Agong gives out scholarships to 12 students

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V today conferred the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship (BYDPA) 2017 to 12 students of higher institutions of learning and who will further their studies at the Masters and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) level.
All the recipients of the scholarship who were selected by the BYDPA Committee, Public Service Department (JPA) will further their studies in the field of science and technology at local and foreign universities.
Six recipients following the PhD courses were James Tan You Sian a student of Material Engineering at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Christina Parvinder Kaur a Medical Science student at the University of Malaya (UM); Fakhitah Ridzuan a student of Information Systems Management at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM); Mohd Fadhli Abd Rashid (Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia); Iffa Farahin Jeepery (Biochemical, USM) and Leong Xin Yun (Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom).
Meanwhile, six recipients for the Masters degree were Daniel Liew Yu Chuan (Civil Engineering, UTM); Heng Wei Khang (Marine Biology Science, UM); Jaezah Adlina Zainal Azman (Pharmacology and Translational Medical Science, University of Oxford, UK); Kaif Hilman Muhammad Borhan Tan (Mathematics, University Of Cambridge, UK); Nur Nadia Che Aziz (Medical Science, USM) and Vinnothini Rasalingam (Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London).
Commenting on the scholarship, Tan said he wanted to use the scholarship as a platform to carry out as many studies as possible abroad particularly in upgrading the country's broadband services.
"This is a new field that is extensive, I will bring back as much knowledge that I learn to improve the various services especially communication services in this country," said Tan who will further his studies for another three years.
Another student, Jaezah said the scholarship awarded would be utilised in the best manner possible to ease the cost of study abroad.
She said she realised that the scholarship offered was the contribution of the society and that she was determined to serve back the government upon completing her studies.
Jazeah planned to go into deeper study to improve treatment for stroke victims in the country.
Meanwhile, Zainal Rahim said the government hoped that the scholarship recipients would achieve excellent results and come back to serve with the government.
He said that in the past, 85% of the scholarship recipients returned to serve the government upon completing their studies. — Bernama