90 Indian students have been granted the K.C. Mahindra Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies Abroad by the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust. The top three candidates will get INR 10 lakh each, for a total of INR 337 lakh awarded to these students.
Bharat Doshi, Trustee of the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, Rucha Nanavati, Chief Information Officer at the Mahindra Group, Ranjan Pant, Board Member at Mahindra & Mahindra, Dr. Indu Shahani, President and Chancellor of ATLAS SkillTech University, and Ulhas Yargop, Trustee of the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, were on the selection panel for the scholarship.
Top Recipients
The top three recipients of the K.C. Mahindra Scholarship for PG studies are:
Raj Patel: Enrolled at Princeton University to study Finance.
Asmita Sood: Will pursue Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University.
Savalee Tikle: Accepted at Harvard University.
Financial Awards
INR 5 lakh each awarded to 55 fellows.
INR 1 lakh each awarded to 32 fellows.
Universities Abroad
The selected students hail from prestigious Indian universities and colleges:
29 IIT graduates
Other colleges: Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture & Environmental Studies, SRCC, LSR, National Law Schools, NITs, and BITS Pilani.
These students have been accepted into top universities worldwide, including:
Harvard University: 13 students
Stanford University: 13 students
Carnegie Mellon University: 8 students
University of Pennsylvania: 6 students
University of Oxford: 6 students
MIT: 5 students
Columbia University: 5 students
Cambridge University: 3 students
Johns Hopkins University: 3 students
University of Chicago: 3 students
Yale University: 3 students
University of California: 2 students
Princeton University: 2 students
University of California, Berkeley: 2 students
Georgia Tech: 2 students
Anand Mahindra expressed his enthusiasm for the program, stating, “It's an enriching experience to engage with some of the brightest young minds in India through the KCMET Post Graduate Studies Abroad Scholarship, something I eagerly look forward to every year. My heartiest congratulations to all the students!”
