Student from NorthEast India selected for UK Scholarship

Updated on: Saturday, September 26, 2015

ukscholar Youths from the northeast region of India are not far behind their counterparts from the rest of the country. A young student from Assam of northeast India has recently been selected for the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship in United Kingdom.

Sneha Khaund, a 22-year-old student from Jorhat district, Assam is an english graduate from St Stephen's College in Delhi, India. She had been recently selected for the award in United Kingdom for the year 2015-2016.

She is one among 22 student from India selected for the scholarship this year and will now be pursuing her masters degree in Comparative Literature at London University. Expressing happy over her selection, Sneha said that she looks forward to study the subject she loves.

"I am very happy that I have been chosen for this scholarship and I feel honoured. I look upon it as an opportunity for me to study something that I like. There will be world class facilities available there so I feel very grateful and I think it is a great opportunity," she said.

Sneha from northeast India was one of the few student whose application was selected by the human resource development (HRD) ministry and forwarded to the commission. Sneha further said that she wants to remain in touch with social issues while pursuing an academic career.

Sneha's father, Devajeet Khaund, said that lack of awareness among people about scholarship opportunities available has left many eligible student deprived. "If my daughter can make it, then there are so many promising student from northeast India who are eligible to get this type of scholarship. Because of lack of awareness, many of them are deprived," he said.

Youth in the northeast region have been able to prove their mettle in various fields and many like Sneha are now aiming high to make their mark in different fields.

Student from NorthEast India selected for UK Scholarship

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