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NHPC awards scholarships of Rs 52.64 lakh under NHPC sports scholarship scheme
New Delhi: NHPC awards Scholarships of Rs 52.64 lakh under NHPC’s ‘Sports Scholarship scheme for upcoming sportspersons’. CMD, NHPC hands over first installment payments of Sports Scholarships amounting to Rs 1.08 lakh. NHPC Limited, under its ‘Sports Scholarship scheme for upcoming sportspersons’ has announced the awarding of scholarships amounting to Rs 52.64 lakh to 10 promising talented sportspersons covering sporting disciplines of Kabaddi, Football, Boxing, Wrestling and Para sports for the next 3 years. Shri A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC handed over the first installment payments of Rs 1,08,000/- to the meritorious sportspersons at special function held at NHPC Corporate Office on 29th July 2020.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC said, “NHPC has introduced NHPC Sports Scholarships for promising young players with a view to encourage talent and create a pool of sportspersons.” He further added, “I am sure that the scholarships will help us in nurturing upcoming sportspersons who can bring laurels for the country.” Shri A.K. Singh congratulated all the players for receiving the NHPC Sport Scholarships and praised them for their hard work and effort. He also thanked guardians of the players for providing full support and encouragement to their children towards pursuing sports.
Shri Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects), Shri N.K. Jain, Director (Personnel), Shri M.K. Mittal, Director (Finance), Shri Y.K. Chaubey, Director (Technical) and Shri A.K. Srivastava, CVO from NHPC were also present on the occasion. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held through video conferencing. Out of the selected 10 players, 4 players were present at the ceremony along with their family members while the remaining 6 players participated through video conferencing. This is the 2nd batch of selected sportspersons being awarded sports scholarships by NHPC since 2017-18.
Based upon the NHPC Sports policy, the selected players have been placed under ‘Elite Scholar’ and ‘Scholar’ categories as per their track record and rankings in their respective sport. The total maximum tenure of the scholarship is of 3 years subject to annual performance review. During this period, the ‘Elite Scholar’ category players shall receive monthly stipends of Rs 12000/-, Rs 13000/- and Rs 14000/-, while ‘Scholar’ category players shall receive monthly stipends of Rs 9000/, Rs 10,000/- and Rs 11,000/- during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year respectively. The players selected under individual sports as boxing, wrestling and para sports will be entitled to an additional amount of Rs 48,000/- for travel, vehicle expenses etc. while taking part in maximum of 6 all India ranking tournaments. All the players selected under the scheme shall be entitled to yearly kit expenses of Rs 5000/-.NHPC has already awarded sports scholarships amounting to Rs 21.24 lakh through installments under this scheme, since 2017-18.
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