Recently, the last round of interviews for prestigious Gates scholarship was conducted at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and the officials announced 60 names from 29 countries who will be awarded with this scholarship.

Four of those 60 students belong to India who will be receiving the Gates Scholarship to pursue their post-graduate studies at the Cambridge University. Rest of the students, who got this scholarship, belong to Canada, United States, Germany, Australia, Peru, Argentina, New Zealand, Singapore and China.

The university believes that it has picked up the world's most brilliant students out of several thousands who applied for this scholarship which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in order to enable students with phenomenal abilities to pursue their post-graduation at Cambridge.

Professor Robert Lethbridge, Provost (CEO) of the Gates Cambridge Trust stated, “This is an outstanding group of young men and women with a wide range of backgrounds, interests and career trajectories; what binds them together is a desire to give back by using their education and leadership to tackle global problems and improve the lives of others”.

This scholarship program was introduced in 2000 and it helps students with a strong interest in social leadership and responsibility to fulfill their dream of studying at a place like this.