Current Scholars
The aim of the Upakar Foundation is to support Indian-American students in their pursuit of higher education. Our current scholars represent various universities and colleges across the United States.
| 2025 | Ananya Taggarsee | AR | Cornell University | Upakar Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2025 | Chandni Patel | NJ | Rutgers University New Brunswick | Upakar HACSI Educational Scholarship |
| 2025 | Kavish Shah | CA | University of California Los Angeles | Upakar Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2025 | Mariya Kunnengode | IL | University of Illinois: Chicago | Upakar Dr. B. Rai and Chameli D. Agarwal Memorial Scholarship |
| 2025 | Nikhil Mani | NJ | Johns Hopkins University | Upakar HACSI Educational Scholarship |
| 2025 | Prachi Patel | GA | Valdosta State University | UPAKAR Shanti S. Gupta Memorial Scholarship |
| 2025 | Prisha Patel | OH | The Ohio State University | Upakar Sushila Devi Kukreti Memorial Scholarship |
| 2025 | Razina Habib | LA | Tulane University | Upakar Kaushalya Butail Memorial Scholarship |
| 2025 | Shyla Swarna | LA | McNeese State University | Upakar Chiranji Lal and Chameli Devi Goel Memorial Scholarship |
| 2024 | Safiya Ahmed | TX | University of Texas at San Antonio | India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF) Scholarship |
| 2024 | Guniet Dhillon | WA | University of Washington | Shanti S Gupta Memorial Scholarship |
| 2024 | Pari Patel | NJ | Rutgers University | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2024 | Alina Roy | GA | University of North Georgia | Upakar Scholarship |
| 2024 | Ravneek Singh | TX | Texas A&M San Antonio | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2024 | Gauri Thoduvayilnelliot | OH | University of Cincinnati | Shrimati Kaushalya Butail Memorial Schloaship |
| 2024 | Shivam Vachhani | CA | University of California – Riverside (UCR) | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2023 | AbdulAhad Vhora | IL | Depaul University | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2023 | Arsh Dalal | CT | UCONN STORRS | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2023 | Suprina Kabadkar | NY | Rochester Institute of Technology | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2023 | Krisi Patel | CA | University of California Riverside | Neetu Watumull Scholarship |
| 2023 | Siddharth Padithya | MD | University of Maryland – Baltimore County | Kaushalya Butail Memorial Scholarship |
| 2023 | Diya Jha | CT | Yale University | Leela Shah Memorial Scholarship |
| 2022 | Ekaansh Jain | GA | Georgia State University | Khuba Watamull Scholarship |
| 2022 |
Kartik Negi
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GA | Kennesaw State University | Khuba Watamull Scholarship |
| 2022 |
Vivek Patel
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PA | Penn State University | Khuba Watamull Scholarship |
| 2022 |
Vikram Repalle
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CA | UC Irvine | Shanti Swarup Gupta Memorial Scholarship |
| 2022 |
Karan Saini
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VA | Virginia Commonwealth University | IDRF Scholarship |
| 2021 | Aditya Karthik | TX | University Of Texas – Austin | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2021 | Kanya Shah | NY | Syracuse University | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2021 | Nayanthara Thampan | TX | University of Houston | Pamecha Family Scholarship |
| 2021 | Nikhil Repalle | NM | San Jose State University | Surendra and Kusum Goel Education Scholarship |
| 2021 | Ruhi Patel | TX | Georgia Institute of Technology | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2021 | Sanjna Tailor | NV | University of California – Los Angeles | Shri Tulsi Ram and Mrs. Shanti Gupta Memorial Scholarship |
| 2020 | Alauki Patel | CA | DeAnza College | Upakar Community College Scholarship |
| 2020 | Austin Shukla | CA | University of California – San Diego | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2020 | Kunj Shah | NY | Lehigh University | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2020 | Rohan Gangar | TX | University of Texas at Dallas | Bob and Mani Narasimhan Scholarship |
| 2020 | Sindhuja Avandhanula | DE | University of Pittsburgh | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
Upakar Alumni
Our past scholarship recipients continue to assist Upakar by volunteering and mentoring current scholars and participating in Upakar events. We are proud to recognize them as successful leaders of the next generation.
| 2019 | Abdul Vhora | IL | University of Illinois Chicago | IDRF Scholarship |
| 2019 | Ashley Koshy | TX | University of Texas San Antonio | Bob and Mani Narasimhan Scholarship |
| 2019 | Diya Mathew | OK | University Of Oklahoma | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2019 | Edwin Paul | TX | University Of Texas Austin | Upakar College Scholarship |
| 2019 | Heet Patel | PA | Penn State University | Kaushalya Butail Scholarship |
| 2019 | Ishika Patel | LA | Univ Of Alabama at Birmingham | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2019 | Kavitha Rao | NJ | New York University | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2019 | Laveleen Saini | VA | George Mason University | Virginia for Education Scholarship |
| 2018 | Rakesh Jony | TX | University Of Texas – Austin | Virginia for Education Scholarship |
| 2018 | Robin Abrol | NY | Stony Brook University | Ajay Ojha Memorial Scholarship |
| 2018 | Rupa Duggirala | CO | University of California – Berkeley | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2018 | Saawan Patel | TX | Baylor University | |
| 2018 | Tejas Medapalli | TX | University Of Texas – Austin | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2018 | Veenadhari Kollipara | WA | University of Pennsylvania | Khuba Watumull Scholarship |
| 2017 | Arpita Abrol | NY | Stony Brook University | Virginia for Education Scholarship |
| 2017 | Bhakti Javiya | MI | Wayne State University | |
| 2017 | Karthik Bijoy | IL | University of Illinois – Chicago | |
| 2017 | Mithali Patel | GA | University of Georgia | |
| 2017 | Naazneen Vhora | IL | University of Illinois | |
| 2017 | Oeishi Banerjee | CA | Rice University | |
| 2016 | Amirinder Singh Dhillon | CA | San Jose State University | |
| 2016 | Anisha Patel | TX | University of Houston | Community College Scholarship |
| 2016 | Areni Dawn Perry | CO | The Master’s University | |
| 2016 | Jaladhi Rajiv Shukla | TX | University Of Texas – Austin | |
| 2016 | Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay | TN | Belmont University | |
| 2016 | Nimisha Rajesh | OH | University of Pittsburgh | |
| 2016 | Sai Shreyas Medapalli | TX | University Of Texas – Austin | |
| 2015 | Anthony Paul | PA | Duke University | Ajay Ojha Memorial Scholarship |
| 2015 | Beckyannie Raju | OK | Oklahoma State University | Community College Scholarship |
| 2015 | Kyra Clark | FL | University of Central Florida | |
| 2015 | Rutaba Malik | TX | North Lake College | Community College Scholarship |
| 2015 | Sachin De Young | KS | University of California Berkeley | Virginia for Education Scholarship |
| 2015 | Srihari Adarsh | MN | University of Minnesota | |
| 2015 | Viral Shah | NJ | Temple University | |
| 2014 | Gurpreet Kaur | VA | Virginia Commonwealth University | Virginia for Education Scholarship |
| 2014 | Milan Sara Abraham | IN | Purdue University | |
| 2014 | Rukaiya Ahmed | TX | Houston Community College | Community College Scholarship |
| 2014 | Sumanpreet Kaur | CA | Solano Community College | Community College Scholarship |
| 2014 | Tarique Ahmad | MO | Missouri Institute of Science and Technology | |
| 2014 | Yash Mamtora | NY | City College of NY | |
| 2013 | Aiman Syeda | NY | Rochester Institute of Technology | |
| 2013 | Parteek Singh | CA | University of California, Davis | |
| 2013 | Rini Sinha | TX | University of Texas, Austin | |
| 2013 | Sarwat Siddiqui | NY | Fordham University | |
| 2013 | Shobhit Jain | NY | New York University | |
| 2013 | Tamara Layden | OR | Clackamas Community College | |
| 2012 | Anup Chandora | GA | Georgia Tech University | |
| 2012 | Fazila Vhora | IL | University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| 2012 | Krystle Thomas | WI | Unviersity of Wisconsin at Milwaukee | |
| 2012 | Reema Patel | FL | University of Florida | |
| 2011 | Gurleen Dhillon | CA | San Jose State University | |
| 2011 | Krupali Patel | PA | Drexel University | |
| 2011 | Nishita Soneji | TX | University of Texas at Austin | |
| 2011 | Parth Dave | IA | University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign | |
| 2011 | Yukti Abrol | Stony Brook University | ||
| 2010 | Henna Vohra | IL | University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| 2010 | Megha Shah | CT | Rutgers University | |
| 2010 | Neel Shah | MA | Northeastern University | |
| 2010 | Partik Singh | OH | Case Western Reserve University | |
| 2010 | Vikas Sahi | CA | University of California Los Angeles | |
| 2009 | Jay Dave | IA | University of Iowa | |
| 2009 | Treesa Antony | MI | Wayne State University | |
| 2008 | Dimple Kothari | Drexel University | ||
| 2008 | Joshpal Aulakh | University of California – Los Angeles | ||
| 2008 | Leena Danawala | University of Missouri | ||
| 2008 | Muneet Parhar | University of Michigan | ||
| 2008 | Nikita Nana | University of Washington | ||
| 2008 | Preeya Iyer | The City University of New York | ||
| 2008 | Priyal Shah | University of California at Los Angeles | ||
| 2007 | Afsheen Vaid | TX | University of Texas | |
| 2007 | Arul Sangani | CA | University of California San Diego | |
| 2007 | Dhairyasheel Patel | WY | University of Washington | |
| 2007 | Nabeel Bhaiwala | NJ | Cornell University | |
| 2007 | Nidhi Shah | NJ | Columbia University | |
| 2007 | Pranoti Hiremath | WA | University of Washington | |
| 2007 | Ramanpreet Nagra | CA | University of California – Santa Barbara | |
| 2007 | Vidhi Dalal | NJ | Carnegie Mellon | |
| 2006 | Dimpa Choksi | TX | University of Texas | |
| 2006 | Margi Doshi | MO | University of Missouri | |
| 2006 | Megha Chopra | NY | New York University | |
| 2006 | Ranjit Korah | MD | Carnegie Mellon | |
| 2006 | Sundeep Parhar | MI | University of Michigan | |
| 2006 | Sundip Patel | GA | Georgia Tech University | |
| 2006 | Yesha Patel | NY | St. Johns University | |
| 2005 | Bella Desai | GA | Emory University | |
| 2005 | Chandi Aldena | CO | Colorado State | |
| 2005 | Dilpreet Ahluwalia | UT | Utah State | |
| 2005 | Lavina Ramchandani | NJ | University of Maryland | |
| 2005 | Nehali Nanavati | TX | Pratt University | |
| 2005 | Priyanka Patel | TX | Baylor University | |
| 2005 | Tejas Odedara | VA | Brown University | |
| 2004 | Ani T. Chacko | NY | St. Johns University | |
| 2004 | Divya Amaldi | IL | University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign | |
| 2004 | Miketu Doda | GA | University of Georgia | |
| 2004 | Monica Aswani | NJ | Kean University | |
| 2004 | Ranjanpreet Nagra | CA | California State University – Bakersfield | |
| 2003 | Babu Singh | CA | Cornell University | |
| 2003 | Kartik Trehan | NY | Johns Hopkins University | |
| 2002 | Bhumi Zaveri | NY | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 2002 | Neeraj Dhani | TX | Rice University | |
| 2001 | Rumana Rahmani | NJ | Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Science | |
| 2001 | Tina Aswani | NJ | New York University | |
| 2000 | Bharivee Shavdia | MD | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 2000 | Neem Bhatt | TN | East Tennessee University | |
| 2000 | Nikhil Nagendran | MD | University of Maryland | |
| 2000 | Rishikesh Dalal | Harvard University | ||
| 2000 | Sara Seth | NJ | Rhode Island School of Design | |
| 1999 | Brahma Seth | TX | Texas Tech University | |
| 1999 | Zahir Zaveri | NY | University of Pennsylvania |