This year’s AIMST annual Buka Puasa was offered with a unique touch. The AIMST Buka Puasa is an annual activity organized by AIMST to bring together all AIMST staff, lecturers and students from various faculties and schools. The aim of this program is to bring the muslim staff and students to break fast together and promote closeness on this holy and auspicious month. This year’s Buka Puasa was attended by the Dean of Medicine, Dean of Pharmacy, The Registrar and various other AIMST staff. The event started with the recitation of duas followed by the main course meal which was in fact well prepared and catered to the likes of the people present. The event was concluded by a thank you speech presented by Aziz-ul-Haq, in this speech he took 5 minutes to thank AIMST and their entire team of management for organizing and putting together this wonderful occasion followed by a speech by Dr.Abdul Rashid Khan.

Congratulations to Mr. Giritharan S/O Muniandy, a student from the Faculty ot Medicine & Health Sciences is the First Prize winner of the essay writing competition held by MMA for Medical students in commemoration of Medical Ethics Day.

The Prize giving cermony will be held at MMA House on 12 April 2008.

Source: http://www.aimst.edu.my/about_aimst/archives/ethics_winner/news_ethicswinner.htm

A CME & Quiz competition in clinical anatomy, was organized by International Medical University(IMU), Kuala Lumpur on 10-1-2009.

Medical students from six Universities participated in the programme.

Eight students from School of Medicine,AIMST University, participated under the guidance of Dean and Anatomy unit staff.

Mr.Suvintheran Thangavelu(Batch 8 ) and Ms.C.Meera (Batch 12) won first and third prizes respectively in the Quiz competition and brought laurels to AIMST University.

Source: http://www.aimst.edu.my/about_aimst/archives/som2009/som15012009.html

Faculty of Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery

1. ABIRAMI SHAVANI A/P SANMUGAM
2. ANDREW CHAN
3. ANTON KUMAR ALEXANDER
4. ANU SURIA A/P GANASON
5. ARUNAN A/L PERIASAMY
6. ASHOK KUMAR A/L K.SHAVAN
7. ATHENA A/P ANTHONY DASS
8. AUDREY WONG YAFUI BT ROBIN WONG
9. AYNESHA LETCHMIKANTHAN
10. BOEY BEE JU
11. BUVANES LIM MOOI CHIN
12. CHAI ZSI YUAN
13. CHAN HUI LING
14. CHAN LAN LAN
15. CHARLOTTE MARIE A/P AMBROSE ALEXANDER
16. CHEAH BOON EU
17. CHIN XIAO JING
18. CHNG KAY LY
19. CHRISTINE ONG PEI YEE
20. DEVA VINOD A/L SILVARETINAM
21. DEVAN A/L JOTHIPRAHASAM
22. DINESH A/L SAVALINGGAM
23. DINESH KUMAR A/L PALANIAPPAN
24. ELANGO A/L THAMBUSAMY
25. ERIC JOSHUA
26. E’RLENE LOW LI ERN
27. GAN YUEN KEAT
28. GANAGA LETCHMI A/P RAMACHANDRAN
29. GHANA NATHAN A/L RAJENDRAN
30. GIRITHARAN A/L MUNIANDY
31. GOPIRAJAN A/L J RASAMY
32. GUNALANI A/P KARUPPIAH
33. HARVINDRAN A/L GANESAN MUTHI
34. HEMA CHALAM A/L SUBRAMANIAM
35. HUANG MOOI SIA
36. JAMES BHAGYARAJ A/L MICHEL DEVADOSS
37. JAMIL IBRAHIM B NAWAB RAJAH
38. JAYANTHI A/P KUNASEKARAN
39. JEEVAN A/L SUPPIAH
40. JENNIFER A/P STEPHEN FATIMAHRAJ
41. JULIENA BINTI MOHD ZAINI
42. KANAGERAJAN A/L THORIAPPA
43. KARTHIKEYANATHAN A/L RAMOO
44. KARUNAI VAEL A/L SUBRAMANIAM
45. KASTURI A/P THAVASIKANOO
46. KEW KIAN YAP
47. KHOR WHUAN WYEEN
48. KOGULAKRISHNAN A/L KANIAPPAN
49. KOMALAH THEVII A/P RAJENDERAN
50. KUNASILAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM
51. LAU HUI BING
52. LAU KENT TER
53. LAYONI CHENELLA RACHEL FERNANDO
54. LEE CHON KIT
55. LEE KOK AN
56. LEE SEOW KHENG
57. LIM SOO MAY
58. LIM YUEH NI
59. LOGESWARI A/P SIVASAMY
60. LOGESWARI NATCHIAR A/P KANNAN
61. LOGESWARY A/P KANDASAMY
62. LOGISWARI A/P SUBRAMANIAM
63. M.SENTHIL KUMARAN A/L MUNIANDI
64. MURALI A/L GOVINDASAMY
65. MURRALI A/L SILVARAJOO
66. MUTHUMATHI A/P M. SWAMENATHAN
67. MYTHIZHEE A/P SUBRAMANIAM
68. NAVIN KUMAR A/L JEEVAN
69. NG CHIAK YOT
70. NG JAY SEN
71. NGO LIK HOOI
72. NICHOLAS FRANKLIN TOW MUN CHONG
73. NIRMALA DEVI A/P NADARAJA
74. NOOR AZURA BINTI CHE SENAPI
75. NOOR IRZAWATHY BINTI ISMAIL
76. NORA ZUBAIDAH BINTI ABDULLAH
77. P. MOGANESVARY A/P PALANI
78. PARATHYTHASAN A/L RAJAANDRA
79. PRAVIN A/L MUNIANDY
80. PREMA BOSHANI A/P RETNASAMY
81. PREMPREET KAUR A/P MANJIT SINGH
82. RACHEL REENA RANAKUMAR
83. RAJ KUMAR A/L SOCKLINGAM
84. RAJESWARAN A/L MARIMUTHU
85. RAMA A/L DORAISAMY
86. RASHEILA A/P GANAPATHI
87. RHENA DARSHINI A/P LATSMANAN
88. SASHIKALA A/P KRISHNAN
89. SATIAPRIYA A/P VASUDEVEAN
90. SEAN TAN SOON KIAT
91. SHAKILA A/P SASIDARAN
92. SHARMALAH A/P RAJASIVAM
93. SIVABALAN PANIKKAR A/L RAJANDRAN
94. SIVAKUMAR A/L SUBRAMANIAM
95. SIVAPRAGASAM A/L S. VACHIRAVEL
96. SOMASUNDRANAYAKY A/P SIVALINGAM
97. SUGUNESWARI A/P MOGAN
98. TAMILARASI A/P SUBRAMANIAM
99. TAN IN JIANN
100. TAN CHZE AUN
101. TAN IN WEY
102. TAN JIN HOE
103. TAN YIN YING
104. TANG SHIR LEY
105. TARANJEET SINGH A/L SARMOKH SINGH
106. TEH HAK LIAN
107. THANABALAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM
108. THANARAJ A/L DORAISAMY
109. THANENDTHIRE A/P SANGAPILLAI
110. THEEPA NESAM A/L MARIAMUTU
111. THIBAGARAN A/L KANNAPPAN
112. THIRUKUMARAN A/L KRISHNAN
113. TIKAMBARI A/P ETTHIRAJAN
114. TILAGAVAHTI A/P ARUMUGAM
115. TINAGARAN A/L BOGHAN
116. TUNESHKUMAR A/L KOLINDAIVELU
117. USHAMEELA DEVI A/P GUNARETHNAM
118. V VENNILAA A/P VEELURAJAN
119. VANEESHA A/P BALAKRISHNAN
120. VANITA A/P SADHASIVAM
121. VANITHA A/P KARMAGAM
122. VASANTHI A/P RAJALINGAM
123. VIGNESWARAN A/L SUGUMARAN
124. VIKNESWARI A/P ELAVARASU
125. VIMLESWARI A/P MARIAPPAN
126. VINOD NAIR A/L M.K.P NAIR
127. VISHETRA A/P M SHURENTHERAN
128. VITHYAH A/P RAJA MANIKAM
129. YEO KAI CHI
130. YEOH HUICI
131. YEW CHOR GIAP
132. YEW SU JIN

Faculty of Engineering & Computer Technology

Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

1. Tishalini a/p Nagarajan
2. A.B. Mohammad MokHlesur Rahman
3. Karthiban a/l J.Balan
4. Manimaran a/l Samba Sivam
5. Vijaya Rau a/l Aparow
6. Yuveneasvaran a/l Pannier Sellvam

Bachelor of Information Technology(Hons) Management

1. Harpal Singh a/l Dalbir Singh
2. Kayatri a/p Krishnan

Faculty of Applied Sciences

M.Sc. BIOTECHNOLOGY

1. C.M REENA JOSEPHINE
2. GAYATHRI ARUMUGAAN
3. MAHDI POUR BADAKSHAN

B.Sc.(Hons) BIOTECHNOLOGY

1. HEERA A/P RAJANDAS
2. ADELINE TOREY A/P AYAH TOREY
3. AGILA A/P THANGAVELU
4. Anushia a/p Velloo
5. ARAVINDRAN A/L SUGUMARAN
6. Arveena Suresh
7. AS. Navanithan a/l R.Anpualagan
8. ASHWINI A/P GENGATHARAN
9. Boon Chee Meng
10. CHANDRIKA NAIR A/P PRABHA KARAN
11. Chan Tho Ven
12. Chong Shiue Jiun
13. Chooi Chan Fei
14. CHUAH CANDY
15. Daniel Ng Meng Yik
16. DARULIZA KERNAIN BINTI MOHD AZMAN
17. Deppen Rakesh a/l Gopalan
18. Derick Wong Soon Kwang
19. FOONG HOE JUN
20. Ghayethry a/p Batumanathan
21. Gobinath a/l Ramachawolran
22. HARISH PILLAI
23. Harishan a/l Santharasagaran
24. HARPREET KAUR A/P GURDIAL SINGH
25. Harveen Kaur a/p Terjeet Singh
26. Harysooria a/p K.Palaniandy
27. HEMALA A/P RADARRISNAN
28. HENG PEI YONG
29. Janet a/p Packianathan
30. Jaya Kothandapani a/l S.K Baluraj
31. Jo thy Lachumy a/p Subramanion
32. JONATHAN KOVILPILLAI
33. KAAMINI A/P RAJAMOHAN
34. KALNISHA DEVI A/P PALANI VELU
35. Kang Ee Swang
36. KANNAN A/L PERIASAMY
37. KARTHIK THANIKACHALAM
38. Kavitha a/p Asok Komar
39. Kelvin Kiran Anthony
40. KELVIN SWEE CHUAN WEI
41. Khor Beng Siang
42. KITHALAKSHMI A/P VIGNESVARAN
43. Kuganaa a/p Kamalanathan
44. Lee Guan Sheng
45. Lee Yuan-E
46. Lim Ee Lin
47. Lim Kok Keong
48. LIM OI FONG
49. Logan Nayar a/l Marimuthu
50. LOGESWARAN A/L SELVARASOO
51. LOGESWARI A/P SHANMUGAM
52. Loh Chye Ying
53. Low Leong Foong
54. LYDIA FERNANDEZ
55. M. LOGASENAN A/L MANIARSU
56. Maheshini a/p Rajagopal
57. MAHESWARAN A/L SOLAYAPPAN
58. Mangla Naygi a/p Dhana Segaran
59. Manimegalai a/p Manogaran
60. Megala a/p Chinnakolanday
61. Melinda Krishanti a/p Peter Anthony
62. Nantini a/p Rengasamy
63. NAVIN A/L RENO
64. NG SHY YEE
65. OH HUI JIN
66. OH JINXUAN
67. Ong Yeong Wei
68. PAVITHRA A/P SINNANAN
69. PHONG XIAO YUN
70. PRAZANNA LAKXMY A/P ARIVANANTHAN
71. PREMALA KRISHANAN A/P SUPARAMANIAM
72. Puruvahinni a/p Supramaniam
73. Rajalakshmi a/p Muniandy
74. RAMEETA KAUR GILL A/P DALJIT SINGH
75. Rashpali Singh a/l Tharu Singh
76. RENESHWARY A/P CHINATHAMBY
77. Renuka Devi a/p Chandra Mohan
78. S.SURESH A/L PARAMALOO
79. Saidul Hassan
80. SANGEETHA A/P RAMANATHAN
81. Sarah Stephenie a/p John Sandanaraj
82. SATHISHA A/P GOONASAKARAN
83. Satish Raj a/l Krishnan
84. Shalini a/p Ragandaran
85. SHALINI A/P RAJAMOHAN
86. Shamala a/p Krishnen
87. Sheena Wong Seen May
88. Shivaneass a/l Neer Pandi
89. SIVACHANDRAN A/L PARIMANNAN
90. SIVANISH A/L RAGHUNATHAN
91. SIVAPPRIYA A/P SINGGARE VELU
92. Sri Mala a/p Kanniappan
93. SUBASHINI A/P SUPPIAH
94. SUMATHY A/P VELLO
95. SUNTHARAN A/L MUNIANDY
96. SURENDARAN A/L PAROOINDRAN
97. TAN LI YIN
98. TAN YIN YIN
99. Tan Yong Chia
100. Tena a/p Chandra Segaran
101. THAM CHAUR LIN
102. THIVENDRAN A/L PALANISAMY
103. TOH LI FANG
104. Toh Lisa
105. Uma Magheswary a/p Kavarappan
106. VINOD A/L VENAYAKEAR
107. WONG KAR CHUN
108. WONG WOAN CHI
109. YEOW CHUN LIEW

B.Sc.(Hons) in MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY IN MANAGEMENT

1. Ch’ng Tze Li
2. Kanmany A/P Vellasamy
3. Khoo Wee Shen
4. Lim Shen Chuan
5. Megalah A/P Balachandran
6. Shariza Binti Sharir
7. Shashipal Singh A/L Dalbir Singh
8. Somash Rao A/L Arikrishnan
9. Suriathevan A/L Balan

Faculty of Business & Management

B.Sc.(Hons) Business and Marketing

1. Eman Ahmed Adam
2. Aravinthan a/l Rajalingam
3. Sharmini a/p Subramaniam
4. Suhassni a/p Adairaman
5. Md. Tanjid Hossain Khan

B.Sc.(Hons) Finance and Management

1. Indra a/p Chandaran
2. Kang Khe Hooi
3. Lee Wei Sim
4. Mahalakshmi a/p Suppiah
5. Ong Ching Yee
6. Premnath Chettiar a/l Kamachi Chettiar
7. Rajespari a/p Kumar

B.Sc.(Hons) Finance and Management

1. Komathi a/p Thiagararan
2. Malini a/p Thiagraj
3. Renukadevi a/p Nagarajan
4. Thien Mozhi a/p Manukeran
5. Ravindra Prasad a/l Gopinathan

Faculty of Pharmacy

BACHELOR OF PHARMACY(HONS)

1. Ang Shy Peng
2. Annaletchumi a/p Arrumugam
3. Azhani Binti Kamarudin
4. Edmund Malcolm Lee Chia Yoong
5. Ganaesan a/l Shunmugam
6. Jeyasri Devi a/p Sukumaran
7. Kalaivani a/p Chandira Kumaran
8. Kamini a/p Nadarajah
9. Kasturee a/p Kupusamy
10. Khor Yee Chong
11. Kiren Kaur a/p Chut Singh
12. Lavanya a/p Chandramohan
13. Leow May Yen
14. Liew Lee Yoon
15. Lim Chiew Yin
16. Lim Kenn Fui
17. Lim See Wooi
18. Loh Chee Fai
19. Loo Sum Ling
20. Lydia Gan Lay Yen
21. Melissa Hong Chui Ean
22. Noor Idayu Binti Samat
23. Nur Azhana Binti Abdullah
24. Nurul Ain Binti Sohaimi
25. Oh Hui Shian
26. Ong Junkok
27. Ooi Pui Ling
28. Paveethra a/p Kani @ Kanni
29. Premalatha a/p Narayanan
30. Shantasaroopini a/p Sathia Moorthy
31. Sia Yng Wen
32. Sudheshna a/p Shammugam
33. Tan Seak Fang
34. Tye Sok Cin
35. Vianty Sidianto Siehu
36. Vijay Nair a/l Krishnan

Source: http://www.aimst.edu.my/about_aimst/archives/convocation2009/list.htm

Background

The first and the second OSCM conferences were successfully held in Bali in 2005 and in Bangkok in 2007. The two conferences had been able to draw participants from over 30 countries. As a result, we have been able to establish a pretty good link among operations and supply chain management scholars around the word. Aside from the conference, we have also published Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.

As for the two previous conferences, the OSCM Malaysia 2009 is expected to draw participants from Asia Pacific regions as well as from the rest of the world. The increasing role of Asia and Pacific region in the global supply chain has made this conference a really interesting and important avenue for anyone looking for better understanding of operations and supply chain management.

This conference is to foster discussions and exchange of ideas about the developments of operations and supply chain management from researchers and practitioners. In addition to regular sessions, there will be a special session on managing OSCM research, which is dedicated for emerging scholars and doctoral students and teaching OSCM with cases.

The organizing committee is pleased to invite you to participate in this conference. The conference will be held at the modern AIMST campus in Bujang Valley, an exotic place in Malaysia and close to various tourist destinations.

The OSCM Malaysia 2009 is hosted by

AIMST University

and collaboratively organized by

• Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (Indonesia)
• Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Universiti Utara Malaysia
• Universiti Industry Selangor
• Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
• Mahidol University (Thailand)

Conference Venue

The conference will be held at the modern AIMST Campus in Bujang Valley, Malaysia.

Bujang Valley, the conference venue, stretches all the way from Gunung Jerai in the North to Sungai Muda in the South. The area concentrated around the mouth of Sungai (River) Muda has been of economic importance to Kedah since as early as the 5th Century AD. The conference venue is close to many interesting places, including Lembah Bujang Archaeological Park (15 minutes), Penang Island (Pearl of the Orient a tourist attraction center – 50 minutes), where we plan a tour on the 3rd day, and Cinta Sayang Golf & Country Club (15 minutes). So, please bookmark this site, mark your calendar, and attend this conference – it will be a productive and enjoyable conference!

Source: http://www.oscm-forum.org/oscm2009/

Enduring Matters
Prof. K. R. Sethuraman
DVC Academic and International affairs
Dean, Faculty of Medicine

While AIMST University completes 10 years this year, my own stint here will be 5 years on Valentine’s Day (Feb-14th). I arrived on 14-2-2006 and took over as the dean of Medical school at the Amanjaya campus. It was a shop-lot, well worked to serve as a medical school; every batch of students had its own lecture hall. Being small and compact, you would come across all the University staff several times a day and it was conducive to fostering collegial feelings.

The pioneering batch of 21 students of June 2002 intake (batch-1) had entered year-4, term-2 and the newbie batch-9 had just joined in early Feb, 2006. Those days were tough as the staff and students had to stay in rented houses (mostly in Bandar Laguna, about 2 km from the University). A few had personal transport, and others had to catch the 7.30 staff bus to commute to and from the Varsity. The students along with their teachers used to go by buses to the hospitals. Every day was a challenge with some late-comers missing the bus or the students going off without their instructor!

We used to go to the old SP Hospital till Jan 2007, which is now functioning as an A&E centre. It was a cramped and crowded place. We had our own “AIMST cabin” made of a 30’x20’ container, which was fitted with air-cons and was used as a class room. It even served as a ‘ward’ to conduct the year-4 clinical exams in Medicine for the batch-1 students in July 2006, since no ward could be vacated to conduct the clinical exam.

When the hospital moved to the state-of-the-art construction in Amanjaya, quite close to the former AIMST campus, our set up looked totally jaded and ancient. Only our new swanky campus at Semeling could match up with the new hospital Sultan Abdul Halim (HSAH). On Jan 12th 2007, after Batch-2 completed their year-4 clinical exams in the shiny new HSAH, we requested to be shifted to the Semeling campus even though it meant that we had to move far away from HSAH. We wished that the MQA/MMC panellists, who were expected to visit us soon for the final accreditation of MBBS, to see us in the permanent campus and not the temporary campus.

In Feb 2006, there were only 22 teaching staff members. “Each one, get one” was the slogan that made us double the staff strength within the next 8 months and to reach 65 by mid 2007. The faculty of Medicine was the first to move in to the Semeling campus in April 2007 and shifted in stages over the next 4 months. The accreditation went off smoothly in August 2007. It took 3 more years of trying to get in to the Avicenna directory of world medical schools before successful entry. However getting in to the US directory (FAIMER-ECFMG directory) was much easier and was achieved in 2008.

With the revisit by MQA-MMC joint panel in 2010, the flagship is set to sail till 2013 when the next accreditation visit
is due to take place. Will it be a smooth sailing? Time will tell us the answer…

Prof K.R. Sethuraman. Dean- FoM

http://www.bma.org.uk/whats_on/offers_and_competitions/2009bookcompetitionwinners.jsp?page=1#Medicine

The Faculty is proud that Dean, Senior Professor K R Sethuraman is a contributing author to this book.

Brief report on the 3rd Convocation on the conferment of Doctor of Letters to Tan Sri Datuk Dr. K.Ampikaipakan and the visit of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Hj. Mohd. Ismail Bin Merican, Director General of Health Malaysia to AIMST University.

Prof. Dr. Harcharan Singh Sidhu,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs).

It was indeed an honour to write and present the citation for the degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) for Tan Sri Datuk Dr. K. Ampikaipakan on behalf of the university. The idea of a university in the northern region of Malaysia was first mooted to the then Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad at the Alor Star airport while the Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu and Tan Sri Datuk Dr. K. Ampikaipakan were waiting to catch a flight .

To accomplish this Dr. Ampi needed to draw on all his abilities, for this new venture which was to begin in 2001. It would make the highest demands on him, (for a short period he even had to be the first Vice Chancellor of the University), but now, some ten years later, the success of his efforts are here for all to see.

Tan Sri Dr. Ampi was active in making high quality respiratory medical training available, in this country. For example, he rendered voluntary service to the Malaysian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, and in 1980 started the first comprehensive respiratory function laboratory in Malaysia, at the National Tuberculosis Centre. Additionally, he was a Founder Secretary of the Malaysian Thoracic Society in 1986, and President of the same Society from 1989 to 1992.

Today Tan Sri Dr. Ampi is in the foremost ranks of the medical profession, and all you need to do is to spend a few hours with him and you will realize why this is so. He is constantly at work; in the consulting room, the hospital ward and intensive care unit or on-call at all hours. He puts the interests of his patients above everything and works tirelessly for their well-being.

In fact Tan Sri Dr. Ampi made available the hospitality of his home in order for us to write the curricula for medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. At that time it was extremely challenging to kick start this university from ground zero. As a result of his unwavering passion for academic excellence, the branding of AIMST University academic programmes are extremely strong. The university has no doubt, that Tan Sri Datuk Dr. K. Ampikaipakan is a most worthy recipient for one of the major honours a university can bestow.

Another milestone last year was the much anticipated visit of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Hj. Mohd. Ismail Bin Merican, Director General of Health Malaysia. After two aborted attempts Tan Sri finally was able to visit AIMST on the 18 December 2010. This visit was important so much so that Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu (Chancellor of AIMST) and Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. T. Marimuthu (Chairman of AIMST) took time off from their busy schedules to personally welcome the Director General. AIMST rolled out the red carpet and put up a grand show. Even more stimulating and motivational was the speech by the Director General which was so elegantly delivered punctuated with humour. The Director General also reminded medical students the ten golden rules of medical practice. Some of the facilities he saw were our clinical skills laboratory and the dental hospital both of which impressed him very much. The Director General had to leave early as he had a lunch appointment with the Prime Minister of Malaysia. We were truly honoured by his visit.

Prof.Harcharan Singh Sidhu

Source: AIMST University Faculty of Medicine Newsletter Volume 2 (August 2010 – Febuary 2011)

AIMST Ramadhan Bazaar/Merdeka Countdown 2010
Report by Ms.Nadira Nordin, MBBS Batch 16

On the eve of Malaysia’s 53rd year since Independence from colonial rule, for the first time ever in AIMST Semeling campus was held a Merdeka Countdown coupled with our very own
Ramadhan Bazaar, in the spirit of the Muslim fasting month and national unity. The event was jointly organised by students from the Faculty of Biotechnology and the Student Affairs Division.

The festivities began as early as 6.30pm, the various food stalls setting up to peddle their wares for everyone. Most stalls opened in a big way, complete with decorations and students promoting and selling with rancour. It was a sight as the streets in front of the Student Center transformed into a true bazaar – milling with people, promoters calling for customers and the sunset signalling breaking of fast! Some booths offered games instead of food and there were also outside vendors selling traditional wear. As the bazaar went on, stage performances were also lined up as night fell on the campus.

The event was co-hosted by Kirath Sidhu and Thurini Venugopal from MBBS Batch 15. The performances ranged between singing, dancing and acting; all with the signature touch of local flavour and cultural diversity. Even a fashion show of all the diverse traditional costumes in Malaysia was impressively staged, so much so that an encore of the show was called to raucous applause. The performances were enjoyed by students and members of staff alike.

As midnight drew closer, students of various faculties began preparing for the Merdeka March, a friendly interfaculty competition whereby the faculty which could execute the best march pass would win. The Faculty of Medicine (FOM) was by and far the largest group, although consisting only of batches 15 and 16. Alas, strength in numbers would later prove insufficient to win the judges’ favour. After all the faculties displayed their marching skills, the final countdown was initiated by Mr. Ranjit, Head of Student Affairs Division. As the clock struck midnight, everyone heralded our country’s Independence Day with cheers and yells of ‘MERDEKA’ three times, in commemoration of the very first declaration of independence by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj on 31st August 1957. This was followed with a bedazzling fireworks display.

In closing the event, the winners of the Merdeka March was announced and the prize went to the Faculty of Pharmacy, as they scored top marks for organisation, coordination and all around best display. There was also a cake-cutting for the ‘Merdeka Babies’, celebrating those who were born on the August 31st. Finally after a short closing speech by Mr. Ranjit, the event closed with a blast of music, to which everyone was dancing the rest of the night away!

All in all, it was a fantastic milestone event for all of AIMST University. It proved that despite any cultural differences, the students could come together and celebrate those differences with tolerance and harmony. Hopefully, everyone can also take something home from this kind of event – the true message of Merdeka, national unity and what independence truly means to each of one of us.

Reaching out to the elders’ in conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year
Date : 29th January 2011
Event : A Trip to the Old Folks’ Home in Kepala Batas
Report By : Joyce Lim Yi Phing (MBBS Batch 15)

The Faculty of Applied Science, Department of Biotechnology organized a trip to an old folks’ home, Happy Retirement Home, in Kepala Batas, Penang. This trip is aimed at reaching out to the elders’ in conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year.

The representative of the organizing committee requested a few volunteers from MBBS Batch 15 to join the trip, so as to carry out few procedures, such as blood pressure measurement, history taking and blood glucose measurement.

Seven of us joined the trip and had great experiences. Visiting old folks’ home is a new experience for few of us. At first, it was quite tough for us to get moving with our job as the residents were quite
‘dormant’, giving us the looks of what-are-they-doing-here-in-our-territory.

We made full use of our communication skills by speaking the language the residents were most comfortable with. We took turns to ask the residents regarding their histories (name, age, whether a hypertension / diabetes patient, on any medication etc), record their blood pressure and also blood glucose level. Some residents were very cooperative while some declined our services.

Overall, most of the residents are hypertensive and recorded high level for blood glucose. The findings tallied with the residents’ histories. We advised them to take care of their diet (reducing intake of sweet and salty food) and also to continue their medications.

At the end of the day, we were all thankful for this exposure as we managed to get the first-hand experience of dealing with the elders. This exposure made us realized that we made a right choice by choosing this field of study and also there are still more challenges awaiting us in future as we embark the journey in becoming professional healthcare providers.

REVIVAL OF MedSA
By N. Naga Bharathi Nesan MBBS Batch 15
President MEDSA

AIMST University Medical Students’ Association, known as AMSA before this revived as
MedSA (AIMST University Medical Students’ Association) on 15th November 2010. The reason for
the change is because to avoid confusion between Asian Medical Students’ Association which also
known as AMSA.

The purpose / aim of MedSA :

1. To build a very good rapport and strong relationship:
   • Within the students of Faculty of Medicine which approximately consisting of 870
     medical students
   • Between the administration of Faculty Of Medicine with the medical student
   • Between the administration of the University with Faculty of Medicine and the medical
     students
   • Between the housemen/medical officers of Alumni with the Faculty of Medicine and the
     medical students
2. To serve the medical students both academically (by interaction between senior medical student /
   alumni with the junior medical student) and non-academically (provide exposure on common
   medical ethic issues encountered by housemen and medical officers).
3. To support and raise the grace of Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University both intravarsity and
   intervarsity.

Executive council of MEDSA include
Vice-President-Ms.Tham Min MBBS Batch 14
Secreratary-Mr. Jeevakanthi Rajendran MBBS Batch 14
Deputy Secretary-Mr.Faisal Norizan MBBS Batch 15
Treasurer-Ms.Nantni Kumaran MBBS Batch 15
Dept of external affairs-Mr.Naavin Kumar MBBS Batch 15

FINAL YEAR ELECTIVE POSTING IN UNITED KINGDOM
By Alex Lau Lian Quan and Leong Ai Leng (MBBS Batch 10)

The elective posting is part of the MBBS programme which is held at the end of the first term for all the final year students. It is basically a 6 weeks posting and the students are free to apply to any of the hospitals all over the world. This elective is an opportunity to experience medicine in an entirely different setting compared to the hospital that we are currently training at and also to broaden our medical knowledge and explore possible interest in the future. Personally, I view this elective as a chance to experience how medical education is conducted and how things work in a developed country. As such, I narrowed down my options to the United Kingdom. The elective posting was set to start from 25th October 2010 to 3rd December 2010. I have chosen to apply to University of Glasgow while Ai Leng, my another course mate who also went to the United Kingdom, applied to University of Cambridge as both of these universities are wellknown for delivering quality education. We were both very fortunate to be accepted and we could not contain our excitement. I have chosen to go for Orthopaedics posting while Ai Leng went to the Anaesthetics Department.

On 22 October 2010, we flew to London before I took another flight to Glasgow while Ai Leng took a bus to Cambridge. It was freezing over there with a mere 5 degree Celcius when we
touched down in Heathrow Airport. We made use of the opportunity to do some sightseeing before leaving for our respective universities.

In Glasgow, I settled down in the student village which has been arranged by the university prior to my arrival. Owing to the geographical location where it is situated at the northern part, Glasgow was a lot colder than London. I had to travel to the hospital everyday by tube or buses as the student village was quite a distance from the Southern General Hospital, the
place where I was posted. Ai Leng was more fortunate as she was offered the accommodation in the Addenbrooke’s hospital site in Cambridge.

In the Southern General Hospital, I was truly amazed by how things were being done as it was quite different from Malaysia. For instance, while seeing patients in the clinic, the Consultant no longer write or type anything but he would just record his findings and plan of management with a voice recorder and it would then be typed by another clerk. Besides that, although I was just an elective student, I was treated equally like the medical students there and the Consultants also willingly taught me all the new things which I had not learnt before. I also had the chance to scrub in for many different operations such as total hip, knee, shoulder and elbow replacement, shoulder and wrist arthroscopy (I could never imagine how it was being done before I saw it), correction of deformity and fixation of fractures. At the same time, I also managed to see so many cases that I have never seen before in Malaysia such as Dupuytren’s contracture (abundant there), impingement syndrome, Madelung’s deformity, typical rheumatoid hands, Perthes disease, psoriatic arthropathy, all the different types of nerve entrapment syndromes and many more. It was definitely easier to remember what you have read when you see them for yourself as the image would remain etched in your mind. Furthermore, I was really astounded when the Registrar asked me to conduct the follow up clinic where I examined and counseled the patients on my own before presenting the cases to him. I felt really honoured to be given such opportunity.

During my posting, there was also an incidence which served as a very important lesson for me. During one of the operations where I scrubbed in to assist my supervisor, Mr. Bransby Zachary, in the reverse polarity shoulder replacement, I saw a small chip of metal dropping into the shoulder but my consultant and his registrar did not notice it. I was contemplating as to whether I should tell them or not because I was worried that it might be disrespectful. Besides that, it might also create an unnecessary problem should I have seen it wrongly. However, I finally decided to tell them for the sake of the patient and they were very shocked. They immediately did some suction to have a clear view of the joint and there it was, lying in below thetissues was a small metal chip. From this incidence, I learnt that we should be more confident and to not be fearful in raising our opinions even to someone who is much more superior. Just imagine if that chip of metal remained inside the joint, the patient would most likely be subjected to another round of operation which would have been deemed unnecessary at the first place.

As for Ai Leng, being in the Anaesthetic Department, she had the opportunity to witness many operations and to carry out procedures such as intubations, bag and mask ventilation, spinal anaesthesia and so on. Besides that, she also observed some operations which are not done in Malaysia such as Robotic Prostatectomy. For this operation, the surgeon actually maneuvered the robot from one corner of the room while other assistants would be holding the trocar for him. The most amazing thing was when the surgeon actually sutured using the hands of the robot. According to her, things are done very systematically in Cambridge as the students there received their rota via email before the start of the week so that they will know which consultant they will be following and the theatre that they will be going to. The doctor to student ratio is just 1:1 because in the department, there are as many as 50 Consultants and 50 Registrars and this is probably the reason why such practice is feasible. Moreover, she also joined the Cambridge students for their tutorial where they had discussions about different topics related to Anaesthesia. During her posting, she also had an unforgettable experience where a surgeon accidentally dislodged the endotracheal tube in a 5-month-old patient towards the end of the surgery. It was indeed an emergency as the child was desaturating rapidly from 98% to 68%. She was the only one there with the anaesthetist as the assistant was away to get some drugs. The main problem was that the anaesthetist was unable to re-intubate the patient and there was difficulty in ventilation as the mask was not long enough since the patient’s head was placed at the opposite direction for the convenience of the surgeon in doing the cleft palate repair. She immediately helped to turn the oxygen to the maximum and switched off the inhalational agents. It was fortunate that the baby was safe in the end. From this incidence, she learnt the importance of being vigilant at all times as mishaps can take place anytime without you expecting.

During our 6 weeks posting there, both of us realized that the doctor-patient relationship is highly emphasized there. The doctor took a lot of time to explain the condition to the patients to ensure that they fully understand what they were having and their plans of management. As such, do not be surprised when patients come and tell you things like he or she has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and is on fleicanide. After all, this is what one of the patients told Ai Leng when she was doing pre-anesthetic assessment with the doctor.

Besides spending most of our times in the hospital, we also took the opportunity to travel around some places such as London, Edinburgh, France and Italy. Travelling around and seeing those world-class art and historical buildings truly made our journey all the more enjoyable.

Through this elective posting, we feel that we have not only learnt a lot about medicine, but also a lot about ourselves. We have experienced not only a different health care system but also a different culture and way of life. This has definitely broadened our horizons and made us more knowledgeable about the world. Through the practical and theoretical experience we gained during our medical electives, we become more confident and hope to emulate all the good points which we have learnt. All in all, we will most definitely remember this elective as a valuable learning experience and grateful that we had such a positive experience in our final days as medical students.

Facebook: The Sixth Dimension
By: Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam, MBBS Batch 13.

It is probably encoded in our DNA to communicate. From faceless smoke to Facebook, we are an attention seeking lot. At least most of us are and some of us self-proclaiming, quintessentially happy
addicts.

A social network is an extrapolation of society. It behaves almost like a real society evolving through your Likes, Statuses, Activities and Applications thus showing you what you want; making it a communications utopia. Slowly but surely you build your niche by unlocking unthought opportunities of rekindling old friendships, acquiring knowledge, discussing PBLs, providing up-to-date features of calamities (gossiping parallelly) and even future businesses. It is simply infinity staring at us.

The only snag is that REAL people form the virtual social network. Society is not homogenous nor particularly rich in saints. Furthemore, you can’t actually see the person on the other monitor. Insane improbabilities like a jealous ex-boyfriend listening to your romantic musings by hacking into your interest’s profile or an interested person stealing your identity and playing mind games start happening. And that is the first lesson. Anything that has far too much on stake: marriage proposals, divorces, loan requests, unexpected windfalls of leprechaun luck and life and death matters is best left to the real world.

Bearing that in mind, Facebook is still microblogging and expression is what it is fundamentally. Just don’t shoot yourself on your foot! What you would not say or show in public, the same applies to
Facebook regardless friend, foe or frenemy.Be it Personal Information, Statuses, Photos, Videos or Applications. Think carefully before you Post, Comment or Share. They will hang in there much longer than your usual tantrum. Considering 500 million active users possibly viewing it, that is a whole lot of permutations from your moment of weakness. To make things worse, there is no enunciation in texted language and a statement of fact can easily be perceived as sarcasm (though often to our bane vice-versa). The fact that you are not Beyonce, and Facebook is not your Sasha Fierce and an online Bare-It-All-Say-It-All-Persona is plainly not healthy for your credibility. It is more important to be sensible.

Sensibility again means tweaking your Privacy Settings (and your BEHAVIOR) to the very last bit including your Applications. There is no point in Adding strangers to hit 1000 friends before your next haircut if it means risking your Photos from being used in something that would end in a police warrant. There is far less point in a hi-bye friend knowing your tangled love life or your holiday plans. He may be benign but he could be equally senseless with a predator in his Friends List who can pry into your profile. Disturbing things like breaking into your apartment during your romantic spa sessions become a very real possibility. Friends of Friends and Networks are not simple things.

Repeatedly adjust EVERY ASPECT of your privacy settings as you go and see how it looks from a third person’s shoes. Take no chances. At times, somethings are best kept to yourself and I am echoing the first lesson again.With that my two-cents are up. Even after saying so much, Facebook is still our sixth dimension and life is not the same without it. Unfortunately in the heat of excitement, we light fires that we can’t control leaving behind a charry mess of our reputations. Thereby to close the till, an ounce of common sense is the first step.

Enjoy the process-Success is the journey NOT destination
Nicholas Cheong MBBS Batch 15

Medicine – the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries. When someone walks up to you and tells you that he is training to be a doctor, you almost instantly develop admiration for him. Undeniably, there is some sort of magnanimousness connected to the profession. There is, I believe, some elements of nobility tied to it.

When I say nobility, I am not talking about the state of being of noble birth nor am I saying that we (doctors-to-be) are a privileged class holding hereditary titles. Nobility here simply means the state of having high and exalted character, a certain character the public expect all medical professionals to possess. The time spent in medical schools is not just about the grades. And NO, it’s definitely not about finishing top in class each academic year. It’s not about trying to be smarter than every other person, which of course is not possible since different people excel at different things. I am not saying that securing good grades is of no importance – it is! But, so much emphasis is placed on getting good grades that people tend to forget to enjoy the whole blessed learning process.

By enjoying I am not asking you to put on your partying boots, I am just reminding you of one of the great joys in life – to be a student, to be a learner. Learn how to learn. Learn how to accept failure. Learn to accept that everything that happens throughout your life as a student is meant to add colors and joy to your life. It happens to all of us. You miss classes intentionally or unintentionally. You sometimes get up in the morning feeling extremely reluctant to get out of bed. Occasionally you have this compelling urge to run out of lecture, not because you are any smarter than the one who is reading the lecture but more because you are unable to absorb whatever is taught, as cephalic saturation is imminent. There are times you get frustrated because you feel like the amount of hours you spent studying and your test results do not tally. Do not be disheartened. On our path to become a doctor, you will face ups and downs, there are good and bad times. This is absolutely normal if you ask me. I call this the learning curve. What is more important is that you enjoy the whole learning process. And when you get there, it does not matter how many times you have taken a tumble, what matters is you are there. A certain someone once told me that the end is what justifies the means.

If you are happy doing what you do and more importantly, if you enjoy it, there is no doubt that you will be good at it. It is my belief that a great learner makes a great person. So when someone asks me what makes a great doctor, I’d say: a learner.

My housemanship experience-so far
Dr.Suvintheran, Best outgoing student batch 8, MBBS Honours
Student, University Gold Medal Winner
ALUMNUS MBBS BATCH 8

Many say that houseman ship is a very daunting task. Well, I have to agree with them. It is not easy getting up before the sun is up and going back after it has set. But housemanship is a process which as given the exposure which is necessary for every doctor to be competent and well adapted.

As a houseman I have learnt many things. A lot of this was never and can never be taught in medical school. For instance, the management of acute patients! It also emphasizes on responsibility, accountability and competency.

During our housemanship training, we learn skills which we need to possess as a doctor. Some of these are learnt from our peers, seniors, from specialists, but mostly by trial and error.

Housemanship also teaches us to devote more time to our patients and less time to ourselves. It teaches us to care for patient’s needs with an open heart. A necessary character which is needed during houseman period is teamwork. We learn to care for our patients as a team. This includes consultants, specialists, medical officers, housemen, nurses, attendants and other staff. A good working relationship is necessary to survive this period.

In conclusion I would say despite all the difficulties which this job posses to me, I think that effective housemanship training is necessary for all medical graduates in order to make them a competent and safe doctors.

Suvin, MBBS Batch 8

The challenges of creating

A mighty mountain before me,
a widespread valley between us;
know not what on the other side is,
but ought to build a town up there.

Thoughts of height for making minds,
Trees of might I need for my school,
for wood or shade I know not well,
but ought to build a town up there.

Birds of wings on the infinite sky,
Clouds of joy above the hill,
Will they come down? I wish I knew,
but ought to build a town up there.

Surekha Bhat

Every human – two in one
An enlightened saint, an outcaste devil, presented me a gift each;
the devil grinned, the saint smiled- his was a wisdom beyond reach.
With hope and fear, I opened the black crumpled pack of cruelty,
it was a mirror, I stared at it, the devil in me stared back at me.
With joy and pride, I opened the neat, white pack of spiritual peace,
it was a mirror, I smiled at it, the saint in me smiled back at me.
Not knowing what to do with them, I placed the mirrors face to face;
to know them better, in between them, my mortal body stood in place,
I looked in one, and then the other, and thousands of myself I saw;
the devil grinned, the saint smiled- his was a wisdom beyond reach.

Surekha Bhat

Fungi love a musical name (Malassezia furfur)
Fungi play the dimorphic game (M-Y Shift)
Fungi can be a blast (Blastomyces dermatitidis)
Under the wood lamp’s ringworms can cast

Fungi can have a ‘histo’ry (Histoplasma capsulatum)
Fungal infection can be an unresolved mystery
Fungi can be p(r)icked from the thorn of roses (Sporotrichosis)
Fungal diseases can pick their name from places (Madura foot)

Provided opportunity, fungi (Candida) loves to cause the oral thrush
Persistent dandruff can make anyone blush
Fungi can have maiden names like twins: Cocci and Paracocci
When host is immuno-compromised, a fungus always wins….

Culprit of the notorious Salem witch trials
Concept of ‘fairy ring’ tales
Fungi at times do not even spare your nail (tinea unguium)
But can also churn out magic portions that heal

Fungi can swirl the Captain’s wheel
Invariably fungi are irresistible; as a delicious & fabulous meal
Learn Medical Mycology with zeal…
Fungi (Fun ‘Guy’) can also be a great feel …

- Dr S Gokul Shankar (A Fun Guy)

Yet another year passes, a birthday crosses, age increases, dejavu and introspection sets in
Find below Dr. Rajesh’s ever-growing list of ‘chronic eulogy’ as applied to chronology

You are not young anymore if……..
……the young actress you once mooned over starts playing the leading man’s mother
……the neighbour’s stereo irritates you and not vice versa
……you walk around a puddle of water and not through it
……without your glasses you can’t read anything unless it’s at ‘arms length’
……you actually don’t mind waiting in traffic
……you hate the remix but love the original score
……every day you deal with diabetes, hypertension etc but you are NOT a doctor
……the paediatrician who vaccinated you has featured in the obituary
……a babe refers to any age
……you are happy when accused of ogling..or you just dont mind….
……insurance agents don’t disturb you…..
……you have to scroll a long way back whilst filling the year of birth on an online survey
……you don’t find the latest gizmo in the market useful…check….do you fancy the tiger text?
……you reach for the magnifying glass before you answer the phone
……there are 120 unread messages in your hand-phone you never knew was there
……on an average every week you open a new email account as the password and the retrieval answer was forgotten
……having a drink pisfully (pun intended) depends on availability of a restroom
……the diet is violated due to the prescribed 2kg of medication
……plucking samples of the available grey hair is now considered a “hair-cut”
……theatres are preferred to video, because only the big screen is visible
……busy means reading the newspaper
…..hard work refers to getting it straight-I mean the stream of urine-in prostate enlargement
…..clothes discarded as unfashionable years ago is the current rage
…..step-on-it refers to the brake and not the accelerator
…..you start compiling a list such as this…

Dr. P. K. Rajesh

Aimst 4th Convocation
8th October 2011
List of Graduands

Faculty of Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

1. ADRIAN MARK A/L MASNAMMANY
2. ALIA AIN ASHA’ARI BINTI ABDUL AZIZ
3. ALWIN TONG YU HOONG
4. AMBIGGAN A/L SUPAYA
5. AMIE BALINA BINTI AMINULDIN
6. AMIRTHAI SARAS A/P JAYAVEL
7. ANITA VALLIMALAR A/P SUPPIAH
8. ARPUTAJULIE A/P ANTHONY
9. ARUL SELVI A/P RAMASAMY
10. BALJIT KAUR BOPARAM
11. BEH BOON CONG
12. BEH BOON PING
13. CASSANDRA ELAINE A/P MOHAN
14. CHEAH LI LYNN
15. CHEAH PING PING
16. CH’NG CHIA HWEI
17. CHONG WEI SHENG
18. DENESH A/L DURAIRAJ
19. DEVARANI A/P M VALUSAMY
20. DINESH KUMAR A/L VELAUTHAM
21. DURAY A/L RATHNASAMY
22. DURVESH LACHMAN JETHWANI
23. EDWIN YII SZE SIAN
24. ETHELENE LOW LI XIN
25. EUGENE ONG YENG CHANG
26. FOO JE SIE
27. GANESAN A/L ARASON
28. GAYATHIRI A/P PUSHPARAJAH
29. GLORIA LIAW ANN PYN
30. GOH CHEE MING
31. GOVINDA RAM PREMA SUHANYA A/P MUNIANDY
32. HARIDASS A/L GUNASEGARAN
33. HOO YIN YING
34. HRUTHAYARAO A/L SOORIA DEMEDOO
35. JAGDEEP SINGH A/L RAM SINGH
36. JANAKI ABIRAMI A/P PALANIAPPAN
37. JASHITHRA A/P SYAMALA KRISHNAN
38. JASMINE A/P ANTHONYSAMY
39. JASMINE D’CRUZ
40. JASON KONG HENN LEONG
41. KALAIVANI A/P KANAGARATNAM
42. KARTHIGEYAN A/L BASKARAN
43. KHAITERI A/P RAGHUNATHAN
44. KOO THOMSON
45. LAU HARN NI
46. LAU LIAN QUAN
47. LEONG AI LENG
48. LIEW KAI SOON
49. LIM BOON POH
50. LIM HONG CHUN
51. LIM ZEN CHIA
52. LIM ZHAU HONG
53. LOGESWARY A/P NADARAJAN
54. LOH WEI CHIEH
55. MALARKODI A/P SUPPAMUTHARWYAM
56. MARK PAUL
57. MELINDER KAUR A/P BHUPINDER SINGH
58. MOGINTOL CHINKYE
59. MOHD FAHMIE BIN OTHMAN
60. MUHSIN KAMIL BIN SAHABUDIN
61. NAGAPRIYA A/P PANIR SELVAM
62. NATHEEN A/L RAJOO
63. NG KIM LAI
64. NG TZE KIAT
65. NISHA DEVI A/P RAJANDRAN
66. NITHYA ALAGAMMAI A/P SINNA VALLIAPPAN
67. NITIYANANTAM A/L PERREMAL
68. NIVASINI A/P ANANDARAJAH
69. ONG JEN YEUNG
70. PARAMESWARY A/P PARAMASELVAM
71. PAULEEN LIM HOOI FERNG
72. PRAVIND A/L NARAYANAN
73. PUNITHA A/P KUNABAL
74. RAJIV VIJAYKANT KHIMJI PATEL
75. RAMANATHAN A/L S.R.M MUTHUVEERAPPAN CHETTIAR
76. ROSITA KHANUM
77. RUBASHINI NAIR A/P ATCHTHAN NAIR
78. SARASPATHY A/P MUNIANDY
79. SARAVANAN A/L MURUGASU
80. SEE HAW WOEI
81. SEETHA LAKSHMI A/P LAKSHMANAN
82. SEOW SUL NA
83. SHAHEENAZ BINTI MOHAMAD SHA
84. SHATISHRAJ A/L JOTHEE
85. SHEENA FRANCINE DEVI
86. SHOGETA A/P RAMANATHAN
87. SINDHU A/P SUKUNASELAN
88. SIVA LOSHINIY A/P VIJAYAN
89. SOO KOK LEONG
90. STEPHEN A/L ARAKALAN ARAKIASAMY
91. SUBRAMANIAM A/L PONNUVELU
92. SUMATHI A/P TAMBYRASAH
93. TAN CHOU LUAN
94. TAN YI JUIN
95. TANG WEI CHERN
96. TANG YIU MAENG
97. TEOH JIA QING
98. THAVA VIKNARAJ A/L SIVABALAN
99. THAVANESAN A/L ARUNAGIRI
100. THILAGAM A/P RAJANDRAN
101. TING BICK KIING
102. UTHAYAN A/L RAMAKRISHNAN
103. VENNILA A/P GOPAL
104. VIGNESHWARAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM
105. VIJANDRAN A/L MALAYALAM
106. VINCENT YAP
107. VINURA A/P S VENUGOPAL
108. WEE CHIAN CHUAN
109. WONG SONG YEU
110. WONG YING YA
111. YAP MUN CHUNG
112. YEW YAN XI
113. YEW YING RONG

Faculty of Dentistry

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

1. ALEXANDER LIM AIK BENG
2. ANANTH A/L THANGAVELOO
3. CHEONG EI LENG
4. CHUAH LING HUEY
5. DHANYA DARSHINEE A/P SIVAMUNI
6. DINESH A/L SANTHANAKRISHNAN
7. GHAYATHRI DEVI A/P MANOHARAN
8. HOO JIE YING
9. KAMINII A/P THEVADASS
10. KELVIN VITUS TAN
11. KIM SUE LYN
12. KOH YEE TING
13. LEONG YOKE LING
14. LIM JIA WAN
15. LIM SZE KAI
16. LIM YEW WAN AMELIA
17. LOW SHIN YIN
18. LYNNA A/P MUNIANDY
19. PAN SHING HUI
20. PANG SIN LOU, CHARIS
21. PEH TEE LUUN
22. PHAN YI CHIN
23. PHEBE TING KEE HAN
24. SAMANTHA LOH HUI CHIEN
25. SAMUEL CHAN BOK-YOONG
26. SARVINAA A/P SABRAMANIAM @ SUBRAMANIAM
27. SEOW HSIANG-LIN
28. SEOW JUNE DEAN
29. SHAMINI A/P LOGANATHAN
30. SIA BAN YI
31. SIVATHANDAVARAYAN A/L MURUGESAN
32. STEPHANIE HO WAN PING
33. SUTHALINI A/P KRISHNASAMY
34. TAN CHZE CHZE
35. TAN OI LENG
36. USHA RANI A/P SIVANAM
37. VENGEDES A/L KALAMEHAR
38. WONG HAI HOCK
39. YAP YEE WOOI
40. YIM KAH MUN
41. YOGANJALI A/P DORAIRAJ
42. YONG SOOK MEI
43. YUVANESHWARAN A/L SUNDARAMURTHY

Faculty of Engineering & Computer Technology

Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

1. CHANDRA SEGAR A/L GANESAN
2. SUTEN NAIDU A/L ASOGHAN

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) (Management)

1. CHOW WILLIAM

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) (Information Systems)

1. MOHAMED FAIZ BIN AMANULLAH
2. VENGKEDESSWARAO A/L APPLANAIDU

Faculty of Applied Sciences

MSc Biotechnology

1. ABISHEK SURESH
2. GOPICHANDRAN SOWMYA
3. KANNAN A/L PERIASAMY
4. LOH CHYE YING
5. PREVEENA JAGADESAN
6. SHAMINI A/P GUNASAGARAN
7. SUSAN PRAVEENA THOMAS
8. TAN YIN YIN

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biotechnology

1. ALEX TEAW LU JIN
2. ALLIMALAR A/P SATHIASEELAN
3. ANGELIN PRESHANTINEE A/P RAJENDREN
4. ANGELIND A/P KHALIB
5. ARULVILEE A/P RAJASEGAR
6. BARATHAN A/L MUTTIAH
7. BEVERLY RUTH A/P ANDREW
8. CHANDRI A/P MUNIANDY
9. DINESH JARED SUNDRAM
10. DINESH VIJIAN A/L STEPHEN
11. GUNAVATHI A/P MUNIANDY
12. IDZHAM BIN ABDUL HARITH
13. JEFRI BIN MOHD IZHAM MAHENDRAN
14. JEREMY RYAN DE SILVA
15. JOSEPHINE TOH SHEAU-RU
16. KAYATTIRI DEVI A/P KRISHNASAMY CHETTIAR
17. KEONG THENG KAH
18. KHOR SOO PING
19. LEE XIAO YIN
20. LIM WAN YING
21. LIM XUAN YING
22. MOGANANIVASINI A/P MANOKAR
23. MUHAMMAD HUSAINI BIN ISMAIL
24. NAVINDRAN A/L SELVANATHAM
25. NUR ADILA BINTI FADZIL
26. NUR SYUHADA BINTI NAZRON
27. OONG CHUANG LI
28. PRAVIN KUMAR A/L NARAYANAN
29. PUVANESWARY A/P KAESAVAN
30. SARAVANAN A/L ARUNASALAM
31. SATCHIDANANDA A/L SOLAYAPPAN
32. SHASIREKHA A/P NAGESPARARAS
33. SHYAMALA A/P MURUGESAN
34. TIONG OON KING
35. USHAALINI A/P RAVINTHARAN
36. UWARAJAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM
37. VANEE A/P GANESH
38. YORINDREN A/L SANTHARA THAVEN PILLAI

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Material Technology with Management

1. CHAI YIK MOU

Faculty of Business & Management

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Business and Marketing

1. AUI WEI KEAN
2. CHAN SUE CHIN
3. LEW SIANG GUAN
4. LIM CHANG JUANG
5. LIM HWEE XUE
6. LIM YOONG SAM
7. PUSPANATHAN A/L SINAMUTHU
8. TAN BAO HONG
9. TAN WEE LEE
10. TEOH XIN HUI
11. YEN LI WEI
12. YEOW LIN LENG

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Finance and Management

1. CHONG KAR HENG
2. FELICIA CHEW WEY TYNG
3. GUAN JUEN KENG @ GAN JUEN KENG
4. OOI SOON BENG
5. TAN CHIA LI
6. TANZIMA AHAMED

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Management Information Systems

1. JAVIN WONG SOON SEONG
2. SAW YI LOON
3. SHAARALA A/P JENARTHANAN

Faculty of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons)

1. ADA HO JI EE
2. ADAM ANONAIKER A/L TERUMUGGAM
3. ALEX CHIN YANG CHUNG
4. ANNALIZA ANUSHA CHANDRASEGAR
5. BERNICE TING WAN XIN
6. CHEN YI HAN
7. DAVEENA A/P BALAKRISHNA @ BALAKRISHNAN
8. DESMOND TAN GHIM WEI
9. EDDY FANG CHOU YONG
10. ESHA DARSHINI A/P SIVAM
11. HARVEEN KAUR OLIKH A/P INDERJEET SINGH
12. KEW KAH SIN
13. KHOR HUI MING
14. KOMALA DEVI A/P MARIAPPAN
15. KU MARDIANA BINTI KU AZHAR
16. KUGAP PRIYA A/P BALAKRISHNAN
17. LEAO XIN YI
18. LIAN MING LEE
19. LILIAN TIONG CHYONG SHIN
20. LIM SIEW MEI
21. LIM WEI CHEANG
22. LOOI WAN LIN
23. LOW SING PENG
24. MONISHAH MOHANAN PILLAI
25. NANTHINI A/P BALAKRISHNAN
26. NEIVASHINI A/P MADHAVAN
27. NGO CHOOI JING
28. NGOH YEONG KEAT
29. NUR SAKINAH BINTI AB RADZAK
30. OOI KAH GEAP
31. OOI NAI LEE
32. OOI XIN CI
33. PANG WEI YAN
34. PUAH JULING
35. SHAMALA A/P RAMACHANDRAN
36. SHOBASHENI A/P THANGAVELU
37. SIEW CHAI JIN
38. SILAMBARASU A/L V KARUPPIAH
39. SIT EI LIANG
40. SRI DEVI A/P GANESAN
41. SUBASHINI A/P GUNASAGARAN
42. SYED HASNUL SHAZLY IDID B. SYED BAKRI
43. TAN YEAN YONG
44. TENG WAN YING
45. TERENCE FOO WEI XIANG
46. TEW MEI MEI
47. THANUJAH A/P KAISBAIN
48. TIAH ZI XIN
49. TUNG SHI YUN
50. VIKNESWARI A/P SUBRAMANIAM
51. YAP EUVON
52. YEB LIANG FATT
53. YEOH JIA LIM

Faculty of Allied Health Professions

Diploma in Physiotherapy

1. ANITA A/P VIJAYAKUMAR
2. CHANG SHI WEN
3. CHONG TIEN SIN
4. CHOO KHAI SHAUN
5. ELICA ONG
6. GRIYEDHARSHINI A/P VELAYUTHAM
7. JASMIN MARY PAUL A/P DEVASAHAYAM
8. KALYANI A/P KUMARSAMY
9. KAMALESVATI A/P MANOHARAN
10. LIAN YUN-PERNG
11. MIRZANAH SABIRAH BT MOHAMED SULAIMAN
12. NAZAHIRA BTE ISMAIL
13. SHARLYNN LIM YI LING
14. SHOHAILI BINTI MANSOR
15. SIVAKUMARAN A/L KRISHNASAMY
16. SUMATHY A/P GOVENDASAMY
17. TANG YAO TONG
18. VEHAASHINI

Diploma in Nursing

1. AMIRUL ANNUAR ASHAN BIN ABDUL SHUKOR
2. AMMAR BIN ABDULLAH
3. FAUZIAH BINTI MOHAMMAD FAUZI
4. HAZWANI BINTI AZIZAN
5. JEEVITHA A/P THINAGARAN
6. KAVITA A/P SELVARAJ
7. KAVITHA A/P SUBRAMANIAM
8. KOMALA A/P NARAYANAN
9. LOGESWARI A/P SELVAN
10. MARIAH BINTI CHE ISMAIL
11. MOGANA CONNIE H’NG
12. MOHD IZZATT BIN ABDUL MANAP
13. NAFISAH BINTI ATIQUR RAHMAN
14. NOOR AIN BINTI MOHAMAD ZAMBRI
15. NOOR HIDAYAH BINTI SUKRI
16. NOOR SALIZA BINTI SIRUN
17. NOORFARIHAH BT MD ALI
18. NOR HAMILIA BINTI ABU SEMAN
19. NOR HANA BINTI MORAT
20. NOR HANISAH BINTI MOHD ISA
21. NOR HIDAYAH BINTI MOHD SALEH
22. NORATIKA BINTI FADZIL
23. NORSHAFINAZ BINTI ABDUL SHAMAT
24. NORSURIANI BINTI AZMAN
25. NUR FAHMIYAH BINTI MUSA
26. NURHIDAYAH BINTI ABU HASSAN
27. NURUL AINA BINTI MUHAMAD ARIF
28. NURUL ATHIRAH BINTI YUSOFF
29. NURUL AZUAN BIN ISMAIL
30. ONG MEEI TING
31. PAVAIARASI A/P MANIMARAN
32. PUNITA A/P SELVARAJ
33. PUSPEMATHI A/P RAMACHANDRAM
34. RAATHIPRIYA A/P MOHAN
35. REYTHINA A/P KALAICHELVAN
36. ROSE RAMIZA BINTI IBRAHIM
37. ROSHIDAH BINTI TAJUDIN
38. SAASHIKALA A/P GUNASAGARAN
39. SARMILAA DEVI A/P BASKRAN
40. SASIKALA A/P KALAIVANNAN
41. SHAHRIL AMIN BIN MURSHID
42. SITI NORAINSAH BINTI MD NASIR
43. SIVANTHIRAN A/L MUNIANDY
44. THANALETCHUMY A/P MANIMARAN
45. UMAMAGESWARI A/P KUNASEGARAN
46. YASHENDHA A/P KRISNA
47. YOGAWATHI A/P CHANDRADASS

Source: http://www.aimst.edu.my/convo2011/ListofGraduands.htm

Chancellor’s Message

Time moves very fast. It seems only a short time ago we set pen to paper and enshrined the vision and mission of AIMST University.

Our development in the past years is indeed worthy of praise, characterized by impressive performances and notable achievements by our students and Faculty as you can see not only in the Milestones of the 4 th Convocation Souvenier programme, but here before you the few hundred graduands from diverse disciplines of AIMST University.

As we continue to grow in challenging times, AIMST University strives to build on the merits it has gained over the years. A lot of hard work went into moulding the young minds to new levels of achievements.

We have always taken care to research meticulously the details of all courses to be incorporated by AIMST University, and obtained the all important stamp of approval from the Malaysian Quality Assurance body so that our students are reassured of a quality education and can carry on their studies uninterrupted.

To the graduands who will be entering the corporate arena my belief is that this University has prepared you well to shoulder tasks that await you outside. I would like to encourage you to continually stretch your minds, broaden your horizons and refine your goals. Explore and learn from a multitude of different perspectives that will present itself, yet maintain your individuality and uniqueness.

I believe that your experience here at AIMST is best captured by the words of the poet Thomas Carlyle: “The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.”

You are the educated strong. I urge you to move forward with optimism, excitement and be forward looking despite challenging times. Make a positive contribution to our nation’s development and the world. May whatever you wish for as you journey through this life come true.

In closing, I would like to sincerely thank our dedicated staff who have paid close attention to the students progress. I applaud you for your confidence, your commitment and most of all your tremendous dedication in sometimes trying circumstances, yet our programmes have remained of the highest standard.

Thank You.

DATO’ SERI S.SAMY VELLU
SPMP, SPMJ, DPMS, AMN, PCM

Source: http://www.aimst.edu.my/convo2011/index.htm

AIMST’s Medicine Man

The University produces competent, confident, and locally relevant medical graduates.

Sethuraman who, along with his team of seasoned teachers, set the high standards at the university's Faculty of Medicine.

With his team of seasoned teachers, Sethuraman has been ensuring academic excellence in the faculty. There is, for instance, a lecturer-student ratio of 1:6, and still the number of staff intake is on the increase. The current staff strength is 90 full-time staff and over 140 part-time workers.

Under Sethuraman, the university has yield good results in terms of producing competent, confident, and locally relevant medical graduates. The university collaborates with affiliated public hospitals towards this end.

A thorough grounding in basic sciences, clinical skills training, and a curriculum based on “Tomorrow’s Doctors”, a landmark British document, has been responsible for getting the MBBS programme fully accreditated in 2007. It was also how it earned its entry into the AVICENNA directory of world medical schools, as well as the list of approved medical programmes for medical licensing exam of the US.

AIMST is the only private university in Malaysia with a home grown museum on anatomy, exhibiting real dissected samples. Scary as this museum may appear to a lay person, it is an eye opener for young minds keen to study the human body in-depth. Apart from MBBS, the Faculty of Medicine at AIMST offers four postgraduate courses in basic medical sciences: MSc in Human Anatomy. Medical Physiology, Medical Biochemistry, and Medical Microbiology.

Sethuraman brought with him vast experience that spanned 33 years, having been, among others, professor of internal medicine, and before that, asst proffessor in Faculty of Medicine at JIPMER, Puducherry, India. Prior to that, he was a lecturer in cardiology at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum, India for three years.

Sethuraman’s experience in consultancy included being training consultant for Training of Trainers of various World Bank aided Health System Projects; taskforce member for JPT, Malaysia on Medical Education (2007); expert group member of Health Action International (HAI) in Europe (contributing to their proposed “World Medicines Fact Book”); and being on the international advisory board for the “Davidson’s Textbook of Medicine” (one of two advisors from Malaysia).

Sethuraman has authored five books, while editing and co-authoring four more on a wide array of topics, To his credit also were 35 publications, the letest being in 2011, Now 62, he has been contemplating returning home to Puducherry but has been persuaded to stay on by the university. It seems he is yet to close this chapter of his life. Being a “medicine man” seems to be his destiny.