The VIT-AP University has introduced two new merit-based scholarships. Vice-president of the University Sekar Viswanathan said the newly-introduced GV Merit Scholarship and Tmt. Rajeswari Ammal Merit Scholarship would support the students enrolled in undergraduate courses such as BBA, law, B. Com, B. Sc. and BA. These scholarships are in addition to the existing CSR activity of the STARS programme, he said. The GV Merit Scholarship would be given to the topper of any board examinations across the country, said the Vice-Chancellor S.V. Kota Reddy, adding that the beneficiary students would get 100% scholarship for the entire undergraduate programme. Registrar C.LV. Siva Kumar said a student who emerges district topper from any State across the country could be a beneficiary of the Tmt. Rajeswari Ammal merit scholarship.