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Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has conferred the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship (BYDPA) for the 2020/2021 session to 11 students of higher learning institutions, at the Istana Negara.

K. Sivasanghari is among 11 other who were awarded the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship (BYDPA) for the 2020/2021 session.  The post-graduate was awarded the scholarship to pursue her PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

The 11 scholarship awarded stands of 6 PhD Courses and 5 Master’s Degree programs. 6 recipients for PhD courses are Noor Amiera Alias, a student of Pediatric Rehabilitation (Children) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM); Amalina Hanani Ismail (Civil & Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of London); Muhammad Hafizul Hazmi Wahab (Computer Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM); Ong Yi Ni (Chemistry, University of Oxford); Bryan Lim Wei Tern (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Imperial College of London) and K. Sivasanghari (Aerospace Engineering, UPM).

Meanwhile, 5 recipients for the Master's degree programme are Mohamad Khairul Hafizi Rahimi (Electrical Engineering, UKM); Nur Khairina Khairu Najihan (Mechatronics, University of Tokyo); Farah Syazana Aspar (Medical Ethics & Medical Jurisprudence, University of Melbourne); Rohaisha Jamil (Law, King's College London) and Low Suey Yee (Parasitology, UPM).

The  Public Service Department director-general Datuk Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman has said that the scholarship recognises outstanding achievements of the recipients, both in academic and co-curricular activities.

"I hope the recipients will be successful as they are bringing the name of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's institution throughout their studies," he added.

Congratulations to K. Sivasanghari for being awarded the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship! We wish her the best of luck in pursuing her dreams.

Info via NST

Written by Thineshkan