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Washington, Dec 10: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has congratulated the first cohort of Quad Fellows from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, saying that the young people will together bring the Quad members closer. Leaders of Quad countries in May this year launched the QUAD Fellowship – a first-of-its-kind scholarship programme designed to build ties among the next generation of scientists and technologists from the four member nations. The Fellowship sponsors 100 students per year – 25 […]

These young people will bring the Quad closer together and with them leading the way, we are confident our future is in good hands, Sullivan added.The four countries --Australia, India, Japan and the United States-- had in 2017 given shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad or the Quadrilateral coalition to counter Chinas aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region.

The United States announced that it had taken the first group of 100 students, 25 from each QUAD country, including India under its QUAD Fellowship.

Emory College senior Noah Okada is one of only 100 global winners of the new Quad Fellowship, an effort to build a global network of elite thinkers working across science and technology to solve real-world problems.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. "Today we are proud to welcome a group of 100 diverse, interdisciplinary, inspiring, and exceptional students - 25 from each Quad country - who are the next generation of great STEM minds. Each of them has demonstrated its commitment to advancing innovation and collaboration among our four great democracies and an enthusiasm for building a better tomorrow for the Indo-Pacific and the world," Sullivan said. World News | US Takes in 25 Students from India Under Inaugural Quad Fellowship.