Somesh Sharma is the 2027 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar

Somesh Sharma has been named the 2027 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar. The announcement was made on Thursday at King’s House in St Andrew by Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, Steadman Fuller. Twenty-two-year-old Sharma graduated last week from the University of the West Indies, where he studied medical physics. He was selected from a competitive cohort of seven candidates in what was his first time applying for the prestigious award.