Indian students Divyangana and Ritika win Australian Victorian Premier Award
Two Indian students Divyangana Sharma and Ritika Saxena have won the prestigious Victorian Premier Award in Australia. The
awards are an initiative of the Victorian Government to honor outstanding international students in Victoria.
Divyangana Sharma is the winner of the International Student of the Year 2021-22 Award, while Ritika has won the award in the research category. Divyangana has also won the Victorian International Education Award 2021-22 in the Higher Education category.
She came to Melbourne in February 2020 to study nursing at the Holmesglen Institute. Ritika moved to Melbourne at the age of 18 and is now a PhD student involved in stem cell research.