
Student from Visakhapatnam gets admission in VIT-AP
The Hindu
17-year-old Abhiram from Visakhapatnam secures full scholarship for B. Tech at VIT-AP through STARS programme.
17-year-old Angati Abhiram, a student of Dr. V.S. Krishna Government College, has been selected for admission into VIT-AP through Support the Advancement of Rural Students (STARS) programme of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Mangalagiri, for the B. Tech course.
A resident of Karasa in Visakhapatnam, Abhiram is the son of an autorickshaw driver. He has topped the Intermediate MPC among government colleges in Visakhapatnam district. He received a provisional admission letter from the university for direct admission into the B. Tech Computer Science and Engineering course for the academic year 2024-25.
The VIT-AP STARS programme entitles him to waive full tuition and hostel fee for the entire duration of the programme.

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