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`Illaya Ragam Carnatic' scholarship

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: Five students were selected for the Rs.36,000 `Illaya Ragam Carnatic' scholarship offered by Reliance Communications on Thursday.

N.C. Bharadwaj (class IX), Sunil R. Gargyan (class VI), G. Abilash (class VI), S. Anjani (class VI) and R. Shyam (class VI) were selected by a panel of judges such as vocalist Ravi Kiran, veena artiste Revathy Krishna, violin artiste Kanyakumari and percussionist Ghatam Karthik. The final session of the scholarship programme, held at Ragasudha hall in Mylapore, came at the end of a month-long selection process and preliminary rounds.

Of the 400 applicants, 16 were shortlisted in categories such as vocal, veena, violin and mridangam.

According to Ms. Kanyakumari, the scholarship would go a long way in motivating youngsters. Reliance officials said the scholarship would be paid in four quarterly instalments of Rs.9,000 to each candidate, only after a review of the level of interest and the work put in by the recipient.

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