Liberal Arts Education: Making headway in India

Having transformed from being an ‘option for the fortunate’ to ‘a necessity for all students’, Liberal Arts Education presents itself as an approach to learning that aids in preparing individuals to deal with complexity, diversity and change. With subjects ranging from science to performing arts, Liberal Arts Education aims to deliver education in a holistic way, helping students to develop an attitude enriched with open mindedness and freshness of thought.

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A democratic society needs citizens who can think for themselves and   in society, which makes liberal arts education extremely valuable in India. A liberal arts education is the answer for students who wish to develop a better understanding of the historical and cultural contexts of life today. As Albert Einstein said, "The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks."

Critical thinking is an integral part of a liberal arts education. A liberal arts education encourages students and teachers to ponder over difficult questions pertaining to an open-minded scrutiny of the deepest thoughts about our life and the world we live in. Building the foundations of a future career, a Liberal Arts Education complements specific career goals and vocations by providing students the adequate skills and knowledge that offer access to many careers.

A lot has changed in the courses and requirements comprising a liberal education over the years. However, the broad goals of liberal education have been constant even till date. In the prevalent times, a liberal education usually includes a general education curriculum that delivers broad learning in multiple disciplines in conjunction with more in-depth study in a major.

The question to be answered here is that why should an educational experience be anything less than a unified whole? Every field of study offers to be a part of a much greater whole and a Liberal Arts Education bridges existing divides by contributing a curriculum that creates coherence and veracity in one’s intellectual experience. Liberal Arts puts great emphasis on inter-disciplinary perspectives and helps us understand the fact that life is not divided into majors, though universities offer degrees in a chosen field.

Notably, what employers have been increasingly realizing is that it is the graduates with the right skills rather than the right majors who have an edge in the competitive marketplace nowadays. Also, it is largely dawning among people that a Liberal Arts Education prepares students for real life challenges in a way that vocational schools often cannot promise to deliver.

In today’s economy, employers are on a lookout for qualities like desirable transferable skills including written and verbal communication skills, the ability to solve complex problems, to adapt well in a changing workplace, among others which are the hallmark of a Liberal Arts Education. Thus, it can be understood that a Liberal Arts Education prepares students to assume positions of leadership, while being flexible in the marketplace.

Presidency College, Kolkata, now known as Presidency University, is one of the foremost institutions that introduced liberal education to Indians. The International Foundation for Research and Education (IFRE), founded by a group of prominent businessmen is already in the process of setting up a University dedicated to liberal education. Taking the concept of liberal arts even further, the new Ashoka University will not only have liberal education but will work on the idea of cross-fertilisation.

Top universities, around the world, like Stanford and Harvard are already following this system, along with MIT which is otherwise an engineering institute. Establishments providing liberal education in India include Apeejay Stya University, School of Liberal Arts at the Noida International University and Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts. Apeejay Stya University sets itself apart, being the first Liberal Arts and Meta University. The University, focussed on research and technology, provides a dynamic and unique academic system which includes key features like an innovative evaluation system; freedom to choose your degree and number of credits; a flexible graduation pace; among other things.

Demand for Pharma professionals rises across the globe

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is growing at 8.5% leading to an increase in the demand of trained professionals

Gone are the days when a career in pharma was limited to a few select professions. With an expected annual growth rate of 8.5 per cent, the pharmaceutical industry has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years providing exceptional scope of job in and across the world.

The ‘brand India’ vis-à-vis the pharma industry has gradually evolved with the emergence of new segments of the industry, such as manufacturing, contract research services, nanotechnology, biopharmaceuticals and Indian systems of medicines.

As per the latest reports by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), “The future offers tremendous growth potential for Indian Pharmaceutical companies. By 2020, world emerging markets such as India, Mexico, Turkey, China, Brazil and Russia will represent one-fifth of the total pharma turnover in the world.” This will open more job avenues in various government departments of Health and Welfare, National Defence, Agriculture, Environment among others. Besides, aspirants can excel in their career in various chemical, food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries and drug control organisations, quality control, regulatory affairs and the like. Apart from the above, many global pharmaceutical companies have established R&D centres in India and are considering tapping India's talent. According to industry experts, analytical and communication skills are very crucial together with right qualification to have a successful career in these industries.

In the light of the increasing demand forpharma professionals and the need for a properly structured dynamic programme on Pharmaceutical Sciences, the ApeejayStya University (ASU) is offering various courses in Pharmaceutical Sciences at post-graduate and doctoral levels such as M. Pharm and PhD. The programmes of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at ASU have been designed in collaboration with pharmaceutical industries of repute like Martin & Harris Pvt. Ltd, Walter Bushnell Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and ASG BiochemPvt. Ltd. The University has also set-up a state-of-the-art R&D centre for pharmaceutical research, which further endeavours to impart a holistic and experiential learning for the students.

Besides, the established Centre of Nanotechnology and Centre of Formulation Development & Analysis impart technical exposure to students in Novel Drug Delivery Systems and PKPD studies. Along with specialised subject knowledge, the programmes strive to shape employable professionals, while ensuring holistic development with its Liberal Arts approach.

Dr.AnupamaDiwan, Prof. & Programme Director, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ASU says: “In the coming years, there would be a huge demand for professionals in pharmaceutical sciences due to the increasing number of hospitals, nursing homes, drug manufacturing companies, R&D centres, CRO, clinical trials, regulatory affairs and similar professional organisations.Candidates with good academic results, relevant experience and strong soft skills can look forward to a range of positions in the field. At ASU, we train students to become skilled pharma professionals to meet the rising demand of such professionals.”

The ApeejayStya University is India’s first Liberal Arts and Meta University focused on technology and research. The University is a seat of global learning that offers rich opportunities for innovative teaching-learning, creativity and research across disciplines. It aims to bring about transformation of society through value-based education, man-making and nation-building, by blending together the dual identities of a technology and research based university with a liberal arts institution.

The ASU has been conferred the “Best Innovation by Private University” award in the category of “Higher Education Institutes” (HEIs) at the World Education Summit 2012. The Summit was jointly organised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Centre for Science, Development & Media Studies and EletsTechnomedia, and supported by the Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET), Government of India, UNESCO and other reputed organisations.

Mrs.SushmaBerlia, ASU Chancellor & President, ApeejayStya&Svran Group, said, “The award is a testimony to Apeejay’s 45+ years of commitment to education and its long-term vision of producing renaissance men and women who would be the thought leaders of tomorrow. The university was the culmination of the long-standing dream of our late Founder Chancellor Dr.Stya Paul, to establish a seat of global learning that would bring about transformation of society through value-based education, man-making and nation-building. This award will further encourage us in our endeavour to deliver quality education in sync with India’s emergence as a knowledge superpower.”

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CBSE versus ICSE

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself, they say. Giving the best education to their children is each and every parent’s wish as it means giving life to them. So when it comes to admitting one’s ward in a school, one is often confused in choosing the best board among the plethora of boards available in the country.  And when it comes to zeroing down the boards, only two popular boards always come to one’s mind, i.e. either Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE).

To help clear the confusion in parents’ minds, fruitful information can be given through a comparison between them in terms of their merits and demerits. Before starting the comparison, it would be a good idea to know about the boards:

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India is the main board for school level education in India. Apart from preparing syllabi of different classes, the CBSE also conducts two all India level examinations namely-All India Secondary School Examination, AISSE (Class X) and the All India Senior School Certificate Examination, AISSCE (Class XII). CBSE is committed to equity and excellence in education.

The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is also one of the popular boards of India. This board conducts three examinations-an ICSE examination towards the end of Class X and an Indian School Certificate (ISC) examination for XII standard students and Certificate of Vocational Educational (CVE) for class XII. Its mission is to serve the nation's children, through high quality educational endeavours, empowering them to contribute towards a humane, just and pluralistic society, promoting introspective living, by creating exciting learning opportunities, with a commitment to excellence.

Both the exams, specifically twelfth grade, conducted by these two boards serve as the basis for students to pursue their higher education in and across the globe.

The following are the comparison between CBSE and ICSE:

1.    Medium of Instruction:CBSE allows both English and Hindi as the medium of instruction as its jurisdiction is extensive and stretches beyond geographical boundaries while ICSE allows only English as its medium of instruction. ICSE exams have been designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 1986, through the medium of English.

2.    Nature of Board:CBSE is a board of education under Indian government. In 1921, the first education board in India was set up, namely, Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education, under the jurisdiction of Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior. The Indian government in 1929 set up a joint board named "Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana". This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central India and Gwalior.Later it was confined to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh. In 1962, it became the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE.

While ICSE is a private board and it is registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations was established by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate in 1958 to cater to the educational needs of the nation.

3.    Eligibility: CBSE approves both regular and private candidates to sit for its exams namely-AISSE (Class X) and AISSCE (Class XII) while ICSE allows only those candidates who are admitted to ICSE affiliated schools to appear in all its examinations – ICSE (Class X), ISC (Class XII) and CVE (Class XII).

4.    Evaluation of students’ performance:Since its inception, ICSE has been stressing on internal assessment as a vital factor for students’ overall score. Emphasis is laid on practical tests and assignments. ICSE affiliated schools are required to have labs for math, science, computers etc.  The marks of these tests and assignments are aggregated with the overall scores of the student.

However,CBSE has recently started conducting formative and summative assessment for its students through CCE- Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation. The weightage of two formative and one summative assessment in each term in a year will be 40% and 60%, respectively. The CCE scheme means a school-based evaluation of students that includes every aspect of a student’s overall development and performance. The scheme includes regular assessments, frequent unit tests, analysis of learning gaps, applying corrective measures, conducting retests and at the end, giving feedback to students as well as teachers for their self-evaluation. It also covers both the scholastic and the co-scholastic aspects of a student’s growth. In scholastic approach, books prescribed by NCERT and other renowned authors are studied for every subjects while in co-scholastic, life skills such as creative thinking, analytical thinking, effective communication, decision making etc. are developed through various activities.

5.    Examination nature: CBSE has made class X board examination optional wherein students have the option if he or she will write the exam or otherwise be graded. Assessment is conducted at the school level based on all-round performance through the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) which focuses on other life skills, attitudes, values, sports et alapart from pure academics.While ICSE has not made its class X examination optional yet. However, class XII board exam is not optional in either of the boards.

6.    Grade System: CBSE students of class IX and X are evaluated on a 9-point grading system namely A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D, E1 and E2, A1 being the highest and E2 the lowest. Each grade is based on both formative and summative assessments. The step is regarded as a progressive move. The assessment shall be made on a five point scale i.e. A,B,C,D and E for subjects of internal examination in Class X.

In ICSE, the grading system ranges from 1 to 9, 1 being the highest and 9 the lowest. In Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service which is internally assessed,the assessment shall be made by grades A, B, C, D or E.

7.    Qualifying marks: In CBSE, the pass mark of each subject is 33%. But in a subject involving practical work, a student must secure 33% marks in the theory and 33% marks in the practical separately in addition to 33% marks in aggregate so as to pass in that particular subject. While in ICSE, 35% and 40% are the pass marks for class X and XII respectively.

8.    Subjects offered:Compared to CBSE, ICSE provides a lot of more subjects to choose from. In ICSE, some of the subjects which students can opt for are Environmental Education, Computer Applications, Technical Drawing Applications, Visual Art, Yoga and other performing arts including Drama, Indian Music, Western Music, Indian Dance; and Personal, Social and Health Education. However, with the change in its pattern, CBSE too have introduced several new subjects to opt for such as Mass Media, Music, Environmental Studies and Carpentry et al.

9.    Teaching methodology: The teaching pattern has undergone significant change over the years, both CBSE and ICSE has been focussing on learning through experience and experimentation rather than through one-way teaching. Interactivity between the teachers and students has increased with the change in the teaching methodology.

10.  Monitoring:CBSE aims at regularly updating the pedagogical skills of the teachers and administrators by holding in service training programmes, workshops etc. While ICSE believes in minimum interference and allows schools to evolve own niche-progressive institution. The ICSE affiliated schools have freedom to experiment with new ideas and practices.

11.  Recognition:Most of the Indian universities recognise both CBSE and ICSE. Nevertheless, some colleges are into the process of calibration of marks wherein they put an adjustment factor for marks obtained in one board to make it equivalent or comparable to the other, though it varies from time to time. Colleges often prefer the board from which maximum students have come from. In such case, CBSE is more preferable. For instance, Delhi University (DU) colleges often prefer CBSE students to ICSE ones. Nevertheless, getting admission to DU is as tough for CBSE students as it is for its ICSE counterparts since it’s the game of unreasonable cut-offs.

12.  Higher Education:However, there are universities that give equal weightage to every student regardless of their boards they have come from. ApeejayStya University (ASU) is a perfect example of such universities without any partiality to students of different boards such as CBSE, ICSE or any state boards. Unlike other universities, ASU believes in value-based holistic education, focussing on acquiring thinking skills and learning how to learn for life for its students regardless from which boards they have done their schooling from.

Late Dr.Stya Paul, Founder Chancellor, ApeejayStya University, said: “ASU is a seat of global learning that would bring transformation of society through value-based holistic education, man-making and nation building.”

13.  Accessibility: CBSE affiliated schools are easily accessible. One can find new schools in any area, city, town even abroad without much hassle because of it wide prevalence. While finding ICSE affiliated schools in any area is cumbersome.

14.  Reach:Talking about the spread of the boards, CBSE is more popular between the two as it has almost 9000 schools spread across India and abroad. This factor helps when one wants to move from India to other countries like Europe countries, Middle East among others.With almost 2000 schools, ICSE has its presence in India, Indonesia, Singapore and the UAE.

15.  New plans: CBSE is planning to start ‘Problem Solving Assessment’ (CBSE- PSA) for students of Classes IX and XI from the second term of session 2012-13. It will replace the existing pen-paper test in the Formative Assessment (FA). Unlike FA which is conducted by schools, PSA would be conducted and evaluated by the CBSE itself. It would be a 90-minute test which will comprise questions from Mathematics and English, it will not have anything from textbooks. Besides, CBSE has formulated an internationally benchmarked global curriculum, the CBSE-I, that focuses on enquiry and skilled based curriculum, analysis and discovery approach and on real world experience thereby catering to individual learning styles.

Recently, ICSE announced plans fora centralised marking scheme so that students have a clear understanding of their evaluation system. Also, it is implementing e-registration or online registration of the students for the board examinations. Besides, Environmental studies will be merged with other subjects from 2013.

Looking at the comparison above, it can be noted that there are schools like Apeejay Schools in various cities of India that have been focussing on developing various life skills of students throughformative and summative assessment since its inception 45 years ago. Apeejay Schools are run under the aegis of Apeejay Education Society which is committed to quality education of global dimensions leading to man-making and nation building. ApeejayStya University (ASU), which is a temple of higher education, provides supportive environ wherein there is no bias of any kind specially in treating students regardless of their background and educational board viz CBSE, ICSE, IB, GCSE, State Boards and the likes of. Unlike other universities such as Delhi University which is impartial to students coming from different boards, ASU believes in providing equal opportunity to everyone.

Mrs.SushmaBerlia, Chancellor, ApeejayStya University, says: “The ApeejayStya University is yet another milestone in our unending journey in pursuit of excellence – the culmination of a long-standing dream to establish a seat of global learning that reflects the best practices of the leading universities of the world. One that would set the standard for quality and innovation in higher education, in the teaching-learning of technology, liberal arts and research in the country, and would give to the world men and women who would be able to transverse their educational destinies in a supportive and nurturing environ that cherishes the independence of thought, creativity, academic autonomy, risk-taking, diversity and multiculturalism.”

From the above, it can be concluded that both CBSE and ICSE give quality education though both have their own pros and cons. Nevertheless, choosing a board for one’s children entirely depends on what kind of education and future one desires for one’s children.  Keeping in mind the various educational boards and institutes available in India, one can deduce from the above comparison and from one’s own experience as they say that education is an ever progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Apeejay Stya University represents India at 'Floriade Dialogue 2009-12'

 

Innovative water conservation steps taken by Apeejay Stya used as case study

In a time when discussions on environmental issues are at their peak on almost every important conclave across the globe, the 7th edition of Floriade Dialogue (2009-2012) focused on a very important aspect of sustainability- 'Improving water efficiency & productivity in food production.'

Mrs. Nisha Berlia, Member of the Board of Governors of Apeejay Stya University and Asha Chandola-Saklani, Dean, School of Bio-Sciences, Apeejay Stya University represented India in this session and presented the topic-Improvement of water efficiency & productivity in agro- and horticulture in India was one of the important topics.

Keeping in mind the increase in global food demand and the lessening of the total cultivated land, various issues were touched upon during this session. Some of the important topics that these two delegates talked about were- Innovation in water storage systems as renewable, water resource, Rehabilitation and modernization of old irrigation works;  More crop per drop innovation; Incentive programs to farmers that adopt water-saving devices Sustainable use of groundwater;  Induce scientific management of water resources in drought prone areas;  Increase participatory irrigation management and transfer of the management of water distribution system to stakeholders, Spread water use literacy among stakeholders through training programs; Ensure environmental protection of water resources by meeting environmental flow requirements and prevention of pollution to groundwater bodies .

A case study on how different Apeejay Institutions were spreading awareness on water conservation along with implementing some innovative ways of water conservations themselves and also how they had improved the productivity in horticulture at different institutions.

Also, Apeejay presented a case study on the diversity of how indigenous people in the Himalayas used multi-crop technique to have multiple harvesting seasons as opposed to the two harvesting seasons associated with ‘Green Revolution.’

Notably, the Floriade Exhibition takes place once in every 10 years in the Netherlands to celebrate horticulture and floriculture from across the world.   

                                                                                                        

  

UIBS fashion show showcases three eras of Indian fashion

·        Apeejay Stya University students prepare the designs

In an exemplary achievement, two students, namely Sakshi Narang and Sapna Chaudhary from Apeejay Stya University, Gurgaon represented India and showcased their creative design collections at a fashion show titled "Indian Fashion through the Ages".

The fashion show was held at Atlanta, US and was a part of the ‘Third USA- India Business Summit (UIBS)’. In partnership with Apeejay Stya University (ASU), the UIBS organized the fashion show along with Georgia College and State University, US.

Showcasing the three eras of fashion trends in India - ancient, medieval and contemporary - with a wide range of 54 garments, these two students astonished the Americans with their talent and startle the crowd with the Indian supremacy in fashion and style.  

The fashion show provided a platform to showcase various fashion genres of India where garments were designed by these ASU students. The ASU entered into a Bilateral Academic Exchange Programme with the Georgia College and State University, in Milledgeville, USA to undertake the collaborative effort. 

"It is a matter of great pride and honour for not only Apeejay Stya University but the educationists all over the world to represent Indian culture and style at the largest business conference in South-East USA", said Mrs. Sushma Berlia, Co-founder and Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University.

"To match the standards of global market and establishment it is important to liaison the gap among the global counterparts which is important for any market and so is for education. Apeejay understands the role of global participation and encourages its students to upgrade themselves as per the international norms while providing them platforms and motivation to stand ahead in the competitive world,” Mrs. Berlia further added.

The third USA-India Business Summit (UIBS), the largest conference in the South-East USA that promotes business relations between US and India took place on June 21, 2012 at Atlanta, US in the gracious presence of Governor of the State of Georgia, Honorable Nathan Deal and Her Excellency Ms. Nirupama Rao, Ambassador of India to the United States, Honorable Ajit Kumar, Consul General of India, Atlanta, Ms. Alice Albright, EVP and COO at Export-Import Bank of the United States, Arthur Stern, India Desk Officer, International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce were among the many dignitaries who attended UIBS 2012.

Article written by Mr. Aditya Berlia and published by The Statesman news paper

The Liberal Arts as philosophy covers all subjects and disciplines, from engineering
to English, from medicine to philosophy.

Steve Jobs said, “All through my professional life, a Liberal approach has never let
me down...it has made all the difference in my life”

Albert Einstein said, “The value of education in a Liberal Arts Institution is not
the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that
cannot be learned from textbooks.”

The key question to ask is how are these pillars integrated into the curriculum and
academic system? How is a university designed to follow this and lead to the
superior outcomes given by a liberal arts education?

If you read through the marketing materials of many private education institutions,
you were continuously hear buzz words such as inter-disciplinary,
multi-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary, credit based pedagogy and such.  These buzz
words are now thrown around by educationists and even industrialists, often
interchangeably, without understanding them, or having implementing them on the
ground. 

These institutions unfortunately, follow the same old education paradigms, while
simply changing the words on the brochure, or adding a few cosmetic things to an
existing curriculum as a band-aid, or throwing in a five-star hotel like lobby.

What we need is a revolutionary change in the way we look at education. Moving from
a mass production system where everybody learns the same thing in the same
classroom, to a one that is focused on the individual.

Very few universities in India are willing to take the plunge and truly embrace the
education that is needed for the 21st Century. Around the world the top universities
are already scrambling, Stanford University and Harvard University follow this
system, and MIT, traditionally an engineering only institute, in the past five years
has made rapid progress in adopting the practice of the liberal arts philosophy.


At the Apeejay Stya University we have tried to build this into our DNA from day
one, becoming India’s first truly liberal arts, and to throw another wonderful buzz
word, meta, university.  What we do is remarkably different in India. Being a true
non-profit enables us to focus on higher social outcomes, and to spend time and
money on the things that are truly important. In the first week of scholars (we
prefer to call student’s scholars) joining the university, Professors assemble to
market their courses to scholars, to convince them that their course or field is
superior. Scholars are asked to design their individual customized schedule based on
a combination of their desired degree, their interests, and a robust core system
that exposes them to a wide variety of essential perspectives.

Our courses themselves are market dynamic, adopting the latest as it happens, and
even our first year scholars are encouraged to get involved with research,
catapulting them ahead even of industry.

We believe there are no boundaries between disciplines and teaching and research is
designed in a manner that is not restricted by the terminology of the field.

It forces our students to work and study hard, as transformation, academically and
as human beings does not come easy. But the journey is worth it. Six months in most
scholars cannot imagine a world that restricts their potential by putting artificial
barriers and boundaries.

We want other education institutions to emulate us in India. This is what the new
economy in the 21st century needs. Young men and women who are not only ready to
lead, but have a firm grasp of the multiple dimensions and perspectives of the
world, and the ability to apply those in pragmatic execution and thought.

Our admissions reflect our priorities. We seek not only academic accomplishment, but
accomplishment as a human being, a drive to do something ambitious, to make the
world a better place. Ultimately that is the aim. To create leaders for today and
for tomorrow, to make the world a better place.

We all can learn a few things from Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein.

The writer is the Pro-Chancellor and Co-Founder of Apeejay Stya University

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Dr. Stya Paul Memorial Scholarship

Ø      Last Date of Application: 15^th July 2012

Ø      Students aspiring to pursue higher education may bag a chance to secure lucrative scholarship for studying in famous Apeejay Stya University (ASU)

Gurgaon, 04 June 2012: Apeejay Stya University, India’s 1^st Liberal Arts and Meta University in remembrance of the great visionary, philanthropist and freedom-fighter Dr. Stya Paul proudly announces the “Dr. Stya Paul Memorial Scholarship2012”.

Under this prestigious scholarship, Apeejay offers best scholastic achievers of the country the opportunity to pursue their studies and achieve their dreams at the Apeejay Stya University. The University will offer 95% scholarship on the tuition fee to these talented candidates on all Bachelor programs, and they would only have to contribute a total of Rs. 10,000 per year on the tuition fee for each year of their degree.

Eligibility Criteria:

·    All students who have appeared for their 10+2 examinations at the CBSE Board (or equivalent Board recognised by ASU) between March 2011 & April 2012, and have secured 90% and above Aggregate score.

·     Those who are awaiting their Board results this year (but have scored 90% aggregate in their Pre-Boards) can also apply.

Application Process:

Interested candidates are required to fill up the Scholarship Application Form along with the regular University Application Form. Both these forms can be filled online on the University’s website itself, or obtained from the University or Admissions Office. 

Last Date of Application: 15^th July, 2012

Selection Process:

·     The filled up forms will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee on various parameters.

Those who are awaiting their results and have applied for the scholarship and admission based on pre-board marks will be offered provisional admission.  In case a student fails to gain 90% aggregate score in the Board examination, the Scholarship will be cancelled and the admission would be transferred to the general Admission category.