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10 Indian-American Students Chosen As Presidential Scholars
Ten Indian American students are among the 141 outstanding American high school seniors have been named as the 2005 Presidential Scholars.
The 2005 Presidential Scholars will be honoured for their accomplishments in academics or the arts, for their leadership, character and civic contributions that were judged during the programme`s national recognition events in Washington DC.
Broad academic achievement, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of leadership, community service and demonstrated commitment to high ideals were the basis of their selection.
The Indian American students chosen for this prestigious honour are Aman I Kumar, California; Suguna P Narayan, Colorado; Arvind R Nagarajan, Michigan; Anish Mitra, Nebraska; Veena Venkatachalam, New Jersey; Dhruv Maheswari, New Jersey; Vivek Viswanathan, New York; Anuraag A Chigurupati, Ohio; Kanya Balakrishna, Tennessee and Shaily Pandey, Virginia.
A 28-member Commission appointed by President George W Bush made the final selection from a pool of 500 semifinalists.
The 141 winners include one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from US families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at large and 20 Scholars in the Arts, US Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, said while announcing the list.
The President and I are proud of these special young men and women and we want to ensure that all high schools students have the opportunity to succeed as these scholars have.
Over 5,000 of the nation`s top students have been honoured as Presidential Scholars since this prestigious programme`s was founded 41 years ago