21 Indian origin students awarded ISA scholarships for 2025

Four Indian American and 17 Indian students, are among 33 student from seven countries to win the 2025 scholarships from the International Society of Automation (ISA), the leading professional society for automation. They have been awarded $66,000 to support tuition and research activities.

ISA scholarships are awarded to college or university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation, instrumentation, systems and control. The scholarship awards support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives.

“On behalf of ISA, I am honored to congratulate this year’s exceptional scholarship recipients,” said Claire Fallon, ISA CEO and executive director. of Durham, North Carolina based organization.

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“Supporting the next generation of automation professionals is key to ISA’s mission of building a better world through automation. We are proud to be able to award so many talented students this year, and we look forward to seeing how they will shape and strengthen our field in the future.”  

Indian American winners:

Aditya Santosh Joshi, North Carolina State University – Raleigh, North Carolina, US, 2025 General Education Fund category;

Manikandan Pandiyan, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor – Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, 2025 General Education Fund; 

Prapti Bordoloi, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities – Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, 2025 General Education Fund;

Rohit Kiran Gavali, Parsons School of Design – New York, New York, US, 2025 General Education Fund.

Indian winners:

Shruti Kokil: MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women – Pune, Maharashtra, India, Bob & Mary Ives Endowment category;
Aditi Mandar Kulkarni: MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Aditya Anil Sasane: Vivekanand Education Society’s Polytechnic – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;

Amitoj Kaur Panesar: MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Bipin Amarbahadur Yadav: Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Technology – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Drushti J. Nagarkar, Vivekanand Education Society’s Polytechnic – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;

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Jay Pragnesh Mehta, Institute of Technology, Nirma University – Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 2025 General Education Fund;

Kunal Kothari, Institute of Technology, Nirma University – Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Mayank Soni, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Academy of Engineering – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund; 

Om Deepak Mandhane, Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Technology – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Prachiti Mujumdar, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Prajyot Prashant Patil, Ganpat University, Institute of Technology – Mehsana, Gujarat, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Sakshi Sachin Kulkarni, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Sara Sachin Patil, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Somya Gupta, Silver Oak University – Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Syed Arfan Sahil, Reva University – Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 2025 General Education Fund;
Tanishka Manoj Dixit, Savitribai Phule Pune University – Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2025 General Education Fund;

Founded in 1945 to empower the global automation community, ISA develops widely used global standards and conformity assessment programs.