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Fellowship Application Statistics Overview |
Fellowship Application Statistics Overview |
Total Application Received: 379 (Female: 136 / Male: 239 / Others: 4 ) |
Initial Round Selected Fellows: 26 (Female: 13 / Male: 13) |
Local Fellows: 4 (Female: 2 / Male: 2) |
Sub-Region Distributions |
Eastern Asia: 5 |
Southeastern Asia: 8 |
Southern Asia: 12 |
Australia and New Zealand: 1 |
Pacific Ocean: 2 |
Stakeholder Balance |
Academia: 9 |
Civil Society: 4 |
Government/ Inter-governmental : 4 |
Private Sector: 2 |
Youth / Students: 4 |
Technical Community: 4 |
Final Selected Fellows | ||||
No. |
Name |
Gender |
Economy |
Stakeholder |
1 |
Al Mahmud |
M |
Bangladesh (BD) |
Technical |
2 |
Ana McAllister |
F |
New Zealand (NZ) |
Technical |
3 |
Andriani Kesa Alivia |
F |
Indonesia (ID) |
Civil Society |
4 |
Aristheo Lacuna |
M |
Philippines (PH) |
Academia |
5 |
Ashutosh Akhilesh Maharaj |
M |
Fiji (FJ) |
Academia |
6 |
Fiafaitupe Tuiloma- Lafaele |
F |
Samoa (WS) |
Academia |
7 |
FuJen Hsueh |
M |
Taiwan (TW) |
Inter Governmental Organisation |
8 |
Gerelsuren Bayarsaikhan |
F |
Mongolia (MN) |
Civil Society |
9 |
Jenie Fernando |
F |
Sri Lanka (LK) |
Academia |
10 |
Kaung Khant Ko |
M |
Myanmar (MM) |
Academia |
11 |
Khun Sint Phoo Wai |
F |
Myanmar (MM) |
Students |
12 |
Manoj Adhikari |
M |
Bhutan (BT) |
Technical |
13 |
Maria Luisa Calanag |
F |
Japan (JP) |
Academia |
14 |
**Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huyen |
F |
Vietnam (VN) |
Civil Society |
15 |
Rafi Uddin |
M |
Pakistan (PK) |
Civil Society |
16 |
Rishabh Singh |
M |
India (IN) |
Students |
17 |
Sasan Darwazi |
M |
Afghanistan (AF) |
Academia |
18 |
Shan Yin |
M |
China (CN) |
Academia |
19 |
Soulisack Phommasand |
M |
Laos (LA) |
Government |
20 |
Tahmina Akter Supti |
F |
Bangladesh (BD) |
Private Sector |
21 |
Trung Minh Trung |
M |
Vietnam (VN) |
Students |
22 |
Tshering Yangdon |
F |
Bhutan (BT) |
Private Sector |
23 |
Yuan-Ting Lin |
F |
Taiwan (TW) |
Government |
List of APrIGF 2025 Selected Local_Fellows:
Selected Local Fellows | ||||
No. |
Name |
Gender |
Economy |
Stakeholder |
1 |
Swarnim Raj Adhikari |
Male |
Nepal |
Students |
2 |
Ananda Niraula |
Male |
Nepal |
Government |
3 |
Evasana Pradhan |
Female |
Nepal |
Technical |
4 |
Suvasini Shrestha |
Female |
Nepal |
Academia |
The Fellowship Committee is currently in the process of reviewing a shortlist of local fellow candidates based in Nepal. Only selected local fellows will be contacted and notified over email in the coming week.
For questions or inquiries, please contact the secretariat at sec[at]aprigf.asia.