Sonal Deshpande '86 and Ashish Deshpande established the Sonal and Ashish Deshpande Scholarship in Electrical and Computer Engineering in September 2020 and amended the fund in August 2023. It is now known as the Sonal and Ashish Deshpande Current-Use Scholarship in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This fund provides need-based scholarships for undergraduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
Preference will be given to recipients who are involved in one of the following programs, including outreach and summer programs: Women in Engineering (WIE), Society for Women Engineers (SWE), or Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE).