Thursday, April 14, 2016
Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans
The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian Americans and two South Asians among the 30 recipients.
The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and children of immigrants — which was founded by Daisy M. Soros and her late husband Paul Soros in 1997, honors 30 people each year for their potential to make significant contributions to U.S. society, culture or their academic field.
The list, which includes Indian American students Sharada Jambulapati, Akash Patel, Suhas Rao, Mubeen Shakir, Vishwajith Sridharan and Durga Thakral, was pared down from 1,443 applicants...