Gujarati girl honoured for academic excellence

The General assembly of the State of New Jersey has ho noured 16-year-old Mauli Shah, a Gujarati girl student of Englewood in the US, who is the recipient of Lucent Technologies New Jersey Scholar Award for her impressive academic record.

The award includes a scholarship of $5,000 for Mauli’s college education as well as the opportunity to attend the Lucent Global summit with more than 80 students from around the world. Mauli is the daughter of Amritlal and Amola Shah of Ahmedabad who are now residing in USA. Her grandmother Sulochana Patolawala is in Ahmedabad.

Mauli, who skipped both the fifth and seventh grades, has been named valedictorian of the class of 1999 at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood where she ranked first in her class of 167 students and was elected president of the Asian America Heritage Committee. She has a four grade point average.

Mauli has already received academic honours including the Columbia University Science Honors, the University of Pennysylvania Book Award for Overall Academic Achievement, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mathematics and Science Award, and the Parent Teacher Organisation Awards.

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