EMDI students to benefit from the 'Transforming Lives Scholarship Fund'

by  EVENTFAQS Bureau Industry Watch | July 24, 2015 | News

Greycells Education Limited has launched a Transforming Lives Scholarship Fund that will benefit students of EMDI. This comes as part of the organisation’s goal to provide scholarship opportunities to students across media, advertising, digital marketing and event management streams at its Mumbai campus.

From the academic term commencing August 2015, two eligible and deserving students at EMDI will receive full scholarships. Other additional scholarships will be offered to students based on their eligibility. Courses are conducted over one academic year commencing August with students earning a Professional Diploma level qualification. 

On the occasion of EMDI’s 14th year anniversary, Bela Desai, Promoter Director, Greycells Education Limited announced the launch of the scholarship fund, saying, “The scholarship programme is a key part of Greycells’ ongoing commitment to furthering the education and future employment opportunities of the youth of the country.”

On EMDI’s contribution to his professional life, Jackson Lobo, an EMDI scholarship student from the 2014-15 batch, said, “I thank EMDI for giving me a 100% education scholarship so that I could do what I wanted in my life and give it my best. With the cooperation of this institute and its faculty, I managed to finish my Masters and my PG Diploma in Event Management & Activation from EMDI simultaneously.”  

EMDI was established in 2002 with the vision of transforming lives and developing the leaders of tomorrow across the media and communication industry. Through its motto, ‘Educate Motivate Develop Inspire’ the institute celebrates 14 years of training media professionals and boasts a network of 7000+ alumni. EMDI, Dubai was established in 2004 with the same vision to cater to the Entertainment Hub in the Middle East. Based out of Knowledge Village, EMDI Dubai is the only institute offering industry relevant courses in the region. The Event Management courses offered by EMDI are the only EEMA accredited program in Mumbai. All courses are taught by Industry Faculty and vetted by Industry bodies to provide students with a true ‘Industry Oriented’ experience to get them ‘Job Ready’.

Greycells Education Limited is a vocational training institute offering media and communication programs through its brands EMDI and WMA (World Media Academy). The same scholarship has also been announced for WMA student.