Indian film stars many times indulge in charitable work to extend their reach with the audiences beyond cinema. Recently, actor Vivek Oberoi has launched a campaign to provide educational scholarships to underprivileged students. The scholarship is worth Rs 16 crore. The ‘Masti’ star initiative will help rural children crack competitive exams like JEE and NEET and the biggest beneficiaries of this programme will be the children of farmers in rural India.
Speaking on the scholarship programme, Vivek stated that he wants to help 'bright students' to make sure they beat all the hurdles that come on their way 'because of the geography’ they come from.
Commenting on the campaign, he said, "Every child from a village who makes it big carries not only his family but his entire village forward with him. There are so many meritorious and talented young students around us but they are unable to afford higher education and coaching even at a subsidised rate or go to a college of their choice due to financial difficulties."
"I didn't want such bright students to be neglected because of the geography they come from. My team and I have put together this initiative to help them achieve their dreams so that they can go out there and make a career,” Vivek added.
The scholarship campaign has been launched under the i30 training programme, which is the digitisation of mathematician Anand Kumar's Super 30 programme. High-quality modules will be used to teach the students. With the i30 programme, 90 virtual learning centres have been launched in smaller cities to support IIT aspirants and medical students access classrooms and train them for JEE and NEET entrance exams at an affordable cost.
This is another addition to Oberoi's philanthropy work. For the people who don't know, the actor has been helping several cancer patients for the past 18 years.
On the work front
Vivek has last appeared in the Kannada movie Rustum. Presently, he will be producing two movies, titled Rosie: Saffron Chapter and It: Can You Solve your Murder. The former will feature Palak Tiwari, daughter of Television star Shweta Tiwari, who is making her debut in Hindi cinema.