Panasonic Scholarship

For Highly Educated Experts in Asia of the 21st Century

• Foundations and Scholarships

Group Photo with the Scholars, President Mr. Ohtsubo and Panasonic Corporation Top Management

2009 Panasonic Scholarship Achievement Ceremony was held on March 6, 2009 at Panasonic Corporation Headquarters. Twenty scholars were handed over the certificates of completion by Panasonic Corporation President Mr. Fumio Ohtsubo.

In the congratulatory address of President Mr. Ohtsubo, he celebrated the scholars' achievements of master's degrees and hoped for their future success based on the following two respects:

1) Globalization

Because of the limited space in the globe, there is a growing trend that countries and people specialize in their own strengths or advantages and such specialization of labor will be promoted in the global scale. Emphasizing that the globalized specialization will probably accelerate in the coming years, President Mr. Ohtsubo hopes that the scholars will keep aware of this trend and demonstrate their own abilities in the next positions.

2) Environmental and Ecological Efforts

Today's environmental problems are mostly caused by technological developments, however; it is also the technology that will solve these problems. The scholars utilizing the technological skills and knowledge obtained through the research activities in Japan, President Mr. Otsubo hopes that they will contribute to solving such problems for countries, areas and the entire globe.

Finally, Ms. Karen Gutierrez Rosal (Okayama University) from The Philippines gave an address in reply. Based on her own experiences in the past three years, she told her good memories with the laboratory mates as well as her academic professor. Then, looking back on her experiences in volunteering activities, she talked about how important we keep the positive attitude and the thoughtfulness. Finally, she expressed her appreciation and determination for the future.

After Achievement Ceremony, Mr. Ohtsubo attended Lunch Party and enjoyed friendly conversations with the scholars. He celebrated the new starts of the scholars.

On March 5, at Human Resource Development Company (Hirakata, Osaka), Panasonic Corporation, the presentation was made by 20 scholars who are completing the scholarship period in 2009. Based on the research and study at the graduate schools, the scholars explained in Japanese language how they are going to utilize the technological experiences for their future and how they are going to contribute to the society. At the same time, they expressed their appreciation to Panasonic Corporation.
Meanwhile, the corporate commentators gave the scholars valuable advice and warm words of encouragement, hoping that their determination will lead to success in the future.

Ahead of Achievement Ceremony and Presentation, on March 4, Panasonic Scholars visited Matsushita Memorial Library. The Matsushita Memorial Library was established in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic Corporation and the PHP Institute. This library plays a role as the center to exhibit a wide range of Konosuke Matsushita's thoughts that give deep insight into his life, way of thinking, his management philosophy and his ideas. The library was the suitable facility for the scholars who are going to become Asian leaders in the future. The library tour and the following question-and-answer session by Director, Mr. Kawagoe became good opportunities for the scholars to study fundamental policies of business and research activities and to know what's of significance in their future life.

With the full-sized panel of the founder