NGO Scholarships – North South Foundation
About the foundation – Established with the key objective of providing college scholarships to disadvantaged students in India, the North South Foundation is a US based non-profit organisation with its headquarter in Illinois. The foundation runs a number of activities to promote education of students in both the US and India.
Scholarship/s offered – This foundation offers the ‘North South Foundation Scholarship’ for Class 12 passed students who are entering into engineering, medicine or 3-year polytechnic diploma (in engineering). This is merit-cum-means based scholarship that helps meritorious and underprivileged students pursue their education with uniformity. Around 1,500 students get a benefit of up to INR 25,000 through this scholarship every year.