DLF Foundation Felicitates Young Scholars

DLF Foundation felicitated young scholars at the Annual Scholars Conclave, 2019 held at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi. The conclave was held under the aegis of its flagship initiative, ‘Talent Nurturing Programme’. The event celebrated scholarly achievements of the children in the gracious presence of their teachers, mentors, and parents. Students were felicitated with certificates and cash rewards.

DLF Foundation felicitated young scholars at the Annual Scholars Conclave, 2019

The conclave opened with a ceremonial lighting of the lamp by Chief Guest Maj. Gen. K. V. S Lalotra, AVSM, YSM, SM (Retd), Sr. Executive Director & Head (Education), and other dignitaries. The 2-day conclave had multiple sessions that were aimed at benefitting the young students. Various sessions related to personality development, personal grooming, etiquettes, decision making, stress management, interpersonal communication, resume writing, Interview training, social media and general awareness were held at the conclave to make the students future ready. Highly experienced and adroit faculty were invited conduct these sessions like Mr. Prashant Sharma from First Personality, Ms. Nikita Parashar from Kaizen Training Solutions, Ms. Aashrita Mathur from Wings etc. The two-day conclave was attended by around 100 scholars.

Maj. Gen. Lalotra encouraged the students and said, “You should not be afraid that people will laugh if you fumble, do not hesitate in speaking out your mind. Move on, move on and keep moving on without any fear and you will achieve success.”

While speaking on the impact achieved by the DLF Scholarship Scheme, Mr. PK Joseph, Director Programmes, DLF Foundation said: “DLF Foundation currently supports over 1000 brilliant underprivileged students, including 906 School Scholars and 170 Professional Scholars. Our aim is to support meritorious and underprivileged students with high aspirations and potential to be leaders in their respective sphere.” He further added, “You should not dwell upon the past rather focus on strengthening your present as it will help in building future.”

Annual Scholars Conclave aims to provide a platform for the scholars to manifest their multi-faceted talents, award the high achievers to motivate and encourage them to move towards their career aspirations.

Young achievers also recounted their experiences on the occasion of felicitation. Prabhat Jha, one of the achievers who scored 8.9 CGPA in his 3^rd year B. Tech examination said, “I am delighted to receive this honour and would like to thank DLF Foundation for their steady support. Their appropriate carrier guidance and mentoring helped me in making future career decision.”

‘Nurturing Excellence Programme’, a flagship project of DLF Foundation, aims to give access to quality education to talented underprivileged students. These Students are selected on the basis of merit and family income. DLF Foundation also provides them with the much-needed coaching, counselling, mentoring and soft skills training while awarding the high achievers. The ultimate aim is to transform, particularly, the girl students and groom them as new generation leaders by honing their intellect and social/soft skills in multi-dimensional ways.