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Twice a year, QS selects five successful applicants to receive QS Community Scholarships to support business school students, worth US$2,000 each. The scholarships are awarded to applicants who are best able to demonstrate ways in which they have volunteered their time and talents to make a difference to a community.
Meet the latest successful applicants to the QS Community Scholarships scheme – and find out how they impressed the scholarships committee.
Jose Marin Larios
Business School: Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Nationality: Spanish
The winning factor: Jose took the decision to spend time in India to contribute to several non-profit organizations in Kolkata, one of the poorest cities in the world. The hallmark of his adventure was a project to establish an organization that would help children stay off the streets and develop their potential through education. As part of this project Jose managed to organize some events in Spain to raise awareness for this organization and to raise money for this cause. Jose says, “My experience taught me to value all the positive things and every moment in life.”
Juan Lara
Business School: Boston University
Nationality: Panamanian
The winning factor: Juan faced some challenges that motivated him to make a contribution to his community by volunteering as a tutor for minorities in a US engineering department. Juan had discovered a passion for teaching and helping others during his early high school years. He later joined the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) where he honed his leadership skills and encouraged other members of the society to get involved in national conferences and competitions, focusing on providing support for minority groups. Juan says, “Our community outreach brings me a lot of happiness and fuels my passion for giving back to community.”
Pallav Jha
Business School: INSEAD Business School
Nationality: Indian
The winning factor: Pallav always had a strong belief in the importance of education – as is evidenced by his decision to leave a successful career at an international company in order to join the Teach for India Fellowship scheme, with the aim of helping increase access to excellent education. Pallav established a parent-teacher forum to help involve parents in the school activities, as well as a ‘Junior Geniuses’ weekly competition to motivate students. Pallav’s efforts contributed to raising performance levels at the school, and he now aspires to create an education consulting firm to advise educational institutes, in order to impact even more lives. Pallav says, “I want to continue the journey of leading people to greater heights.”
Sherin Thampi
Business School: Cambridge University Judge Business School
Nationality: US
The winning factor: Sherin’s background is in entertainment with an emphasis on films and music, including producing large animated movies. Having established a successful career, Sherin went on to use her talents and experience within a non-profit arts organization promoting female leadership within the entertainment industry. She took on a leading role by mentoring young women and volunteering for community organizations, developing events and networking opportunities. Sherin says, “I have personally gained more from my community service than any other professional experience.”
Zhe Zhang
Business School: Emory University-Goizueta Business School
Nationality: Chinese
The winning factor: Zhe emphasizes the sense of achievement and fulfillment she gets from volunteering. During her studies in Beijing, she used her social studies and English to help students in a local primary school and in particular the children of migrant workers. Through her experience of leading a class of young children she tried to inspire students and help them not only to appreciate what they have, but also to find what they really aspire to be and strive harder to achieve their goals. Zhe’s contribution and influence has been widely appreciated by students and parents. She says, “Every single person could do great things to the community and pass the positive attitude to others in your own way.”
Mansoor is a contributor to and former editor of TopMBA.com. He is a higher and business education specialist, who has been published in media outlets around the world. He studied English literature at BA and MA level and has a background in consumer journalism.
QS Community Scholarship Winners 2013
By Pavel Kantorek
Updated UpdatedTwice a year, QS selects five successful applicants to receive QS Community Scholarships to support business school students, worth US$2,000 each. The scholarships are awarded to applicants who are best able to demonstrate ways in which they have volunteered their time and talents to make a difference to a community.
Meet the latest successful applicants to the QS Community Scholarships scheme – and find out how they impressed the scholarships committee.
Business School: Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Nationality: Spanish
The winning factor: Jose took the decision to spend time in India to contribute to several non-profit organizations in Kolkata, one of the poorest cities in the world. The hallmark of his adventure was a project to establish an organization that would help children stay off the streets and develop their potential through education. As part of this project Jose managed to organize some events in Spain to raise awareness for this organization and to raise money for this cause. Jose says, “My experience taught me to value all the positive things and every moment in life.”
Juan Lara
Business School: Boston University
Nationality: Panamanian
The winning factor: Juan faced some challenges that motivated him to make a contribution to his community by volunteering as a tutor for minorities in a US engineering department. Juan had discovered a passion for teaching and helping others during his early high school years. He later joined the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) where he honed his leadership skills and encouraged other members of the society to get involved in national conferences and competitions, focusing on providing support for minority groups. Juan says, “Our community outreach brings me a lot of happiness and fuels my passion for giving back to community.”
Business School: INSEAD Business School
Nationality: Indian
The winning factor: Pallav always had a strong belief in the importance of education – as is evidenced by his decision to leave a successful career at an international company in order to join the Teach for India Fellowship scheme, with the aim of helping increase access to excellent education. Pallav established a parent-teacher forum to help involve parents in the school activities, as well as a ‘Junior Geniuses’ weekly competition to motivate students. Pallav’s efforts contributed to raising performance levels at the school, and he now aspires to create an education consulting firm to advise educational institutes, in order to impact even more lives. Pallav says, “I want to continue the journey of leading people to greater heights.”
Business School: Cambridge University Judge Business School
Nationality: US
The winning factor: Sherin’s background is in entertainment with an emphasis on films and music, including producing large animated movies. Having established a successful career, Sherin went on to use her talents and experience within a non-profit arts organization promoting female leadership within the entertainment industry. She took on a leading role by mentoring young women and volunteering for community organizations, developing events and networking opportunities. Sherin says, “I have personally gained more from my community service than any other professional experience.”
Business School: Emory University-Goizueta Business School
Nationality: Chinese
The winning factor: Zhe emphasizes the sense of achievement and fulfillment she gets from volunteering. During her studies in Beijing, she used her social studies and English to help students in a local primary school and in particular the children of migrant workers. Through her experience of leading a class of young children she tried to inspire students and help them not only to appreciate what they have, but also to find what they really aspire to be and strive harder to achieve their goals. Zhe’s contribution and influence has been widely appreciated by students and parents. She says, “Every single person could do great things to the community and pass the positive attitude to others in your own way.”
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Mansoor is a contributor to and former editor of TopMBA.com. He is a higher and business education specialist, who has been published in media outlets around the world. He studied English literature at BA and MA level and has a background in consumer journalism.
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