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Kavita Singh PPE Essay Competition

2025 Kavita Singh Prize Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 Kavita Singh competition. This year, we had 347 entries. The prizes were awarded as follows:

Philosophy

Pavithra S – Sevamandir Post Basic Higher Secondary School, Kerala (gap year)

If a scientist predicts, on the strength of a well attested theory, that some event will occur, while someone else has a strong premonition that some incompatible event will occur, why should we defer to the former rather than to the latter?

Politics

Nas Frost – Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge (Year 12)

“We cannot understand support for the populist right without accounting for its economic determinants.” Discuss.

Economics

Kami Lieu – London Academy of Excellence, Stratford (Year 12)

Can we address climate change at the same time as maintaining positive economic growth? Discuss.

 

Congratulations to all three winners!

 

Next year’s Kavita Singh competition will open in January 2026.

Who is Kavita Singh?

Kavita Singh, St. Hugh’s Alumna, is a pioneer in India’s college admissions space. As CEO of Futureworks, she’s coached 10,000+ students, sits on several scholarship committees, created breakthrough education programs and helped established tertiary educational institutions to widen access.

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