Several South Asian American High School Seniors Named Coca-Cola Scholars

Several South Asian American students are among 150 high school seniors chosen for the 33rd annual class of Coca-Cola Scholars. They will each receive a $20,000 college scholarship and “join a family of 6,450+ alumni who are leading positive change in their communities and around the world,” according to a company press release. 

A joint effort of Coca-Cola bottlers across the country and The Coca‑Cola Company, the scholars program is the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship program in the country.

South Asian American scholars include Laalitya Acharya of Mason, Ohio (William Mason High School); Fareed Ahamad, Superior, Colorado (Peak to Peak Charter School); Bhavana Akula, Colts Neck Township, New Jersey (Colts Neck High School); Adi Bora, Johns Creek, Georgia (Johns Creek High School); Shanay Desai, Madison, Mississippi (Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science); Divya Ganesan, Palo Alto, California (Castilleja School); Anika Gupta, Portland, Oregon, (Sunset High School); Madeline Gupta, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Pioneer High School); Manya Gauba, Overland Park, Kansas (Blue Valley West High School); Shruti Gautam, Columbia, Missouri (Columbia-Rock Bridge Senior High School); Janvi Huria, Chesterfield, Missouri (Marquette High School); Vishal Jammulapati, Salt Lake City, Utah (West High School); Devishi Jha, Valparaiso, Indiana (Valparaiso High School); Ishan Khare, Ottawa Hills, Ohio (Ottawa Hills Junior-Senior High School); Kunal Kumar, Denville, New Jersey (Academy For Mathematics); Mahathi Mangipudi, Bellevue, Washington (Interlake High School); Sriya Mantena, Cary, North Carolina (North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics); Diya Mohnot, Wilmington, Delaware (Concord High School); Sikirat Mustapha, Jamaica, New York (Brooklyn Latin School); Gurnoor Narula, Plano, Texas ( Liberty High School); Srikar Parsi, Valrico, Florida (Strawberry Crest High School); Ashna Patel, Warrendale, Pennsylvania (North Allegheny Senior High School); Hiteshi Patel, Schaumburg, Illinois (Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy): Krisha Patel, Elk Grove Village, Illinois (Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy); Tej Patel, Billerica, Massachusetts (Billerica Memorial High School); Jahin Rahman, Queens, New York (Academy of American Studies); Shreya Ramachandran, Fremont, California (American High School); Anshita Saini, Bellevue, Washington (Interlake High School); Jamal Sayid, Lawrenceville, Georgia (Grayson High School); Kris Shah, Algonquin, Illinois (Harry D Jacobs High School) Ria Shah, Hoover, Alabama (Hoover High School) Anya Shukla, Bellevue, Washington (Lakeside School); Sarah Siddiqui, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania (Abington Heights High School); Sahaj Vederey, Herndon, Virginia (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology).