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 ) 

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.

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