Rudraksha Mohapatra has been selected as the Global Winner for the prestigious international RISE Fellowship- a US-based programme, provided for only 100 students across the world for higher study.
Including Rudraksha, only 16 aspirants from across India have secured a place on the announced list.
The selection for the scholarship is based on an international-level competitive exam, which is conducted in several stages. The fellowship is given to 100 meritorious students from all over the world. The RISE is a programme that finds brilliant students in the age group 15-17 years.
Rudraksha is a class 12 student of Delhi Public School and is the son of Professor SN Mohapatra who is the head of the department of Journalism and Earth Sciences at Jiwaji University, Gwalior. His mother, Padmani Pani also a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
The fellowship is the flagship programme of the United States-based organisations, Schmidt Futures and Rhodes Trust, it searches for students who need opportunities and supports them for life as they work to serve others. Under the fellowship programme, the organisations offer benefits including scholarships, mentorship, access to career development opportunities, funding and more as Global Winners toward solving humanity's more pressing problems.
The organisations on 23 September announced the second cohort of the hundred RISE Global Winners.
