In FY 18-19, Tata Motors touched lives of over 1.4 Lakh students through its flagship education program Vidyadhanam

To encourage underprivileged students to pursue higher education, Tata Motors has initiated a three-year rolling scholarship to 500 students in Pune. Through its flagship education program ‘Vidyadhanam’, Tata Motors will provide scholarships worth Rs. 4,000/- each to academically brilliant and economically underprivileged students studying across standards Class VII to X.

This year, a total of 500 students qualified for this scholarship. Each of these candidates was shortlisted based on a thorough merit test.  This initiative was executed in association with various NGOs – Samata Shikshan Sanstha, Seva Sahyog Foundation, Suprabhat Mahila Mandal and Swaroopvardhini.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vinod Kulkarni, Head – CSR, Tata Motors said, “Nearly 50% of students drop out of schools at secondary education levels, due to acute shortage of institutional support and resources. We, at Tata Motors have made a very conscious effort to target the middle school level where there is a dearth of resources and a significant representation of SC/ST communities. We have always encouraged ‘holistic engagement’ with the entire spectrum of formal education, not just on the academic but also the physical and sociological development as well as the inculcation of values.

Through our education initiative ‘Vidyadhanam’, we focus on improving the academic performance of secondary/college going students through targeted approach by instituting need-based financial support, special coaching classes, etc. In FY 18-19, we positively touched lives of over 1.4 Lakh students. With this scholarship program, we hope to positively impact the lives of these students in their journey towards a better future.”

Vidyadhanam, a flagship education initiative by Tata Motors, was initiated ten years ago to specifically address students who do not or are unable to continue their education after passing out from school, either due to their weak financial conditions or long travel distances to school. The initiatives have led to major improvement in the pass percentage of government schools from 55% in 2015 to 80% in the last academic year. The average score of the students has increased by 5% and 44% of the students have secured more than 60% marks in their class X board examination. Overall, in FY 18-19, Tata Motors has positively touched lives of over 1.4 Lakh students.

About Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited (BSE: TATAMOTORS), a USD 44 billion organisation, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks and buses. Part of the USD 110 billion Tata group, Tata Motors is India’s largest and the only OEM offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. It has operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 134 subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures, including Jaguar Land Rover in the UK and Tata Daewoo in South Korea.

With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top four in the passenger vehicles market. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, UK, US, Italy and South Korea. Internationally, Tata commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.