Five Divyang scholars get national fellowship

Shimla, March 26

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Five differently abled PhD scholars of Himachal Pradesh University have earned the prestigious national fellowship. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment gives 200 fellowships to such students on a merit basis every year.

Those who got the fellowship are Pratibha Thakur (political science), Mukesh Kumar (education), Rajpal (history) Sanjay Bhairav (yoga) and Hel Singh (commerce).

Vice-Chancellor Prof SP Bansal has congratulated the students and said facilities would be provided to them.

The university is developing a disabled-friendly institution and this is the first time that such a good number of students have earned this fellowship, said nodal officer for persons with disabilities Ajai Srivastava. —