Hyderabad girl bags STEM scholarship

Hyderabad: Akhila Karanam, a second-year student at Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, is the first recipient of the Progress Software Akanksha Scholarship for Women in STEM in India, started by software services company Progress. She was selected from a pool of qualified candidates, based on her outstanding academic achievements and personal qualities, a release […]

Hyderabad: Akhila Karanam, a second-year student at Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, is the first recipient of the Progress Software Akanksha Scholarship for Women in STEM in India, started by software services company Progress.

She was selected from a pool of qualified candidates, based on her outstanding academic achievements and personal qualities, a release said.

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The scholarship is part of the larger Women in STEM scholarship series, supporting women’s professional development in computer science, software engineering IT and/or computer information systems in Bulgaria, India and the United States. It is a four‐year renewable scholarship to cover tuition, fees and educational expenses for Indian citizens who identify as women that want to study computer science, software engineering, IT and/or computer information systems.

“I am deeply honored to be the first to receive this scholarship. It will help me pursue my studies, develop my computer science and engineering skills, and to work towards my dream of starting my own business,” said Akhila.

To be selected for the Progress Software Akanksha Scholarship for Women in STEM, candidates must be Indian citizens. Scholarship applicants must major in, or plan to major in, computer science, software engineering, IT and/or computer information systems at an accredited university or college.