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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Asia Foundation Launches the Shirin Pandju Merali University Scholarship Program for Women in Vietnam


Hanoi, October 25, 2011 — 100 Women Scholars Receive Scholarships at Vietnamese Universities

Today, The Asia Foundation, with support from the Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation, launched a five-year project to enable 100 women to pursue undergraduate studies at three prestigious colleges and universities in Vietnam. The generous donation supports academically gifted female students who are unable to continue their education to university level due to financial constraints. This university scholarship program is also unique in supporting students majoring in the natural sciences and technical fields, where women are traditionally under-representated. The award ceremony for the scholarships was held today at Hanoi National University.
The Merali Scholarship program helps cover the cost of tuition, educational supplies, and books. Recipients include 40 Vietnamese women enrolled in four-year B.S. degree programs in the sciences at Hanoi National University; 40 women enrolled in five-year B.S. degree programs in information technology, biochemistry, and other engineering majors at the Hanoi University of Technology; and 20 women enrolled in five-year B.S. degrees in civil engineering at the National University of Civil Engineering in Hanoi. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) recognizes all three institutions for their academic excellence and highly regarded programs.
The Asia Foundation worked closely with its local partner, the Center for Education and Development (CED) to select the scholarship recipients. The Merali Scholars are all women from low-income households who have been admitted into one of the prestigious colleges or universities listed above and have demonstrated both academic achievement and a commitment to learning.
The Foundation runs an extensive scholarship program helping disadvantaged girls across Vietnam continue their education at both the secondary and university level. To learn more or to donate, please visit: http://www.asiafoundation.org/howyoucanhelp/vietnamfund.php
Read more about the Foundation’s work in women’s empowerment and in Vietnam. For media inquiries, please visit the Press Room.

From asiafoundation

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Judging Panel - Asia-Pacific Enterprise Cooperation (AP-EC)

The APELA Award Committee comprises of professionals drawn from 3 areas:
  1. Chairman of AP-EC;
  2. Prominent business panel which may include entrepreneurs, industry specialists, retired senior government, political leaders and/or NGO/NPO;
  3. Academic panel consisting of professors from partner research institutes and institutions of higher learning.
The International Judging Panel for APELA 2012 consist of:
Professor Edwin Tang Ying Chan
Professor, Taiwan National Chiao Tung University. Associate Dean, College of Management, Taiwan National Chiao Tung University. Director, AMBA Programs, Institute of Business and Management A full Professor at Taiwan National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Dr. Edwin Tang has previously taught at the North Carolina State University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and National University of Singapore. He has won numerous teaching and research related awards including Best Professor Award (Hong Kong Trade Development Council), NCTU Teaching Excellence Award and Best Research Paper award in international Business Research Conference (2008). His Technology in Business Education’s “Electronic Classroom” project was recognized by Hong Kong SAR government as one of the “Best Practices in Hong Kong’s Higher Education”.
Professor Ian Frederick Wilkinson
Honorary Professor of Marketing, The University of Sydney Business School Professor Ian is a Honorary Professor of Marketing at the University of Sydney since March 2011 and is also a Visiting Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management at the University of Southern Denmark. In 2005 he was awarded the Distinguished Researcher of the Year Award for his contributions to research in marketing by the Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy. His current work focuses the development and management of inter-firm relations and networks in domestic and international business and the dynamics of markets and industrial networks, including an interest in complexity.
Professor John Crawford
Professor, The University of Sydney Professor Crawford was awarded the prestigious Judith and David Coffey Chair in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Sydney in 2008. He holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics from the University of London. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed ISI journal articles with over 1700 citations. In the UK, Professor Crawford chaired the main funding committee responsible for supporting research in sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition. He was made a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in recognition for services to mathematics in 2003, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2007 in recognition of his contribution to science.
Professor Sanjay, K. Jain
Professor of Marketing and International Business, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Sanjay K Jain is Professor of Marketing and International Business at the University of Delhi. He was formerly Head of Department of Commerce and Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Business. Professor Sanjay is also a member of various Advisory and Editorial Boards including the College of Vocational Studies, GGU Journal of business and Business Horizon. His areas of specialization include marketing and international business. He is the author of the book “Export Marketing Strategies and Performance: A Study of Indian Textiles and has published more than 80 research papers presented at various national and international conferences.
Professor Sunita Sing – Sengupta
Professor in Organizational Behaviour, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi Professor Sunita has been with the University of Delhi’s Faculty of Management Studies since 2005. Her research in Organizational Behaviour spans more than 20 years since completing her Phd in Patna University. In 2001, she was awarded the Status of Fellow by The Society for The Psychological Study of Social Issues in recognition of her outstanding and unusual contributions in the field of social-psychological research. Her current areas of research include Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Values in Business Organizations and Psycho-Philosophical Approaches to Management.
Professor Zhong Xin
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China Zhong Xin has been a Professor at Renmin University of China since 1993. She has formerly held teaching positions in Chongqing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Maryland and Denver University, USA. She is one of the founding directors of the International Journalism Masters Program and Deputy Director of Public Communication Research Institute of the Remin University of China. She has numerous book chapters and journal publications to her name, including authoring Crisis Communication: An Analysis of Information Flow and Noises. She received her PhD in Communications from the Renmin University of China in 2005.
Ms To Kim Lien
Independent Development Consultant To Kim Lien has over 20 years of experience in development, governance, environment, education, women’s empowerment, and human trafficking issues in Vietnam. She spent 12 years as a Program Manager for The Asia Foundation in Vietnam, tackling issues such as anti-trafficking, women’s economic empowerment, labor rights, public participation, and local governance. Currently, she is an independent development consultant assisting NGOs and Civil Society Organizations in Vietnam.
Mr Kon Yin Tong
Managing Partner, Grant Thornton Singapore Mr Kon has been in the public accounting profession for 25 years and his areas of practice include litigation support, dispute resolution, including acting as expert witness, as well as investigations into corporate transgressions, locally as well as overseas. Yin Tong graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a 1st Class Honours in Economics, and was placed overall 5th worldwide in professional examinations. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and was awarded the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore Gold Medal Award in 2011. He currently sits on the boards of several organisations.
Professor Martin Manning
Founding Director, New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Professor Martin Manning has spent most of his life in New Zealand where he led the development of research into various aspects of climate change. From 2002 to 2007, he worked in Colorado, USA, as Director of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which produced the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change for governments. In 2008, he became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to climate change science, and has only recently stepped down as the founding Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington. His work focuses on developing better interactions between science, policy and society so as to improve ways of dealing with increasing environmental changes.
Professor Yoshio Okunishi
Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University Professor Yoshio Okunishi is a Professor of Economics with the Faculty of Business Administration at Hosei University since 1995. Last April, he was appointed Dean of the Hosei Graduate School of Business. Professor Okunishi attained his PhD in Economics from Cornell University. He has been invited to speak at numerous forums and published extensively in both English and Japanese papers, including the Japan Labour Review, ASEAN Economic Bulletin and the Monthly Journal of the Japan Institute of Labour.
Professor Peter Kutnick
Chair Professor, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Education, Hong Kong University Professor Kutnick’s interest in the field of teaching pedagogy has led him to conduct several small to large scale studies in the UK and Caribbean. All of his research studies have received external funding and has led to numerous publications, including Relating to Learning (1983), Social Psychology of the Primary School Classroom (1988) and Promoting Effective Groupwork in Primary Schools (2009). In his current capacity, he oversees the development of PhD and Master’s Programmes and is responsible for the research activities of the school. Professor Kutnick attained his PhD in Psychology of Education from the Institute of Education, University of London.
Professor Young-Chul Chang
Professor, College of Business Administration, Kyunghee University, President of Korean Academy of Organization and Management Development, Co-president of Peter Drucker Society, Korea. Professor Chang is a full time professor at Kyunghee University under the college of Business Administration. He has a wealth of experience in business administration and had several successful tenures with different universities and organizations, National University of Singapore (NUS), Korean Academy of Business Ethics, to name a few. Professor Chang is the winner of the 2010~11 Maikyung-Bitcom Best Study Award. On top of which, Professor Chang has also made significant contributions to the society from his many publications averaging 2~3/year since 1995 which includes the recent ‘A study on the influence of servant leadership on employee’s trust on the leader, Kyungyungsahak’ Journal of Management History.
From ap-ec.org

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