Announcing the 2014 Google Anita Borg Memorial Asia Pacific scholars

Today we recognize and congratulate the 28 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Asia Pacific recipients for 2014, representing 23 institutions in 9 countries across the region. They join another 67 scholars in our Greater China program announced earlier this year. Asia Pacific scholars receive a scholarship amount towards their tuition and will attend the Google Scholars’ Retreat in Tokyo later this month, consisting of workshops, technical talks, panel discussions, a hackathon and plenty of networking opportunities. Watch this video of highlights from last year’s scholars’ retreat held in Sydney.


We created the Anita Borg scholarship to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, and become active role models and leaders in these fields. Since bringing the scholarship program to Asia Pacific eight years ago, we’ve grown our alumni to over 400 talented women from Xi’an to Christchurch. Here’s the list of this year’s APAC scholars:

• Judith Gammie, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
• Marnie Lamprecht, University of Queensland, Australia
• Kagona Awori, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Sarah Bennett, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Sarah Heimlich, Macquarie University, Australia
• Jaimie McGlashan, Deakin University, Australia
• Samia Kabir, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
• Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
• Spandana Raj Babbula, Indian Institute of Technology, India
• Vidhisha Balachandran, People's Education Society Institute of Technology, India
• Vaibhavi Desai, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India
• Maria Francis, Indian Institute of Science, India
• Kesha Shah, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India
• Lavanya Sita Tekumalla, Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore, India
• An Nguyen Thi Thu, Keio University, Japan
• Mana Sasagawa, Ochanomizu University, Japan
• Rieko Tsuji, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Ami Otsuka, Tsuda College, Japan
• So Jung Yun, Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
• Minhae Kwon, Ewha Woman's University, Korea
• Caitlin Duncan, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Roseanna Grundy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Catherine Northcott, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand
• Reema Bajwa, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
• Qurat Ul Ann, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
• Hui Xian Lynette Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Tao Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Nuzla Ismail, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Dr. Anita Borg was not only an accomplished computer scientist who developed cutting edge systems, she was also passionate about dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering this field of work. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology, began an online community for technical women called Systers, and co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. We’re proud to keep her memory alive through the scholarship program.

If you’re interested in learning more about the scholarships we offer, visit the Google Scholarships site.

Posted by Cheryl Tang, Tech Staffing Programs, Google Asia Pacific