Surat, Gujrat -- (SBWIRE) --07/18/2011 -- In its commitment to ensure academic excellence, the prestigious Auro University, being established in Surat under the Gujarat Private Universities Act of 2009, has announced two scholarships for students who have showed excellent academic achievement: The Rama Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement and the Need-Based Scholarship for Deserving Applicant.

The Rama scholarship is available to ALL undergraduate applicants of the university, excluding students wishing to apply for Exchange Programs. This scholarship provides a waiver of Rs 1,00,000, distributed over two semesters, to a student scoring 85% in Class XII exams, provided the student maintains a B+ average (3.3/4.0) CGPA.

Students scoring between 75% and 85% are also eligible for the Rama scholarship. Such students will receive an annual tuition waiver of Rs. 50,000, distributed over two semesters, provided the students maintain a B+ (3.3/4.0) average CGPA.

In addition, Auro University also announces the Need-Based Scholarship for meritorious students from financially challenged backgrounds. Students whose gross family income is below Rs. 400,000 per annum are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Under the need-based scholarship, five scholarships per course will be granted every year, where the full tuition fee of the students will be waived off. The scholarship committee however reserves the right to decide on the percentage of tuition fee to be waived off, as per the need and academic performance of the students.

What else can be a boon for meritorious and hard working students than getting their full tuition fee waived off—this is indeed a great initiative from the Auro University and a win-win situation for hard working students. Furthermore, the university considers the best five subjects of the course to compute the aggregated score while considering and awarding the scholarships.

With these scholarship announcements early in the year, the university aims to ensure that deserving candidates are the beneficiaries. Thus, the university requests deserving students to apply for these scholarships at the earliest for the scholarship committee to have enough time to scrutinize the applications.

Auro University aims to provide integral and transformational education to its students. In addition to the excellent faculty and latest curriculum designs that the university provides, these scholarships are indeed a measure to ensure academic excellence in the classroom and fortify its goals and objectives.