APrIGF 2025 Fellowships Results

Aug 8, 2025 | Fellowship, News

(Click here for the Fellowship Program announcement on Jun 23, 2025)

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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.

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