image0011IME Ltd. (International Money Express Pvt. Ltd. is the No. 1 Remittance Company of Nepal) and Global IME Bank Ltd.- a national level ‘A’ Class Commercial Bank- have called for applications for the scholarship fund named IME Global IME Aakanshya Scholarship. It is a scholarship fund established by IME Ltd. and Global IME Bank Ltd. in association with Higher Secondary Schools’ Association of Nepal (HISSAN) and Private and Boarding Schools’ Organization, Nepal (PABSON).  The purpose of the Scholarship Fund is to provide scholarship to financially deprived yet deserving students from grade I to XI from across Nepal at their respective educational institutions. The Scholarship Fund will be total worth Rs.1 Million per year; in which IME and Global IME Bank will contribute up to Rs.1 Million per year to the Scholarship Fund to support the students in educational institutions under the affiliation of PABSON/HISSAN as well as educational institutions not affiliated to PABSON/HISSAN. PABSON and HISSAN will contribute to the extent of 25% of the total fund in form of fee waivers/concessions to the selected students at the respective educational institutions under their affiliation. The two financial institutions aim to provide scholarships to 100 deserving students for one academic year. Students of grade I to XI are eligible to apply for the scholarship and deadline for application submission is Kartik 30, 2073.  Interested students need to fill up the standard scholarship application form available either at IME Centers / IME Private Agent outlets / GIBL branch locations or at IME/GIBL corporate websites.  Application form should accompany the students’ last two years’ academic certificates and recommendation letter from their respective School/College principal. All scholarship forms will be screened by the scholarship selection sub-committee under the Scholarship Fund Committee comprising of high-level officials from IME, Global IME Bank, HISSAN and PABSON including seasoned educationists and academicians.  This comes as part of joint CSR initiative in the field of education by country’s premier financial institutions IME Ltd. and Global IME Bank. This year’s scholarship program is the second edition of Aakanshya Scholarship that was introduced for the first time for the academic year 2072. Year 2072 was a huge success, where thousands of applications were received from across the country. This year the number of applications is expected to increase considerably.