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| Ninety-Eight Students Get DBT Biology
Scholarships | | |
The
DBT Biology Scholarships are awarded from the combined merit list of toppers in
Biology/Biotechnology from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council
for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and State Boards. The students
who pursue Biological Sciences at graduation level after 10+2 are eligible for
Scholarship. This year, the Department has increased the number of scholarships
from 77 to 100 i.e. 44 from CBSE, 4 from CISCE and 52 scholarships @ 2 scholarships
each from 26 State Boards.
The
scholarship amount has also been increased from Rs.15,000/- to Rs.20,000/- as
one time award from the year 2007. In addition, awardees are provided with one
gold plated medal and a certificate.
Union
Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal awarded
the scholarships for 2007 at a function in New Delhi today to mark the
22nd Foundation Day of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). The 98
awardees selected for award of DBT Biology Scholarships include 44 from CBSE,
4 from CISCE and 2 each from 24 State Boards and 1 each from remaining 2 State
Boards. The list of awardees is as under:
S.No.
|
Student’s
Name
|
|
| Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) |
|
| Ms.
Pratyusha Priyadarshini |
|
| Ms.
Swati Garg |
|
| Ms.
Mumun Sinha |
|
| Ms.
Avantika Lal |
|
| Ms.
Presteena Mathew |
|
| Ms.
Gowri Natarajan |
|
| Ms.
Ankita Vaidya |
|
| Ms.
Astha Goel |
|
| Ms.
Amrutha M |
|
| Ms.
M Apoorva Rajiv |
|
| Ms.
Neha Khatri |
|
| Ms.
Nilofar Rahman |
|
| Mr.
Suyash Goyal |
|
| Ms.
Preeti Khatri |
|
| Ms.
Deepashri B |
|
| Ms.
Akanksha Mishra |
|
| Ms.
Harveen Sodhi |
|
| Ms.
Indu B Narayanan |
|
| Mr.
Joe James |
|
| Ms.
Abhilasha Sinha |
|
| Ms.
Aiswarya R Nair |
|
| Mr.
Tattwamasi Bharadwaj |
|
| Ms.
Navjeet Kaur |
|
| Ms.
V Shakthy Malathy |
|
| Ms.
Sindhu Kalyanaraman |
|
| Mr.
Vysakh K |
|
| Mr.
Abhinav Agarwal |
|
| Ms.
Neethu V |
|
| Ms.
Kanika Chawla |
|
| Ms.
Avani Aeron |
|
| Mr.
Parthapratim Konwar |
|
| Ms.
S. Varsha |
|
| Ms.
Archana Maruti Dhole |
|
| Ms.
Ponsona Aruna Sekar |
|
| Ms.
Sakshi Dahiya |
|
| Ms.
Aishwarya Natarajan |
|
| Ms.
Komal Mishra |
|
| Ms.
Vaishali Verma |
|
| Ms.
Pallavi Agarwal | |
| Mr.
Tijil Agarwal | |
| Mr.
Hameed Fazal | |
| Ms.
Aditi Singh | |
| Ms.
Archana Selvaraj |
|
| Mr.
Joseph J Alukal | |
| Council
for Indian School Certificate
Examinations (CISCE) |
|
| Ms.
Fousiya Yoonus | |
| Ms.
Poornima K. Nair |
|
| Mr.
Vishrut K.S. | |
| Mr.
Matthew Sebastian |
|
| Board
of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh |
|
| Ms.
Bhukya Lavanya | |
| Mr.
A.S. Siva Prasad Vyasam |
|
| Assam Higher Secondary
Education Council, Guwahati |
|
| Mr.
Pavel Sikidar | |
| Ms.
Anandita Basu | |
| Bihar School Examination
Board (Sr. Secondary) |
|
| Md.
Firdaus Ali | |
| Ms.
Rima Kumari | |
| Chhatisgarh
Board of Secondary Education |
|
| Ms.
Bhumika Yadu | |
| Goa Board of
Secondary & Higher Secondary Education |
|
| Ms.
Uma Sadekar | |
| Mr.
Viraj Naik | |
| Gujarat Secondary
& Higher Secondary Education Board |
|
| Mr.
Vinitkumar Patel |
|
| Mr.
Gauravkumar Kalaria |
|
| Haryana
Board of School Education |
|
| Ms.
Garima Kalia | |
| Ms.
Meena Rani | |
| Himachal
Pradesh Board of School Education |
|
| Ms.
Manju Daroach | |
| Ms.
Surbhi Sud | |
| The
Jammu and
Kashmir State Board of
School Education |
|
| Ms.
Reetu Dogra | |
| Ms.
Sylph Tajamul | |
| Jharkand
Academic Council, Ranchi |
|
| Ms.
Sneha Kumari | |
| Pre-University
Education, Government of Karnataka |
|
| Ms.
Swathi G. | |
| Mr.
Sachin S. Hatti | |
| Kerala
Board of Public Examinations |
|
| Ms.
Reshma N.K. | |
| Ms.
Meghana Raghavan |
|
| Board
of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh |
|
| Ms.
Shruti Mahajan | |
| Ms.
Sarita Aarse | |
| Maharashtra State Board
of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education |
|
| Mr.
Aditya Kiran Patil |
|
| Mr.
Hanumant Janardhan Kale |
|
| Council
of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur |
|
| Ms.
Yumnam Anupama Devi |
|
| Ms.
Lairenjam Alpha | |
| Meghalaya
Board of School Education |
|
| Mr.
Mebanshanbor Garod Pasi |
|
| Mr.
Rilangki Kyndiah |
|
| Mizoram
Board of School Education |
|
| Ms.
Megha Jaikumar | |
| Mr.
Isaac Lalfakzuala Ralte |
|
| Nagaland
Board of School Education |
|
| Ms.
Vezokholu Khamo | |
| Mr.
Duvochi Rhakho | |
| Orissa
Council of Higher Secondary Education |
|
| Ms.
Shobhana Rath | |
| Ms.
Prerana Dash | |
| Punjab School Education
Board | |
| Ms.
Saloni Sidana | |
| Mr.
Tushar Vashisht | |
| Rajasthan
Board of Secondary Education |
|
| Mr.
Vijendra Kumar Saini
| |
| Mr.
Pritosh Kumar Yadav |
|
| Directorate
of Government Examinations, Chennai, T.N. |
|
| Ms.
S. Thahseen Nilofar |
|
| Mr.
Praveen Kumar P. |
|
| Tripura
Board of Secondary Education |
|
| Ms.
Manisha Department |
|
| Ms.
Sukanya Ghosh | |
| Uttar
Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education |
|
| Ms.
Kusum Yadav | |
| Ms.
Namita Bajpai | |
| Board
of School Education Uttrakhand |
|
| Mr.
Himanshu Verma | |
| Ms.
Madhuri | |
| West Bengal Council of
Higher Secondary Education |
|
| Mr.
Sajib Kumar Sarkar |
|
| Mr.
Shantanu Bala | Source:
Press Inormation Bureau
Date: March 17, 2008 | 
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