32nd Annual Mahatma Gandhi Awards

San Diego Indian American Society will recognize 13 outstanding high school graduates with Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Scholarships (roughly 600 since 1984) and 8 AVID Scholars in 2015 (over 60 since 2005).

Chief Speaker: Dr. Pradeep K. Khosla Pradeep K. Khosla became UC San Diego?s eighth Chancellor on August 1, 2012. As UC San Diego?s chief executive officer, he leads a campus with more than 30,000 students, six undergraduate colleges, five academic divisions, and five graduate and professional schools. A reception in honor of Dr. Khosla will follow his talk.

Mahatma Gandhi Scholars

• Anjana Srinivas (Scripps Ranch High School) UC Berkeley


• Yashes Srinivasan (Rancho Bernardo High School) UCSD


• Keshav Tadimeti (Canyon Crest Academy) UCLA


• Lena Nicole Antoine (Chula Vista Sr. High School) UCSD


• Kahlo Baniadam (San Dieguito Academy) UCLA


• Celine Calpo (Mar Vista High School) Georgetown


• Emily Davies (River Valley Charter School) Azusa Pacific


• Ben Friedl (Del Norte High School) UCSD


• David Mendoza (Montgomery High School) Stanford


• Nikhil Palanki (The Bishop's School) University of Chicago


• Anh-Dao Tong (Mt. Carmel High School) UCSD


• Erik Whitney (Poway High School) UCLA


• Carolyn Callen (River Valley Charter School) Pepperdine

AVID Scholars 2015

• Jacqueline Canseco Garcia (Mission Hills) UCSD


• Jacqueline Meza Tapia (San Ysidro) Stanford


• Chrestina Mansoor (El Cajon Valley) SDSU


• Tiffany McLemore (Santana) UCSB


• Rosalinda Perez (San Pasqual) Cal State


• Heraldo Martinez (Oceanside) UCSD


• Empress El Aton (Hoover) UCSB


• Aracely Zerferino (Kearny ISB) SDSU

Organizers will provide vouchers for free parking in P502 after 4:30 PM on day of event.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Calit2 Auditorium
Atkinson Hall
University of California at San Diego
San Diego, CA

Friday, July 31 - 4:45 PM to 6:15 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdias.org