lanka Adarsh from Bangalore, who studied Sciences at Doon School in ISC and passed out this summer, has been awarded a place at IIT Roorkee for Bachelor of Architecture (B Arch.) degree.
This is India’s highest ranked IIT institution for Architecture. The competition for this course is tough across the country. lanka was heavily involved in social service and round square when he was at school. lanka also attended a school in Singapore as part of the school’s global Student Exchange Programme when he was in Class XI.
Sidharth Pahuja from Oberoi House and Suyash Raj Shivam from Jaipur House, who also studied Sciences at the school, have been awarded the scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) component under INSPIRE scheme, according to the information received from the office of the Council for the ISC Examinations, New Delhi.
The scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) under the innovation in the Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) is awarded by virtue of performance within top 1 per cent of the school Board at Class XII level in the examination held during the academic session ending March/April 2015 (as per the criteria specified by the Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India).
Sidharth Pahuja, who is going to Hong Kong University to pursue engineering regularly ranked No 1 in Asia in global university rankings. Suyash Raj Shivam is going to Hansraj College in Delhi to study Economics.
Dr Peter Mclaughlin, Headmaster of The Doon School said, “I am delighted for all the boys and their success in achieving their intellectual interests which are varied and so personally suitable for them as individuals. It is a tribute to their hard work and focus and that of the teaching staff at Doon, supported by the careers department as well as the care and enthusiasm shown by their parents.”