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Fellowship Application Statistics Overview |
Fellowship Application Statistics Overview |
Total Application Received: 379 (Female: 136 / Male: 239 / Others: 4 ) |
Final Selected Fellows: 26 (Female: 13 / Male: 13) |
Sub-Region Distributions |
Sub-Region Distributions |
Eastern Asia: 6 |
Southeastern Asia: 8 |
Southern Asia: 9 |
Australia and New Zealand: 1 |
Pacific Ocean: 2 |
Stakeholder Balance |
Academia: 8 |
Civil Society: 6 |
Government/ Inter-governmental : 3 |
Private Sector: 2 |
Youth / Students: 3 |
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 |
Iqra Ejaz |
F |
Pakistan (PK) |
Technical |
10 |
Jenie Fernando |
F |
Sri Lanka (LK) |
Academia |
11 |
Kaung Khant Ko |
M |
Myanmar (MM) |
Academia |
12 |
Khun Sint Phoo Wai |
F |
Myanmar (MM) |
Students |
13 |
Manoj Adhikari |
M |
Bhutan (BT) |
Technical |
14 |
Maria Luisa Calanag |
F |
Japan (JP) |
Academia |
15 |
**Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huyen |
F |
Vietnam (VN) |
Civil Society |
16 |
Rafi Uddin |
M |
Pakistan (PK) |
Civil Society |
17 |
Rishabh Singh |
M |
India (IN) |
Students |
18 |
Samantha Del Castillo |
F |
Philippines (PH) |
Civil Society |
19 |
Sasan Darwazi |
M |
Afghanistan (AF) |
Academia |
20 |
Shan Yin |
M |
China (CN) |
Academia |
21 |
Soulisack Phommasand |
M |
Laos (LA) |
Government |
22 |
Tahmina Akter Supti |
F |
Bangladesh (BD) |
Private Sector |
23 |
Trung Minh Trung |
M |
Vietnam (VN) |
Students |
24 |
Tshering Yangdon |
F |
Bhutan (BT) |
Private Sector |
25 |
Yang Sze Ngai |
M |
Hong Kong (HK) |
Civil Society |
26 |
Yuan-Ting Lin |
F |
Taiwan (TW) |
Government |
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.