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Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies

Thanx to a nice friend I was able to get scholarship when I left India for my higher studies. That scholarship paid for my one way ticket to the USA and although I was not in a situation that if I hadn't got that money I wouldn't have made it, but it did help me a lot, or rather it helped my self esteem a bit....Not having to ask my parents for the money, definitely made me feel better, what with all the middle class background and 22 year old girl going alone (instead of getting married!!!!) emotional pressures from outsiders (Thank God for my parents!!!). Anyways, long story short the scholarship was good....and eventually I was able to obtain an updated list of all such trusts in Mumbai that give scholarships to students going abroad for higher education. I am providing that list here for everyone who wants to use it. Remember one thing, most of these are Parsi trusts and their goal is to fund as many students as possible. So if you get funded from one trust, you won't g...