Postal Dept scheme to promote philately among students

Avneet Kaur

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Jalandhar, July 19

The Department of Posts has come up with Deen Dayal SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude and Research in stamps as a Hobby) scheme to promote philately among children. Under this, children will get Rs 6,000 per annum.

Under the scheme, scholarships shall be awarded to students from Class VI to IX with good academic record, who are also pursuing philately as a hobby through a competitive selection process in all postal circles.

In the scheme, a maximum of 40 scholarships will be given, which include 10 students each from Class VI, VII, VIII and IX standard. To avail this scholarship, a child must be a student of a recognised school within India and the concerned school should have a philately club and the candidate should be a member of that club.

In case the school philately club hasn’t been established, a student having his own philately deposit account will also be considered. Every prospective school, which participates in the competition, would be assigned a philately mentor to be chosen from among the renowned philatelists.

The mentor would help in formation of the school-level philately club, providing guidance to young and aspiring philatelists on how to pursue the hobby and also helping the aspiring philatelists on their projects.

Selections under the Deen Dayal SPARSH scheme would be made based on the evaluation of project work on philately and performance in philately quiz conducted by the circles.

“The details of the scheme are available at www.postagestamps.gov.in and www.indiapost.gov.in. One can get himself enrolled by August 31 this year at the post office,” he added.