{"id":33746,"date":"2024-04-26T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=33746"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:44:27","slug":"6-indian-immigrants-among-paul-daisy-soros-fellows-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/6-indian-immigrants-among-paul-daisy-soros-fellows-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Distinguished New Americans include 6 Indian Students for Their Potential to Make Impactful Contributions to USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
Six Indian-origin students have made it to the 2024 Class of Distinguished New Americans and each of them has won the $90,000 fellowship grant for up to two years. Thus, they have entered the prestigious cohort of Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows, including Dr Vivek Murthy, the first US Surgeon General of Indian descent who played a crucial role in leading national response to epidemic outbreaks, and healthcare leader Nirav Shah who worked for US CDC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, since its establishment in 1998, has supported nearly 800 New Americans – immigrants and children of immigrants – for their educational pursuits in USA<\/strong>. As immigrants themselves, Paul and Daisy Soros believe in the transformative impact of a single opportunity for talented individuals seeking to fulfil their potential in the land of American Dream. Every year, the merit-based graduate school program provides $90,000 fellowship grants to 30 students of various ethnic origins, with \u2018potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States.\u2019<\/p>\n