Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 24: Four students have been selected for the Amarnath Vaishnavi Educational Scholarship for this year which has been instituted by R V Learning Foundation, an organization working in the area of education, employability skills and women entrepreneurship.
Founded by Rohini Vaishnavi the grand daughter of legendary leader at Faridabad, Haryana, the organization runs schools for the children of construction workers under project “Kaksha” and also helps women to become financially independent under its women entrepreneurship program. The scholarship launched on the 95th birth Anniversary of the veteran leader, an RSS ideologue and social worker henceforth will be awarded every year on this day to honour his contribution to the society.
This year the scholarship has been given to class 10th student Aryan Koul from Purkhu Migrant Camp in Jammu, , Meenakshi from Delhi who is pursuing graduation through Delhi University, Sheetal Bhat from Jagti township Nagrota, Jammu, who is pursuing masters from IGNOU and Ritu Kumari from Dayalbagh, Faridabad, who is studying in Kinder Garten (KG).
The contribution of Late Amarnath Vaishnavi in the field of education was exemplary. His major contribution was to rehabilitate the terrorism hit people of J&K, who lost their homes when there was a mass exodus on account of violence in Kashmir Valley. He convinced Balasaheb Thackrey in early nineties to reserve seats for displaced Kashmiri students in educational institutions in Maharashtra. Later he and his team convinced Murali Manohar Joshi, the then Minister of Human Resource Development, to extend the arrangement to the other states. He negotiated with the J&K Government to start camp schools and colleges for the displaced children in the year 1990. He wanted to see the youth and children going to their respective educational institutions everyday morning, only to come back by the end of the day, said Rohini Vaishnavi.
She said the blow that the displaced Kashmiri Pandits had received was so hard that they had become homeless overnight with no certainty about future and this could have led them to frustration and hopelessness. Vaishnavi realised this and sending students to schools and colleges became his mission. His contribution is visible today, after 30 years, in the prosperity of those children who are now adults, she added.
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