Houston: Ten Indian-Americans and one Bangladeshi-American are among the 30 students chosen for the prestigious 2004 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.

Majority of the winners of the Soros Fellowship are Rhodes scholars.

The Fellowship entitles these students to receive a maintenance grant of $ 20,000 (paid in two instalments) and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the US graduate program attended by the Fellow.

The Indian American students who would receive the Fellowship are: Jacob Chako, Pavan Cheruvu, Janani Sreenivasan, Lipika Goyal, Sachin Jain, Ankur Luthra, Arpit Malaviya, Sunita Puri, Rahul Rajkumar and Raju Raval.

Nusrat Choudhury is the lone Bangladeshi-American who would benefit from the Fellowship.

The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is "to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields".

The program was established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the US has afforded the donors and their family.