Two MIT students selected for the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarships

Udupi: Two students of MIT have been selected for the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars program.

Akshatha Kamath of MIT’s Computer Science Engineering Department and Dhruv Suri of Aero Nautical Engineering department have been awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarships.

Founded in 2018, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program seeks to cultivate a diverse, multidisciplinary community of future leaders and prepare them to address global challenges.

The highly competitive fellowship, which fully funds graduate studies in any field at Stanford University, attracts applicants from around the globe.

Akshatha Kamath of Udupi will be pursuing a Masters Degree in Education Data science at Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Dhruv Suri, who is based in Delhi, will be doing a Masters in Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford School.