Terenti Graneli Scholarship

Saba Kalandia, a young man from Tsalenjikha, was awarded the scholarship. “It is a great honour for me that Nico’s Fund finances the Terenti Graneli Scholarship. Nico is a great motivation for me,” says Saba Kalandia.

“Tears and smiles of gratitude showed on people’s faces at the same time… then came applause, and once again talk of Nico’s light.”

— Tea Karchava, a teacher from Tsalenjikha, writing about the event dedicated to Terenti Graneli, at which the winning scholarship recipient was announced.

Scholarship holders by year

Every year, the Fund awards the Graneli Scholarship to one outstanding student. The scholarship passes from one holder to the next.

2022 — Saba Kalandia, a young man from Tsalenjikha.
2023 — Ana Shelia, a successful student from Tsalenjikha.
2024 — Nino Shelia, a young student from Tsalenjikha, to whom Ana Shelia passed on the scholarship until the next Graneloba festival.
2025 — Ema Lukava from Tsalenjikha, a student at the Faculty of Chemistry of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. The Fund announced this after the public festival “Tsalenjikha – Graneloba 2025” was held in Tsalenjikha.