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Six Indian-Americans among 32 American Rhodes Scholars for 2012
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 00:05 IST
Fremont: Six Indian American students have been named to the Rhodes Scholar Class of 2012 out of a pool of 830 candidates who had been nominated by their colleges and universities. The students are: Ishan Nath, Aysha Bagchi, Nabeel Gillani, Anand Habib, Mohit Agarwal and Tenzin seldon. The 32 Rhodes Scholars from United States will join the 83 strong Rhodes class of 2012 from around the world in Oxford next year. These students have been elected with Scholars-elect from two U.S colleges that have never had a Rhodes Scholar. This year, there are more women than men who have been selected as Rhodes Scholars.
The six students nominated are: Ishan Nath, Atlanta, is a senior at Stanford where he will receive bachelors' degrees in economics and earth systems, and with a minor in mathematics.
Nabeel N. Gillani, Glen Allen, is a senior at Brown majoring in applied mathematics and computer science.
Aysha N. Bagchi, Austin, graduated from Stanford in June with degrees in philosophy and history and honors in ethics in society.
Anand R. Habib, Houston, graduated from Stanford in June with a B.S. in biology and honors in international security studies.
Mohit Agarwal, West Lafayette, received his B.A. in mathematics at Princeton last year and is currently doing a master's degree in economic policy evaluation at the National University of Ireland.
Tenzin Seldon, Albany, is a senior at Stanford majoring in honors comparative studies in race and ethnicity, with a feminist studies minor.
Elliot Gerson, Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, said that the trust was pleased to announce first-time winners from Bard College and from California State University, Long Beach.
For the fourth time since 1976, more women (17) than men (15) have been elected in the U.S Rhodes scholars are chosen without any regard to gender.So far this year, around the world 29 women and 26 men have been chosen by selection committees as Rhodes Scholars-elect. Elections in other countries will conclude in mid-December.