NEW DELHI: India has announced a new initiative to award fifty Quad scholarships, worth $500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering programme at a Government of India-funded technical institution.

“We applaud the expansion of the Quad Infrastructure Fellowships to more than 2,200 experts, and note that Quad partners have already provided well over 1,300 fellowships since the initiative was announced at last year’s Summit. We also appreciate the workshop organized by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in India, working to empower partners across the Indo-Pacific to strengthen power sector resilience,” the declaration read.

The declaration states that the Quad is committed to ‘strengthening the deep and enduring ties between our people, and among our partners. Through the Quad Fellowship, we are building a network of the next generation of science, technology, and policy leaders.’

Together with the Institute of International Education, which leads implementation of the Quad Fellowship, Quad governments are welcoming the second cohort of Quad Fellows and the expansion of the programme to include students from ASEAN countries for the first time.

The Government of Japan is supporting the programme to enable Quad Fellows to study in Japan. “The Quad welcomes the generous support of private sector partners for the next cohort of fellows, including Google, the Pratt Foundation, and Western Digital,” the declaration stated.

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