Annual Report 2018
Education & Research
Maria Elena Cuomo with the Foundation Fellows, Jancy Rani and Shabana Asmin - Kovalam, South India
INDIA
SCHOLARSHIPS
KOVA LA M, SE NDIVAK K AM & K G K ANDIGA I
Alfredo Cuomo Fellowship
Elena Cuomo Fellowship
The ‘AC Scholarship Programme’ was founded by Alfredo Cuomo in 2004 in Kovalam to assist young gifted students from Cuomo Foundation schools through College and University.
In 2015, the Elena Cuomo Scholarship was created to award specifically female only final year school pupils. Selected at the end of the 10th standard academic year and based on academic merit, the female benefits from school fees support for the final 11th and 12th standard years and a further 3 to 5 years’ full funding for higher Education at college or university.
Each year, some 45 students are awarded scholarship funding which open them doors for higher education.
Currently there are 4 young women benefiting from the full scholarship. In 2018, the three youngest students continued into their university studies in the fields of Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering. The eldest and first EC scholarship recipient entered into her final year of university studies in Aeronautical Engineering. - 27 -
