The Fair & lovely foundation is conducting its country-wide candidate interview round as part of the scholarship programme. These interviews will be held in four other locations — Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and lucknow.  Through this scholarship initiative, the Fair and lovely foundation strives to empower women and give them the opportunity to pursue higher education, vocational training as well enable women to build their small enterprises.

Fair & lovely scholarships are awarded to women with aptitude, a strong drive to succeed and to those who want to build an identity for themselves. Scholarships of up to Rs1 lakh is awarded to these deserving young girls from across the country. This year the foundation saw an overwhelming response from more than 10,000 girls from various parts of the country.

Talking about the Fair & lovely foundation scholarship programme Srinandan Sundaram, Vice President Skincare & Makeup, Hindustan Unilever ltd said, “Fair & lovely foundation is our initiative to economically empower women to pursue their dreams and reach their true potential. It gives me immense joy to be committed towards this cause, and see the magnitude of this programme increase manifold each year. This time we will extended the scholarship to candidates seeking vocational training and seed fund apart from higher education.”

Adding more about the interview round, he said, “On behalf of Fair & lovely foundation, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the dignitaries, who had taken time out from their busy schedule and helped us in our endeavour to select the candidates.”