Two Chennai-based students - Gayatri Sankunni Nair and Sujay Subrahmanyan - are among seven students who have been awarded a total of $50,000 under the 2010 TOEFL Scholarship Programme to pursue higher education by Education Testing Service (ETS).
Gayatri, who has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Stella Maris College, will receive $5,000 to do her Masters in Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Sujay, currently a student of the National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi, will receive $10,000 to study management at the London Business School.
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ETS, the creator of the TOEFL test, started the scholarship in August 2009 to honour seven high-performing Indian students, awarding $50,000 to students who were accepted at a college or university in the U.K., the U.S. and Canada for postgraduate study.
Of the seven TOEFL scholarship winners for 2010-2011, three will be attending universities in the U.K. three will be studying in the U.S. and one will be pursuing academic study in Canada, a press release issued by ETS said.
Over 300 competitive applications were received for the 2010 TOEFL Scholarship program.
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The scholarship winners demonstrated an outstanding ability to communicate in English, effective leadership skills, and well-rounded balancing of strong academics and extra-curricular activities, such as community service, the release said.