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Details of Medical Grants sanctioned/disbursed under Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts from April 2022 to March 2023

Number of Amount Sanctioned Number of Amount Disbursed
Ailments
Applications Sanctioned in ` million* Disbursals Made in ` million #
Cancer 303 112.53 425 97.27

Cochlear Implant 15 7.44 15 7.44

Heart 117 25.29 125 19.24

Liver Disease 15 9.34 12 6.83

Others 168 50.65 165 39.68

Total 618 205.25 742 170.46

* Sanctions may also relate to applications received during the previous year, in addition to those received during the year in review.
# Disbursals include grants sanctioned during the previous year, as well as the year in review. Further, sums of: a) `45.94 million disbursed
by the Allied Trusts of SDTT; and b) `0.26 million disbursed by SDTT towards distress grants and relief of poverty have not been included
in the table above.

EDUCATION GRANTS Pathology, M.Sc. in Audio Speech therapy, M.Sc. in
Speech Language Pathology, and M.Sc. in Audiology.
Financial assistance through education grants was • M.Sc. in Neuroscience.
provided under the following categories: • Aircraft Maintenance Engineering.
• B.Ed. and D.Ed. – Only for students pursuing studies
A. Means Grants (College/School/NGO/Special Schools): in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East.
Under this programme, financially weak students from • Special Education – Students pursuing B.Ed. and
low socioeconomic backgrounds were given assistance M.Ed. in special education.
with the expense of their school and college education.
These also included students identified through a Scholarships were also o ered under earmarked
network of NGOs working in Maharashtra. Additionally, endowments; these included the Darab R D Tata and
financial assistance was also provided the C N Gosalia scholarships for pursuing studies in the
to children with special needs, who have to fields of medicine and healthcare.
go through several therapies in order to prepare
for mainstreaming. C. Tata Institute of Social Sciences: Scholarships were
awarded to students pursuing their studies at the Tata
B. Merit-based scholarships: These were o ered for the Institute of Social Sciences in the fields of (i) Family
following academic streams: and Child Welfare; (ii) Medical and Psychiatric Social
• Medical and healthcare scholarships – Covering some Work; (iii) Urban and Rural Community Development;
medical streams. and (iv) Social Welfare Administration.

• M.Sc. in Speech Therapy – M.Sc. in Speech and
Hearing, Masters in Audiology, and Speech-Language

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