As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to furthering Anita’s vision, we are pleased to announce the 2012 Google India Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. Through the scholarship, we aim to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, and become active role models and leaders.
Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates’ academic background and demonstrated leadership. A group of female undergraduate and graduate student finalists will be chosen from the applicant pool. Each scholar recipient will receive a cash prize of INR 1,00,000 each. In addition all finalists and scholarship recipients will be invited to an expenses-paid networking retreat to be held at Google’s India Engineering centre.
Applications for the 2012 scholarship open on 11th November 2011. Apply here.