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Bihar Student Wins ₹3.5 Crore Georgetown Scholarship After Rejections
Adarsh grew up in Bihar with limited money and was raised by his mother.
At age 14, he went to Kota with ₹1,000 to look for better education opportunities.
When he could not afford coaching, he searched for other ways to learn and grow.
He later created Skillzo, which helps students find skills, mentors and opportunities.
The platform has reached almost 20,000 students.
Adarsh also won the 2025 Global Student Prize and received help from mentors.
After being rejected by 22 universities, he was given a chance to apply to Georgetown University in Qatar.
He received a full scholarship and wants to study how policies can improve people's lives.
Adarsh, raised by a single mother in Motihari, left Bihar for Kota at 14 with ₹1,000.
He built Skillzo, which has reached nearly 20,000 students through skills, mentoring and opportunity access.
Adarsh won the 2025 Global Student Prize from nearly 11,000 nominations across 148 countries.
After 22 university rejections, Second Chance helped Georgetown University in Qatar review his application after its regular cycle closed.
He plans to study political science, economics and international relations and pursue policy-related social impact work.
- Who
- Adarsh, a student from Motihari, Bihar, who founded Skillzo.
- What
- He received a full Georgetown University in Qatar scholarship reported as worth ₹3.5 crore.
- Where
- He is from Motihari, Bihar, and plans to study at Georgetown University in Qatar.
- When
- He won the Global Student Prize in 2025 and later received the Georgetown offer.
- Why
- He wants to study policy, governance and social impact, especially in education, employment and youth development.
Key facts
- Scholarship value
- ₹3.5 crore, according to the article headline
- Student's hometown
- Motihari, Bihar
- Skillzo's reach
- Nearly 20,000 students
- Global Student Prize
- Won in 2025 from nearly 11,000 nominations across 148 countries
- University rejections
- 22
- Planned studies
- Political science, economics and international relations
- Application pathway
- Second Chance asked Georgetown to review his profile after the regular admissions cycle had closed
Quotes
Adarsh
Student entrepreneur from Motihari who won the Global Student Prize and a Georgetown University in Qatar scholarship
“Winning the Global Student Prize gave much greater visibility to the work I had been doing through Skillzo and created opportunities to meet people and institutions I would otherwise have found difficult to reach.”
businesstoday.in
“There will be rejections but I'd tell them not to reject themselves. I had many of them myself. But one rejection should not become a conclusion about your potential.”
businesstoday.in
Sources
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