Mumbai girls bag scholarships worth Rs 2.5 crore to study in UK

Tejasvini Sajid won an Rs 18 lakh scholarship for an MSc in cyber security at the University of York PicSatej ShindeLast week 14 women from Maharashtra were awarded the British Councils prestigious scholarships worth a whopping Rs 25 crore to study in the United Kingdom for a oneyear masters course in science technology engineering and mathematics for the academic year 201819 The 14 are part of 100 Indian women who have been awarded the British Councils 70th anniversary scholarships the first one from them solely for women They will depart for their respective courses at prestigious UK universities later this yearVejaykummar from IITBombay will head to the University of Oxford for an MSc in theoretical and computational chemistry PicSameer MarkandeThe 100 scholars will not only attend 44 universities in countries like England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland but will also get the chance to work in worldclass research environments and collaborate with international research teams Of the 14 Maharashtra awardees 10 are from Mumbai Thane and DombivliA blessingOne of the awardees is Goregaon resident Tejasvini Sajid 20 The finalyear BSc forensic science student at Mumbai University won an Rs 18 lakh scholarship for an MSc in cyber security at the University of York She told midday All I have to pay for now is my accommodation I would have done the course without the scholarship as well but the student loan procedure would have been a bit of a hassle This was a blessing She will be departing for her course towards the end of AugustOxford boundAnother winner is Shree Sowndarya Santhanalakkshmi Vejaykummar 21 from IITBombay who is in the last year of her bachelors course in theoretical and computational chemistry She will be heading to the University of Oxford for a MSc in the same subjects She received a GBP 23000 about Rs 2115 lakh scholarship for the course I got to know the scholarship had been granted to me on March 2 I was on a vacation at the time that I enjoyed even more because of the good news she saidOnce she completes her masters at Oxford she will be a research scientist working on theoretical models that will help research groups design more effective accessible and cheaper drugs and treatment methods I am specifically interested in using algorithms to figure out problems Chemicals eventually become drugs and I want to learn how to design them using a computerbased study she addedFrom the biomedical lensThane resident Priyanka Morbale 22 who is an instrumentation engineering graduate has won a GBP 21000 around R1931 lakh scholarship for a MSc in biomedical engineering at the University of Southampton She told midday I had always dreamt of becoming a doctor but due to the governments changes I opted for engineering and thus never really got into the field of medicine So I thought why not enter it from the technical sideThats why I chose biomedical engineering Once I complete my course I want to know more about how to make new kinds of technology affordable in India where they are usually very expensive44Number of scholars from South India21Number of scholars from North India20Number of scholars from West India9Number of scholars from East India6Number of scholars from Northeast IndiaAlso ReadUS Sikh group raises USD 210000 for student scholarships in PunjabCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates