Ashoka University Sets New Record As 16 Students Win World’s Top Scholarships

Ashoka University students have secured 18 prestigious international scholarships in a single year. Scholars won elite awards including the Rhodes, Gates Cambridge, and Erasmus Mundus. These fully funded scholarships for masters course will allow them to study at Oxford, Cambridge, and Stanford. 

Ashoka University's sixteen students have secured eighteen of the prestigious international scholarships in a single year. These scholarships will enable the students to pursue advanced studies at universities across the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and beyond. 

The scholarships include the Rhodes Scholarship, Gates Cambridge, Inlaks, Fulbright-Nehru Master's, Chevening, Commonwealth Shared, ADB Bank Japan, Dr Hettie Elgood and Havells Wake Forest Scholarship, three Felix and six Erasmus Mundus Scholarships. 

Among the scholars are Taif Altaf, who was awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to pursue an MPhil in Socio-Legal Research and a Master of Public Policy at the University of Oxford. Surya A has secured the Gates Cambridge Scholarship for an MPhil in Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Sharanya Maity has received the Felix Scholarship for an MA in Curating Cultures at SOAS University of London. Meanwhile, Dharmendra Mahto received the Chevening Scholarship to pursue an MSc in Environment & Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Amarnath has received the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for the Master's Degree Programme in Brain and Data Science. Trishala has received the Dr Hettie Elgood Scholarship to pursue the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at the SOAS University of London; and Reetesh Rajput was awarded the Havells Wake Forest Scholarship for an MSc in Management at Wake Forest University. 

Professor Somak Raychaudhury, Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University, Delhi-NCR, said, “This year marks a historic milestone for Ashoka University, with our students securing the highest number of prestigious international scholarships in the University’s history. These achievements clearly demonstrate the extraordinary talent, dedication, skills and intellectual rigour of our students, as well as the strength of the educational environment at Ashoka that encourages academic growth and excellence, curiosity, and global engagement. We are immensely proud of each scholar and look forward to the impact they will create across institutions and communities worldwide.”