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Welcome to Sophia Merit Scholarship Inc., a charitable non-profit corporation dedicated to improve the lives of deserving and financially disadvantaged families through the gift of education.
Latest report: 14th Annual Sophia Scholarship Award Results for 2012:
(Click HERE to download)Sophia Scholarship is pleased to announce the recipients of the Year 2012 14th Annual Scholarship Awards. This year Sophia is awarding a total of 6 scholarships to academically outstanding and financially deserving students, 4 in Engineering and 2 in Medical. Sophia is very glad to announce that 3 of the 6 Scholarships is made possible by generous contributors from India thorough Sophia India organization. The Board and the Advisory Committee would like to thank all the donors for their generous contributions that enable us to give the scholarships. The new Scholarship Awards will be $2000 (Rs.1,00,000) for engineering and $2200 (Rs.1,10,000) for medicine.
Scholarship applications were received based on request for applications through our Sophia website in October 2012. We received close to 800 applications from all over the country; The Advisory Committee reviewed all the applications based on merit, financial resource of the parents and other eligibility criteria outlined in the application forms. The committee recommended a list of candidates for the Award. Sophia Board of Directors reviewed the Advisory Committee recommendations and unanimously approved the selection.
Sophia Board and the Advisory Committee would like to congratulate all the recipients of Year 2012 14th Annual Sophia Scholarship Awards. Sophia would also like to thank all those who applied for the scholarship and were not selected. We wish them the very Best in their educational endeavors. The Scholarships will substantially cover tuition, boarding and lodging costs for the entire length of the Degree Program .
Names of Candidates selected for the Sophia Merit Scholarship Awards for 2012:
No.
NAME
INSTITUTION Engineering
1
Mr. Kalai Kumaran College of Engineering, TN 2 Ms. Pavithra PSG College of Technology, TN 3 Mr. Jayachandra BMS College, Bangalore, KA 4 Mr. Shivam Gupta GS Institute, Indore, MP Medical
1
Mr. Arun Balaji Madras Medical College, TN 2
Mr. Arul Raj Stanley Medical College, TN Please click HERE to view the results of Sophia Scholarship Award from previous years.
- Sophia, Inc. is a Public Benefit Corporation under section 501(a) / 501(c) (3) of IRC.
- Donations made to Sophia are tax-deductible in the U.S.
- Sophia in Greek means Wisdom or Knowledge!
- Our letterhead incorporates the icon of Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge!
- Sophia, Inc. has been formed to provide brilliant, needy students in India with the invaluable opportunity to realize their potential by pursuing lifetime educational goals.
- Sophia, Inc., provides
financial assistance to selected students to cover the tuition, lodging
and boarding expenses incurred, 4 years for engineering and 5 years
for medical, for an undergraduate program in India in the fields of
engineering and medicine.
SOPHIA MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, Inc
- A Charitable, non-profit Corporation
- IRS DLN# 17053077019019
- California Corporation # 2134334, FEIN # 68-0427261
Mailing Address:
SOPHIA MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS INC
5437 TREE SIDE DRIVE
CARMICHAEL CA 95608Phone: 916-485-4238, 916-359-5104, 408-997-2702
E-mail: info@sophiascholarship.orgThank you for visiting us!