RAVENSHAW news

Ravenshaw University to continue scholarships,
Over 600 students to benefit in the coming academic year.
Rs. 23.25 lakhs has been earmarked for the purpose
24 students to get National Scholarships

An amount of Rs. 23. 35 lakhs has been earmarked for scholarships to be given to 646 students of Ravenshaw University in the coming academic year.The university authorities have decided to continue all the 11 categories of the scholarships that were available to students in the erstwhile autonomous college.
“We are going to continue all the annual scholarships, including the POSCO scholarship, which is given to four students for an amount of Rs. 88,696,” says university registrar Satyakam Mishra. Scholarships are basically provided to the meritorious and poor students of the university to continue their studies without any hindrance, he adds.

At least 24 students will receive the national scholarships of an amount of Rs. 1,12,042 and another 510 students will receive about Rs. 20 lakhs as post-matriculation scholarship for SC and ST students.Besides, there are 50 senior merit scholarships and 30 PG merit scholarships are available for students in the ensuing academic year.There are other scholarships like senior merit-cum-means (8), PG merit-cum-means (5), Physically challenged (8), mining scholarships (4) and two SEBC scholarships available for the university students in 2008-09 academic session, according to sources.

Borasambar Cup Debate :


Apart from the continuation of old scholarships, the university authorities have also decided to revive the oldest debate competition of the erstwhile college that was abruptly stopped in 1970.“It has been decided that the famous Borasambar-Senapati debate competition winner will also be awarded with Chancellor’s cup and there will not be a separate competition for this,” says university Vice-Chancellor Debdas Chhotray.The origin of the prestigious debate can be traced back to 1934, two years before the State became a separate province.

Nilamani Senapati, one of the few Oriya ICS officers posted as deputy commissioner of Sambalpur district. Borasambar was then a small principality of about 1000 square miles in Gandhamardan hills. When Senapati was transferred to Cuttack, he was presented with Rs. 600 as parting gift by the Raja of Borasambar estate Rajendra Singh Bariah. Senapati then donated the amount to Ravenshaw College to create an endowment for awarding prize to the best English debater.
Among the winners of the prestigious debate are luminaries like Shreeram Chandra Dash, Prafulla K Pati, A.N. Tiwary, Nilakanth Rath, S.K. Palit, P.C. Hota, Sarat Kar, D.K. Ray and the present Vice-Chancellor Debdas Chhotary himself in 1963. The debate, for some reasons was stopped in 1970 and it was revived last year when Chhotray joined as Vice-Chancellor.