Arnav Lal, C’23, G’23, has been named a 2024 Samvid Scholar, joining a program that aims to support “future leaders with exceptional potential and commitment to drive change for society at scale.”

The fellowship includes two years of leadership development, opportunities to network with a community of like-minded scholars, and up to $100,000 in funding to be put toward tuition and fees for graduate school. The program was created by Samvid Ventures in 2021 to invest in the graduate education of future leaders.

Mr. Lal, who is currently a medical student at Harvard University, majored in biophysics, biology, and philosophy at Penn. He was also a University Scholar, a Dean’s Scholar, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. As an undergraduate, he received the Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Challenge Award and was a Churchill Scholar, which enabled him to attend the University of Cambridge for a master’s degree in biological sciences before attending medical school.

Currently, he is studying infectious disease through genomics and computational biology.