Georgia Tech Names Samendra Prasad a President's Scholar and Stamps Leadership Scholarship Recipient

2013 Mar 25

The Georgia Institute of Technology has named Samendra Prasad of East Amherst, NY, one of 50 President's Scholars and one of 12 Stamps Leadership Scholarship recipients. A Biomedical Engineering major, Prasad represents the top 1 percent of early applicants to Georgia Tech.

Considered the most prestigious merit award offered to incoming Georgia Tech first-year students, the President's Scholarship emphasizes scholarship, leadership, progress and service. Recipients are selected by a committee of Georgia Tech scholarship administrators, admission professionals, faculty and alumni. More than 500 semifinalists and 100 finalists were evaluated.

The Stamps Leadership Scholars Program, which resides within the President's Scholarship Program, provides full-ride awards and special enrichment opportunities for the extremely gifted recipients who are generally among the top 10 to 12 Tech freshmen every year. Over four years, recipients from Georgia will be awarded a package valued at approximately $110,000, while out-of-state recipients will receive a package valued at approximately $190,000.

"This investment in our state's and nation's most promising youth furthers Georgia Tech's mission through supporting students and producing alumni who will positively influence major technological, social and policy development worldwide," said Chaffee Viets, director of the President's Scholarship Program.

For more information about Georgia Tech's President's Scholarship Program and the Stamps Leadership Scholarship, visit the following links: http://psp.gatech.edu and http://psp.gatech.edu/pages/prospective/stamps.php.