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Education Grants

Financial assistance through Education Grants was Speech Language Pathology, Audio Speech normally find it difficult to get support due to their
provided under the following categories: Therapy etc.); composite needs – coaching and training, special
 Means Grants (College/School/NGO/Special (d) B.Ed. and D.Ed. courses for students pursuing diet, equipment, participation in tournaments (with
Schools) that are need-based and provided towards studies in Jammu & Kashmir and the North-East; related costs), etc.
the cost of students’ college (except engineering (e) B.Ed. and M.Ed. in Special Education; and  A special programme equipping teachers to face
stream) and school studies (from Grade 8 onwards). (f) Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. the challenge of Learning Disability—a relatively new
These grants are also sanctioned to the excluded  Professional Enhancement Grants that provide concept in developing countries—in order to address
sections of society, such as farmers’ children, partial assistance to professionals and other the huge gaps in early detection, intervention and
differently-abled children, etc. where they are employed people for enhancing their skills through appropriate action. The Trusts aim to support
routed through non-government organisations. relevant overseas training programmes, workshops training of teachers (formal and informal) by working
or observerships for those in medical field. with experienced trainers. The first initiative is a
 Merit-based scholarships across the following
categories: (a) Medical & Healthcare streams;  Spectrum grants given to a wide range of Certificate course in Holistic Inclusion of Learners
(b) M.Sc. in Neuroscience (for women); people, such as sportspersons (in identified sports), with Diversities (CHILD).
(c) M.Sc. in Speech Therapy (including Audiology, musicians, theatre artists and others, who would  JNT Free Grants, which are gift scholarships
awarded to JN Tata Endowment scholars, based on
their overseas academic performance.
Details of Education Grants sanctioned/disbursed under SRTT and Allied Trusts from April 2020 to March 2021
 Travel grants of up to `50,000 awarded to
Amount
Amount
Number of
Particulars Applications Sanctioned Number of Disbursed JN Tata Endowment scholars.
Disbursals
Sanctioned * (Rs in million) Made # (Rs in million)  Darab RD Tata Scholarships awarded to 41
Studies in India, talented youngsters for pursuing studies in the fields
including research of medicine and healthcare.
scholarships 3,112 156.92 3,141 159.99
 CN Gosalia Scholarship awarded to 1 student in
Studies abroad, the field of computer science.
including loan  Scholarships awarded to 8 students pursuing their
scholarships and studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
research scholarships 120 58.65 128 61.73
based on recommendation of the Institute.
Total 3,232 215.57 3,269 221.72  Aviation Scholarships awarded to 12 cadets
pursuing their Commercial Pilots’ Licence (CPL)
*Sanctions may also relate to applications received during the previous year, in addition to those received during the year under review.
# Amount disbursed includes grants sanctioned during the previous year, as well as the year under review. training and type rating.
The Trusts have also collaborated with a few
Details of Education Grants sanctioned/disbursed under SDTT & Allied Trusts from April 2020 to March 2021
international universities on different programmes.
Particulars Number of Amount Number of Amount Current partnerships include those with Tel-Aviv
Applications Sanctioned Disbursement Disbursed
Sanctioned * (Rs in million) (Rs in million) University (Israel), Warwick University (UK), Clemson
University (USA), and Trans-Disciplinary University
Studies in India, (Bangalore, India).
including research
scholarships 19 97.08 28 13.18

Studies abroad,
including loan
scholarships and
research scholarships 48 34.02 48 34.03

Total 67 131.10 76 47.21

*Sanctions may also relate to applications received during the previous year, in addition to those received during the year under review.
# Amount disbursed includes grants sanctioned during the previous year, as well as the year under review.

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