Dear KDI School Alumni,

 

Thank you very much for your interest and enthusiasm in the 2017 KDI School Alumni Essay Contest. We are pleased to announce the winners as follows:

 

1^st Place: [Policy Memo] AGUILAR LOBO, Rodrigo Alonso (2015 MDP), Costa Rica

2^nd Place: [Policy Memo] SIKHARULIDZE, Nika (2016 MPP), Georgia

2^nd Place: [Essay] AFOAKWA, Lovia (2015 MPP), Ghana

3^rd Place: [Policy Memo] LAILA, Ume (2012 PP), Pakistan

3^rd Place: [Policy Memo] MASHODO, Frank (2014 MPP), Zimbabwe

3^rd Place: [Essay] POCH, KONGCHHENG (2012 MPP/ED), Cambodia

 

In addition to the list of winners, here are the Top-15 candidates who will be invited to the workshop to be held in Korea from October 29 to November 4.

 

[Policy Memo]

？ CHIMENYA, Thokozani, Benedicto (2015 MDP), Malawi

？ MYA, Swe Sin (2015 MDP), Myanmar

？ ROBERTS, Shernett (2014 MDP), Jamaica

 

[Essay]

？ ADEPOJU, Oluwaseun David (2016 MPP), Nigeria

？ IMBIYONO, Yanuar (2015 MPP), Indonesia

？ OGBEY, Patrick(2015 MPM), Ghana

？ AL-ABSI, Maher Othman Abdo Mohammed (2014 MPP), Yemen

？ BATAMULIZA, Ellinah (2015 MDP), Rwanda

？ CLAASSEN, Casper Hendrik (2015 MDP), South Africa

？  FITRI NUR, Arifenie (2016 MPP), Indonesia

？ HALMURZAEV, Alisher (2014 MDP), Uzbekistan

？ LU, Zheng (2015 MPP), China

？ MOLELEKE, Michael Kebofilwe (2013 MPP), Botswana

？ NASERI, Ahmad Shah (2016 MPP), Afghanistan

？ RAZA, F.A. Hashim (2000 MBA) Pakistan

 

Congratulations to all the winners!  We truly thank you to all of you for all your efforts and support for this year’s contest. It was a challenge for the judges to reach a final decision due to the exceptional entries.

 

Again, we appreciate your loyalty to KDI School and are very proud of your achievements.

 

If you have any inquiry, please do not hesitate to contact us:

 

[Essay judging] Ms. Eunkyung Oh, Alumni Affairs Coordinator, alumni@kdis.ac.kr,  +82-44-550-1274

[Workshop coordination] Ms. Sooeun Kim, Program Coordinator, se_kim@kdischool.ac.kr, _82-44-550-1106

 

Best wishes until the next competition!