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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EMC² 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
ca556@cornell.edu
Hyunji Lee
hl2489@cornell.edu
Sandra Linares
spl73@cornell.edu
Nayancie Matthews
nm693@cornell.edu
Kennedy Peterson
kep227@cornell.edu
Two-Year MBA '27
Nathaniel Bekele
nb688@cornell.edu
Justin Bertelsen
jb2855@cornell.edu
Tika Diagnestya
td453@cornell.edu
Sean Epstein
see72@cornell.edu
Ruvarashe Hatendi
rh722@cornell.edu
David Hsu
dh789@cornell.edu
Courtney Jackson
cj479@cornell.edu
Makenley Jean
mj653@cornell.edu
Michelle Karnadjaja
mlk268@cornell.edu
Daniel Madmony-Ziegler
dem338@cornell.edu
Min Namkoong
mn648@cornell.edu
Krystal Ogun
oko5@cornell.edu
Lavanya Podila
lp533@cornell.edu
Dylan Raghunandan
dsr247@cornell.edu
Max Roesler
mr2458@cornell.edu
Ayobamigbe Teriba
aot9@cornell.edu
Lin Xu
lx272@cornell.eduCornell Tech MBA '26
Ryan Aguilar
raa236@cornell.edu
Nadiem Ahmed
na553@cornell.edu
Yousef AlAmoudi
ya294@cornell.edu
Jayasurya Anandan
ja893@cornell.edu
Vanshika Badkul
vb375@cornell.edu
Sandip Prakash Badrappan
sb2774@cornell.edu
Tathagata Baya
tb629@cornell.edu
Anirvan Bordoloi
ab3295@cornell.edu
Sreenidhi Chalimadugu
sc3464@cornell.edu
Violet Chen
yc2857@cornell.edu
Francisca Cofre Narbona
fc384@cornell.edu
Claudia Davila
cd698@cornell.edu
Umer Faizan
uf28@cornell.edu
Tsenguunee Ganbaatar
tg467@cornell.edu
Sneha Rao Ganta
sg2597@cornell.edu
Gardahadi
gg533@cornell.edu
Anusha Kandhadai
ak2679@cornell.edu
Juan Prieto
jcp362@cornell.edu
Marshall Qian
yq323@cornell.edu
Sanjay Ram
sr2398@cornell.edu
Ricardo Rebeil
rr827@cornell.edu
Jad Saouma
js3864@cornell.edu
Saksham Saraswat
ss4436@cornell.edu
Amreeta Sengupta
as4393@cornell.edu
Alex Seo
as4462@cornell.edu
Siya Sharma
ss4435@cornell.edu
Shubhangi Varma
sv539@cornell.edu
Nicholas Widjaja
ncw48@cornell.eduEMBA Metro New York '26
EMBA Metro New York '27
EMBA Americas '26
EMBA/MS Healthcare '26
EMBA/MS in Healthcare '27
MSBA '26
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"EMC² 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, EMC² 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: