That gift which is given to a worthy person, in the right circumstance, from whom we expect nothing in return, is held to be most pure.
~ Bhagavad Gita, 17:20

Here is the list of students awarded the 2010 Shanbhag Scholarships in Kumta, India. I thank the many donors who made valuable contributions, so needy students could gain a good education. If you would like to make a donation for the next academic year starting in June 2011, please contact me.

As our program has matured, we have expanded to support 50 students (29 girls, 21 boys) at six schools in Kumta, with only 11 of 50 students at the Shanbhag High School. In the complete list below, the prefix Kumari, refers to girls.

Scholarships were granted purely on the basis of need and included full tuition and a daily fabulous lunch.

Saraswati Vidya Kendra, Kumta
1. Kumari Kamakshi PS, Class II
2. Kumari Apporva VS, Class II
3. Tilak DN, Class II
4. Kumari Kavya UH, Class III
5. Kumari Diksha DV, Class III
6. Maruti SSP, Class IV
7. Aditya NK, Class VI
8. Nakul NP, Class VI
9. Kartik PS, Class VI
10. Kumari Nidhi SK, Class VI
11. Kumari Nidhi BB, Class VII
12. Akshay SS, Class VII
13. Srinivas VS, Class VII
14. Mahesh AS, Class VII

Shanbhag High School, Kumta

15. Kumari Bhagavati SD, Class VIII
16. Deepesh MN, Class VIII
17. Gopalkrishna VS, Class VIII
18. Vishal VS, Class VIII
19. Kumari Namrata HG, Class VIII
20. Kumari Yakshita JN, Class VIII
21. Kumari Poornima KN, Class VIII
22. Kumari Padmavati VS, Class IX
23. Kumari Rekha KH, Class IX
24. Kumari Akshata SS, Class X
25. Kumari Nagaratna VB, Class X

Gibb High School, Kumta

26. Ganesh AS, Class IX
27. Vivek VN, Class IX
28. SPeter D, Class IX
29. Vinayak DK, Class IX
30. Raghavendra S, Class VIII

Gibb Girls High School, Kumta

31. Kumari Dhanashree VK, Class VIII
32. Kumari Malati BH, Class IX
33. Kumari Mallika MP, Class IX
34. Kumari Shweta AS, Class IX
35. Kumari Poojita SN, Class IX
36. Kumari Teena KD, Class IX
37. Kumari Nisha MS, Class X
38. Kumari Soumya SP, Class X

Mahatma Gandhi High School, Chitrigi, Kumta

39. Aditya AB, Class VIII
40. Kumari Vanita NP, Class IX
41. Kumari Hasanbanu MS, Class IX
42. Ganapati NP, Class IX
43. Chandrahas SA, Class IX
44. Kumari Swati SP, Class IX
45. Kumari Divyashri RN, Class X

Gibb English Medium High School, Kumta

46. Kumari Divya B, Class VIII
47. Kumari Soumya GP, Class VIII
48. Gajanan GN, Class IX
49. Jasper TN, Class IX
50. Kumari Shraddha JS, Class X

• Scholarship Activities at Shikshan.org
• How to help; Ask me if you have queries or concerns.
• Scholarship for the needy 2008-2009.
• Scholarship for the needy 2009-2010.

My Posts on Kumta:

• Kumta: Jewel of the Konkan
• Kumta: Main Street
• Kumta: Field of Dreams
• Kumta: School Kids
• Young Women Making Papads in Kumta
• Video: Approaching Kumta on Konkan Railway

My Posts on the Shanbhag School, Kumta

• Shanbhag School in Kumta
• Lunch at the Shanbhag School
• Lunch at the Saraswati Vidya Kendra – Don’t miss audio of students chanting
• Academic Update from the Shanbhag School – 2008.
• Academic Update from the Shanbhag School – 2009. These students are good!
• Earlier visit to student homes

That gift which is given, knowing it to be a duty, in a fit time and place, to a worthy person, from whom we expect nothing in return, is held to be most pure.
~ Bhagavad Gita, 17:20

Several years ago we started these scholarships to support needy girls at the Shanbhag School in Kumta. This year, more friends and family joined in helping us support 48 students (29 girls and 19 boys). We extended beyond our original charter and 40 of 48 students are from other schools in Kumta. With your support we will keep growing and eventually cover ALL needy students in Kumta!

The staff at the Shanbhag School do all the hard work of collecting applications and identifying truly needy candidates. On every trip I also visit a few scholarship recipients in their homes, to partly ensure they are truly needy, but importantly to enlist parents in facilitating a good education for their child.

Here are a few pics of students I took on this recent visit. Above are two sisters we supported. We have supported the older sister for several years. She is also in this post from an earlier visit (fourth pic).

When I called on them, this kid was helping his father in their restaurant along the highway (see next pic).

Their restaurant is a very simple place on NH-17, catering mainly to day laborers. Life is tough for many. I get to see this first hand and be touched by it. In a way, this nourishes and impels me in all I do. Consider reading this post on the Flower Sellers at Dadar.

Two more, hanging out in their father’s shop.

The Saraswati Vidya Kendra and the Shanbhag High School are managed by the Konkan Education Trust, Kumta, India.

Primary Students, Saraswati Vidya Kendra
1. Kumari Kamakshi PS, Class I
2. Kumari Harshini KH, Class II
3. Kumari Kavya UH, Class II
4. Maruti SP, Class III
5. Kumari Ranjita NH, Class III
6. Ganapati PS, Class IV
7. Aditya NK, Class V
8. Kumari Nidhi SK, Class V
9. Nakul NP, Class V
10. Kartik PS, Class V
11. Kumari Nidhi BB, Class VI
12. Srinivas VS, Class VI
13. Kumari Bhagavati SD, Class VII
14. Deepesh MN, Class VII
15. Vishal VS, Class VII

Secondary Students, Shanbhag High School

16. Kumari Padmavati VS, Class VIII
17. Kumari Rekha KH, Class VIII
18. Kumari Akshata SS, Class IX
19. Kumari Nagaratna VB, Class IX
20. Kartik BS, Class X
21. Nagendra KH, Class X
22. Ramnath GS, Class X
23. Vinayak AS, Class X

@ the Gibb Girls High School. I have used this pic previously, but beautiful, no?

Gibb High School, Kumta
1. Ganesh AS, Class VIII
2. Vivek VN, Class VIII
3. SPeter D, Class VIII
4. Vinayak DK, Class VIII

Gibb Girls High School, Kumta

5. Kumari Malati BH, Class VIII
6. Kumari Mallika MP, Class VIII
7. Kumari Shweta AS, Class VIII
8. Kumari Poojita SN, Class VIII
9. Kumari Teena KD, Class VIII
10. Kumari Nisha MS, Class IX
11. Kumari Soumya SP, Class IX
12. Kumari Usha UB, Class X
13. Kumari Jyoti US, Class X

Mahatma Gandhi High School, Chitrigi, Kumta

14. Kumari Vanita NP, Class VIII
15. Kumari Hasanbanu MS, Class VIII
16. Kumari Ganapati NP, Class VIII
17. Kumari Chandrahas SA, Class VIII
18. Kumari Swati SP, Class VIII
19. Kumari Divyashri RN, Class IX
20. Kumari Lata RP, Class X

Gibb English Medium High School, Kumta

21. Gajanan GN, Class VIII
22. Preetam RR, Class VIII
23. Jasper TN, Class VIII
24. Kumari Shruddha JS, Class IX
25. Kumari Atitha MR, Class X

• Scholarship Activities at Shikshan.org
• How to help; Ask me if you have queries or concerns.
• Scholarship for the needy 2008-2009. List of last year’s recipients.

My Posts on Kumta:

• Kumta: Jewel of the Konkan
• Kumta: Main Street
• Kumta: Field of Dreams
• Kumta: School Kids
• Young Women Making Papads in Kumta

My Posts on the Shanbhag School, Kumta

• Lunch at the Saraswati Vidya Kendra – Don’t miss audio of students chanting
• Lunch at the Shanbhag School
• Shanbhag School in Kumta
• Academic Update from the Shanbhag School – 2008.
• Academic Update from the Shanbhag School – 2009. These students are good!
• Earlier visit to student homes

For the academic year 2008-2009, Shanbhag Scholarships were awarded to 35 students (23 girls and 12 boys) in various schools in Kumta, Karnataka. Scholarships were granted purely on the basis of need and included full tuition and a daily lunch at the school.

The scholarships were made possible due to the generosity of our patrons (see Patrons TAB). They receive our gratitude.

Read more about our Scholarships:

• Scholarship Activities at Shikshan.org
• How to help

Appended are names of scholarship recipients. The Saraswati Vidya Kendra and the Shanbhag High School are managed by the Konkan Education Trust, Kumta, India.

Primary Students,
Saraswati Vidya Kendra
1. Kumari Raksha V, LKG
2. Sachin SM, Class I
3. Manoj S, Class I
4. Kumari Kavya UH, Class I
5. Kumari Deeksha V, Class I
6. Kumari Harshini H, Class I
7. Maruti SP, Class II
8. Kumari NV Ashrita, CLass III
9. Kumari Vandana VS, Class III
10. Kumari Soujanya SR, Class IV
11. Nakul NP, Class IV
12. Kumari Nidhi SK, Class IV
13. Mahesh AS, Class V
14. Akshay MS, Class V
15. Vishal VS, Class VI
16. Kumari Bhagavati SD, Class VI
17. Kumari Neha SK, Class VII
18. Kumari Rekha KH, Class VII

Secondary Students,
Shanbhag High School

19. Kumari Akshata SS, Class VIII
20. Kumari Nagaratna VB, Class VIII
21. Nagendra KH, Class IX
22. Ramnath GS, Class IX
23. Vinayak AS, Class IX
24. Nagarak GB, Class, X
25. Nagaraj SD, Class X

The Gibb Girls High School, Mahatma Gandhi High Shool, and the Gibb English Medium High School are managed by the Kanara Education Society, Kumta. Since these Society Schools receive government aid, as well as food for their students, scholarships for students at these schools did not receive funds for midday meals.

@ the Gibb Girls High School

Gibb Girls High School, Kumta
1. Kumari Nisha MS, Class VIII
2. Kumari Soumya SP, Class VIII
3. Kumari Usha UB, Class IX
4. Kumari Jyoti US, Class IX

Mahatma Gandhi High School, Chitrigi, Kumta

5. Kumari Divyashri RN, Class VIII
6. Kumari Lata RP, Class IX
7. Kumari Pavitra RN, Class X

Gibb English Medium High School, Kumta

8. Kumari Atitha MR, Class IX
9. Kumari Shruddha JS, Class VIII
10. Kumari Namrata KN, Class VIII

Playground at the Gibb Girls High School, Kumta

• Lunch at the Saraswati Vidya Kendra – Don’t miss audio of students chanting
• Lunch at the Shanbhag School
• Shanbhag School in Kumta
• Academic Update from the Shanbhag School
• Scholarships for the Needy
• Scholarship Activities at Shikshan.org