The Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) foundation on Friday awarded the OP Jindal Scholarship 2015 to 149 meritorious students from various high schools of Chhendipada and Banarpal blocks of Angul district.

A total of 95 students got the OP Jindal Scholarship, whereas 54 students were given merit cum means scholarship. They will be given Rs 12,000 per year as scholarship for enabling them to pursue their higher secondary studies.

Five scholars were selected on the basis of their performance in JEE- 2015 examination, who will be given Rs 24,000 per year for their engineering studies.

Chief Patron of the programme and JSPL Executive Director DK Saraogi presented the scholarship certificate and cheque to the selected students at the Jindal Nagar Township in the presence of JSPL CTO and ED Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, VP, HR and ES CD Mathew, AVP and CSR Head SK Sharma, DAV Savitri Jindal High School Principal NK Pradhan, OP Jindal School Principal Chhanda Charan Das.

“Our founder, OP Jindal had focused on education as the prime mover of the social development.

He has established several educational institutions and had encouraged students for skill and higher education. This Scholarship would help these students to pursue their dream of higher education,” said Sarogi.

The OP Jindal scholarships are being awarded to the students since 2013 on the basis of academic performance and economic status of the family.