KOA Achievement Awards
For Kashmiri Pandit College bound students living in USAEach year KOA awards one-time achievement award to Kashmiri Pandit College-bound student(s) living in the USA. Any high school senior student meeting the following requirements qualifies to apply for this award:
- High school GPA of at least 3.5.
- SAT score of at least 1985 out of 2400 or an ACT score of at least 30.
- A two-page essay about Kashmiri Pandit heritage.
This year (2009) the KOA Achievement Awards committee was impressed by the following college-bound KP students:
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Aditi Jalla, Oklahoma City, OK
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Isha Kaul, Tallahasee, FL
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Rudra Koul, The Woodlands, TX
The committee has agreed to award each of them the College Bound Achievement Award for the year 2009.
On behalf KOA management, we congratulate Aditi, Isha, and Rudra on their achievements and wish them success in their endeavors.
 Hira L. KoulProgram Director-Scholarships Department of Statistics and Probability Michigan State University 1739 Ann St. , East Lansing , MI 48823 E-mail: koul@stt.msu.edu |
List of College Bound Achievement Awardees in previous years
2008
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Sankalp Bhan (Washington University at St. Louis), Katy, TX
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Akshay Chaku (University of Michigan), Troy, MI
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Yatin Mirakhur (University of Pennsylvania), Hudson, OH
2007
- Rohit Ganju (Georgia Tech), Duluth, GA
- Eisha Wali (Northwestern University), Darien, IL
- Ankush Zutshi (University of Miami, FL), Port Saint Lucie, FL
2006
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Meghana Dhar, 742 Herbrides Way, Sunnyvale CA 94087
2005
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Sandhya Nakhasi, 8504 Potomac School Terrace, Potomac MD 20854
2004
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Simmi Bhatt, 17 Floral Court, Nanuet, NY 10954
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Akshay Ganju, 110 Walnut St., Brookline, MA 02445
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Zitsi Mirakhur, 163 Owen Brown St. Hudson OH 44236