7 Indian-Origin Students Get Prestigious Scholarships At Stanford University

The disciplines pursued by the Indian-origin students span across fields of medicine, technology, engineering and law.

Seven Indian-origin students have secured Stanford University's prestigious Knights-Henessey scholarship for this year. Ank Agarwal, Wasan Kumar, Aneesh Pappu, Isha Sanghvi, Kritika Singh, Krishna Pathak and Rahul Penumaka are among the 90 scholars chosen for the scholarship which is the largest graduate fellowship in the world.

The disciplines pursued by the Indian-origin students span across fields of medicine, technology, engineering and law. They have enrolled in degrees ranging from PhDs, MBAs and MDs, showing diverse interests in research and development, policy, entrepreneurship and social impact.

For the first time, the scholarship has been awarded to 90 students from 30 countries, to pursue 45 graduate programs across all seven schools at Stanford. This year's group of scholars includes students from Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France and Sri Lanka.