  scholarship will be awarded to the five first students as decided by    the Foundation depending upon    the population and number of districts in each of the States securing the highest overall first division marks under the physically handicapped category    at the HSC Examination    conducted by the respective       State Board of Secondary  Education in March each year.