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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to full fees
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Alumnus Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, has announced the creation of a £15 million endowed scholarship programme at London Business School to support the education of 10 full-time MBA candidates every year in perpetuity. Five of the scholarship recipients will be from India and five from the rest of the world.
The BK Birla Scholars Programme honours the legacy of Mr Birla’s late grandfather, celebrated industrialist, philanthropist and pioneer Basant Kumar (BK) Birla. A humble and visionary leader, BK Birla (1921-2019) viewed access to higher education as a fundamental right for all. The BK Birla Scholars Programme marks the largest endowed scholarship gift to a European Business School.
BK Birla Scholars will represent the most impressive talent across the School’s full-time MBA programme, and will embody academic excellence and high leadership potential. The top 5% of the class will be eligible for the award. The award will represent the mark of highest distinction among students. The first cohort will start in Autumn 2019.
Benefits
The scholarship is worth up to full fees.
Eligibility
- Candidates who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership potential and uphold the ideals of integrity, dedication and service to humanity in honour of the legacy and values of BK Birla.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Business Administration
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Anytime
All eligible candidates will be automatically considered for this award. This is usually at the end of the Admissions year, just prior to matriculation.