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According to a statement by
Desai, the Trust, which aims
to spread the message of
Gandhi, will make a donation
of a sum of 100,000 pounds
as an endowment towards a
number of Mahatma Gandhi
scholarships to be set up
at the London School of
Economics (LSE).
the time of his UK visit.
The Gandhi Statue
Memorial Trust was set
up in the remembrance of
India Indian Independence
Movement leader and
to raise funds. He is
acknowledged with a statue
at the Parliament Square,
which was inaugurated in
2015 by then British Prime
Minister David Cameron and
the late Arun Jaitley, then
Finance Minister of India.
In 2015, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during his visit
to the UK paid his respects
at the statue in the heart of
London.
The scholarships under
the Trust would go towards
supporting the Indian students
financially in their educational
journey at the esteemed
London-based educational
institution, with which Desai
has a long association as an
economist.
Trustee Lady Kishwar Desai
said in a statement that it is
the seed money which would
be then added to by others so
that a large corpus would be
built up in time.
She also said this move
would enable well deserved
Indian students to study at the
LSE and has been welcomed
by the Director of the LSE,
Minouche Shafik.
Shafik said the scholarships
are reflective of the London
School of Economic’s very
strong connection with India.
Dr. B R Ambedkar, one of
the architects of the Indian
Constitution, is among its
many Indian alumni.
In the year 1931, Mahatma
Gandhi gave a well-attended
lecture at LSE in the Old
Theatre of the university at
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