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


                              Particulars                  Number of       Amount Sanctioned       Number of          Amount Disbursed
                                                           Sanctions          (` in million)        Disbursals           (` in million)

                              Studies in India,
                              including research                   28                  3.92                 28                     3.92
                              scholarships


                              Studies abroad,
                              including loan
                                                                    111              92.77                 104                    84.27
                              scholarships and
                              research scholarships

                              TOTAL                               139                96.69                132                     88.19
                                                                                                             #
                             # Includes disbursements against grants sanctioned during the previous year.


                                JN Tata Endowment                                         Lady Tata Memorial

                                                                                          Trust
                             The founder of the Tata Group, Jamsetji Tata, was
                             emphatic that it was vital to encourage the nation's best
                                                                                       The Trust was founded in 1932 by Sir Dorabji Tata in honour
                             and brightest minds so that they could be of the greatest
                                                                                       of his wife, Lady Meherbai. It dedicates four-fifths of its
                             use to the nation. The JN Tata Endowment for the Higher
                                                                                       income to studying leukaemia and one-fifth to studying
                             Education of Indians was founded in 1892 and has faithfully
                                                                                       ways to lessen disease-related su ering in both India and
                             carried out the founder's vision by providing loan
                                                                                       other countries. The Trust also funds institutional scientific
                             scholarships to deserving applicants after a thorough
                                                                                       research, awards fellowships to PhD candidates, recognises
                             selection process, allowing them to pursue quality higher
                                                                                       young researchers with awards, and supports teacher
                             education at some of the best institutions in the world. KR
                                                                                       preparation programmes at several colleges.
                             Narayanan,  the  former  president  of India, Xerses  Desai,
                             who played an instrumental role in setting up Titan and   Indian Awards for alleviation of human su ering
                             Jayant Narlikar, a distinguished astrophysicist,  are just a
                                                                                       The Trust received a total of 61 project proposals in
                             few of the prominent individuals who have benefited from
                                                                                       response to the online submissions requested from Indian
                             the Endowment. The Endowment has given scholarships
                                                                                       universities  and  institutions in 2022–2023; of these,
                             to 5,646 students until March 2023 to pursue  higher
                                                                                       30 research projects were shortlisted, and the students
                             education abroad in a variety of fields spanning more than
                                                                                       were then contacted for interviews. 15 projects from
                             839 courses and branches of specialisation.
                                                                                       various Indian universities and institutions were chosen,
                                                                                       and the students were given junior research fellowships
                             95 scholarships worth a total of `77 million were given out
                                                                                       aggregating to  `3.2 million for the academic year
                             in  2022–2023. 34 of them  were for women scholars.
                                                                                       2022–2023.
                             Countries chosen for studies included the UK, US, Canada,
                             France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore,
                             Sweden, and Netherlands.




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