MANAGEMENT & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY 24TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY
View(s):The 24th Celebrated Convocation of Management & Science University (MSU) was held in Shah Alam, Malaysia on 23RD Feb 2019
A total of 2019 graduates have been awarded certificates at their graduation. 57 Doctoral Degrees holders in different subject disciplines, 1171 Bachelor (Hons) Degree holders and 577 diploma holders in various disciplines during this convocation ceremony. An honorary degree was conferred, and five categories of special awards of excellence presented to 59 recipients from among the graduates.
The first of the three-session ceremony witnessed the proclamation of the new MSU Chancellor, the Raja Muda of Negeri Kedah Darul Aman, His Royal Highness Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah Ibni Sultan Sallehuddin.
In attendance were MSU Pro-Chancellor Prof.Dr. Wan Mohd Zahid Wan Mohd Noordin, MSU President Prof. Dr Mohd Shukri Ab. Yajid and MSU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Junainah Abd Hamid.
Among these successful graduates, there were Sri Lankan students also, who completed their doctoral studies(PhD), Bachelor (hons) degree in Hospitality & Tourism Management , Biomedical Science , international business and Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management , Biomedical Science and Business Management prgrammes.
MSU-Malaysia has established the Management & Science Institute (MSI) as a Learning Centre in Colombo to create better opportunities for Sri Lankan students in order to receive one of the most globally recognised education at home. The MSU is the 217th QS World Ranked University in Asia and Pacific and a Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). The MSU is also a recognised university by the University Grant Commission (UGC) in Sri Lanka.
As being the best teaching and learning university in Malaysia, MSU gives its priority to quality education and for the importance learning experiences towards producing quality and holistic graduates. Besides the incorporating international exposure with the students’ learning experience, extensive industrial training components and personal enrichment competency elements are also included as a compulsory requirement into study programmes to ensure the graduates employability.
MSU Chancellor Proclamation
Until now, MSU graduates remain the popularity among employers. A Graduate Tracer Study conducted by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education shows a ninety–eight percent (98.6 %) employability rate is having for MSU graduates once they are entering in to the work environment. This rate is the highest rate among all higher learning institutions in Malaysia.
The research-based PhD programme offered by MSU meets international standards by complementing the thesis work with minimum of three refereed journal publications. The programme is conducted as per the scheduled evaluation process provided by the MSU. This consist a proposal defence presentation, thesis writing work, seminar on work completion and the final thesis defense of VIVA. The research thesis of each Ph.D student was supervised by Malaysian two supervisors assigned by MSU. In addition, local academic advisors constantly provided their guidance for these PhD students for localising international standards of these research studies. Monthly progress monitoring and all exams were conducted by MSU Malaysia.
Sri Lankna phD holders with MSU President Prof. Dr Mohd Shukri Ab. Yajid.
Few Testimonials of the Students:
Dr. Madhubashini Deldeniya
Lecturer – Classical & Foreign Languages
Unit- National Institute of Education (NIE)
My 3 years of doctoral programme in MSU, Malaysia provided me an excellent opportunity to achieve my lifelong goal. Their positive influence and moral guidance encouraged me to succeed with my higher education and become a productive member for the society. Having been guided by the MSU I was able to build up my knowledge and experience in the field of research as a researcher.
That 3 years time period of my PhD journey was a wonderful time in my life and the best educational experience I have ever had. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude towards MSU and my supervisors for their dedication offered to me in accomplishing my PhD academic dream. My research thesis was on “Impact of motivational strategies, students attitudes, and motivation on language achievement of Japanese language learning students in Sri Lanka”
Dr. Shanaka Piyatissa
Assistant Lecturer- Department of Science-NIE
The doctoral programme at MSU provided me a great opportunity to conduct a research study maintaining a higher academic standard. My research area for the thesis was “Visualization in Science Education”. The excellent guidance provided by my supervisor, co-supervisor and the advisory panel at MSU, Malaysia helped me immensely to complete my PhD Study successfully. I appreciate the well planned and guided programme at MSU which leads the student to complete the PhD course on time. MSU guided me to publish journal articles also in peer reviewed indexed journals. I thank MSU for making such a great opportunity.
Dr. K.G. Wasantha Kumara Katukurunda
Senior Lecturer, Department of
Technology Education-NIE
I am very happy to have chosen the Management & Science University (MSU) for my doctoral programme (PhD) not ONLY because of global recognition of the university, but also because it carries accreditation by the prestigious associations in the world. In fact, I was also impressed by the profound knowledge and professional attitudes that both the academic and administration staff demonstrated inside and outside the university whilst my supervisors were enormously devoted and supportive in many ways than I could have ever imagined. This background permitted me to conduct a meaningful research on “The impact of programme quality on Senior secondary students’ satisfaction and their word of mouth: biosystems tehnology programme in Sri Lanka” with a real impact and within a maintainable time-frame. Furthermore, being a PhD graduate at MSU was a challenging journey but also a fruitful one. Indeed, there is no doubt that my educational experiences at MSU contribute significantly in order to improve the quality of education in my country. So, I am very grateful for MSU’s great help and enormous support in getting to where I am today.
Dr. D. T. Kingsley Bernard
Senior Lecturer /Head of the Department
of Information Management/ MBA Program Coordinator, SLIIT Chairman, Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP)
The doctoral programme in Business/ Management at the Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia facilitated me immensely to gain world-class knowledge and exposure to excellent research culture. The advice and guidance provided by the world-renowned academic supervisors at MSU, Malaysia helped me immensely to complete my Ph.D. programme successfully which has become a lifelong learning experience and motivated me in achieving my academic goals and objectives. This structured programme at MSU equipped with state-of-the-art teaching techniques had helped me in completing the studies on schedule and publishing a number of academic articles in international journals of academic repute. I am so happy that I took the right decision to pursue the doctoral programme at MSU and my gratitude to MSU for making it happen. My research-based Ph.D. thesis was on “Entrepreneurial success for women in the micro finance sector in Sri Lanka.
Dr. Vilani Sachithra
Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
The doctoral programme in Management/Business at MSU, Malaysia enriches my academic career through excellent research culture. The support provided by the academic supervisors at MSU facilitated me to complete my Ph.D. programme successfully and on schedule on the topic of “Investigation of the Sources of International Competitiveness”. I was able to publish a number of academic articles in international journals of high standards and able to participate international conferences. I am extremely happy about my decision to pursue the doctoral programme at MSU.
Dr. Gayana Sarangani Fernando
Senior Lecturer, SLIIT Academy
Obtaining the Doctor of Philosophy (Phd) in Computer Science from Management and Science University is a remarkable milestone in my life. It helped me to gain new knowledge and opened up new career prospects. The programme is well structured and I had the opportunity to study under one of the best supervisors. PhD programme transformed me in to a professional researcher. The faculty staff at Malaysia and Sri Lanka are exceptionally supportive and caring. I consider myself privileged to have had the opportunity to study at Management and Science University. I thank everybody at MSU for helping me to achieve my goals. My research-based Ph.D. thesis was on “Personalized marketing via social networking (SN): Mining and exploring trends and patterns of SN profile page data to facilitate marketing in Sri Lanka”
Dr. Ibralebbe Mohamed Kalith
Lecturer in Computer Science, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
I received my PhD in 23rd February 2019. My doctoral programme in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at MSU helped me to gain world class knowledge through inculcating thorough excellent research culture. The great supervision provided my supervisor at MSU, Malaysia helped me immensely to successfully complete my PhD study was on “Study on Phoneme and syllable sub-word modeling for angulation problem of the Tamil language for isolated and continuous automatic speech recognition system”. This study has become a lifelong learning and encouraged me towards achieving my goals. I will be always thankful for all the things I have learnt from my supervisor Assoc Prof Dr. David Asirvatham, and co-supervisor Prof Dr. Ali Khatibi. I have learnt a lot during my PhD. I got the freedom to work the topics of my interest. This structured programme at MSU helped me to complete my studies on schedule. I thank MSU for making it happen. I Love MSU.
Dr. Nipunika Vithana
Senior Lecturer, SLIIT Academy
The doctoral programme in ICT at MSU was a very challenging and rewarding experience. I relish the opportunity provided to expand my knowledge and skills and develop the professional network. The great supervision provided by my supervisors at MSU, Malaysia was crucial to complete my studies successfully. Throughout my doctoral programme, I benefited from the direction, support, knowledge, and friendship of MSU faculty and fellow colleagues and was able to publish several research papers in reputed journals and conferences. The well-structured PhD programme equipped with research expertise at MSU helped me to complete my studies on time. My research-based Ph.D. thesis was on “Challenges to offshore agile methods in Sri Lanka and its impact on project success. I cherish my memories at MSU!
Dr. Sherin Samantha Padma Mathara Arachchi
Lecturer, University of Colombo
- School of Computing
The Doctor of Philosophy in computer science which has been offered by the MSU added great value to my proficiency in the field of computer science. My research-based Ph.D. thesis was on “Integrating a sustainable framework for enterprise resource planning to reduce failure rate”. Their Industry based research philosophy in computer science has provided me with an excellent knowledge in order to grasp the challenges in the fast-moving software development industry. It has been a great privilege to work with such outstanding supervisors in the industry as well as in academia. The ever-willing help and cooperation received from them have contributed towards the progress of my work to such an extent that my endeavor would not have become a reality. The days spent as a PhD student of the MSU, were a unique and memorable experience. I would also like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere regards to all the MSU academic staff and the brilliance of the MSU.”
Dr. Dunstan Fernando
Environmental & Social Safeguard Specialist –(ESCAMP)
Making a difference in my academic life” was my goal to achieve. I made a correct choice. PhD studies at MSU definitely added not only the value but also analytical skills to face challenges and to learn about the world. The MSU PhD is extensive and inclusive with a good mix of theory and action research works. It was not easy but the expert guidance by the supervisory panel helped me to reach the successful destination in hydrology with special focus on our traditional irrigation. My research-based Ph.D. thesis was on “Scientific validation of ulpotha restoration with its traditional irrigation”. In addition, MSU guidance pushed me to develop a number of articles and publications on ecological studies and hydrology for well-reputed international journals. All these articles were treated as professional writings by journals. Now, I am more confident and enjoy working in diverse disciplines from rural development, statistics, environment, hydrology, safeguards to community outreach with extensive knowledge and skills gathered from MSU. I greatly appreciate the expertise passed on to me by MSU.
Dr. Darshana Samaraweera
Director English, NIE
My doctoral research on “Burn out of pre service ESL in Sri Lanka ;mentoring as a means of managing burnout through self-efficacy” became successful because of the conducive academic culture at the MSU. Particularly my supervisors and academic advisors guided me throughout the programme to complete it without wasting my time and energy. MSU is a world class university with a rich academic tradition cradled in the value based Asian culture. I wish to pay my heartfelt gratitude to all the staff of MSU both at Colombo Learning Center and the main campus in Shah Alam for their commitment and passion in providing quality service to their student community. As a result of the MSU’s never ending struggle to keep to high standards in research work I was able to get my work evaluated internationally through several publications.