Category: Age 20 and under
Topic: Character Protects Life
First Prize
Carolyn Grace Romano: Virginia, USA
Second Prize
Bhuma Kantamsetty: Singapore
Category: Age 21 to 25 years
Topic: Freedom does not mean license, but the wisdom to choose what is right for oneself
First Prize
Asankhaya Sharma: Singapore
Second Prize
Olga Pocherniaeva: Dublin, Ireland
Category: Age 26 to 30 years
Topic: From Ambition to Aspiration, from Acquiring to Becoming
First Prize
Raghavan Gopalakrishnan: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Second Prize
Jayshika Mahida: Johannesburg, South Africa
Third Prize
Dheeraj Kapoor: Toronto, Canada