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Indian MBA student wins $20,000 Stanford prize for clean energy and emerging markets work

Stanford MBA graduate Sithara Rasheed received the 2026 Stanford Impact Leader Prize for her decade of work in climate finance and innovation. Her efforts at the Rockefeller Foundation, including designing the DART program and leading the eGUIDE initiative, have significantly impacted renewable energy deployment and AI planning in Africa and Asia.

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