Ludhiana's, Gurjot Singh Wins British Council IELTS Scholarship Award 2013

Ludhiana, August 13, 2013. Ludhiana's, Gurjot Singh Garcha is among eight students from India who have won this year's British Council IELTS Scholarship Award.

Gurjot is going to Curtin University, Australia for his Masters in Engineering Science (Electrical Engineering). Eight Indian students have been declared as winners of the British Council IELTS Scholarship Award 2013 and will receive Rs 300,000 each towards the cost of tuition fees. Five winners will pursue full-time post-graduate programmes in the UK and three others will study in Australia, Canada and the United States of America.

The British Council IELTS Scholarship Award was launched in the year 2010 with the objective of assisting Indian students intending to study at universities abroad. Over the last three years, 24 students have had the opportunity to study at top Universities overseas through this Scholarship. The British Council IELTS Scholarships are also being awarded in three other Asian countries with total scholarships worth £60000 approximately.

This year, there has been an even spread of winners from across India. Janvi Thaker from Kolkata , Avrina Jos Joslin Thambi from Viluppuram-Tamil Nadu, Gurjot Singh Garcha from Ludhiana, Jahnavi Milind Mirashi from Pune, Sadia Zafar from Navi Mumbai, Shraddha Kaur from Gurgaon, Pramita Roy from Kolkata and Gowri Rastogi from Bangalore.

Congratulating the award winning Indian scholars, Sarah Deverall, Director - Exams, British Council India, mentioned that, "I am delighted that such deserving young winners have been selected for our fourth annual British Council IELTS Scholarship Awards and would like to wish them every success in their studies, which this year include a variety of IELTS destination countries, including Canada, USA, Australia and the UK. We are happy that our tests scores are fast becoming the global benchmark in evaluating students' proficiency in English language."

 

International English Language Testing System (IELTS), recognised as the world’s leading international English language test, is designed to evaluate the ability to communicate in English for education, immigration and professional accreditation worldwide. IELTS is now accepted by more than 8,000 educational institutions, employers, professional associations and governments in 135 countries around the world – including over 3,000 institutions and programs in the USA as a measure of English Language proficiency.

The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. We are a Royal Charter charity, established as the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Our 7,000 staff in over 100 countries work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year through English, arts, education and society programmes. For details of our work in India, please visit www.britishcouncil.in

 

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

IELTS is the International English Language Testing System, the world’s most popular English language proficiency test with two million tests taken in the last year. Candidates are tested in listening, reading, writing and speaking. All tests are scored on a banded system from 1 (the lowest) through to 9 (the highest possible band score).  IELTS offers a choice of two versions, to serve both academic and non-academic purposes. IELTS Academic measures English language proficiency needed for an academic, higher learning environment. The tasks and texts are accessible to all test-takers, irrespective of their subject focus. IELTS General Training measures English language proficiency in a practical, everyday context. The tasks and texts reflect both workplace and social situations.

•             Winner bios and the courses they will pursue are as under-

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Name	Course	University
Avrina Jos Joslin	MA Writing	University of Warwick, UK
Gowri Rastogi	International Business	Nottingham University, UK
Gurjot Singh Garcha	Masters in Engineering Science (Electrical Engineering)	Curtin University, Australia
Jahnavi Milind Mirashi	Master of Communication in Digital Media	University of Washington, US
Janvi Thaker	Industrial Biotechnology	Centennial College in Toronto, Canada
Pramita Ray	Masters in Development Studies	Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK
Sadia Zafar	Masters in Comparative Social Policy	University of Oxford, UK
Shraddha Kaur	MSc. Psychological Research	University of Oxford, UK