The Fourth Cooper Scholarship Programme in KNB

The fourth Homai Nariman Cooper Scholarship programme was held in Kamala Nimbkar Balbhavan on 8 April 2013. The felicitation of the chief guests was followed by a short slide show presentation by Dr. Manjiri Nimbkar about the work of Cooper Corporation. Then senior journalist Jaywant Gujar, J. B. Patil, the director of Cooper Corporation, Corporate Head Mr. Deshpande and Dr. Nimbkar gave away the scholarship to 60 students from the classes first to tenth.

Every year this scholarship is given to two top scoring students from each class and four others who come from poor background but show hard work and creativity.

J.B Patil read out a piece of address Abdul Kalam had given to children while Mr. Gujar praised KNB for conserving and nurturing each child’s uniqueness. Mr. Deshpande appealed to the students to remove the fear of failure from their minds. Dr. Nimbkar explained the teachers’ significant role in the selection of students for the scholarship. The students of class 4 and 5 presented some songs. The anchoring of the programme was done by Vishal Andhalkar.

Principal Vishwas Jagdale gave a vote of thanks. The cooper corporation donated 45 books to the Nariman Cooper Vikas Granthalay of KNB and also a cheque of Rs. 1, 05,500 to the Pragat Shikshan Sanstha.