Five Indians Selected as Rhodes Scholars for Studying at Oxford in 2025

New Delhi: A law student committed to citizenship rights, a literature major who wants to pursue museum anthropology, a philosophy student who aims to study epistemological injustice, an aspiring astrophysicist from IIT-Bombay, and a veterinarian are among Indians selected as Rhodes scholars for 2025.

Five Indians Selected as Rhodes Scholars

se bright minds will he to University of Oxford in October 2025 to join more than a hundred scholars from around world to undertake fully funded postgruate studies.

Rhodes Scholarship is world's prominent and oldest gruate fellowship, based at University of Oxford since 1903. scholarships for India began in 1947 and have been awarded to outstanding applicants each year.

" Rhodes Trust is delighted to introduce extraordinary 2025 Class of Rhodes Scholars Elect who represent cultures and perspectives from every corner of world. For more than a century, Rhodes Trust has brought exceptional individuals to Oxford and fostered a vibrant global community," said Rhodes Trust CEO Elizabeth Kiss.

"We eagerly anticipate invaluable contributions se scholars will make, not just during ir studies, but throughout ir lives as y join community of Rhodes Scholar alumni who are creating a more equitable and sustainable future for world," ded Kiss.

Indians selected include -- Rayan Chakrabarti, who is completing his master's at Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Arts and Aestics; Vibha Swaminathan, a final-year law student at National Law School, Bangalore; Avanish Vats, who conducted research on accessibility in education and health care for disabled individuals in Jharkhand; Shubham Narwal, pursuing a bachelor's in veterinary science and animal husbandry at ICAR, Bareilly; and Pal Aggarwal, a final-year BTech engineering physics student at IIT-Bombay.

"It is heartening to see candidates from diverse disciplines, institutions, and parts of country apply to Rhodes Scholarship. We are always impressed by level of intellect as well as character and empathy that y all display. As is case each year, we h a diverse and talented field of applicants," Rhodes India secretariat said in a statement.

With PTI Inputs