6 Indian American teens get prestigious Davidson Fellows scholarships
Reflecting the domination of the community in science and technology, half a dozen Indian American teenagers have been bestowed with the prestigious 2018 Davidson Fellows scholarships.
Two of the Indian Americans received USD 50,000 each as scholarship money and another three got USD 25,000 each.
In all 20 meritorious students from across the country were presented with the 2018 Davidson Fellows Scholarships in Washington on Friday.
Named as the among "The 10 Biggest Scholarships in the World" and one of the "7 Prestigious Undergrad Scholarships", the fellowship is offered by the Davidson Institute to students who are 18 years or younger and who demonstrate the development of their talents with a significant piece of work in science, mathematics, technology, engineering, music, literature, philosophy or outside the box.
Kavya Kopparapu, 18, from Virginia and Rahul Subramaniam, 17, from Connecticut were recipients of USD 50,000 each as 2018 Davidson Fellows laureates. Kopparapu was ...