Ugandan tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia and his wife, Jyotsna, have established a 100-award scholarship program at Victoria University, Kampala, in honour of their late son, Rajiv. The initiative was unveiled at the universitys ninth graduation ceremony at Speke Resort. Administrators described a fully funded package aimed at high performers progressing to advanced study and professional tracks. The awards will run under the Rajiv Ruparelia Bursary, structured to cover tuition for selected students based on merit and published criteria set by the university. The program formalises a philanthropic pathway the family has used across education and health projects and adds scale to Victoria Universitys push to lift postgraduate throughput. Rajiv, a visible figure in the groups hospitality and education assets, died in a road accident on 3 May 2025. The bursary channels that loss into a pipeline for capable students who might otherwise stall for lack of finance. For the university, a 100-seat scheme is a headline offer in a crowded market of public and private institutions competing for top quartile talent. Sudhir Ruparelia framed the scholarships as a bet on human capital: keep strong candidates in-country, move them into higher-level training and build cohorts that can plug skills gaps in technology, health, finance and tourism. University leaders said the bursary will run on fixed timelines with clear selection rules, audited processes and public reporting on each cohort. The program also reinforces the groups education portfolio. Victoria University, part of the Ruparelia Group, has leaned on industry links, flexible delivery and work placements to differentiate. With the scholarships, the school adds a funding lever that attracts high performers without shifting costs to households already stretched by inflation. Employers get deeper candidate pools and a route to sponsor capstone projects or internships tied to scholarship recipients.
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