The annual awards honor America’s top performers in Advanced Placement science and math courses with a $2000 college scholarship to one male and one female student in each state. Indian American Rangan and Wu each will receive a $5000 college scholarship. The remaining 99 regional winners will each receive a $2000 scholarship.

 

This year, 101 high school students in 50 states –including 96 seniors, 4 juniors and 1 sophomore – were recognized. 

Established in 1998, the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement is a signature program of the Siemens Foundation and is administered by the College Board.

 

“One of the great things about Advanced Placement is that it allows us to identify and recognize outstanding students like Ramya and Albert,” College Board president Gaston Caperton stated in a press release. “Along with the 99 regional winners, these students represent our best hope for a bright future, where America is a world leader in science, technology, math and engineering—the foundation of the 21st century economy.”

 

The state winners included a number of Indian American students as well, including: Rakesh Goli, The Altamont School, Birmingham, Alabama; Karthik Siva, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, Delaware; Ellora Sarkar, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, Florida; Neha Bokil, Troy High School, Troy, Michigan; Mohit Jain, Millard North High School, Omaha, Nebraska; Ravi Bajaj, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire; Anupa Murali, Bishop Brady High School, Concord, New Hampshire; Kunal Sangani, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius, New York; Vaishali Oza, Green Hope High School, Cary, North Carolina; Swetha Doppalapudi, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, West Virgina; Ishan Sinha, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Priya Suri, Eisenhower High School, New Berlin, Wisconsin.