India Launches $5 Lakh Scholarship For Indo-Pacific Students At Quad Summit

The Quad countries expressed their dedication to fostering people-to-people connections and strategic partnerships, strengthening the bonds between the nations. In view of this, India launched a new initiative to award fifty Quad scholarships, worth USD 500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific.

This initiative will enable recipients to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering programme at a Government of India-funded technical institution.

Notably, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and President Joe Biden of the United States--met for the fourth in-person Quad Leaders Summit, hosted by President Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. Wilmington is Biden's home town.

"The Quad is committed to strengthening the deep and enduring ties between our people, and among our partners. Through the Quad Fellowship, we are building a network of the next generation of science, technology, and policy leaders," read the Wilmington Declaration.

The declaration further said, "India is pleased to announce a new initiative to award fifty Quad scholarships, worth USD500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering program at a Government of India-funded technical institution.."

(ANI)