The Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) will institute scholarships in collaboration with University of Cambridge for needy and meritorious Sikh students for research studies leading to M Phil or PhD degrees.

Addressing a press conference in Ludhiana, Avtar Singh Makkar, president of SGPC, informed that the SGPC had received a proposal from Department of Human Resources, University of Cambridge in February regarding providing opportunities to students of Indian nationality from the Sikh community, who are of outstanding academic ability, to study at the Cambridge for programmes regarding M Phil and Phd degrees.

For this purpose, Michel O'Sullivan Joseph, Director of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, visited Ludhiana to discuss modalities for creation of the scholarships.

Cambridge Commonwealth Trust grants about 860 scholarships to commonwealth students, who are meritorious and fullfil the eligibility for admission to Cambridge University.

 

Makkar said the amount of scholarships will be shared as 50% each between the SGPC and Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. Scholarships will be granted through SGPC-Cambridge University Education Foundation, which will have members from India and abroad.

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