Published 13:30 IST, February 19th 2021

Vivek Oberoi to help needy children with scholarships; starts initiative worth 16 cr

Vivek Oberoi has launched an initiative to help farmers' kids and other students with scholarships. The initiative is worth Rs 16 crore.

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celebrities of film industry are kwn to extend ir reach with audiences beyond ir cinema. Many stars have been involved in numerous charity initiatives, helping people across different strata of society. Recently, Vivek Oberoi showed he is one of m, by launching an initiative to extend scholarships to underprivileged students. 

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Vivek Oberoi to provide scholarships to needy children

As per a report on ANI, Vivek has launched a campaign to provide educational scholarships to tune of Rs 16 crore. Saathiya star’s initiative aims to help students crack competitive exams like JEE and NEET and biggest beneficiaries are set to be children of farmers in rural India. He stated that he wanted to help 'bright students in ir educational ambitions and help beat hurdles like ‘geography’ y came from.  

 "Every child from a vill who makes it big carries t only his family but his entire vill forward with him. re are so many meritorious and talented young students around us but y are unable to afford higher education and coaching even at a subsidised rate or go to a college of ir choice due to financial difficulties," Vivek was quoted as saying.

44-year-old ded, "I didn't want such bright students to be neglected because of geography y come from. My team and I have put toger this initiative to help m achieve ir dreams so that y can go out re and make a career."

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scholarship has been unveiled under i30 training programme, which is digitisation of mamatician Anand Kumar's popular Super 30 programme. Under initiative, 90 virtual learning centres in smaller cities will train students for IIT exams and medical entrance exams.

Vivek on work front

On professional front, Vivek last featured in Kanna movie Rustum.  actor is producing two films at moment, titled Rosie: Saffron Chapter and Iti: Can You Solve your Own Murder. former will feature Palak Tiwari, daughter of Shweta Tiwari, making her debut.

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13:30 IST, February 19th 2021