SAJA 2012 Journalism Scholarships
Applications for undergraduate and graduate applicants are no longer being accepted for 2012. Thank you for your interest.
2012 SAJA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Congratulations to the winners of this year's competition, who will receive a record total of $50,000 in scholarships this year. The recipients were selected from an accomplished pool of applicants; each has shown dedication to journalism and the coverage of South Asia.
HIGH SCHOOL: $2,500
Pranay Bose
Belmont Hill School
Massachusetts
Pooja Salhotra
St. John’s School
Belair, Texas
Kamna Shastri
Inglemoor High School
Seattle, Wash.
UNDERGRADUATE: $3,000
Nadia Afredi
University of California, Los Angeles
S. Noreyana Fernando
Ithaca College
Nilesh Khare
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Juhi Razdan Kuchroo
Harvard College
Shefali Luthra
Brown University
Honorable Mention: $2,500
Priyanka Tilve
Northwestern University
GRADUATE: $5,000
Sagar Atre
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University
Apoorva Joshi
University of Montana
Madhura Karnik
CUNY
Tania Rashid
Columbia University
Amina Waheed
University of California, Berkeley
Direct questions to students@saja.org
PLEASE NOTE: The SAJA Scholarships are made possible through generous contributions from the Krishna Kumar Gaur Scholarship Fund, the Arun I & Asmita Bhatia Foundation, and numerous individual and institutional donations. To donate to SAJA and help future scholarship classes, visit http://www.saja.org/donate.
Testimonials From 2011 Recipients
The SAJA scholarship provided me with a greater sense of confidence in my journalistic ability. The scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend the SAJA convention, where I was able to meet others who are passionate about South Asia. Having an organization that stands behind you and believes that you're a promising member of the journalistic fraternity made me want to deliver on that promise. Since receiving the scholarship, I have served as the chair of the Columbia University chapter of SAJA and continue to report on issues relevant to South Asia and the diaspora.
Sumit Galhotra, 2011 SAJA Graduate Scholarship Recipient
I became a member of the South Asian Journalists Association as a high school student, when I stumbled upon the annual convention on a visit to New York. It was a community that welcomed me and encouraged me to pursue a field I had interest in. Now, more than three years later, I'm proud to say I'm fully committed to continuing my work as a journalist, and the SAJA scholarship provided the same support and a positive nudge. I continue to hear about the volatility of my medium, print journalism, yet there is a group of people who want to help me succeed, and I am incredibly appreciative of that.
Sonali Kholi, 2011 SAJA Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient
SAJA helped put me into college, plain and simple. Over the last few months, I’ve been able to engage myself in classes that further aid me in investigating current and past, worldwide and local, issues that I care about. I have also been given the opportunity to engage myself in local and international newsletters. The SAJA scholarship experience showed me a plethora of examples of other passionate South Asians that have built themselves up with their passion, hard work, and networking abilities. I would love to follow my ambitions with the same type of fire as shown to me by SAJA.
Joshua Roychowdury, 2011 SAJA High School Scholarship Recipient
