All time high girls' enrolment in Vinod Gupta School of Mgt

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jul 26 2017 | 8:13 PM IST
The Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT-Kharagpur, has registered the highest ever female ratio for new admission this academic year when 28 per cent of its 126 new students are girls.
The batch in the present academic year consists of 35 girls and 91 boys which is the highest ever female ratio for new admission at VGSoM, an IIT-KGP release said today.
In the previous academic year of VGSoM there were 25 girls and 86 boys.
Vinod Gupta, an India-born American businessman, investor and philanthropist, expressed delight saying, "I am happy that VGSoM has almost 30 per cent female students. I hope by next year they exceed the 50 per cent mark."
Gupta said, "I came from a village where girls were not educated. My mother made it a mission to educate children in her village. Now we educate over 800 girls a year in my village by giving them either free or discounted tuition, depending on economic conditions."
The Dean of the Institute, Prof Prabina Rajib said, "Our aim at VGSoM has always been to bring in the best students and groom them to become the best managers.
"With the various work experiences that they bring with themselves, we look forward to their growth and future success," she said.

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First Published: Jul 26 2017 | 8:13 PM IST

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