Microsoft Research India PhD Award

Region: Asia-Pacific

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Meet the 2026 awardees

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Kaustubh Borgavi, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Pritish Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Abhishek Ghosh, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Sakshi Joshi, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Sai Keerthana Karnam, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Venkata Naga Sreenivasulu Karnati, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Ayan Sengupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Nilesh Shah, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad 
Deepika Vemuri, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad