NLSIU is excited to announce the ‘Hindustan Unilever Scholarship’ starting Academic Year 2022-23. The scholarship, instituted with the support of HUL, will provide financial support of Rs 85 lakhs to deserving scholars admitted to NLSIU’s 5-year integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) programme. Reflecting on this collaboration with NLSIU, HUL’s Legal Head and Whole-Time Director Dev Bajpai said: “Instituting the Hindustan Unilever Scholarship with a premier institution such as National Law School of India University, Bengaluru is the first step in our commitment to working collaboratively to achieve greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in our teams and the wider legal profession. We believe that this will help in harnessing & promoting talent from diverse backgrounds and thereby shaping the legal profession of tomorrow by creating a broader & richer environment.”
Mr. Bajpai also shared HUL’s larger vision on funding such scholarships: “At HUL, diversity and inclusion have been core elements of our business strategy for many years. We want to take that momentum and go further – in the pursuit of equity. For us, equity means fair treatment, and fair access to opportunities, information, and resources for all, so that everyone can thrive in truly inclusive societies