MMNA Education Foundation off to a good start in 2009

Jan 22, 2009

MMNA Education Foundation provides educational grants to qualified Maheshwari students pursuing their higher studies.

For Spring 2009, the Foundation provided grants to many students.

Swapnil Somani, a graduate student at Texas A&M University, is one such recipient. Swapnil said, "As one of this year's recipients, I am grateful for the opportunities this award will provide me. I rely on financial aid, grants and student loans to help finance my education. Receiving this scholarship will help reduce my financial burdens and provide assistance for me as I continue pursuing my education."

Other recipients include Ronak Moondra (MS student at IIT Chicago) and Kailash Rathi (graduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology). Ronak said, "I am greatly obliged to receive the scholarship from Maheshwari Mahasabha of North America. This amount will help me fund my tuition fee to great extent. I will meet all the terms and guidelines which are required to be fulfilled in order to get approval for further grant."

The Foundation receives requests from many deserving students each year. Scholarship decision is based on the needs of the students and other qualifying criteria.

Vasant Rathi, Chairman for the committee, said, "We are happy to provide these grants. We want our community youth to benefit from their higher education."

Almost all students who receive the scholarship loans pay them off after graduating and getting a job. Anuj Ladda, who received the MMNA scholarship in 2007, started working and paid off the loan in Jan 2009.

Kishor Lohiya, MMNA National President, said, "We are THANKFUL to Anuj Ladda for his sincerity in prompt utilizing the funds and repaying back in full."

For more information on the Foundation, please visit MMNA Education Foundation.