CMS Celebrates the Scholarly Ascent of Over 600 Alumni across Global Universities

CMS Celebrates the Scholarly Ascent of Around 600 Alumni across Top Global Universities

City Montessori School, Lucknow, celebrates the growing constellation of its global achievers. We are thrilled to share that this year, 75 CMS students have earned placement offers from prestigious universities across the USA, UK, UAE, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Türkiye, and Singapore. Among them, 54 exemplars have received scholarships worth crores. This remarkable milestone reflects not only individual efforts but also concerted mentorship from teachers and parents. It showcases the culture of academic excellence and global preparedness that CMS fosters.

Below is the list of 75 exemplars who contribute to another significant milestone in CMS’s international journey.

75 Distinguished Scholars of City Montessori School who Received Admission Offers from Top Foreign Universities in 2025

Sl. No. Student Name Campus Name University Name Country Scholarship in US $ (04 YRS) Scholarship in INR
1 Anika Ghai Cambridge Section, Gomti Nagar Extension 1) University of Cincinnati
2) University of Sheffield
3) University of Leeds
4) Iowa State University
5) University of Dundee
6) Nottingham Trent University
7) Pratt Institute
1) USA
2) UK
3) UK
4) USA
5) UK
6) UK
7) USA
$60,000 50 Lakh
2 Yashvi Pandey Cambridge Section, Gomti Nagar Extension 1) George Mason University
2) University of Buffalo
3) University of Massachusetts
4) University of Manchester
5) Loughborough University
6) University of Cincinnati
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) UK
5) UK
6) USA
1) $56,000
2) $40,000
1) 47 Lakh
2) 34 Lakh
3 Shubh Mehrotra Cambridge Section, Gomti Nagar Extension RMIT University Australia
4 Pavani Agarwal Cambridge Section, Gomti Nagar Extension University of Pennsylvania USA
5 Vaibhav Pandey Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) Drexel University
2) Wentworth University
1) USA
2) USA
1) $1,88,400
2) $1,14,000
1) 1.58 Cr
2) 96 Lakh
6 Kshitiz Raj Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) Saint Louis University
2) University of Cincinnati
3) University of Toledo
4) Xavier University
5) Hofstra University
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
1) $1,20,000
2) $60,000
1) 1 Cr
2) 50 Lakh
7 Pari Agarwal Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) Illinois College
2) University of Plymouth
3) Manhattan University
4) University of St. Andrews
1) USA
2) UK
3) USA
4) Scotland
$96,000 81 Lakh
8 Shaurya Vardhan Singh Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) University of Arizona
2) Arizona State University
1) USA
2) USA
1) $80,000
2) $64,000
1) 67 Lakh
2) 54 Lakh
9 Shreya Singh Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) James Cook University
2) University of Western Australia
3) RMIT University
1) Singapore
2) Australia
3) Australia
1) $16,200
2) $14,140
1) 14 Lakh
2) 12 Lakh
10 Khushali Singh Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) The University of Adelaide
2) University of Queensland
3) The Newcastle University
1) Australia
2) Australia
3) Australia
$11,300 10 Lakh
11 Harshita Singh Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) University of Essex
2) University of York
3) The University of Adelaide
4) Flinders University
5) University of Edinburgh
6) University of Manchester
1) UK
2) UK
3) Australia
4) Australia
5) UK
6) UK
12 Ishita Rawat Gomti Nagar Campus II 1) University of Glasgow
2) University of London
3) Queen Mary University
1) UK
2) UK
3) UK
13 Shruti Saxena Asharfabad Campus 1) University of Arizona
2) University of Cincinnati
3) Florida Tech University
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
1) $80,000
2) $60,000
3) $70,000
1) 67 Lakh
2) 50 Lakh
3) 50 Lakh
14 Sameera Tanveer Asharfabad Campus 1) University of Cincinnati
2) University of Arizona
3) University of Birmingham
1) USA
2) USA
3) UAE
1) $60,000
2) $16,000
1) 50 Lakh
2) 13 Lakh
15 Mansi Singh Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) Grinnell College
2) Michigan State University
3) University of Cincinnati
4) The Univ. of Texas at Arlington
5) The Univ. of Texas at Dallas
6) Trinity College Dublin
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) Ireland
1) $2,40,000
2) $60,000
3) $60,000
4) $40,000
1) 2.01 Cr
2) 50 Lakh
3) 50 Lakh
4) 34 Lakh
16 Rishi Ranjan Bhadauria Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of San Francisco
2) TETR College of Business Studies
3) University of Birmingham
4) University of Bristol
1) USA
2) UAE
3) UK
4) UK
1) $1,52,000
2) $30,000
1) 1.28 Cr
2) 25 Lakh
17 Nitya Sharma Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) Drexel University
2) Penn State
1) USA
2) USA
$1,38,000 1.15 Cr
18 Amish Gandhi Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) Itacha College
2) U Mass Amherst
3) Florida Technology
4) U Mass Boston
5) University of Cincinnati
6) Drexel University
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) USA
1) $1,16,000
2) $64,000
3) $12,000
4) $12,000
1) 97 Lakh
2) 54 Lakh
3) 10 Lakh
4) 10 Lakh
19 Tanishka Singh Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) Rhodes College
2) University of Birmingham
3) University of Manchester
4) University of Liverpool
1) USA
2) UK
3) UK
4) UK
$1,04,000 87 Lakh
20 Manash Jindal Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Massachusetts
2) Penn State
3) University of Cincinnati
4) Durham University
5) University of Wisconsin–Madison
6) King’s College London
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) UK
5) USA
6) UK
$72,000 60 Lakh
21 Kavya Agarwal Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Massachusetts
2) University of Bath
3) University of Nottingham
4) University of Manchester
1) USA
2) USA
3) UK
4) UK
$72,000 60 Lakh
22 Samaira Parveen Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Toronto
2) University of Cincinnati
1) Canada
2) USA
$69,000 58 Lakh
23 Ananya Channa Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) Michigan State University
2) Stony Brook University
3) Rutgers Business School
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
1) $48,000
2) $12,000
1) 40 Lakh
2) 10 Lakh
24 Ishita Singh Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Buffalo
2) UMass Boston
1) USA
2) USA
$40,000 34 Lakh
25 Disha Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Cork
2) University College Dublin
3) Dublin City University
1) Ireland
2) Ireland
3) Ireland
1) $25,000
2) $22,000
1) 21 Lakh
2) 18 Lakh
26 Saira Ahmad Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University College Dublin
2) University of Kent
3) University of Nottingham
1) Ireland
2) UK
3) UK
$22,000 18 Lakh
27 Tanya Gaur Gomti Nagar Campus I Penn State University USA
28 Emme Sharma Gomti Nagar Campus I University of Sydney Australia
29 Vachi Pandey Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Warwick
2) University of York
3) University of Edinburgh
1) UK
2) UK
3) UK
30 Akshita Srivastava Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Manchester
2) Durham University
3) University of Nottingham
4) University of Edinburgh
5) University of Bristol
1) UK
2) UK
3) UK
4) UK
5) UK
31 Ritika Jalota Gomti Nagar Campus I 1) University of Bristol
2) University of Glasgow
1) UK
2) UK
32 Naba Nadeem Rajendra Nagar Campus I 1) Whitworth University
2) Temple University
3) University of Arizona
4) University of Connecticut
5) University of Cincinnati
6) George Mason University
7) University College Dublin
8) Arizona State University
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) USA
7) Ireland
8) USA
1) $1,36,000
2) $80,000
3) $80,000
4) $60,000
5) $60,000
6) $48,000
7) $14,430
1) 1.14 Cr
2) 67 Lakh
3) 67 Lakh
4) 50 Lakh
5) 50 Lakh
6) 40 Lakh
7) 12 Lakh
33 Sharnya Shukla Rajendra Nagar Campus I 1) Marquette University
2) Florida Institute of Technology
3) University of Pittsburgh
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
1) $1,20,000
2) $16,000
1) 1.08 Cr
2) 13 Lakh
34 Shruti Awasthi Rajendra Nagar Campus I 1) Augustana University
2) Aberystwyth University
3) University of East London
4) Roehampton University
5) University of Portsmouth
1) USA
2) UK
3) UK
4) UK
5) UK
1) $1,06,000
2) $7,400
3) $6,000
1) 89 Lakh
2) 6 Lakh
3) 5 Lakh
35 Saharsh Singh Narula Rajendra Nagar Campus I West Virginia Wesleyan College USA $72,000 60 Lakh
36 Alvina Adil Rajendra Nagar Campus I 1) Florida Institute of Technology
2) University of Cincinnati
3) University of South Dakota
4) University of Minnesota
5) University of Arizona
6) Ohio University
7) University of Wisconsin-Stout
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) USA
7) USA
1) $56,000
2) $40,000
3) $12,000
4) $8,000
1) 47 Lakh
2) 34 Lakh
3) 10 Lakh
4) 5 Lakh
37 Ansh Agarwal Rajendra Nagar Campus I 1) Deakin University
2) RMIT University
3) Monash University
4) University of Glasgow
1) Australia
2) Australia
3) Australia
4) UK
1) $19,000
2) $12,100
1) 16 Lakh
2) 10 Lakh
38 Manas Chandra Joshi Rajajipuram Campus I 1) Junaita College
2) Michigan State University
1) USA
2) USA
1) $1,99,568
2) $60,000
1) 1.68 Cr
2) 50 Lakh
39 Suhana Kapoor Rajajipuram Campus I University of Sydney Australia $1,05,000 88 Lakh
40 Umme Hani Rajajipuram Campus I 1) Northern Arizona University
2) University of Utah
3) Kyoto University of Advanced Sciences
1) USA
2) USA
3) Japan
41 Hussain Rizvi Rajajipuram Campus I Middlesex University UAE
42 Alveena Misal Station Road Campus 1) University of Cincinnati
2) University of South Dakota
3) Florida Institute of Technology
4) University of Minnesota
5) Arizona State University
6) Coventry University
7) University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) UK
7) USA
1) $60,000
2) $48,000
3) $48,000
4) $32,000
1) 50 Lakh
2) 40 Lakh
3) 40 Lakh
4) 27 Lakh
43 Shashwat Rawat Station Road Campus 1) University of Leeds
2) University of East London
3) Northumbria University
4) Goldsmiths University
5) Nottingham Trent University
6) University of Greenwich
1) UK
2) UK
3) UK
4) UK
5) UK
6) UK
44 Pranav Suri Kanpur Road Campus 1) University of Wisconsin Madison
2) University of California, Irvine
3) Case Western Reserve
4) University of California, San Diego
5) University of North Carolina Ashville
6) Purdue University
7) University of Rochester
8) University of Minnesota
9) University of Texas Austin
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) USA
7) USA
8) USA
9) USA
$2,58,000 2.20 Cr
45 Priyasha Gupta Kanpur Road Campus Junaita College USA $2,02,380 1.70 Cr
46 Shashwat Mishra Kanpur Road Campus Drexel University USA $1,91,500 1.61 Cr
47 Yashashv Samtani Kanpur Road Campus 1) The University of Hongkong
2) National University of Singapore
1) HongKong
2) Singapore
$1,15,479 97 Lakh
48 Shreya Maurya Kanpur Road Campus Rochester Institute of Technology USA $1,07,000 90 Lakh
49 Gargi Singh Kanpur Road Campus University of Manchester UK
50 Advik Yadav Kanpur Road Campus 1) University of Southampton
2) Deakin University
3) University of Adelaide
4) Queen Mary University of London
1) UK
2) Australia
3) Australia
4) UK
51 Kartikey Singh Chauhan Kanpur Road Campus 1) University of Waterloo
2) University of Toronto
1) Canada
2) Canada
52 Harsimar Kaur Kanpur Road Campus 1) Arizona State University
2) George Mason University
1) USA
2) USA
53 Jason Madan Kanpur Road Campus National University of Singapore Singapore
54 Marutey Mani Mahanagar Campus 1) Drexel University
2) University of Bridgeport
3) University of Cincinnati
4) University of Technology
5) University of Texas-Dallas
6) University of New South Wales
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) Australia
5) USA
6) Australia
1) $1,99,200
2) $80,000
3) $60,000
4) $32,700
1) 1.67 Cr
2) 67 Lakh
3) 50 Lakh
4) 28 Lakh
55 Vedant Singh Mahanagar Campus 1) Webash College
2) Beloit College
3) Drexel University
4) Rhodes College
5) University of Michigan
6) University of Binghamton
7) Stony Brook University
8) Penn State University
9) University of Leeds
10) University of California, Davis
11) University of Buffalo
12) University of Warwick
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) USA
7) USA
8) USA
9) UK
10) USA
11) USA
12) UK
1) $1,72,000
2) $1,68,000
3) $1,20,400
4) $1,04,000
5) $50,000
6) $40,000
7) $12,000
1) 1.45 Cr
2) 1.41 Cr
3) 1.01 Cr
4) 87 Lakh
5) 42 Lakh
6)
7) 10 Lakh
56 Aarna Chopra Mahanagar Campus 1) Drexel University
2) University of Toronto
3) University College London
4) University of North Carolina
5) King’s College London
1) USA
2) Canada
3) UK
4) USA
5) UK
1) $1,72,800
2) $86,700
1) 1.45 Cr
2) 73 Lakh
57 Khushi Thakur Mahanagar Campus Augustana University USA $1,40,000 1.18 Cr
58 Sanchi Arora Mahanagar Campus 1) Rochester Institute of Technology
2) Illinois Institute of Technology
3) Barry University
4) University of Cincinnati
5) Kyoto University of Advanced Sciences
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) Japan
1) $1,10,000
2) $1,09,400
3) $80,000
4) $60,000
5) $40,000 (100%)
1) 92 Lakh
2) 91 Lakh
3) 67 Lakh
4) 50 Lakh
5) 34 Lakh
59 Rudra Singh Chauhan Mahanagar Campus Augustana University USA $1,06,000 89 Lakh
60 Aadya Garg (2024 batch) Mahanagar Campus University of Arizona USA $40,000 34 Lakh
61 Kavyadarsh Jaydarsh Chauhan Mahanagar Campus Middlesex University Dubai $32,600 27 Lakh
62 Aayet Talib Mahanagar Campus Atlas Istanbul University Turkiye $15,000 13 Lakh
63 Abhigya Awasthi Mahanagar Campus 1) Brunel University
2) University of St. Andrews
3) Queen Mary University of London
4) Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
5) King’s College London
6) University of Manchester
1) UK
2) UK
3) UK
4) Hong Kong
5) UK
6) UK
64 Zara Shaikh Chowk Campus 1) Florida Institute of Technology
2) University of Arizona
1) USA
2) USA
1) $56,000
2) $30,000
1) 47 Lakh
2) 25 Lakh
65 Mujtaba Ali Chowk Campus 1) Newcastle University
2) Brunel University
3) University of Sussex
4) Cardiff University
5) Manchester Metropolitan University
6) Queen’s Mary University of London
7) King’s College London
1) UK
2) UK
3) UK
4) UK
5) UK
6) UK
7) UK
1) $23,300
2) $17,500
1) 19 Lakh
2) 15 Lakh
66 Aradhya Pandey Aliganj Campus I 1) University of San Francisco
2) Miami University
3) Augustana University
4) Iowa State University
5) University of Cincinnati
6) Quinnipiac University
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
5) USA
6) USA
1) $1,52,000
2) $1,28,000
3) $1,24,000
4) $48,000
1) 1.28 Cr
2) 1.08 Cr
3) 1.04 Cr
4) 40 Lakh
67 Parnika Shukla Aliganj Campus I 1) Pace University
2) Quinnipiac University
3) University of Cincinnati
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
1) $1,44,000
2) $1,12,000
1) 1.20 Cr
2) 94 Lakh
68 Anaika Dixit Aliganj Campus I 1) Rochester Institute of Technology
2) University of Cincinnati
3) Oregon University
4) Ohio University
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
1) $1,12,000
2) $60,000
1) 94 Lakh
2) 50 Lakh
69 Satveek Gupta Aliganj Campus I 1) Lewis & Clark University
2) Notre Dame University
1) USA
2) USA
1) $1,68,000
2) $1,00,000
1) 1.41 Cr
2) 84 Lakh
70 Kritika Sharma Aliganj Campus I 1) Arizona State University
2) University of Glasgow
3) University of Bristol
1) USA
2) UK
3) UK
$68,000 57 Lakh
71 Rachit Singh Aliganj Campus I 1) University of Buffalo
2) University of Cincinnati
3) University of Colorado Boulder
4) The State University of New York
1) USA
2) USA
3) USA
4) USA
1) $60,000
2) $60,000
3) $25,000
1) 50 Lakh
2) 50 Lakh
3) 21 Lakh
72 Eshu Singh Aliganj Campus I 1) Arizona State University
2) Indiana University
1) USA
2) USA
1) $66,000
2) $40,000
1) 55 Lakh
2) 34 Lakh
73 Arihant Narayan Aliganj Campus I Purdue University USA
74 Trishala Parisa Raina Aliganj Campus I University of Toronto Canada
75 Afreen Khan Aliganj Campus I Middlesex University Dubai

CMS students have consistently excelled on the global stage, gaining admission to top universities in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, France, and more. Since 2016, nearly 600 CMS scholars have secured placements in world-renowned institutions, many with 100% full scholarships. Among them are distinguished exemplars who received prestigious titles like ‘AP Scholar,’ ‘AP Scholar with Honour,’ and ‘AP Scholar with Distinction’ in the globally recognised AP exams conducted by the College Board, USA.

See the complete list of top scholarship recipients below.

CMS Alumni Enrolled in Global Universities

Each name on this list represents academic dedication, curiosity, global consciousness, and intellectual resilience.

Sl.No.

Student Name

Campus Name

University Name

Country

Scholarship in US $

Scholarship in INR

1

Ananya Choudhary Aliganj Campus I Harvard University USA $3,50,080 2.8 Cr

2

Prakriti Tandon Mahanagar Campus Cornell University USA $ 3,26,000 2.4 Cr

3

Afsheen Alvi Aliganj Campus I Cornell University USA $ 3,25,452 2.4 Cr

4

Lakshay Sharma Gomti Nagar Campus I University of Pennsylvania USA $ 2,77,360 2.08 Cr

5

Pranav Suri Kanpur Road Campus University of Wisconsin Madison USA $ 2,58,000 2.20 Cr

6

Narayan Srivastava Aliganj Campus I University of Toronto Canada $ 2,52,000 2.1 Cr

7

Shubh Agarwal Gomti Nagar Campus I California Institute of Technology (CalTech) USA $ 2,16,000 1.62 Cr

8

Suryansh Kushwaha Kanpur Road Campus National University of Singapore Singapore $ 1,80,000 1.35 Cr

9

Mohd. Shaarib Ahmed Aliganj Campus I The City University of Hong Kong Honk Kong $ 93,000 65 Lakh

10

Arnav Kumar Gomti Nagar Campus I The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong $ 92,908 74 Lakh

11

Priyank Yadav Kanpur Road Campus Nanyang Technological University Singapore $ 88,000 66 Lakh

12

Rahul Trivedi Gomti Nagar Campus I Stanford University USA $ 75,000 56 Lakh

13

Saubhagya Vardhan Gomti Nagar Campus I Stanford University USA $ 75,000 56 Lakh

14

Aarna Chopra Mahanagar Campus University College London UK

15

Areeb Zia Khan Aliganj Campus I City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong

16

Pavani Agarwal Cambridge Section, Gomti Nagar Extension University of Pennsylvania USA

17

Trishala Parisa Raina Aliganj Campus I University of Toronto Canada

18

Ojas Srivastava Cambridge Section, Gomti Nagar Extension University College London UK

We warmly congratulate our scholars for their remarkable achievements. Moreover, we applaud their parents and teachers—the silent pillars behind students, supporting this success.

From Exploration to Empowerment:
The CMS Roadmap for Success in College Placements and Competitive Exams

The Career Counselling Cell at CMS acts as a compass and catalyst, helping students navigate career paths and simplifying the intricacies of foreign admissions.

CMS adopts a scaffolded approach for professional development in the formative teen years.

  • In grades IX and X, students explore diverse subjects and global trends through expert-led workshops and counselling sessions.
  • In grades XI and XII, they map their academic trajectories with career fairs, university events, and individual guidance.

Click here to know more about Career Counselling Cell at City Montessori School, Lucknow.

How CMS Supports Students in Building Rewarding Careers

CMS’s Career Counselling Cell orchestrates several professional development initiatives, including

  • Annual Career Days, where students can interact with industry leaders and career experts
  • University Fairs, which share detailed insights into programmes, admission procedure, and scholarships
  • Study Abroad Programme that offers comprehensive support for global admissions, profile building, and enrichment
  • On-campus Career Counsellors who guide students through every step and help align their goals

In addition, CMS Gomti Nagar Campus I, recognised as an International Award for Young People (IAYP) centre, is also an official College Board test centre for AP exams. Every year, several students appear for these rigorous examinations, aspiring to pursue higher education in the United States.

As young minds embark on global journeys, CMS remains their steadfast ally and a veritable crucible of nascent genius. We nurture young aspirations with care and equip students with values and vision to make meaningful contributions to the global community.

Click here to explore the remarkable journeys of CMS alumni who have soared to great heights.

        

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