Buddy4study

Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship 2017

Followers
Follow this page to get timely alerts on
  • Latest announcement about this scholarship
  • Updates on scholarship deadline extension
  • Notification of scholarship result declaration
Eligibility

Graduation, Post graduation, PhD

Region

India

Award

750 USD (tuition and education related expenses) and invitation to visit the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, USA.

Deadline

Closed

About The Program

Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship 2017 invites applications from Graduate and Postgraduate students studying Computer Science, Computer engineering, or a closely related Technical field from an Indian college/university (Academic Year 2016-17 and 2017-18) The Scholarship winner will be awarded USD 750. 

EligibilityDeadline Date: Closed

Eligibility criteria

  • Applicants who are enrolled in Graduation or post graduation in a college/university in India for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic year are eligible to apply.
  • Applicants must be currently pursuing a course in computer science, computer engineering or a closely related technical field.
How can you apply?

The application can be done online with the following steps:
Step 1: 
Click on apply here.
Step 2: Fill the basic details.
Step 3: Enter your academic details.
Step 4: Write essays (maximum 300 & 250 words) and submit a 1-minute video.
Step 5: Attach a resume and 2 letters of recommendation.
Step 6: Complete the application.
Step 7: Submit.

Terms and Conditions

Documents required:

  • Submit a Resume/CV. Include experience in the area of computer science, as well as leadership experiences and the impact you have created.
  • Submit a 1-minute video, explaining why you would like to receive this scholarship. Upload it on Youtube and share the link in the application.
  • Write an essay of maximum 250 words to tell us about 'What adversity have you faced, and how did it impact your career?'
  • Write an essay of maximum 300 words to tell us about the following:
  1. How do you plan to use computer science to make the world a more sustainable place?
  2. If you receive this scholarship, how will you use it to advance your passion and the goals of this scholarship?

Terms and Conditions:

  • Applicants will be selected based on the overall strength of their essays and application materials compared to the entire applicant pool.
  • Scholarship award of 750 USD must be spent on tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment required for the students' classes at their primary university. Scholarship recipients may also be awarded a grant of 225 USD towards developing the local community in areas of computer science, upon submitting a proposal.
  • Tax liability, if any, in relation to this scholarship award will have to be borne by the scholarship applicant.
  • Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years.
  • Enrollment will be verified after the winners are selected, and all scholarship payments will be made directly to the student to be used towards tuition and education-related expenses.
  • We will withhold the award for any scholar who no longer meets the eligibility requirements and revoke the award for any scholar who does not maintain the eligibility requirements.
  • Any employee of Google Inc. including its affiliates and subsidiaries are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
  • Applicants who are residents of embargoed countries, ordinarily resident in embargoed countries, or otherwise prohibited by applicable export controls and sanctions programs may not apply for this scholarship.
Important Links

Disclaimer

  • Source of Information: Buddy4Study app compiles details on scholarships/fellowships from government websites and private scholarship sources. Links to the official sources accompany each listing detail pages.
  • Non-affiliation: The Buddy4Study app is not associated with any government entity in India or elsewhere. When featuring government scholarships, we rely on publicly accessible information from central and state government websites in India.
dummy text