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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.