Happenings Around Us - 22 August 2016

[Saravanan Kandasamy]

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Scholarship -- PhD -- Uppsala University, Sweden

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Refer: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=108938

Field: Communication for Internet-of-Things

Deadline: 30 September 2016

The topic for the PhD position is communication infrastructures for smart and digitized products. Many Internet-of-Things and future products will consist of a physical part, a wired/wireless connectivity part complemented with product intelligence parts in the Cloud. The infrastructure part should provide secure, reliable and energy efficient communication between these parts. The PhD student will do research into authentication and access control for digitized products and how the communication system can maintain data consistency between parts. The PhD student will be hosted by the Communication Research Group at Uppsala University, Sweden. The position is 100% paid for a maximum of five years and includes departmental duties at a level of at most 20% (mainly teaching). The candidate should have, or is expected to receive in a near future, a Master of Science. The candidate must have a strong background in computer science or computer engineering. Prior knowledge of Swedish is not required.

For further information please contact Professor Per Gunningberg at per.gun...@it.uu.se

Distress Email - Education - Successfully Solved

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myMIBB - We had published the below in our bulletin dated 19 Aug 2016. You guys are awesome. With everyone's help Danraj and Ramyiah Ganesan's problem managed to be solved within 12 hours! As such we would not need further contributons. They are both enroute to their respective universities :-) Thank you to all that helped.

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Mogan shared with us the sad state of a family he visited whom direly need our help in Penang. The father with one functional limb trying really hard to support the children financially to enroll in a university but a of now no help being secured.

The Predicament

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Family of eight. The father – Ganesan and the mother - Sivagami used to work to support the four school going children namely Danraj, Ramyiah, Sumithra and Navin. The father and the mother involved in tragic road accident on 10-4-2010 which resulted the mother died on the same day and the father’s right hand became paralysed. The accident resulted the father stopped working and on monthly Socso contribution of RM 573. Due to heavy financial difficulties, Ganesan’s sister who is working as nurse stay together and support the family.

Danraj and Ramyiah on the other hand had excelled in their respective study. Danraj completed STPM and offered to study degree in Environmental Engineering in University Perlis Malaysia. Ramyiah completed her matriculation with flying colors – CGPA of 4.0 and offered to study degree in chemical study in University Technology Malaysia. Due to financial difficulties of the family, both of them unable to enroll in the university. As the deadline (24-8-2016) draw nearer to pay the registration fees, both of them in extreme desperation thinking that they are leading a bleak future ahead. The father tirelessly approached many people for financial help for just one semester as the subsequent semesters will be covered by the study loan. However no positive feedback and he felt extremely devastated as he unable to help his children. The father, Danraj, Ramyiah and other family members folding their hands seeking helps for the sake of Danraj and Ramyiah future.

As there is potential for a study loan for next semester onwards, Mogan devised an assistance program to attend to their immediate needs for the next 6 months.

1. To support University course and registration fees for Danraj and Ramyiah – first semester only - Urgent - Deadline is 24-8-2016

i) Danraj : RM 2150

ii) Ramyiah : RM 2641

Total : RM 4791

2. To support food and other expenses for Danraj and Ramyiah – first semester only - On monthly basis for six months

i) Danraj : RM 300 X 6 months : RM 1800

ii) Ramyiah : RM 300 X 6 months : RM 1800

Total : RM 3600

Grand Total : RM 4791 + 3600 = 8391

Supporting Documents 

Refer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kq8bp28gzgkjaly/Distress_Education_Danraj_and_Ramyiah.pdf

If you like to join to assist Danraj and Ramyiah, do email Mogan Sinniah at mogansin...@gmail.com and me at svan...@gmail.com 

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Looking for Job

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Dhurgashineey is looking for a position as a Trainee Behavior Therapist(Autism/Special Needs) or Trainee Psychotherapist ( Troubled Kids/Women/Refugees Groups) around Selangor, Kuala Lumpur or Penang. She is a fresh graduate with BSc (Hons) Psychology from Segi University College. Do contact Dhurgashineey at dhurga...@yahoo.com for her updated resume.

Ok that's all from me.

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rgds

Saravanan Kandasamy

myMIBB