Sample congratulation letter for award of a foreign scholarship to a friend

My Dear Rohit,

I am extremely happy to learn from your dear father that the Education Ministry of India has awarded you a Scholarship for higher studies at the Harvard University. I am proud of your good luck, which you fully deserve. Kindly accept my heartiest congratulations.

I need hardly say that you will make the most of this golden opportunity. I am looking forward for the day when you will come back to your country with your Ph.D. Degree. You will then, get a decent job in your country. You will then be a great man, but I hope you will not forget small friends like me.

Please let me know the date of your arrival, so that I may come to see you at the Air Port.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

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