The Centre’s decision to put an end to the Maulana Azad National Fellowship drew sharp criticism from students. Former MANUU student body president Umar Farooq Quadri accused the Centre of creating hindrances for students to become PhD scholars. “The rollback of pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad National Fellowship shows the State’s blatant disregard for educational equity and washing its hands …
The Centre has decided to discontinue the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, a scholarship for students from minority communities that was launched during the UPA regime as part of implementing the Sachar Committee recommendations, from this academic year. Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani told Lok Sabha here on Thursday that the decision was made since MANF overlaps with various other …
