Mysore/Mysuru: Vighnesh Hampapura, an alumnus of VVS Golden Jubilee PU College, Kuvempunagar, currently an undergraduate of English at Ashoka University, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2021 to study at the University of Oxford.
Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and the most prestigious international student scholarship, and is awarded to five students from India every year. Notable Rhodes scholars include playwright Girish Karnad, advocate Menaka Guruswamy, economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia and writer Neel Mukherjee.
