Indian-Americans dominate 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships

11 Indian-Americans will receive the $90,000 fellowship in support of their graduate studies.

Akhil Rajan, Akshaya Vijaya Annapragada, Ananthan Sadagopan, Arya Rao, Avinash Vadali and Ilina Logani / Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship

In a splendid display of academic dominance by Indian-American students, over a third of the 2026 cohort of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans trace their roots to India.

The recently announced fellows, 11 Indian-Americans out of the 30 fellows, are among the winners of what the fellowship’s board describes as the “most competitive in the Fellowship’s 28-year history, selected from more than 3,000 applicants—a new record.”

ALSO READ: Seven Indian Americans named 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros fellows

This post is for paying subscribers only

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Comments

Related

To continue...

Already have an account? Log in

Create your free account or log in