The 2027 National Merit Semifinalist recognition includes an all-time record number of students from Nevada’s Indian-American community, reflecting the community’s continued commitment to academic excellence, education, and extracurricular achievement. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for about 6,700 National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $24 million that will be offered next spring.

2027 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are…

• Ali, Imran – Coral Academy of Science, Henderson
• Arun, Anshuman – The Davidson Academy, Reno
• Babul, Arya – West Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas
• Bayya, Nirav – Galena High School, Reno
• Gupta, Balin – West Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas
• Gururaj, Kavya – Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas
• Inamdar, Shruthi – The Davidson Academy, Reno
• Jeyapandian, Sahana – Coronado High School, Henderson
• Kalla, Yash – Coronado High School, Henderson
• Kashyap, Samay – Coronado High School, Henderson
• Manivannan, Sahishnu – The Davidson Academy, Reno
• Mediwala, Arjun – Reno High School, Reno
• Panda, Ishan – The Davidson Academy, Reno
• Patel, Keval – Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas
• Polagani, Anirudh – Ed W. Clark High School, Las Vegas
• Ram, Sastha – Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas
• Saxena, Dev – Ed W. Clark High School, Las Vegas
• Sharma, Jade – Sage Ridge School, Reno
• Sharma, Krish – Ed W. Clark High School, Las Vegas
• Shroff, Ishaan S. – Coronado High School, Henderson
• Sidhu, Sherman – Coronado High School, Henderson
• Vuppalapati, Sirisha – Galena High School, Reno

Over 1.2 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2025 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2027 will be announced beginning in April 2027 and concluding in July 2027.