Chegu Purushothaman living Trust scholarship fund is established with a donation from the trust in Virginia.. Ms.Lakshmi Purushothaman is the Vice president, Business Intelligence Services, Freddie Mac, McLean, Virginia and Mr. Ranapratap Chegu is the CEO and Co-Founder of Peridot Solutions LLC, McLean Virginia. The scholarship is intended for a student interested in pursuing a career in Science or Engineering with an aptitude for research, creative and scholarly activities and has shown a commitment to community service. Preference is given to females if there are strong candidates.. It is awarded on an annual basis, starting 2021-2022.
Sandhya and Balaji Family Trust Scholarship Fund is established by Balaji Rangaswamy and Sandhya Seshadri in honor of their parents. Balaji is a manager at Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and Sandhya is a Senior Hardware Design Engineer at Apple, Austin, Texas. The funds combine a generous donation by Balaji and Sandhya with matching funds from Dell Foundation. The recipient should be a student from an Arizona High School, holding a minimum GPA of 3.0 and coming from a family with an annual income at or below $ 45 K., starting 2021-2022.
Dr.K.Chandrasekaran is a cardiologist with several years of experience. He worked at Oklahoma Health Scieces Center, Hahnemann Institute in Philadelphia and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and Phoenix, AZ. After retirement, he works part time at Mayo and part time at Apollo Hospital in Chennai. The scholarship instituted in memory of his mother is given annually to any needy and deserving student at the discretion of the foundation, starting 2022-2023.
This scholarship was instituted by Drs. Srimathy Mohan and Mohan Gopalakrishnan with a generous donation to Wish Foundation by Silambam Phoenix. Drs. Srimathy and Mohan are on the Faculty of W.P.Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. In addition, Dr. Srimathy Mohan runs a Bharatha Natyam Dance School in Phoenix teaching and training students in the 3000-year-old dance tradition of India.
The scholarship is to be awarded, starting 2023-2024. to a female student from an Arizona High School, holding a minimum GPA of 3.0 with a commitment to community service and coming from a family with an annual income at or below $ 45 K.
Dr A. Somasundaram earned his MBBS at Madras Medical College and his MD in internal medicine at the All-India Institute of Medical Science in New Delhi. He worked as a GI at the VA in Oklahoma City and later as a private practitioner in Canton, OH. Dr. Chitrabanu, a graduate of Lady Harding Medical School completed her DGO in Madras. She opened and maintained her private practice in OBGYN for nearly 40 years in Canton, OH. Scholarship is awarded annually to any deserving and needy student at the discretion of the Wish Foundation, starting 2023-2024.