ACC Madukkarai Cement Works, as a part of its pan India initiative launched their 'ACC Vidyasaarathi Educational Scholarship Scheme' today. This project is a part of the social capital initiative launched by the CCMC.

Special Officer, Coimbatore City Muncipal Corporation (CCMC) Dr.K.Vijayakarthikeyan launched the scheme in the presence of K.Vamsidhar Reddy, Director Plant ACC MAdukkarai Cement Works, Mr.Gopa Kumar, Senior Vice President (Tamill Nadu),NSDL, Vinith A.Nair, Associate Vice President and Sheema Senthil from Rathinam Group of Instituion.

Dr.K.Vijaykarthikeyan, while speaking on the launch event shared, 'Various initiatives are carried out under the Social Capital programme. Different people have different needs so there is a need to balance, such balanced initiatives are pooled under the Social Capital'.
He further said for a person to succeed mere intelligence,smartness isn't enough, they need a platform to succeed. The 'ACC Vidyasaarathi Educational Scholarship Scheme' will rightly do that because very aspiring talents will get a chance to prove themselves through this programme. The whole process is made online to create credibility and transparency.
Following this, next in the pipeline is a similar initiative for sports through which deserving sports aspirants will get a platform as well to reach heights. Social Capital, connects the people of the city with the corporates. It helps in identification of local talents and help them grow higher. He also elaborated the gathering about the Swachh Bharat Survekshan 2017. 'when i took charge as Commssioner of CCMC in the year 2005, the city of Coimbatore was in the 196th rank out of 500 cities. The paradigm shift in 2016 has transformed this enterprising city from 196 to 18th rank. And, all that was possible because of the involvement of citizens in recognizing and spreading awareness of the schemes launched by the corporation'.
Mr.Vamsidhar Reddy, while speaking on the occasion shared that " ACC Madukarai Cement has been involved in various CSR activities like providing livelihood and upgrading the infrastructural facilities to people residing in nearby areas of the factory. And continuous training programmes have been conducted through the self-help groups.
Education a plays a pivotal role in transforming the people and nation to higher standards. Hence, we have launched this 'ACC Vidyasaarathi Educational Scholarship Scheme'. For availing scholarships, the institutions will have to register under the scheme. Post-registration, the Vidyasaarathi team would visit those colleges and create awareness among students and guide them for registering applications, online.
The last date for the online application will be June 30th 2017. The screening, assessment and physical verification of the students will be part of the process and the scholarships will be awarded to the deserving applicants by the month of September.
The event was attended by representatives from various educational institutions in the city.

Special Officer, Coimbatore City Muncipal Corporation (CCMC) Dr.K.Vijayakarthikeyan launched the scheme in the presence of K.Vamsidhar Reddy, Director Plant ACC MAdukkarai Cement Works, Mr.Gopa Kumar, Senior Vice President (Tamill Nadu),NSDL, Vinith A.Nair, Associate Vice President and Sheema Senthil from Rathinam Group of Instituion.

Dr.K.Vijaykarthikeyan, while speaking on the launch event shared, 'Various initiatives are carried out under the Social Capital programme. Different people have different needs so there is a need to balance, such balanced initiatives are pooled under the Social Capital'.
He further said for a person to succeed mere intelligence,smartness isn't enough, they need a platform to succeed. The 'ACC Vidyasaarathi Educational Scholarship Scheme' will rightly do that because very aspiring talents will get a chance to prove themselves through this programme. The whole process is made online to create credibility and transparency.
Following this, next in the pipeline is a similar initiative for sports through which deserving sports aspirants will get a platform as well to reach heights. Social Capital, connects the people of the city with the corporates. It helps in identification of local talents and help them grow higher. He also elaborated the gathering about the Swachh Bharat Survekshan 2017. 'when i took charge as Commssioner of CCMC in the year 2005, the city of Coimbatore was in the 196th rank out of 500 cities. The paradigm shift in 2016 has transformed this enterprising city from 196 to 18th rank. And, all that was possible because of the involvement of citizens in recognizing and spreading awareness of the schemes launched by the corporation'.
Mr.Vamsidhar Reddy, while speaking on the occasion shared that " ACC Madukarai Cement has been involved in various CSR activities like providing livelihood and upgrading the infrastructural facilities to people residing in nearby areas of the factory. And continuous training programmes have been conducted through the self-help groups.
Education a plays a pivotal role in transforming the people and nation to higher standards. Hence, we have launched this 'ACC Vidyasaarathi Educational Scholarship Scheme'. For availing scholarships, the institutions will have to register under the scheme. Post-registration, the Vidyasaarathi team would visit those colleges and create awareness among students and guide them for registering applications, online.
The last date for the online application will be June 30th 2017. The screening, assessment and physical verification of the students will be part of the process and the scholarships will be awarded to the deserving applicants by the month of September.
The event was attended by representatives from various educational institutions in the city.