Bengaluru, June 22 -- Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday launched the SCOUT-2.0 programme, an initiative for meritorious undergraduate students, jointly organised by the Karnataka Higher Education Department and the British Council.

The launch was held at the conference hall in Vidhana Soudha.

Former Higher Education Minister and MLA M.C. Sudhakar, MLAs Vijay Anand Kashappanavar and Darshan Dhruvanarayan, British Deputy High Commissioner Owen Richards, British Council South India Director Janaka Pushpanathan, Higher Education Department Secretary Tulasi Maddineni, along with other officials and students, were present.

"Proud to flag off SCOUT-2.0 (Scholars for Outstanding Undergraduate Talent), a unique initiative of our...