NEW DELHI: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is going to set up a new scholarship for students pursuing their first year of MBBS and coming from economically weaker backgrounds very soon, the university announced on Sunday.

his initiative is intended to help and support meritorious students who come from financially weaker backgrounds by providing them Rs 25,000 in the first year of MBBS course. Ramesh Chandra Gupta, an alumnus of BHU and former professor and head of the department of metallurgical engineering at IT-BHU (now IIT-BHU), has donated Rs 5 lakh to his alma mater.