New Delhi, May 2 -- Ashoka University's student Kiran Sahani has become the only South Asian recipient of the McCall MacBain Global Scholarship awarded by McGill University in Montreal, Canada this year. She is one of the 10 global recipients of the scholarship. This marks the second consecutive year that a graduate from Ashoka University has secured the highly competitive and prestigious scholarship.

The McCall MacBain Scholarships are Canada's largest leadership-based scholarships for master's and professional studies. They are the result of a landmark C$200 million gift (about Rs 1,240 crore) in 2019 by John and Marcy McCall MacBain, the then-largest single donation in the country's history. Designed to encourage purposeful leadership...