Universal Group of Institutions announces scholarship programme

The Universal Group Of Institutions, affiliated with Punjab Technical University, announced a scholarship programme named after Sangram Singh. The scholarship will be awarded every year to 50 deserving students of the university.

Singh is known for his charity and social causes. He has created awareness about animal welfare and adopted a school in Satara.

In an exclusive interview with Smarica Pant from India Today Education, Sangram Singh talks about the scholarship program and the condition of sports in our country. 

How will the scholarship named after you, help students?

Sangram Singh: The scholarship will be given to 50 meritorious students of the institution and it will help them to enrich in both sports and education.

Apart from the scholarship program, how would you like to help the poor students of this country?

SS: I always want to be the medium of poor students so that the students can enrich themselves in their desired field and last year, I also helped the poor students of a school near Lonawala. The youth is the power of the country and to construct a good nation, poor students needs to be helped.

In India, Cricket gets prime importance in the field of sports. According to you, which other sports has the capability to climb high in this country?

SS: It is true that Cricket has been given prime importance in the country but to me, wrestling is in number two and I am organising shows to boost the other sports as well.

Physical education and fitness is not given much importance in most Indian schools. How important is PE in schools? How do you think this situation can be changed?

SS: Physical Education is important for the development of body and mind, it is wrong if the schools are excluding that from their syllabus. It said that a sound body begets a sound mind and the development of a person is quite impossible without proper health.

If a student wants to choose between academic education and a particular sport, which would you advice him to choose?

SS: Which field they choose is up to the students as they have the opportunity to succeed in either of the streams. However, education is necessary for every person and without that, it is hard to reach the zenith of success.

Source:- Indiatoday