Scholarships to diverse beneficiaries
SDIAS' Mission
Giving back to San Diego through academic scholarships to high school and community college students irrespective of origin
Spreading Mahatma Gandhi’s values within the community
Sharing India’s rich cultural heritage
Journey So Far
1984
14th Jan, SDIAS
was Founded
was Founded
$1.2M+
Scholarships
Provided
Provided
500+
Beneficiaries of
Scholarships
Scholarships
100+
AVID Scholarships
for STEM Education
32+
Social Projects
Executed in India
Executed in India
9
Distinguished
Chakra Awardees
Chakra Awardees
Our Esteemed Donors
Community College
Scholarship
($21,500)
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 6,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 6,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 5,000
- Endowment (Salim Shah): $ 2,000
- Arjun Jain: $ 1,500
- B. Ganesh Bhatt & Deepti S. Bhatt: $ 1,000
AVID
Scholarships
($ 41,000)
- Endowment (Sabodh & Aruna Garg): $ 15,000
- Kanta Patel: $ 10,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 4,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 4,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 4,000
- Jas Grewal & Suren Dutia $ 2,000
- Kameshwar Gupta: $ 1,000
- Simone MacLellan: $ 1,000
College Bound
Scholarships
($ 8,500)
- Gayatri Prahalad: $ 5,000
- Ramesh Rao: $ 1,500
- Endowment (MC Madhavan): $ 1,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 1,000
India Causes $15,000
- Endowment (Ray & Manju Patel): $ 10,000
- Endowment (Sabodh & Aruna Garg): $ 5,000
Dolores Huerta Foundation $ 6,761
- Arkal Shenoy: $ 1,500
- Ramesh Rao: $ 1,500
- Mohan Trivedi: $ 1,011
- Kanta Patel: $1,000
- Feroza Ardeshir & Suresh Subramani ($750)
- Latha Sundar: $ 500
- Nikhil Varaiya: $ 500
2025 Awards $ 1,09,000
- India Donation (SBI FCRA accounts): $ 15,000
- Prajwala: $ 5,000
- Manav Sadhana: $ 10,000
- Scholarships Awards: $ 94,000
- AVID Donations: $ 41,000
- AVID Awards: $ 55,000
- College Bound Donations: $ 8,500
- College Bound Scholarships: $ 12,000
- Community College Donations: $ 21,500
- Community College Scholarships: $ 27,000
- Southwestern College: $ 6,000
- Grossmont College: $ 6,000
- San Diego Community Colleges: $ 15,000
Community College
Scholarship
($30,900)
- Community College Endowment (Salim): $ 2,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 6,000
- Rushikesh & Rita Desai: $ 1,000
- Ben Badiee: $ 8,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 5,000
- Prarthana & Kashyap Jani: $ 300
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 2,000
- Simone N. Maclellan: $ 200
- Kathleen Murphy: $ 200
- Chandra & Nimmi Matha: $ 1,000
- Simone McClellan (Narima Lopes): $ 200
- Harish & Hetal Hosalkar: $ 5,000
AVID
Scholarships
($ 48,000)
- AVID Endowment (Sabodh): $ 13,000
- Rushikesh & Rita Desai: $ 2,000
- Ben Badiee: $ 2,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 5,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 4,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 4,000
- Kanta Patel: $ 10,000
- Raj & Alka Kanaya: $ 8,000
College Bound
Scholarships
($ 6,552)
-
College Bound Endowment
(Madhu): $ 1,000 - Jas Grewal & Suren Dutia: $ 2,000
- Tadimeti Rao: $ 1,000
- Trivedi Family: $ 1,001
- Kantilal Patel: $ 51
India Donation
(SBI FCRA accounts)
$15,000
- Prajwala: $ 5,000
- Manav Sadhana: $ 10,000
Scholarships Awards $ 75,000
- YTD AVID Donations: $ 48,000
- AVID Awards: $ 42,000
-
YTD College Bound
Donations: $ 6,552 -
College Bound
Scholarships: $ 14,000 - YTD Community College Donations: $ 30,900
- Community College Scholarships: $ 19,000
- Southwestern College: $ 4,000
- Grossmont College: $ 5,000
- San Diego Community Colleges: $ 10,000
Community College
Scholarship
($23,500)
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 6,000
- Kunal & Neelam Roy: $ 5,000
- Ragini Narain: $ 5,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 2,500
- Community College Endowment (Salim): $ 2,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 2,000
- Rita Patel: $ 1,000
AVID
Scholarships
($ 46,060)
- AVID Endowment (Sabodh): $ 10,000
- Raj & Alka Kanaya: $ 8,060
- Kanta Patel: $ 8,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 7,000
- Bharat & Hema Lall: $ 5,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 4,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 4,000
College Bound
Scholarships
($ 22,862)
- Kunal & Neelam Roy: $ 5,000
- Gayatri Prahalad: $ 5,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 2,500
- Jas Grewal & Suren Dutia: $ 2,000
- Kanta Patel: $ 2,000
- Ramesh Rao: $ 1,500
- Subbu Nagappan: $ 1,001
-
College Bound Endowment
(Madhu): $ 1,000 - Tadimeti Rao: $ 1,000
- Renuka Sethi: $ 500
- Olagappan Manickam: $ 500
- Dr. Sudha Praba: $ 500
- Deepti & Barkur Bhat: $ 100
- Prarthana Jani: $ 251
- Srinivasa Paleti: $ 10
India Endowment ($ 200,000)
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 200,000
Community College
Scholarship
($ 15,000)
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 4,000
- Community College Endowment (Salim): $ 2,000
- Hasmukh & Nalini Shah: $ 2,000
- Rita Patel: $ 2,000
- Kanta Patel: $ 2,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 1,000
- Rushikesh Desai: $ 1,000
- Prem & Rohini Pillai: $ 1,000
AVID
Scholarships
($ 59,771)
- AVID Endowment (Sabodh): $ 10,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 10,000
- Hasmukh & Nalini Shah: $ 8,000
- Kanta Patel: $ 8,000
- Raj & Alka Kanaya: $ 8,000
- Hema & Bharat Lall: $ 5,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 4,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $ 4,000
- Rushikesh & Rita Desai: $ 2,000
- PK Patel Memorial: $ 771
College Bound
Scholarships
($ 13,479)
- Gayatri Prahalad: $ 5,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $ 2,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 2,000
- Jas Grewal & Suren Dutia: $ 2,000
- Ramesh Rao: $ 1,000
- Sudha Prabha: $ 500
- Feroza Ardeshir: $ 500
- Corporate: $ 279
- Ramesh Rao: $ 200
India Endowment
- Sabodh & Aruna Garg: $ 100,000
- Venu & Girija Prabaker: $ 100,000
College Bound Endowment
- MC & Nacha Madhavan: $ 20,000
Community College
Scholarship
($33,750)
- Parbubhai & Jeli Patel: $6,000
- Drs. Rita Patel & Suresh Mukherji: $5,000
- Shreya & Sukesh Chandra: $5,000
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $4,000
- Gayatri Prahalad: $2,500
- PK & Kanta Patel: $2,000
- Chandra & Nimmi Matha: $1,250
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $1,000
- Rushikesh & Rita Desai: $1,000
- Venu Prabaker: $1,000
- Salim & Francoise Shah: $1,000
AVID
Scholarships
($77,355)
- AVID Endowment (Sabodh & Aruna Garg): $12,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $ 10,000
- Raj & Alka Kanaya: $9,150
- PK & Kanta Patel: $8,000
- Hema & Bharat Lall: $8,000
- Sunita & Chandra Baxi: $8,000
- PK Patel Memory: $4,205
- Manish & Shital Parikh: $4,000
- Drs Rita Patel & Suresh Mukherji: $4,000
- Subal & Neeru Goswami: $4,000
- Rushikesh & Rita Desai: $ 2000
- Chitra & Jugesh Saxena: $2,000
- Jas Grewal & Suren Dutia: $2,000
College Bound
Scholarships
($18,826)
- Parbubhai & Jeli Patel: $4,000
- Tadimeti Rao: $3,000
- Gayatri Prahalad: $2,500
- Manisha & Shital Parikh: $2,000
- Ray & Manju Patel: $2,000
- Akal & Vasanthi Shenoy: $1,001
- MC & Nacha Madhavan: $1,000
- Prem & Rohini Pillai: $1,000
- Salim & Francoise Shah: $1,000
- Ramesh Rao: $1,000
- Venu Prabaker: $1,000
- Sri Soundararajan: $500
- Sudha Praba: $500
- Blackbaud Giving Fund: $201
- Anil Rao: $100
- Srinivas Savgur: $100
- Prasad Herur: $100
- Anusha Radhakrishnan: $25
Community College Endowment
- Salim & Francoise Shah: $ 40,000
Our Supporters
- ARLEN Corporation
- Qualcomm Corporation
- State Bank of India
- Union Bank of India
- Washington Mutual
Board of Governors
-
Dr Pradeep Khosla
Honorary Chair -
Dr Ramesh Rao
President -
Mr Manish Parikh
Executive Director -
Mrs Neelu Bhardwaj
Secretary
- Dr Sabodh Garg
- Mr Ray Patel
- Mr Salim Shah
- Mr Hamid Daudani
- Mr Ram Seshan
- Dr Venu Prabaker
- Mr Chandra Matha
- Mr Raj Kanaya
- Mrs Laboni Patnaik
- Dr Latha Sundar
- Dr Simrita Dhir
- Dr Harish Hosalkar
- Mr Devang Thakkar
- Dr Bindu Singhal
Board of Governors
Dr Pradeep Khosla
Honorary Chair
Mr Manish Parikh
Executive Director
Dr Ramesh Rao
President
Mrs Neelu Bhardwaj
Secretary
Dr Sabodh Garg
Mr Ray Patel
Mr Salim Shah
Mr Hamid Daudani
Mr Ram Seshan
Dr Venu Prabaker
Mr Chandra Matha
Mr Raj Kanaya
Mrs Laboni Patnaik
Dr Latha Sundar
Dr Simrita Dhir
Dr Harish Hosalkar
Mr Devang Thakkar
Dr Bindu Singhal
Committee
Dr Ramesh Rao
Governance - Chair
Mr Chandra Matha
Finance - Chair
Dr Sabodh Garg
Nominating - Chair
Mr Ram Seshan
Cultural Events - Chair
Mr Raj Kanaya
Engagement - Chair
Dr Latha Sundar
Scholarship - Chair