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Five students studying in India have made it to the top 50 shortlist for the USD 100,000 Chegg.org.
The annual award goes to one exceptional student who has made a real impact on learning, the lives of their peers and on society beyond...
In the running from India this year will be: Namya Joshi, a 16-year-old student at Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana, Punjab; Vinisha Umashankar, a 16-year-old student at SKP Vanitha International School, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu; Gladson Vaghela, a 25-year-old medical student at Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society Medical College, Gandhinagar, Gujarat; Padmaksh Khandelwal, a 17-year-old computer science student at Sir Padampat Singhania School, Kota, Rajasthan; and Ravinder Bishnoi, a 20-year-old information technology student at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, Mohali, Punjab...
Their dreams, wisdom, and inventive spirit will illuminate a more hopeful future for everyone, she said.. Joshi, acclaimed as the Top Tech Savvy Student in India and a global teacher at the age of 16, got hooked on Minecraft, realising that it can also be used as an education tool..
The Varkey Foundation partnered with Chegg.org to launch the annual Global Student Prize in 2021 as a sister award to its annual USD 1 million Global Teacher Prize...
