2011

It is very well known that scholarships have been a tradition at SSN; the history of Dr. Shiv Nadar's brain child gives us a panorama of the awards given to the students. In the year 2006, at yet another anniversary of the scholarship function, Mr. Prerit Mittal, an alumnus of SSN contributed Rs. 25,000 to the prosperous scholarship funds, thus giving birth to the alumni scholarships initiative.

The advent of the alumni scholarship also gave rise to the fully operational unit of alumni corpus. The mission for this corpus is to aid the students from rural background, students with financial setbacks, or physically challenged students. Contributions to the funds started pouring in from the alumni all over the world, primarily from India and US. The recipients of the awards are decided by an alumni core committee , solely based on the above criteria; after reviewing the shortlisted student profiles sent by the college, the committee selects the most deserving students.

In the year 2009, the number of scholarships awarded rose up to nine, continuing the trend of steady increase every year with contributions from over 90 alumni. In the following year, the number increased to 13 with a significant contribution of Rs. 50,000 from Ms. Mamta Bolaki. The generous contribution of Rs.1 lakh by Mr. Senthilnathan for Chellammal Agro Engineering Project Award deserves a special mention.

The backing given by these scholarships inspired students to set aside their setbacks and perform well in their academics. We are proud to recognize these deserving students every year and motivate them to excel further with these scholarships. The strength of the scholarship lies in the generosity of alumni. Being an alumnus, your contribution could help yet another student to realize his/her dreams. If you would like to donate for the scholarship, you may please contact Ms. Asha (Alumni Officer) or Ms. Mahaneeya (Chairman) or Lakshmi (Vice Chairman) from Philanthropy executive committee.