PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Roorkee
Continuing its commitment to empowering education through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), HORIBA India awarded the HORIBA Talent Hunt Scholarship 2024-25 to 30 students of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). IIT Roorkee officials said that the scholarship, launched in 2023 under the theme ‘Together We Grow’, had been conceived by its alumnus Rajeev Gautam who is the president, HORIBA India and senior corporate officer, HORIBA Ltd, Japan. They further said that it had extended a one-time partial tuition fee waiver to deserving students from 12 different departments.
The occasion also witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between IIT Roorkee and HORIBA India to collaborate on a pioneering project titled ‘Sustainable Farming’. The MoU was exchanged by the director, IIT Roorkee, K K Pant and Rajeev Gautam.
Pant said that the MoU reflected their shared vision for sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship, aligned with India’s national goals. Gautam said that he considered it a privilege to give back to his alma mater through initiatives that empowered students and supported sustainable innovation.
