pune oralcare company colgatepalmolive india limited has announced the commencement of its national scholarship initiative from january 29 to serve as a platform to provide impetus to children with potential the initiative offers families a chance to win scholarships up to rs 1 lakh and will be available till february 29 this years programme aims to furnish over 200 scholarships of up to rs 1 lakh across the country issam bachaalani managing director colgatepalmolive india limited said wed like to believe that with some of our initiatives we can create a small yet meaningful impact in their lives one such initiative is the scholarship programme which we hope will be an enabler for children to pursue their ambitions and make the best of lifes opportunities we are thankful to the millions of families who have participated in the scholarship programme and would like to extend a special thanks to the past years scholarship winners who have come forward and shared their stories the scholarship offer can be beneficial to meet education requirements like enrolling in a particular class studying in a better school buying books and stationery colgates scholarship offer has been successful in spreading the importance of oral care through their initiative the colgate scholarship offer was first introduced in the year 2009 till date it benefitted over 1200 families to participate in the colgate scholarship offer consumers have to give a missed call on a toll free number printed on the pack of colgate strong teeth toothpaste the participants have to answer a simple question on oral care to avail the opportunity to win the scholarship