Samsung Global Scholarship Program
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Samsung Global Scholarship Program (in short: Samsung GSP or GSP) is a talent program of the Korea-based Samsung conglomerate's flagship subsidiary, Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

 (SEC). Focusing on the goal of having talented personnel with strong business skills, leadership potential and career aspirations, Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

 recognized the compelling need for high-quality leaders, hence the Global Scholarship Program was created to nurture a very selectively compiled group of individuals, who later in the long run might become leaders ("Future Global Leaders") of the various Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

 subsidiaries around the world, replacing the current Korean-national management layer (what is presently the usual practice at the chaebol
Chaebol
Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate. They are global multinationals owning numerous international enterprises. The term is often used in a context similar to that of the English word "conglomerate"...

).

Divided into two paths, both programs originally selected participants who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential and provides them with unique opportunities for further professional development. Starting from 2011, GSP-SKK instead contains employees working in the subsidiaries. The program also provides young leaders with a unique international network through which they can share ideas, learn from established leaders, work collaboratively and address global challenges. By exposing participants to the complex issues and opportunities arising from an increasingly interdependent global economy, the program aims to expand perspectives and enhance skills critical for leadership in a changing world.

The Scholarship Program

Each year 15-25 individuals from different parts of the globe are offered to take part in the program that has two distinctive paths: an engineer and an MBA track:
  • GSP (M.S. Program) through Seoul National University (SNU)
  • GSP (M.B.A. Program) through SungKyunKwan University's Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) [in collaboration with MIT Sloan
    MIT Sloan School of Management
    The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

    ]


The (Global) MBA program is notable for its diversity and pioneer nature. It was built and now run together with MIT Sloan
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

 since its foundation, and it was the first global English-only MBA program in Korea. Selected GSP students currently study for
three semesters. Previously, it was four semesters, including a possibility of spending a semester at one of SKK GSB's top partner universities in the U.S. (MIT Sloan
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

, Columbia
Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...

, Northwestern's Kellogg
Kellogg School of Management
The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel,...

, Michigan's Ross
Ross School of Business
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan. Numerous publications have ranked the Ross School of Business' Bachelor of Business Administration , Master of Business Administration and Executive Education programs among the top in the country and the...

, Dartmouth's Tuck
Tuck School of Business
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States...

 or Indiana's Kelly
Kelley School of Business
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).

The significance of the program can also be seen from the wide range of students who, as it was already in the first years, came from the leading companies including Cheil Communications
Cheil Communications
Cheil Worldwide Inc., is a global marketing and communications company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's largest advertising agency and was ranked 16th in the world by Advertising Age in 2006....

, Amore Pacific
Taepyeongyang Corporation
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, Woori Bank
Woori Bank
Woori Bank is a bank headquartered in Seoul, Korea. The bank changed its name in 2002, and includes the former Commercial Bank of Korea, Hanil Bank, and Peace Bank. It was known from 1999 through 2002 as Hanvit Bank...

, POSCO
POSCO
POSCO is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It is the world's third-largest steelmaker by market value and the most profitable Asia-based steelmaker....

, SK
SK Group
SK Group is the third largest conglomerate in South Korea. The SK Group is composed of 92 subsidiary and affiliate companies that share the SK brand and culture....

, Kyobo
Kyobo Life
Kyobo Life Insurance Co, Ltd. is a South Korean life insurance company headquartered in Seoul, Korea, formerly known as Daehan Education Insurance...

, Everland
Everland
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, Bosch
Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...

, KTF
KTF
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 and several Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

 subsidiaries.

After graduation, participants are offered various responsibilities at Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

 and although some elected to follow a different career path (at management consultancies, for instance) many participants stayed with SEC
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

.

Selected in 2004

  • Abhinav Arora (India
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  • Alexey Sidelnikov (Russia
    Russia
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  • Feng Xingguang (China
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    )
  • Pankaj Agarwal (India
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    )
  • Sergey Seleznev (Russia
    Russia
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  • Veronika Kondratieva (Russia
    Russia
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  • Vidyesh Kumar Jha (India
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    )
  • Shiva Ram Krishna (India
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  • Huang Ren (China
    China
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  • Liu Wei (China
    China
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  • Zhang Xiaojie (China
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  • Bao Xiaoyan (China
    China
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    )
  • Li Zhenmin (China
    China
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Selected in 2005

  • Hai Liu (China
    China
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    )
  • Ji Limin (China
    China
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  • Liao Lingling (China
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  • Maria Samokhina (Russia
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  • Andrey Serov (Russia
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Selected in 2006

  • Venkata Krishna Prasad Arava (India
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    )
  • Lochan Verma(India
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    )
  • Guo Chunxu (China
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    )
  • Liu Jiakun(China
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    )
  • Kirill Moklyuk (Russia
    Russia
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    )
  • Chetan Raj (India
    India
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  • Singhal Nitin (India
    India
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  • Alexey Sokolov (Russia
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  • Stanislav Belogolov (Russia
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  • Yu Wang (China
    China
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  • Xiaolin Xi (China
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  • Feng Zhu (China
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Selected in 2007

  • Kiran T. Nath (India
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    )
  • Abhishek Joshi (India
    India
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    )
  • Manish Kumar (India
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    )
  • Sumit Srivastav (India
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    )
  • Arseny Vitaljevich Povolotsky (Russia
    Russia
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    )
  • Artem Shamsuarov (Russia
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    )
  • Sergey Georgievich Menabde (Russia
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  • Mao Shunfu (China
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  • Miao Hui (China
    China
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    )
  • Liu Yu (China
    China
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  • Zhang Hairong (China
    China
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  • Ji Yang (China
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Selected in 2008

  • Subhojit Chakladar (India
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  • Ivan Koryakovskiy (Russia
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    )
  • Alexey Bodrov (Russia
    Russia
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  • Dmitrii Vengertsev (Russia
    Russia
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  • Stepan Tulikov (Russia
    Russia
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  • Xing Nan (China
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    )

Selected in 2009

  • Rahul Singh (India
    India
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    )
  • Nalin Chakoo (India
    India
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  • Liu Jin (China
    China
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  • Alexei Boev (Russia
    Russia
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  • Nikolay Burlutsky (Russia
    Russia
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  • Nikita Kozhukhov(Russia
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Selected in 2004

  • Dominika Dor (Poland
    Poland
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    )
  • Ilya Fedotov (Russia
    Russia
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    )
  • Olga Gordeeva (Russia
    Russia
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    )
  • Akshay Gupta (India
    India
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    )
  • Li Meng (China
    China
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    )
  • Pawel Rokicki (Poland
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    )
  • Tamás Szekeres (Hungary
    Hungary
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    )
  • Narumol Pichedpun (Thailand
    Thailand
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    )
  • Xu Tao (China
    China
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  • Zhang Xiao (China
    China
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  • Chen Yanyan (China
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  • Stephanie Wong Tzu En (Singapore
    Singapore
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Selected in 2005

  • Aalisha Chand (India
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  • Nguyen Thuan Dat (Vietnam
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  • Oksana Gladushyna (Ukraine
    Ukraine
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  • Mishakova Elena (Ukraine
    Ukraine
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  • Péter Hanti (Hungary
    Hungary
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    )
  • Ding Jie (China
    China
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    )
  • Lu Jing (China
    China
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  • Peter Komornik (Slovakia
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  • Ambrus Kovács (Hungary
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  • Saurav Singla (India
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  • Trinh Khac Toan (Vietnam
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  • Poramet Visetruangrote (Thailand
    Thailand
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  • Zhang Xu (China
    China
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  • Liu Xuan (China
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  • Song Yaning (China
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Selected in 2006

  • Nikita Andriyashin (Russia
    Russia
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    )
  • László Bánhegyi (Hungary
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    )
  • Feng Jin (China
    China
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  • Renju John (India
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  • Dénes Korsós (Hungary
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  • Jenny Luna (Philippines
    Philippines
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  • Mihaela Marinitu (Romania
    Romania
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  • Nguyễn Minh Thư Nhiên (Vietnam
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  • Kvetoslava Polcová (Slovakia
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  • Gustaf Rössner (Sweden
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  • Çınar Şahin (Turkey
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  • Petr Shchekochikhin (Russia
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  • Vadim Sukhovey (Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    )
  • Nussaraporn Sumretphol (Thailand
    Thailand
    Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

    )

Selected in 2007

*Abu Nasar Siddiq Alvi (Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

)
  • Georgi Boykov Bonev (Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

    )
  • Alexandru Costache (Romania
    Romania
    Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

    )
  • Rachel Dwiayutia (Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

    )
  • Peera Kasemtanakul (Thailand
    Thailand
    Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

    )
  • Nguyen Le Khoi (Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

    )
  • Marina Lyubimova (Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    )
  • Deepak Sachan (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • Venkata Aditya Sankarabhotla (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • Jayant Sidharth (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • Alexandra Sipos (Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    )
  • Ban Thuy Kieu Trang (Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

    )
  • Fei Yu (China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

    )
  • Nguyen Le Khanh Vy (Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

    )

Selected in 2008

  • Yukti Sharma (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • Varun Swaminathan (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • Famuyiwa Opeoluwa (Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

    )
  • Phan Thi Kim Duyen (Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

    )
  • Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

    )
  • Alexandra Podrumaru(Romania
    Romania
    Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

    )
  • Viktors Ivanovs (Latvia
    Latvia
    Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

    )
  • Amir Gorgan (Iran
    Iran
    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

    )
  • Mehdi (Cyrus) Tabatabaei (Iran
    Iran
    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

    )
  • Adeline Quek (Singapore
    Singapore
    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

    )
  • Suzanne Otieno (Kenya
    Kenya
    Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

    )
  • Xijie Li (China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

    )
  • Quan Sun (China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

    )
  • Olga Alexandrovna Egorova (Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    )
  • Seif El-Din El-Hakim (Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

    )
  • Kalamkas Mambeteyeva (Kazakhstan
    Kazakhstan
    Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

    )

Selected in 2009

  • Ritesh Chugani (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • Amr Mostafa (Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

    )
  • Gustavo Nakano Athayde Franca (Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

    )
  • Silvia Manami Kawamura (Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

    )
  • Samuel Odhiambo (Kenya
    Kenya
    Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

    )
  • Joaquin Melendez Sanchez (Colombia
    Colombia
    Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

    )
  • Luciana D'Abramo (Argentina
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

    )
  • Ezenwanne Chima (Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

    )
  • Wang Rui (China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

    )
  • Alper Gul (Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

    )

Selected in 2010

  • Pedro Costa (Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

    )
  • Victor Valdez Landeros (Chile
    Chile
    Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

    )
  • Ayoub Derdabi (Morocco
    Morocco
    Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

    )

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