Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh education minister Honchum Ngandam on Tuesday announced Rs 75 lakh scholarship for 75 IAS aspirants under the Chief Minister UPSC Combined Civil Services Coaching Scheme to ALS IAS centre here.

ALS national sales head Prateek Bhattacharya also announced scholarship worth Rs 85 lakh for 225 students by ALS.

The announcement has created opportunities for 300 talentedand deserving IAS aspirants of the state for availing scholarship worth Rs 1.6 crore for UPSC coaching.

Ngandam thanked chief minister Pema Khandu and ALS for this "path-breaking initiative" and urged the youth to avail of this opportunity.

Bhattacharya announced a mega IAS scholarship exam to be conducted on September 2 at 11am in Dera Natung College, Itanagar for selecting 300 talents of Arunachal Pradesh who would be trained at the centre for UPSC exam next year.

Ngandam said he would put in a formal request to all MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh to participate in this initiative and sponsor the deserving IAS aspirants from their constituencies.

Bhattacharya said ALS was confident that with this initiative taken by the state government and MLAs would reach out to the remotest part of the state and attract top talents who can be trained at ALS IAS Itanagar and produce results from Arunachal Pradesh in civil services in the coming years.