Under the initiative of the founder of “Smart Capital Group” and “Georgian Chanting Foundation”- Ivane Chkartishvili, an annual scholarship named after Edisher and Giorgi (Gigi) Garakanidze has been established in the amount of 1000 GEL in 2016, which will be granted to students of Tbilisi State University (TSU), Tbilisi State Conservatoire (TSC) and Ecclesiastical Chant University.

This year’s scholarship recipients are nun Nino Samkharadze- a doctoral student of Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Master’s student of Chant University and member of “Ialoni” ensemble – Teona Benashvili, bachelor of Chant University and head of “Lalkhor” ensemble – Lika Liparteliani.