PUNE: The Indian School of Business (ISB) has announced that its alumnus Neeraj Arora, vice president at WhatsApp, has instituted a perpetual meritcumneed based scholarship for a deserving woman student of its flagship post graduate programme in management (PGP).
The first recipient of the scholarship is Salini Tiwari, a dental surgeon from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, who has worked for improving the healthcare facilities and support to the inhabitants of the islands. Salini has been serving in the communtiy and ditsrict hospitals in rural areas of north and middle of Andaman raising awareness for oral diseases in surrounding villages in the islands. She has also devised a computerised ്യെേെem of record collection and data storage which is extensively used in these institutes.
This is the second such scholarship from an individual ISB alumnus, the first being the Phoenix Nurture India scholarship instituted by Amit Khanna, alumnus, and founder pf Phoenix Holdings, who has awarded ten scholarships over the years supporting students who are the sole earning members in their families.
Making the announcement, Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB said, 'Our alumni are the േൃൗe 'owners' of the ISB and it is heartening to see an increasing number of them come forward in making worldclass education accessible to deserving young students. We are thankful to Neeraj, Amit, and the others, as these scholarships will ensure that meritorious students will not miss a deserving opportuntiy due to financial contsraints. Every such cotnribution will allow us to attract the best of talent and nurture them for the future.'
Titled the 'Jagannath Arora Scholarship', Neeraj has instituted this scholarship to fulfill his father's aspiration to support talented and deserving young women professionals pursue a career of their choice.
Speaking about the scholarship and his association with ISB, Neeraj Arora said, 'My alma mater holds a special place in my life — not only did I learn a lot, I also became part of a network that I have relied on and benefitted from, over the years. So to make the school even tsronger, I would like to give back and will continue to do so in the coming years.'