This year we invite students to apply for this scholarship.
Details of the scholarship and guidelines are as below.
Details & Guidelines
- The scholarship is for final year students pursuing their Bachelor degree from a recognized Fine Arts College of India and for one year only.
- Each application must be accompanied by recommendation from the college Dean/Principal on college letter head.
- Students shall have to submit photographs (in JPEG or PNG file format) of the original paintings on CD/pen drive, properly labelled with full name,
address, contact number(s), college name), to the Foundation for primary selection. The packet should be sent by courier, to :-
S.D.Ahuja Foundation, D. P. Ahuja & Co., 29 Broad Street, Kolkata - 700019, West Bengal
Students will have to submit scanned copies of at least 4 paintings, on a properly labelled CD, to the foundation for the primary selection process. The CD should be sent by courier to
– D. P Ahuja & Co., 29 Broad Street. Kolkata 700 019, West Bengal
- Selection will be done on the basis of the paintings submitted. The Selected students will have to send all the 4 original paintings, which can be mounted but may not be framed, along with the application form duly filled in.
- The submitted paintings have to be original and not older than 6 months, i.e. done in the final year only.
Paintings should not be smaller than 18" x 18" or larger than 36" x 48", and should not weigh more than 8 kg.
The paintings can be in oil, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, mixed media, pen and ink, or water colour on canvas, board or paper. Only two dimensional work and not sculptures or other installations will be accepted.
- On selection, the scholarship students will receive a Certificate and Rs.15000/- and the selected
4 paintings will be retained by the Foundation as part of the Foundation"s collection.
- Thereafter every month the scholarship candidate will have to send 1 new painting done in the past two months by e-mail to trust@dpahuja.com . After sending all 11 submissions, in the next 11 months, the candidate will receive a lump-sum of Rs.10,000/-.
Request for the original paintings and acceptance does not guarantee scholarship.
The last date of submission is 31st August 2017. For further details & application form, please contact your college or
email : trust@dpahuja.com Ph.: 033 4017 7100 / 033 4017 7200
Address: S.D. Ahuja Foundation, 29 Broad Street, Kolkata 700 019, West Bengal, India