Indore: To promote cause of education, students of Indian Institute of Management Indore have decided to grant scholarships to school students. The IIM Indore students would hold Pi-Quiz Scholarship test on July 29 at the institute campus. The test will be conducted for students from classes VI to X. It will carry scholarship worth Rs 50,000.
The results of scholarship test will be declared on September 7 at the opening ceremony for Atharv — a cultural, management and literary festival of IIM Indore. The three-day extravaganza will showcase talent from all across the country.
“Team of Atharv and social club of IIM Indore along with NGO Robinhood Army and IIFL Foundation have together planned to conduct a scholarship programme to award young and bright students,” said IIM Indore media in-charge Ananya Mishra.
She said decision of students of IIM Indore to provide scholarship is part of their social responsibility. “They thought the contributing to the cause of education would be a good idea and came up with PI-Quiz Scholarship test to fund studies of school students,” she said.