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Lalita J Shah & Jayantilal B Shah Scholarship


Lalita J Shah & Jayantilal B Shah Scholarship

The Lalita J Shah & Jayantilal B Shah Scholarship was instituted by Mr. Rajendra Shah in the year 2016 and is open to all B.Tech students. The scholarship amount is Rs. 1 lakh per student per year and is awarded to one B.Tech student every year in order to support internships (international or domestic), special projects and opportunities, financial needs, etc. B.Tech students with a minimum CPI of 6.5 are eligible.

Mr Raj Shah did his B.Tech from IIT Bombay and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. Mr Shah brings unique combination of creative leadership, entrepreneurial success, management discipline, and global experience. At Microsoft, he re-energized their online mapping services, and these mapping assets were acquired by Uber in June 2015. At Google, he spearheaded the creation of Maps by establishing a global infrastructure that encompasses all countries mapped by google from the ground up. An entrepreneur by nature, Mr Shah has also held senior management positions in leading Silicon Valley technology firms. This scholarship has been instituted in the name of his parents Mrs Lalita J Shah and Mr Jayantilal B Shah.

Meet the Recipients

Current Recipients (AY 2023-2024)

Tilak Maheshwari | BTech Materials Engineering

Past Recipients

2022-2023
Kareena Beniwal | BTech Dual Degree Mechanical Engineering

2021-2022
Janvi Vinodkumar Thakkar | B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering

2020-2021
Thakar Devanshu Nilesh | B.Tech Chemical Engineering

2019-2020
Tanisha Agarwal | B Tech Materials Science & Engineering

2018-2019
Mukesh Kumar | B.Tech Civil Engineering
Rishabh Jain | B.Tech Civil Engineering

2017-2018
Rishabh Jain | B.Tech Civil Engineering
Shubham | B.Tech Chemical Engineering

2016-2017
Sandeep Kumar Yadav| B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Shubham | B.Tech Chemical Engineering

Instituted By

Mr. Rajendra Shah

Amount of Scholarship per Year

Rs. 1 Lakh

Number of Scholarships

01 per year

Eligibility

B.Tech students with a minimum CPI of 6.5.