Educational Programs

Uttarakhand Mandal of America (UMA)Educational Programs

Uttarakhand Mandal of America (UMA) has actively partnered with larger organizations to drive a few social benefits programs in Uttarakhand. All these programs are essentially targeted towards the underprivileged people from remote and difficult terrain of the Himalayan state. Brief description of such programs is given below:

FFE Scholarship Program in Uttarakhand

UMA has been partnering with Foundation for Excellence (FFE – https://ffe.org) since 2006-07 to provide scholarships to deserving under-privileged engineering and medical students from the State of Uttarakhand. As a result, FFE awarded $627,000 in scholarships to 612 students from Uttarakhand for higher studies.

FFE Scholarships in Uttarakhand:

FY 

No. 

Amount (Rs) 

2011-12 

36

8,96,493

2012-13 

46 

12,22,402 

2013-14 

60

17,77,500

2014-15 

127

45,27,500 

2015-16 

199 

73,62,500 

2016-17 

224 

85,58,900 

2017-18 

184 

75,79,300 

Source: FFE Report

Uttarakhand Mandal of America (UMA) Stipend

Even though UMA has been working with FFE to provide scholarships to deserving under-privileged students from Uttarakhand, there were still a few highly deserving students who could not qualify the stringent criteria set by FFE for all over India. Uttarakhand being a remote, hilly and one of the least developed states of India, students from here were no match for students from more developed states like Gujarat, Andhra, and Tamil Nadu. UMA felt the need to support a few more students who could not qualify for FFE scholarships.

Under this program, UMA has so far granted a sum of $18,100 in stipends to 46 such under- privileged students from Uttarakhand.


UMA Stipend in Uttarakhand:

Summary 

Male 

Female 

Total Amount ($)

Year 2022-23 

3

1

2,000

Year 2021-22 

1

 

500

Year 2020-21 

1

500

Year 2019-20 

1

1

800

Year 2018-19 

1

1

1,400

Year 2017-18 

1

1

700

Year 2016-17 

3

5

2,800

Year 2015-16 

5

6

3,850

Year 2014-15 

2

7

3,150

Year 2013-14 

1

5

2,400

Total 

19

27

18,100

Source: UMA Report