Placement workshop about Gandhi Fellowship by Piramal Foundation at CUSB
Representatives of the prestigious Piramal Foundation organized a Pre-Placement Talk regarding Gandhi Fellowship for the placement of final year Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) students of the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB). Public Relation Officer (PRO) cum Co-ordinator of Placement Cell Md. Mudassir Alam said that Mr. Amrit Anand (Program Leader) from Piramal Foundation along with fellow Mr. Shubham Kumar Nirala made the participating students aware of the various aspects related to placement in the workshop conducted at the computer lab of Chanakya Bhavan of the University. The PRO said that a total of 175 students of CUSB’s postgraduate (post-graduate) and undergraduate (graduate) courses had registered themselves for the workshop related to the application process of Gandhi Fellowship for the session 2023-25. With the dream of a bright future after completing their studies in the year 2023, the students enthusiastically participated in the pre-placement talk.
Mr. Amrit Anand of Piramal Foundation gave detailed information about the Gandhi Fellowship through Power Point Presentation (PPT) in the workshop. Whereas Mr. Shubham Kumar Nirala, an alumnus from the Department of Environment of CUSB and a fellow of the Piramal Foundation shared his fellowship experience.
Mr. Anand explained the application process for fellowship to the students present in the computer lab as well as shared the objectives of the fellowship. He said that Gandhi Fellowship is a two-year fellowship program under which meritorious students with interest in social issues are selected from reputed institutions across India. Gandhi Fellowship believes in the fact that the youth have an important contribution in nation building, so their organization aims to inculcate the spirit of leadership among the students doing fellowship, which can bring a big change in the society and the country. Under this fellowship, students have to go to the schools falling under their work area and come face to face with the children and their parents and teachers and they can be informed about the important facts related to education and health. At the same time, the students who receive this fellowship take appropriate steps after thinking seriously about other aspects to bring about social change. They meet people and provide them all possible help, which includes helping them start their own small-scale business etc. Students receiving Gandhi Fellowship are given a monthly grant of Rs 25000 – 28000 for two years, which includes facilities like phone allowance, accommodation, traveling allowance, medical insurance etc.
At the end of the workshop, the students present during the question-answer session asked them many questions, which were answered satisfactorily by Mr. Anand and Mr. Nirala. It may be noted that every year many students from CUSB are selected for Gandhi Fellowship, who after completion of fellowship get employment opportunities in prestigious institutions and many former students are working in Piramal Foundation itself.
