Oxford University Archives - Global Indian Youth

Saturday, April 1 2023

Apsara Iyer: The first Indian-origin female president of Harvard Law Review

by Amrita Priya | Mar 22, 2023

(March 22, 2023) In 1990, when former US President Barack Obama was in his second year at Harvard Law School, he created history by becoming the first black president of the Harvard Law Review – a monthly journal comprising 2500 pages per volume published every month...

Maya Burhanpurkar: Harvard’s whiz kid heads off to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar

by Darshana Ramdev | Jun 16, 2022

(June 16, 2022) When she travelled to the Arctic in 2013, Canadian student and researcher Maya Burhanpurkar was, understandably, blown away by the incredible beauty of the glacial landscapes that surrounded her. There was, however, a sense of foreboding – the...

India shines in the 2022 Rhodes Scholars’ list

by Darshana Ramdev | May 28, 2022

(May 28, 2022) One of the world’s most prestigious academic programmes, The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students, giving them a chance to study at the University of Oxford. Established in 1903, it is the oldest postgraduate...