Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation awards 12 scholarships to KU students

KARACHI: A four-member delegation of the Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation Japan awarded 12 scholarship certificates among the deserving students of the Karachi University (KU) on need cum merit basis.

The Chairman Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation Japan Ryosuke Tamakoshi distributed the certificate of US$3600 (US$300 each student) among the students during a ceremony held at the Vice-Chancellor Secretariat. The KU Student Financial Aid Office has organized a scholarship award ceremony.

Tamakoshi informed the audience that the scholarship program was initiated in 2014 and every year 12 students receive scholarships under this program.

The KU Registrar Professor Dr Saleem Shahzad said that by sponsoring the students, MUFJ is participating in the progress of our society. He mentioned that the students can contribute to the economy and national development of the country, all they need is careful speculation of the world around them.

The in-charge Student Financial Aid Office Dr Ghazal Khawaja Humayun said that during the current scenario when almost the entire nation is striving to deal with the financial crunch, University of Karachi owns the financial problems of its students and provide them solutions in the form of scholarships that are awarded on a need cum merit basis.

She shared that Karachi University believes the student should not be left the university due to their financial problems and said that the Student Financial Aid Office was established to facilitate students who have been facing financial issues besides facilitating merit-based grants and scholarships.