Bangladeshi wins Rhodes Scholarship

[deshibhai]

To the best of my knowledge, this is the first instance of a Bangladeshi winning the Rhodes from the United States. (Of course, I might not have been following this for a sufficient number of years to know of any deshi who might have received it many years back.) As many of you may be aware, this ranks a little higher than your usual run-of-the-mill scholarship. From what I remember from my undergraduate years, getting the Rhodes was a BIG BIG deal.

Here is the link from the Harvard Gazette:

Link from the Harvard Gazette

Congratulations to the young lad!



Edited on, December 26, 2004, 9:58 PM GMT, by deshibhai.

[Pundit]

I thought that you required a US citizenship ?

[Arnab]

He probably grew up in the US. Prolly a US citizen.

[oracle]

thought that you required a US citizenship ?

No

[deshibhai]

To apply from the United States, you do, in fact, have to be a US citizen. My guess is that his parents arrived in this country early enough for him to have become a US citizen in time to apply.

[Kamal]

Congratulation to Kazi Rahman! It is indeed very impressive.
However, he is not the first Bangladeshi. There have been many Bangladeshis who were Rhodes Scholars.
You can be a citizen of any country to be considered. One important qualifying factor is to have a strong interest in sports along with academic excelence.

[Faceoff]

are there any international students from bangladesh in ivy league schools?

[Arnab]

Sure there are. Every year there are some.

Edited on, December 27, 2004, 9:12 PM GMT, by Arnab.

[shujan]

Swati is the cuty one.

That explains, why I was never a scholar.

[shujan]

Originally posted by Pundit
I thought that you required a US citizenship ?

What? Otherwise you would work for it?

[al Furqaan]

screw the academics...can he bat is the real question. if you can play ball, you dont need to go to school just ask kobe and lebron