Vadodara: As many as 25 students, including 17 from the Department of Vocal Music and eight from the Department of Tabla, of M S University’s Faculty of Performing Arts were awarded scholarships from the Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Akademi for the year 2020-21.
The scholarship worth Rs10,000 was given in memory of Pandit Rasiklal Andhariya and Maharana Jaswantsinh Thakor of Sanand Darbar — both great musicians of Gujarat.
“These students belonging to different parts of Gujarat were shortlisted by teachers of the departments on basis of their talent and necessity of scholarship. They are getting advanced training by the teachers of these two departments,” said Dr Rajesh Kelkar, dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts.
Total 20 applications from the vocal department and 12 from the tabla department were sent for the scholarships. Six more candidates are expected to receive scholarship.
At the same time, Dyuti Joshi, a teacher of Kathak department and Vaibhav Soni from the drama department have received Rs 1.50 lakh each as production grant in their respective fields.
“This is a matter of great pride for the faculty and the university that so many students and teachers have received scholarships and production grant in one year,” said Kelkar.