upakarfoundation.org Apply for Upakar Scholarship 2015-16

Organisation : Upakar Foundation
Facility : Apply for Upakar Scholarship 2015-2016

Home Page :https://upakarfoundation.org/
Download here :https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/383-2015%20upakar%20application.pdf

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Tiara Special Grant 2015-16 Charitable Foundation : www.scholarships.net.in/2756.html

Scholarship Info :

** Congratulations on taking these steps to further your education and develop your career skills. Upakar was founded to support the educational and career aspirations of the Indian-American community.

Upakar provides $8,000 over four years for each scholarship recipient.

** For an illustration of how much a student may save in principal and interest payments, click here. Each year, we will renew the annual scholarship if the scholar maintains a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 (out of 4.0).
** New in 2011 was the Geeta Rastogi Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship has the same requirements as a regular Upakar Scholarship but would only be awarded to a student entering a Fine Arts (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) undergraduate program. Shobhit Jain is the current GRMS recipient.
** New in 2013 was the Community College Scholarships. These scholarships are targeted to top performing high school students that have made the decision to attend a two year community college and then transfer to a four year degree program. The scholarship awards are $500 for the first two years and then $2,000 for the following two years. The same GPA and AGI requirements as the traditional Upakar scholarship apply.
** New in 2014 was the Virgina for Education scholarship. This scholarship was fully funded by Virginia residents and became the 6th Upakar scholarship.

Mentorship :

In addition to the financial award, Upakar provides a mentoring program for our scholarship recipients. This is an outstanding opportunity to seek the advice of and network with successful professionals across the United States from the Indian-American community.

Privacy and Confidentiality :
Your application will be held in the strictest confidence and scholar specific information contained within will not, under any circumstances, be shared outside of our scholarship committee.

General Eligibility Requirements :

To be eligible for any Upakar scholarship, you must :
** Have either been born or have one parent born in the Republic of India
** Be either a U.S. citizen or a U.S. ‘Green Card’ holder (no exceptions)
** Be actively seeking enrollment in a 2 year community college or an undergraduate 4-year degree program at a college or university in the United States for the 2014-2015 academic year
** Have a 2013 Family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) on the IRS form 1040, 1040EZ or 1040A of less than $75,000
** Currently be a graduating high school senior living in the USA with a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.6 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
Our scholarship process is competitive, so we ask that you take your time to fill out the application completely and accurately. Please pay significant attention to the essays, as they will tell us the most about you and your background, your education and career aspirations. Generally we received between 60-80 applications every year for the 5 scholarships.

Dead line :
** Applications for the 2015 scholarship must be post-marked by April 30th, 2015.