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Scholarships handed out for AY 2016-17:

Five to TAMUK and Five to TAMUCC

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TAMUCC Recipients

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K.M.Hasan from Bangladesh

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Koushik Reddy Kusa

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Chinmayee Lingam

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Sai Varun Polishetty

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Karthikeyan Umapathygunasekaran

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Koushik receiving his scholarship certificate from Rajan Ahuja, the CEO of SV Energy Company

TAMUK Recipients

Texas A&M University-Kingsville recipients shown here are Anand Nakarani and Arpit Mukul Pandya. Rajan Ahuja, CEO of SV Energy Company, handed out the scholarships.

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(Photo: Rajan Ahuja, Anand Nakarani and Mohan Rao)

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(Photo: Rajan Ahuja, Arpit Mukul Pandya and Mohan Rao)

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(Photo: Anand Nakarani and Mohan Rao)

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(Photo: Arpit Mukul Pandya and Mohan Rao)

Five Desi Foundation scholarships at TAMUCC for AY 2016-17

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi President Dr. Flavius Killebrew and Desi Foundation President Dr. Mohan Rao (Corpus Christi, TX. July 13, 2016)

Thanks to the generosity of South Asian community, we have five Desi Foundation scholarships at TAMUCC for AY 2016-17.

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Dr. Mohan Rao, president of Desi Foundation, signed an agreement with Texas A&M University-Kingsville to provide scholarships to the students of South Asia. He also presented a check for $5,000 to Mr. Bradley Walker, CEO and Chief Development Officer of TAMUK Foundation.

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Dr. Mohan Rao knows about the financial and cultural challenges faced by students who leave their home country to get an education in the United States. He dealt with those same challenges as a student from India studying in the U.S., earning degrees in the fields of engineering and business.

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During a dance intermission, Dr. Mohan Rao, Associate Professor in the College of Business, made a presentation to the audience about the Desi Foundation Scholarship, which benefits international students. He urged the audience to consider funding the scholarship in amounts as modest as $1,000.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Dr. Mohan Rao, a business professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is using his passion for photography to raise money to support a student scholarship fund. Rao, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences, will present an exhibition of approximately 20 photographs taken while on vacation in Europe. Proceeds from the sale of each print will benefit the Desi Foundation, a scholarship fund that Rao founded.