Cummins Marks 20 Years of ‘Nurturing Brilliance’

Cummins in India, a leading integrated power solutions provider, celebrating two decades of empowering future engineers, recently marked the 20th anniversary of its flagship Nurturing Brilliance program by inducting a new cohort of 520 scholars. This initiative is being implemented through Cummins India Foundation, which provides scholarships and mentorship opportunities to students from the lesser privileged backgrounds to pursue diplomas and degrees in engineering and build future-ready careers. The 2025-26 scholars were felicitated by Shveta Arya, Regional Leader, Cummins India, and Managing Director, Cummins India Ltd, and Ashish Aggarwal, Chief Administrative Officer, Cummins in India, during a ceremony at the Cummins India campus in Pune.

This year, the program witnessed an overwhelming response, receiving over 9,600 applications. Following a rigorous selection process for the 2025–26 academic year, 520 deserving scholars were selected, including 20 scholars with disabilities, underscoring the program’s deep commitment to equity and inclusion. To date, ‘Nurturing Brilliance’ has positively impacted more than 3,100 students with 52 percent of them being girl student beneficiaries, enabling them to build strong and sustainable careers.

Speaking on the occasion, Arya said, “True progress is measured by meaningful opportunities created for progress and growth. For the past two decades, Nurturing Brilliance has remained focused on ensuring that ambition is never limited by circumstances. Education is a powerful driver of human progress and nation-building. At Cummins, we connect aspirations with access, enabling deserving students to realize their full potential. By empowering students today, the program is helping shape the innovators and leaders of tomorrow.”

Designed as a holistic development platform, the Cummins India Nurturing Brilliance program goes beyond financial assistance to deliver end-to-end support for scholars. In addition to covering tuition fees, academic expenses, and learning resources, it focuses on building the capabilities required for long-term success. Scholars gain access to structured mentorship from experienced Cummins leaders, practical industry exposure, and curated training in soft skills, employability, and career readiness. The initiative also nurtures a strong and enduring network of scholars and mentors, enabling continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, and sustained professional growth.

Originating in Pune with just 13 students in 2006, the Nurturing Brilliance program has evolved into a national, digitally enabled platform. Today, this initiative creates pathways from ambition to opportunity for a new generation of engineers across key industrial hubs in the country, including Pune, Phaltan, Ahilyanagar, Indore, Jamshedpur, Dharashiv, Vidisha, Guna, and Ranchi.

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