EMC² Fellows
The EMC² Fellows program offers a unique experience for bright and motivated Johnson MBA students to engage in:
- Coursework
- Leaders in Emerging Markets
- Coffee chat and networking with international scholars and experts on emerging markets
- EMC² Annual Conference
- Cornell EMC² Corning Case Competition
- Cornell EMC² Mark Mobius Pitch Competition
- Research projects
- Study trips
- Capstone Projects
Purpose:
To prepare and support business leaders who seek a competitive advantage to become experts in emerging markets.
Requirements:
Requirements to graduate as EMC² Fellow vary accordingly to the fellow’s program. Generally, the activities demand the following:
- Academic credits (Johnson and non-Johnson courses are eligible) on international-content courses
- 6 credits for 2-Year MBA students
- 4 credits for Cornell Tech MBA students
- Study trip or an internship in an emerging market (depending on the program)
- For non-2-Year MBA and non-Cornell Tech MBA, write a capstone project about a company in emerging markets
- Attending to an annual EMC² Conference (held every November)
- Service to EMC² (there are many ways to service to EMC² , e.g. write an article to be published on Cornell Business News, being an active member of the EMC² Conference committee, organize the Corning Case Competition, organize the Mark Mobius Pitch Competition, organize webinars/T-time, being a Chair of your program, etc.)
The current fellows are able to check their requirements’ status on the EMC² Canvas group, which the fellows are invited when accepted to the program, at the Assignments tab. When graduating with all the requirements fulfilled, the student graduates as an EMC² Fellow.
If you are a fellow, access EMC² Fellows Program Canvas page for more information!
For more information, send an email to contactemc2@business.cornell.edu
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EMI has been a source of learning, fulfillment, and purpose—something we will carry with us. Iris Arguedas, MBA '25
Two-Year MBA '26
Chirag Adappa
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Hyunji Lee
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Sandra Linares
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Nayancie Matthews
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Kennedy Peterson
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Two-Year MBA '27
Nathaniel Bekele
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Justin Bertelsen
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Tika Diagnestya
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Sean Epstein
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Ruvarashe Hatendi
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David Hsu
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Courtney Jackson
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Makenley Jean
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Michelle Karnadjaja
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Daniel Madmony-Ziegler
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Min Namkoong
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Krystal Ogun
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Lavanya Podila
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Dylan Raghunandan
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Max Roesler
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Ayobamigbe Teriba
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Lin Xu
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Ryan Aguilar
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Nadiem Ahmed
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Yousef AlAmoudi
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Jayasurya Anandan
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Vanshika Badkul
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Sandip Prakash Badrappan
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Tathagata Baya
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Anirvan Bordoloi
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Sreenidhi Chalimadugu
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Violet Chen
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Francisca Cofre Narbona
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Claudia Davila
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Umer Faizan
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Sneha Rao Ganta
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Gardahadi
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Anusha Kandhadai
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Juan Prieto
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Marshall Qian
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Sanjay Ram
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Ricardo Rebeil
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Jad Saouma
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Saksham Saraswat
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Amreeta Sengupta
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Alex Seo
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Siya Sharma
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Shubhangi Varma
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Nicholas Widjaja
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EMBA Metro New York '27
EMBA Americas '26
EMBA/MS Healthcare '26
EMBA/MS in Healthcare '27
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"EMI was definitely one of the highlights of my time at Cornell. Being a fellow helped me satisfy that longstanding itch I have to stay informed about what goes on globally. But it did so more broadly than I would have ever expected. Conferences, competitions, webinars, courses, informal meetings with practitioners, annual reports, etc. helped expose me to anything from e-commerce in Nigeria, to the banking sector in Brazil, and from digital currencies to tech entrepreneurship across emerging markets."
Rodrigo Ley, MBA '23, EMI Fellow
Student Groups
The Emerging Markets Institute maintains strong ties with student business associations, and often jointly plans speaking events and panel discussions, such as: