Business Desk :
The Asian University for Women (AUW) and Syngenta Asia Pacific announced on Thursday that Syngenta would sponsor US$375,000 in scholarship fees for five female AUW students for five years.
This scholarship programme, the first of its kind, is aimed at empowering women from rural farming communities in Bangladesh and India to achieve higher education, the company said in a release. Valid for a period between January 2022 and December 2026, the scholarship will cover tuition, room and board, health coverage, textbooks, and supplies. There is a possibility of internship opportunities with Syngenta.
Of the five-year scholarship period, students will devote an entire year to learning English under AUW’s rubric of ‘Pathways for Promise’, according to the arrangement.
