“We are excited with the response and want to thank the schools and teachers who are assisting students to achieve their dreams,” said Sharma. Based on their essay and video, the six finalists were chosen. Hundreds of students took the written exam, from which 26 semi-finalists were shortlisted. In the third and concluding stage of the Leysin-EduPeer Scholarship contest, a panel comprising Chris Taylor, dean of academic learning, Melati Cattanach, associate director of financial aid, Tamara Yahfoufi, associate director of admissions, Leysin American School, journalist Di lip D’Souza and Hitesh Sharma, founder and CEO, EduPeer, interviewed the six finalists. The $200,000 scholarship covers the cost at LAS for two years. Manasi Dinesh from Ryan International School, Kundalahalli, Bengaluru, won the coveted EduPeer-Leysin scholarship, which allows her to pursue an IB program for 11th and 12th grade at Leysin American School, Switzerland.
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