Ludhiana, June 16 -- The district administration on Monday stepped in to ensure that financial constraints do not block a meritorious student's admission to IIT Guwahati, handing over Rs.1 lakh to help her secure her seat in the institute's Data Science and Artificial Intelligence programme.

Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain handed over the cheque to Harpreet Kaur, a resident of Sahnewal and daughter of a daily wage labourer, who had cleared the entrance examination for the four-year work-integrated BSc (Hons) programme (Honours) programme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence offered by IIT Guwahati. She, however, faced a Rs.50,000 shortfall required to confirm her admission before the June 16 deadline.

She said she appeared for ...