Ten girls will be provided free education under the 'Kalpana Chawla Ladli' scheme to be launched by the father of Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. Under the scheme of the Kalpana Chawla Group of Institutions at Hisar, free education will be provided to eight girls in the IT sector and two girls in B.Ed college. The scheme will also give an opportunity to two girls every year to visit NASA and USA. The astronaut's father B L Chawla would launch the scheme here on August 8 next and he would also interact with the boys and
girls of the Institutions, chairman of the Group Sunil Sharma told reporters on Friday. "Kalpana Chawla has been a role-model for the girls. The youths would know about her life from her father and imbibe those virtues which took her to such heights that the world praised her talent and courage," Sharma said.
girls of the Institutions, chairman of the Group Sunil Sharma told reporters on Friday. "Kalpana Chawla has been a role-model for the girls. The youths would know about her life from her father and imbibe those virtues which took her to such heights that the world praised her talent and courage," Sharma said.
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