The Foundation's mission is to bring about a transformation in the lives of academically brilliant and financially needy students in India and empower them to be successful in their career and personal lives. In the education sector in India, the focus of the central and state governments has shifted from higher education to literacy, primary education, education of girls and "education for all" programs. Due to the change in focus and also due to budgetary and fiscal considerations, government support and subsidies for higher education are being substantially reduced. Increasingly, the responsibility for providing higher education facilities is falling in the realm of the private sector. In this context, many academically talented students in India are compelled to discontinue their secondary and higher education due to the high cost of such education and their family's financial circumstances. The discontinuation results in a waste of talent and a significant economic loss to the students, their families and to society at large. The discontinuation of education among female students results in an even greater and long-term adverse impact on India's social and economic development.| The Foundation's Scholarship Program enables such academically brilliant and financially needy students to continue and complete their education. The program has a special focus on the education of female students. In addition to enabling brilliant and needy students to complete their education, the Scholarship Program empowers the students to be successful in realization of their career aspirations and be successful in their personal lives. The Program contributes to the enhancement of the intellectual capital base of the country. The enhanced base provides a rich pool of talent and human resources to business, government and other sectors in India and abroad. What's more, enabling academically brilliant female students to complete their education results in an even greater benefit for India's development.