2018 graduate Krish Mehta awarded a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Focused on tackling climate change, 2018 Penn graduate Krish Mehta, from Mumbai, has been awarded a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies and global leadership training at Stanford University.
Krish Mehta has been awarded a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies and global leadership training at Stanford University. From Mumbai, India, Mehta graduated with dual degrees from the Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2018.
He is among this year’s 85 Scholars, selected based on their “demonstration of independence of thought, purposeful leadership, and a civic mindset,” according to the multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program, now in its sixth year.
Mehta, from Mumbai, graduated magna cum laude with dual degrees in finance from the Wharton School and mechanical engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Concerned about the consequences of a warmer planet after witnessing its devastating impact on vulnerable communities in India, Mehta has focused his academic and professional career on tackling climate change.
Previously Mehta worked at Tesla in San Francisco, where he contributed to lower costs for engineering and supply chain business units, and at McKinsey in New York City as a manager in the sustainability practice.
At Penn, he conducted research in energy engineering and energy finance with the goal of identifying new solutions to the climate crises. Mehta was the team leader of the Penn Hyperloop Team, president of 180 Degrees Consulting, and chairman of the Penn Innovation Conference focused on promoting sustainability technologies. Mehta also helped organize the student group Dear Penn Freshman and created a career preparation seminar in partnership with Penn Career Services, working to build connections and reduce stress among first-year students.
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