A Bangalore-based computer scientist, Prof Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar, who spent over four decades in the US and racked up an outstanding body of work is starting a first-of-its-kind talent search programme in Larnataka.
The programme, called NIAS-Maiya Prodigy, involves 10 meritorious students from various parts of the state — some from rural areas — who will receive a scholarship of `50,000. The USP of the programme is that the 10 students will have a mentor assigned to them who will guide them in their studies and careers and monitor them over five years.
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