Chandrashekar/Shad Valley Memorial Engineering Entrance Scholarship

The Chandrashekar/Shad Valley Memorial Engineering Entrance Scholarship honors the late Professor Chandrashekar, former chair of Systems Design Engineering and a strong supporter of the Shad Valley Summer Program. This entrance scholarship was established through a bequest to the Faculty of Engineering with an additional contribution from Shad International. The scholarship has a total value of $3,500 and is presented annually to an outstanding first-year Engineering or Software Engineering student who has participated in the Shad Valley Program. The award recognizes both academic excellence and extracurricular achievement as assessed through the Admission Information Form and the online video interview. This scholarship supports talented Shad Valley alumni as they begin their engineering studies at the University of Waterloo.