Societe Generale announces third phase of talent scholarship programme

Has provided full scholarship to 28 students from premier institutes in past three yrs

Bangalore-based Societe Generale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC), a subsidiary of the France-based Societe Generale Group, announced the third phase of their scholarship program, ‘SG GSC India Talent Scholarship’, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to fund higher education for talented students with financial difficulties.
 
Launched in 2010, the SG GSC talent scholarship programme provided full scholarship to 28 students from premier institutes in the past three years. The chosen students represent Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIM-A), Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli (IIM-T) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K), Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (ISB), and International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B).
 
In 2012, the third year of ‘SG GSC India Talent Scholarship’ program, 8 students were chosen for after a rigorous screening process. In 2012 programme five of eight selected students are women. The programme received around 200 applications from the top institutes in India. The screening involved each shortlisted student going through a face-to- face interview process with the team of SG GSC.

Over and above the evaluation process involving factors like academic performance, need, impact and ambition of the students, the 2012 selection process had a major focus on the financial background of the students as well as their social entrepreneurial acumen.

Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore said, “SG GSC Talent Scholarship Programme enables selected PGP students to be assigned a mentor from the SG GSC team, besides receiving the funds to support their postgraduate education. The feedback from students of previous years has been extremely positive especially with regard to the mentorship programme which provides the student a direct industry interface and helps develop executive capabilities.”
 
This programme also groomes future leaders and the focused mentorship program is offers for each student to get mentored by a member of the SG GSC team. The mentorship enables the students to be coached and counselled by the leaders to steer through their course with great confidence and start their dream careers. The constant interaction with leaders enhances their communication skills, people skills and personal branding.