This scholarship was instituted in honor of S S Seshadri (BITS 1992) who died in a tragic accident a few years ago. The first award was announced in the first semester of 2002-03. The scholarship sponsors full tuition fee for a III year student on merit-cum-need basis.
The merit-cum-need based scholarship will be given to one student of BITS (Pilani campus).
The scholarship will cover tuition fees for one year for the student.
The student will be chosen by a Selection Committee consisting of faculty at BITS; a member of S S Seshadri's family may be invited to join this committee.
The student will be required to demonstrate financial need, this information will be gathered and processed by the Selection Committee.
Academic performance in the previous year will be the primary criteria for selection of the student, once the student has demonstrated financial need.
Endowment Status: Fully Endowed
If you would like more information about this scholarship, or have any questions / comments / suggestions, please send a mail to scholarships@bitsaa.org.
Scholarship Recipients
| Year | Semester | Recipient | ID No. |
| 2002 - 03 | I | Charles Augustine
| 2000A8PS719
|
| 2002 - 03 | II | Charles Augustine | 2000A8PS719
|
| 2003 - 04 | I | Prasanthi Relangi
| 2001A3PS235
|
| 2003 - 04 | II | Gauri Mittal | 2001A3PS604 |
| 2004 - 05 | I | Aparna Sundar | 2002C6PS789
|
| 2004 - 05 | II | J Praveen Rao | 2002A8PS538
|
| 2005 - 06 | I | Sathesh Kumar K
| 2003A3PS288
|
| 2005 - 06 | II | Sathesh Kumar K | 2003A3PS288
|
| 2006 - 07 | I | Alok Kr Jain | 2004A3PS016
|
| 2006 - 07 | II | Alok Kr Jain | 2004A3PS016
|
| 2007 - 08 | I | Bhadrinarayana LV | 2005A3PS687
|
| 2007 - 08 | II | Bhadrinarayana LV | 2005A3PS687
|
| 2008 - 09 | I | Sarthak Dash | 2006B4A7549 |
2011-12
| I | Pooja Choudhary
| 2009A4PS747P
|
BITSAA Impact
2011 - 12(Sem I)
1) Pooja Choudhary:
I
am a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering Student. I am very thankful to BITSAA for
providing me financial help for my study at BITS, this has greatly reduced
financial burden on my parents.