Academic Excellence Awards to students excelling in SSLC, PUC, & Under Graduate Degree examinations

The Yenepoya Foundation, a unit of Yenepoya Moideen Kunhi Memorial Educational & Charitable Trust (Regd.) and Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) jointly confer Academic Excellence Awards to students excelling in SSLC, PUC, & Under Graduate Degree examinations to motivate and encourage them through scholarships every year.

Applications have been invited from individuals and the total applications received for the year (2019-2020) is 1551. These awards are given to the students of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasaragod districts purely on the basis of merit. The selection committee consists of YMK foundation members who select the awardees as per the procedure and strictly on the basis of merit. The award consists of cash awards ranging from Rs.3,000/- to Rs. 5,000/- and certificates. For the year 2019-20 the foundation is giving awards for 447 students amounting to Rs. 15.49 lakhs.

The Yenepoya Foundation is also giving excellence awards for the meritorious children of the employees of Yenepoya group who have scored highest percentage in respective examinations.

Further scholarship to 278 students has been given amounting to Rs. 2,88,60,450/- for the year 2019-2020 by Yenepoya (Deemed to be University).

This Year Academic Excellence Award function was held virtually on Friday, the 9th July, 2021 at 10.00 a.m. Mr. N Shashi Kumar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, was the Chief Guest. He felt that the University is doing a great job by identifying meritorious students belonging to the weaker sections of the society and awarding them with scholarship. He also appreciated that in his administrative experience at D.K. district, he has not heard anything wrong about Yenepoya. He wished that Yenepoya will get Global recognition for the accomplishments.

Mr.Yenepoya Mohamed Kunhi, Chairman Yenepoya Group was the Guest of Honour and Mr. Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi, Chancellor, Yenepoya ( Deemed to be University ) presided over the function. Dr. M Vijayakumar, Vice Chancellor, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) welcomed the gathering and Mr. Yenepoya Abdulla Javeed, Director Yenepoya Group, proposed the vote of thanks.

Dr. Rochelle Tellis and Dr. Mallika Shetty compered the programme.