Roorkee (The Hawk): Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) signs an MoU with Horiba India Pvt. Ltd, under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative by HORIBA India at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee campus, 18 undergraduate students were awarded HORIBA Talent Hunt Scholarship 2022-23. HORIBA India, a wholly owned subsidiary of HORIBA, Ltd., Japan, supported a one-time partial tuition fee waiver for these UG students from 10 different departments excelling in their academia. Under the MoU, Horiba India shall provide support through CSR to establish a "one-time Partial Fee Waiver to support students from UG (EWS) category in IIT Roorkee, which shall be known as the HORIBA Talent Hunt Scholarship for fee waiver of UG Students. The scholarship was jointly awarded by IIT Roorkee Director, Prof. K K Pant and Dr. Rajeev Gautam, Corporate Officer, HORIBA, Ltd., President, HORIBA India and an alumnus of IIT Roorkee, to a group of 18 meritorious awardees.
An award ceremony was organized where the students were felicitated by IIT Roorkee officials, viz., Prof. K K Pant, Director, Prof. Partha Roy, Dean of Resources & Alumni Affairs (DORA), Prof. Dheeraj Khatod, Chairperson, Senate Committee for Scholarship & Prizes (SCSP), Prof. Sandeep Singh, Department of Earth Sciences and HORIBA official, namely Dr. Rajeev Gautam, Corporate Officer, HORIBA, Ltd., Japan & President, HORIBA India Private Limited, who is also an alumnus of IIT Roorkee.
Congratulating all the awardees for their hard work, Prof. K K Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee, said, “I encourage students to continue giving their best to achieve many such laurels. Students should never forget the alma matter, which will help them in lifelong growth and always giving back to the society and the institute. “
18 students of various undergraduate programmes, availing 2/3 tuition fee waiver, have been selected for HORIBA Talent Hunt Scholarship for the Academic year 2022-23.
Prof. Partha Roy thanked HORIBA India for this initiative. He motivated all the students to have a visionary goal alike the successful alumnus of IIT Roorkee.
Ms. Suparna Banerjee Bhattacharyya, Chief Financial Officer and Head – Shared Operations, HORIBA India, informed the media that HORIBA India understands the power of education and young talents, which, when nurtured well, shall form a strong foundation of a Stronger, Shreshtha (Surpassing) and Self-Reliant Bharat.
The ceremony was attended by Bibi Moriom Barbhuiya, Assistant Registrar, IITR, Staff of DORA and SPSC and HORIBA India delegates – Kanika Thakur, Lead – Corporate Communications and Sourav Taneja, Manager – Corporate Communications.
