ONGC has announced that it would offer 500 scholarships worth Rs 48,000 per annum each to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in various courses.

The scholarship will be given to students pursuing courses in engineering, medicine as well as masters courses in business administration, geology, and geophysics.

Fifty per cent of these scholarships are reserved for girl students, an official release issued here today said.