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 (ffe.org) to support higher education.
AIF (aif.org) to support employment-based programs.
Direct support to underprivileged students – (not covered under FFE programs)
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