Education Loan Scheme from Indian Banks - Reserve Bank's Assurance

Pod Universal Edition 96

"No deserving student in  India should be deprived of higher education, for want of funds",  - Dr K C Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India assured the Indian students, in an exclusive podcast interview taken on behalf of India Vision Group and Action 2020 Team.

India Vision Group has been taking up periodically important issues of common concern with respective higher Authorities with a positive approach to find out best possible solutions.  In the recent days, we have been receiving lot of grievances from various 'voiceless' people that they could not pursue higher education for want of funds.

One one side, it is reported that if the students are hailing from poor families, the Banks do not consider them worthy of education loans, however brilliant they are.  They are asked to run pillar to post.; They are being asked to provide collateral security even for small amounts, etc.  On the other side,  due to privatisation of education, the cost of education has also gone up which could not be afforded by these poor and intelligent students.  There are many instances, where such brilliant students end up their ambitions by joining some menial jobs.  This century is considered as Knowledge Century and the country is losing many people who could have otherwise become great scholars and scientists, technocrats.

Do the poor but intelligent not have any space in the world to pursue their ambition?  This question lingers in the minds of many people.

With this question, we approached Dr K C Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India to find some reasonable solution for this issue.  He was highly pro-active in his approach.  He assured that no deserving student should be deprived of higher education in India for want of funds.  Since, he himself, a Gold Medalist in his student days and an academician and researcher in his earlier days, before joining the Banking Industry, he could visualise how  'Knowledge society' can play a greater role in taking India forward.

He has also nominated a Nodal Officer for the purpose of Education Loan at the Central Office of the Reserve Bank of India.  The Nodal Officer is Shi B.P.Vijayendra, CGM, RPCD. His e-mail id is bpvijayendra@rbi.org.in and contact number is 022 22610261.

Jan 2010 issue of Corporate ezine PR-e-Sense will be exclusively dealing with Education Loan Scheme.  We will also publish the Model Scheme circulated by IBA, various views, responsibility of the Bankers and borrowing students, etc.  You may download the ezine from www.corpezine.com in the third week of Jan 2010.  We are trying to make this as a guide to students and parents who are aspiring for Education Loan for higher education.

PodUniversal. India Vision Group and Action 2020 Team place on record the  sincere appreciation to the Senior Officials of RBI, Mr G Jagan Mohan Rao (Chief General Manager, Customer Relations), Mr B P Vijayendra (CGM, RPCD)  and Dr K C Chakrabarty (Deputy Governor) for being pro-active and coming forward to resolve the issues with a positive mind. Three Cheers to them.

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