Among the more outstanding individuals who have emerged from the ranks of JN Tata Scholars have been Dr Raghvendra Rao, distinguished physician Sir Ardeshir Dalal, ICS, Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, Sir Nowrosji Wadia, Judge of the Bombay High Court Dr MD Gilder, Health Minister of Bombay State Dr Jivraj Mehta who became Chief Minister of Gujarat Mr B Narsinga Rau ICS, of the International Court at the Hague Dr VKRV Rao, former Union Minister of Education Mr VT Dehejia, former Chairman, State Bank of India Mr S Bhoothalingam, ICS, Secretary, Ministry of Steel Mr V Vishwanathan, ICS, Governor of Kerala and Mr KR Narayanan, President of India. The first awardee was a woman – Dr Freany K Cama, who went to Edinburgh and Dublin to study gynaecology and midwifery. KR Narayanan, former President of India, the renowned astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar, and Xerxes Desai, the founder of Titan, were all JN Tata scholars. Many of the JN Tata scholars are not only carrying out path-breaking research and teaching at reputed institutions, but are also leading national and international banking, commercial and financial institutions, multinational corporations providing quality health care and legal services and entering sunrise industries such as IT, biotechnology, and computing, including areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics and so on. The loan, a maximum of Rs10 lakh, is repayable within seven years and is collected in five equal instalments from the end of the third year. Based only on merit, it seeks to reward “the best and most gifted so as to make them of the greatest service to the country”.

and Postdoctoral fellowships, in any educational stream. The Endowment supports only overseas studies – Masters, Ph.D. More than 5,600 Indian students have been awarded the JN Tata Endowment’s loan scholarship since 1892, when it was established by Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee, the promoter of the Tata group. About the theme The Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata Endowment for The Higher Education Of Indians (Established in 1892)

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