The AAA Announces Student Grants - Scholar Abroad Program 2010 For Students Pursuing Post-Graduate Education In The USA: -
Students who wish to study in U.S. institutions:
The AAA provides financial assistance by way of a repayable Rs.100,000 grant, to those students who have secured admission or have an admission offer in a U.S. college / university for post-graduate education. Selection criteria includes:
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(a) Educational accomplishment,
(b) Relevance of educational program to India,
(c) The financial need of the student and family, and
(d) Stature of the U.S. university relative to the desired program. Based on the above criteria, the AAA Student Grants Committee shortlists students who are then interviewed to decide the final Grant recipients.
This year, the AAA celebrated 29 years of its student grants effort and gave 15 financially-needy scholars
Rs. 1,00,000 each.
Please watch out for this space in early 2011 for updates.
AAA Proposes to meet the above objectives by:-
(a) Fully interactive Web Site: www.americanalumni.net where the prospective students may register and thereafter log in to access wealth of up-to-date information about the US and the universities and links to important sites related to their further studies in USA. (Note: The web site has been interactive since January 15 2004).
(b) Providing answers to the students, who ask for assistance from the Student Affairs Committee and to ensure that the response reaches the student within 7 working days.
(c) Providing answers to School Specific enquiries by connecting a Student Affairs Committee member with the student to provide the specific information and/or by contacting International Admissions office/International student body on behalf of inquiring student.
(d) Encouraging and supporting various US based universities and colleges to India to hold seminars and fairs for prospective Students offering them an opportunity to have a face-to-face interaction with university representatives.
(e) Assisting US universities by interviewing prospective students as part of the grant and scholarship programs and providing feedback/evaluation to the universities.
(f) Soliciting donations from Indian corporate and business houses and provide financial support to the needy students in the form of grants and scholarships.
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