Chennai: Permabalur MP and Chancellor of SRM Institute of Science & Technology, T R Paarivendhar, who had promised to give free education to 300 deserving students from his constituency in the SRM group of colleges, has provided it this year.
Last year (2019), in the run up to the elections, Paarivendhar had given this assurance to the people of his constituency. And after his win by over over lakh votes, he immediately fulfilled his poll promise. A total of 300 students were given free education in the colleges under the SRM ambit.
This year, too, 1084 students had applied for free education. Out of them 300 have been chosen based on their marks and the financial situation of their respective families.
Apart from putting their names on the SRM website, a formal intimation will be going out to the chosen students individually. The chosen students will be pursuing education in engineering, agriculture, arts and science as per their individual preferences.
Paarivendhar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March this year and impressed upon him the various needs of the Perambalur constituency.