Coromandel International, the fertiliser major, plans to bring smiles on the faces of young girls, with timely financial support, while continuing its efforts to supplement the efforts of hardworking farmers.
As many as 160 girl students from the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh will benefit financially from an initiative called ‘Mana gromor rural girl child scholarship programme' of Coromandel International Ltd, part of the Murugappa Group.
It intends to support at least 960 students in the State during 2011-12.
Scholarships
The corporate house will reward the selected girl students on January 2 at a function in Nalgonda town. The aim of this programme is to extend financial support to poor rural girl students to ensure reduction in number of rural girl school drop-outs and help them go for higher education.
Accordingly, scholarships worth Rs 2,500 and Rs 1,500 will be distributed to those girl students who have secured first and second ranks respectively in class IX from any of the Government schools in Nalgonda rural areas and currently pursuing 10th class.
Mana Gromor retail, the retail SBU of Coromandel International has been implementing this program in Andhra Pradesh. It intends to extend the benefit to 960 rural girl students from Warangal, Kurnool, Guntur, Krishna, and West Godavari districts, apart from Nalgonda.
Mana Gromor retail centres began operations in 2007 with two outlets. In 2011, the company expanded it to over 550 retail centres with 500 in rural Andhra Pradesh and 50 centres in rural Karnataka. The stores offer the entire range of agri inputs under one roof along with technical advisory to maximize farm productivity.