• High school GPA of at least 3.5.
• SAT score of at least 1985 out of 2400 or an ACT score of at least 30.
• A two-page essay about Kashmiri Pandit heritage.

This year the KOA Achievement Awards committee was impressed by the following college-bound KP students:

• Sankalp Bhan (Washington University at St. Louis), Katy, TX

• Akshay Chaku (University of Michigan), Troy, MI

• Yatin Mirakhur (University of Pennsylvania), Hudson, OH

The committee has agreed to award each of them the College Bound Achievement Award of $500.00 for the year 2008. 

On behalf KOA management, we congratulate Sankalp Bhan,  Akshay Chaku, and Yatin Mirakhur on their achievements and wish them success in their endeavors. 

Hira L. Koul Program Director-Scholarships Department of Statistics and Probability Michigan State University 1739 Ann St. , East Lansing , MI 48823 E-mail: koul@stt.msu.edu

List of College Bound Achievement Awardees from the Inception

2004 Spring

• Simmi Bhatt, 17 Floral Court, Nanuet, NY 10954

• Akshay Ganju, 110 Walnut St., Brookline, MA 02445

• Zitsi Mirakhur, 163 Owen Brown St. Hudson OH 44236

2005 Spring

• Sandhya Nakhasi, 8504 Potomac School Terrace, Potomac MD 20854

2006 Spring

• Meghana Dhar, 742 Herbrides Way, Sunnyvale CA 94087

2007 Spring

• Rohit Ganju (Georgia Tech), Duluth, GA 
• Eisha Wali (Northwestern University), Darien, IL 
• Ankush Zutshi (University of Miami, FL), Port Saint Lucie, FL