Four Indians conferred 2025 Gates Cambridge scholarships
Four Indian students make up the 95, this year, who have been conferred the Gates Cambridge Scholarships this year -- a prestigious award that offers students a fully-paid opportunity to pursue post-graduate research at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Two-thirds of these fellowships are offered to those pursuing a doctorate.
In the 25th year since the awards were instituted, the Indian scholars selected include Ishan Bhadoo, who is currently pursuing the Mathematical Tripos (MASt) at Cambridge and will soon begin a PhD in mathematics; Snigdha Gupta, who will be pursuing Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Yashika Gupta who will be pursuing an MPhil in the Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms and, Adhib Hussain Syed, who is to pursue doctoral studies in Architecture.
There are approximately 250 Scholars from 50 countries studying in Cambridge at any one time who pursue the full range of subjects available at the University and are spread across its departments and Colleges, as well as forming their own distinctive community.
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge. The first class of scholars came into residence in October 2001. Since then, the Trust has awarded over 2,000 scholarships to scholars from more than 100 countries, said a statement from the University.
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