This year, seven Indian-origin students have been selected for Stanford University's prestigious Knight-Hennessy scholarship, NDTV reported. Ank Agarwal, Wasan Kumar, Aneesh Pappu, Isha Sanghvi, Kritika Singh, Krishna Pathak, and Rahul Penumaka are among the 90 scholars chosen for this globally renowned scholarship, which is the largest graduate fellowship in the world.
These students are pursuing diverse fields, such as medicine, technology, engineering, and law, with degrees ranging from PhDs, MBAs, and MDs. This reflects their varied interests in research and development, policy, entrepreneurship, and social impact.
This year, the scholarship has been awarded to 90 students from 30 countries who are pursuing 45 graduate programs across all seven schools at Stanford. Among them are students from Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, and Sri Lanka.
Tina Seelig, the executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, highlighted the diversity of perspectives brought by the scholars, emphasising their potential in addressing global challenges.
The Knight-Hennessy scholarship is a university-wide, fully endowed graduate fellowship that provides up to three years of financial aid for graduate studies at Stanford. Scholars are selected based on their independence of thought, purposeful leadership, and civic mindset.
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