Hitachi to Sponsor the Hitachi Scholarship Program for AUW

Hitachi Scholarship Program for AUW

The Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh and Japan's Hitachi Limited announced on October 09, 2014 that Hitachi will sponsor scholarships for three students attending AUW for four years.

Scholarships will be given to three young women for the course of their undergraduate education at AUW-a four-year program in the liberal arts and sciences. The electronics giant has pledged to cover tuition, room and board, health insurance, textbooks and supplies, etc. for these students. It will provide US$ 180,000 covering 3 students' school and living expense for 4 years to three foreign students.

Selected for their academic excellence and leadership potential, the foreign students come from India (2 students) and Myanmar (1 student). Through this scholarship program, Hitachi supports these eager and highly-motivated young Asian women, and aims to contribute to solving social issues such as poverty, education and gender inequality in South Asia.

Hitachi is pursuing this goal not only through its Social Innovation Business but also by engaging with and contributing to local communities as a member of the community. Specifically Hitachi considers education as one of the focus areas of its social contribution activities.

In addition to the Hitachi Scholarship Program for AUW, Hitachi has been promoting several educational initiatives for young generation around the world, one of which is the Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative (HYLI) since 1996. HYLI brings together the outstanding 28 university students for a week from seven participating countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan, who have shown potential to become future leaders. HYLI provides these students with a platform to exchange ideas on pressing issues in Asia.

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Account BenefitKamal Ahmad, Founder, Asian University for Women says, "Hitachi's commitment to sponsoring three students at the Asian University for Women demonstrates their understanding of how business and social development intersect. By investing in women who live in the regions where they have operations, Hitachi is cultivating a roster of educated, cross-culturally competent women who can contribute to business endeavors and lead the way for new initiatives that promote growth for both their countries and the companies that work in them."

AUW is a pre-eminent liberal arts university for women in South Asia. They provide higher education to those who do not have the means to afford higher education on their own, but are willing and able to become change-makers in their lives and communities after university.
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