Saturday, July 4, 2009

LearnHub Announces The Dream Study Abroad Scholarship for Indian Students

New Delhi, April 17, 2009: LearnHub.com, the leading social learning network run by Canada based Savvica Inc., has announced the Learnhub Dream Study Abroad Scholarship to help students in various academic pursuits to apply and study abroad. Savvica is majority owned by Educomp Solutions Ltd.

The LearnHub Scholarship is in fact a bursary, with a one time grant of USD 2000 which can be used to buy books or pay fees. The selected student gets the amount once they join the college and complete the first semester. This scholarship will be declared once in 6 months and can be applied by any student who is an Indian citizen and a member of LearnHub. While there is no upper cap on the number of scholarships, only deserving candidates will be selected for the same. The first round of results will be out by September 1st week, 2009.

The application procedure is made very simple and carefully laid out to select the most deserving candidates. The prize winners will be felicitated and counseled on how they can extract the maximum from higher education abroad. Further details on the scholarship like, eligibility criteria, important dates, contact information etc can be found on – http://learnhub.com/scholarships.

“We have experienced phenomenal growth over the past year and we would like to share our success with students” says LearnHub CEO Malgosia Green. With the global recession making budgets ever tighter and competition for scholarships even more fierce, the LearnHub Scholarship promises to keep the dream alive for students who want to study abroad.

In these lean economic times, students have discovered further studies as an attractive option to avoid career stagnation, while transitioning to higher job profiles. Faced with a choice between colleges in India and abroad, students are keen on studying abroad. As Varun, Analyst at a research firm said, “I have secured admission in both Indian and foreign business schools. I prefer studying abroad since it provides better education and placement opportunities. The job scenario will improve in the coming years and I should secure a higher level position in a consulting firm, helping me repay my educational loan in time.”

Studying Abroad is also a fast emerging trend for undergraduate courses. “When you consider salaries after education and the ease of transition to higher study programs like MS/MBA, it becomes obvious that studying abroad is the way to go”, said LearnHub’s Counselor Amit Wadhwa. “The LearnHub scholarship is an initiative to specifically encourage high school students to fulfill their educational aspirations”, he further added.


About LearnHub.com


LearnHub.com is one of its kind online social learning networks run by Savvica Inc., a Canadian company. Savvica has a strategic partnership with the largest education company in India, Educomp Solutions Ltd.

In addition to the scholarship, LearnHub hosts the directory of more than 3500 colleges abroad and providing comprehensive information to over 700 high quality degree programs, which has been used over 3,30,000 times by Indian students since August 2008. LearnHub with its free online School Finder tool is hot-spot destination for students for searching and applying to colleges abroad that best meet their requirements. LearnHub.com also hosts learning communities focusing on study abroad, test prep, and careers.

Indian students can now apply directly for over 700 international degree programs in US, Canada and UK through LearnHub.com

February 5th, 2009 - In a first of its kind initiative, LearnHub.com, the social learning network run by Savvica, a Canadian company that is majority owned by Educomp Solutions Ltd, will now allow Indian students to apply directly to over 19 universities & colleges in the USA, Canada and UK for over 700 high quality degree programs from their website.

In addition, LearnHub.com councilors are available online 24X7 to offer free advice to Indian students on applying domestically and overseas.

“Our aim is to empower Indian students and give them easy access to information on pursuing their higher studies in overseas college and universities and the option to directly apply to these institutes and degree of their choice online from our website” said Malgosia Green , CEO, LearnHub.com

Among the 19 universities and colleges who have partnered with LearnHub.com to gain access to its broad and growing membership of motivated Indian students are University of Kentucky (USA), the University of Stirling (UK), the New England Institute of Technology (USA), University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point (USA), University of New Brunswick (Canada), and many more highly regarded research and career/technical institutions from across the USA, UK, and Canada.

Combined, these partnerships allow LearnHub.com to offer students direct access to apply to over 700 high quality degree programs in one place. Since August 2008, this free online tool has been used over 3,30,000 times by Indian students.

“If this were a college education fair, it would be the largest in the world and would run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and available from any computer terminal” said Michelle Caers, Vice-President, Business Development, LearnHub.com

LearnHub.com is a serious online social learning network preferred by students who are focused on getting ahead. The website includes over 150,000 pages of free study material and career advice, and has a rapidly growing user base. The website content and tools are designed specifically for the Indian student market.

In the recent past LearnHub.com has launched the IIT-JEE community - an online platform for JEE aspirants across India, the world's largest free SAT & GMAT question banks, as well as a free CAT community on their website.

About LearnHub.com

LearnHub.com is a first of its kind centralized online education destination for teachers and learners across the globe. Launched in the spring of 2008, LearnHub.com hosts learning communities focusing on study abroad, test prep, and careers. In addition, LearnHub.com allows students to find & apply to universities around the world. LearnHub.com is run by Savvica Inc., a Canadian company. Savvica has a strategic partnership with the largest education company in India, Educomp Solutions Ltd.