Discerene Scholars

Discerene sponsors scholarships to outstanding students to attend university. Meet our 2022/23 scholars:

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Liu Xinyu

Xinyu is a high school student from Zhidan County, Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province in China. Both her parents are farmers. Xinyu is passionate about continuous learning and hopes to contribute to the economic prosperity in her hometown.

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Naveen Gowda

Naveen is a mechanical engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and hails from the Bangalore Rural district in India. Naveen and his sisters are the first in their family to attend university.

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Sona Kumar

Sona was born in Tharparkar, Pakistan, and migrated with his family to a worker’s colony in Karachi. Sona is currently working towards a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance degree at Lahore University of Management Sciences, where he is part of the university’s National Outreach Program. He is also a member of the university’s Mathematics society where he is responsible for managing society activities and events.

Wang Ying

Ying hails from Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province in China. Both her parents and grandparents are farmers. Ying learned the basics of economics by observing her family’s business of growing and selling agricultural products. Ying is currently working towards a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Southwest Minzu University. She is the first in her family to attend university.