BHU launches two new scholarships for Chemistry students

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is instituting two new scholarships for the students of Chemistry. These scholarships are slated to be awarded from the next academic session.

Madan Mohan Kayastha and his wife Santosh Kayastha have made the donation to start the scholarships. Kayastha is an alumnus of BHU and had earned his MTech in Industrial Chemistry in the year 1951.

He had also made a donation of Rs 20 lakh in the month of December last year to institute four scholarships of Rs 5 lakh each, two for Chemistry and two for Law. The scholarship launched earlier were instituted in the memory of their parents. The Sita Ram and Ajudhia Devi Scholarships, instituted in the memory of parents of Madan Mohan Kayastha, was presented to one female student of 1st year of BSc (Hons) – Chemistry and one 1st year student of MSc (Chemistry), at the Institute of Science. Additionally, the Bhagwati and Mulk Raj Mahajan Scholarships were set up as a tribute to the parents of Santosh Kayastha (Mahajan). The scholarship was presented to a first year female student of BA (LLB) Hons, and a second year student of LLM programme.