MasterCard has announced the recipients of the MasterCard MBA Scholarships for Women 2013. Given the high quality of applicants this year, MasterCard has decided to award scholarships to four SMU MBA students, instead of two. The 2013 recipients - Liliia Shamsutdinova (Russia), Marie-Adelaide Mol (France), Ritika Sharma (India) and Sharon Phoon (Malaysia) - were chosen for their outstanding academic performance, strong leadership potential as well as active participation in the community. Four other SMU MBA students have been recognised in the last two years. Among them were Akshita Goyal (2013) and Tanvi Sharma (2012), who are currently working with MasterCard as a management trainee and programme manager (Regional Issuer - B2B Marketing), respectively.