This scholarship is awarded to students from fourteen regions including the likes of India, Pakistan, Australia, Canada, Southern Africa (which covers South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Swaziland) and also the US. This year, five Indians (namely Sujit Thomas of St Stephen's College, Akul Dayal of IIT Delhi, Nikita Kaushal from University of Pune, Amit Kumar from IIT Roorkee, Vrinda Bhandari of National Law School).
These students can now pursue post-graduate education at the University of Oxford under this award, which was established in 1902.
How is this award better known?
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The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil Rhodes, a South African businessman of English origin.