Aditya Birla Scholarships | Five Students from NLS Named Aditya Birla Scholars for 2023-24
November 18, 2023
We are pleased to announce that five NLS students from the BA LLB (Hons) programme have been awarded the Aditya Birla Scholarships for 2023-2024. This is the most number of Aditya Birla Scholarships bagged by a single institution this year! The scholarships have been awarded to 47 students from across 21 institutions/universities in the categories of Management, Law, and Engineering.
The scholarship recognises outstanding students in the management, law and engineering streams, and encourages young leaders to make their mark in the world. We congratulate our students and wish them the very best for their academic journeys ahead. The Aditya Birla Scholars from NLSIU for 2023-24 are:
- Arpanjot Kaur
- Ayesha Khan
- Navya Nair
- Piyush Gupta
- Shubham Thakare
About the Scholarship
Instituted in 1999, the Aditya Birla Scholarships programme endeavours to nurture tomorrow’s leaders today. The Scholarship is awarded to students who show not just academic grit but also extra-curricular excellence and have a passion to lead and change the world. (Source: adityabirlascholars.net)
Until now, 731 outstanding students have been named Aditya Birla Scholars. The Law stream was added under these scholarships in 2013, and since then, over 40 students from NLSIU have been named Aditya Birla Scholars, and have benefitted from this scholarship programme.
The Selection Process
This year, the top 20 students from premier institutes were evaluated during the selection process based on which 112 candidates were shortlisted from a total of 389 applicants. Of these shortlisted candidates, 47 aspirants were named Aditya Birla Scholars by a distinguished jury panel.
The Trust sanctions the scholarship based on its own selection process, following which the names of the awardees are communicated to the University. The University not involved in the process of selection of candidates. The Aditya Birla Scholarship covers the entire fee of the programme including the hostel charges (as per the terms and conditions of the scholarship).
Panel of Judges for 2023-24:
Retd. Justice Ms. Gita Mittal, Former Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir; Former Acting Chief Justice and Judge, High Court of Delhi
Retd. Justice Shahrukh Kathawalla, Former Justice, High Court of Bombay
Ms. Zia J. Mody, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, AZB & Partners
Mr. Prashant Sarin, Senior Partner, Bain & Company India Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy; Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. Arnab Bhattacharya Director, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
Dr. Ashish Lele Director, National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
Mr. Noshir Kaka Senior Partner, McKinsey
Mr. Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director (Publishing), India Today Group
Mr. Sanjay Murdeshwar, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Novartis India Limited
For more details, visit https://www.adityabirlascholars.net/