32 SEARCA Scholars Complete Study Program

  • 27 June 2016

32 searca scholars complete study program

As the academic year 2015-2016 winds down, 32 SEARCA scholars, from 8 countries, finished their respective study programs, from 5 universities in Southeast Asia.

Twenty of these graduates completed their Master’s degree, with the rest completing their PhD. Among these are 11 graduates of the Upland Agriculture Fellowships Project supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) still produced the highest number of graduates (20), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (3), Chiang Mai University (3), Kasetsart University (2), and Khon Kaen University (2) in Thailand. One scholar each graduated from Institut Pertanian Bogor and Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia.

“Graduate school is both a privilege and a challenge,” says Ms. Saranya Sawangphop from Thailand, who completed MS Entomology at UPLB. “SEARCA was able to help provide what I needed to survive graduate school, and I will be forever grateful for it,” expressed Dr. Carlito de Araujo Mali Code of Timor Leste, who finished PhD in Animal Science.

Dr. Chamnian Yosraj (SEARCA alumni MS/PhD Animal Science, UPLB) addresses the graduating class of 2016 during UPLB graduate school recognition rites“Do not sit on your degrees, but use it to help improve your country and the region,” reminds Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr., SEARCA Director during the testimonial luncheon for the SEARCA graduating class of 2016 on 23 June 2016, at the SEARCA headquarters.

Meanwhile, Mr. Micael Soares Dos Santos Martins received the Best Thesis Award from UPLB’s College of Public Affairs and Development (CPAF) for his research titled “Community Participation in Rice Security Programs in Cailaco and Maliana Sub-Districts, Timor Leste.” The award was conferred during CPAF’s Annual Recognition Rites on 23 June 2016.

The graduates of class of 2016 are as follows:

 

MS Degree

 

Name

Nationality

Degree

Study Post

Date of Completion

1.

Ms. Hannie T. Martin

Filipino

MS in Forest Resource Management

UPLB

July 2015

2.

Ms. Chalinee Somthawin

Thai

MS in Extension Education

UPLB

November 2015

3.

Mr. Micael Soares Dos Santos Martins

Timorese

MS in Community Development

UPLB

December 2015

4.

Mr. Tinnaprach Wongchittham

Thai

MS in Extension Education

UPLB

May 2016

5.

Mr. Delfim Da Costa

Timorese

MS in Environmental Science

UPLB

May 2016

6.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Huu

Vietnamese

MS in Environmental Science

UPLB

June 2016

7.

Ms. Saranya Sawangphop

Thai

MS in Entomology

UPLB

May 2016

8.

Mr. Ung Putheany

Cambodian

MS in Animal Science

UPLB

July 2015

9.

Ms. Chheun Sreyneang

Cambodian

MS in Agricultural Economics

UPLB

July 2015

10.

Mr. Bouavonh Biachampah

Laotian

MS in Agricultural Systems Management

CMU

July 2015

11.

Mr. Tran Quang Hung

Vietnamese

MS in Animal Science

CMU

July 2015

12.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh

Vietnamese

MS in Sustainable Agriculture

KU

July 2015

13.

Mr. Nget Raby

Cambodian

MS in Agronomy

UPLB

October 2015

14.

Ms. Thoung Sodany

Cambodian

Master of Rural Development Management

KU

November 2015

15.

Mr. Phomma Thommavong

Laotian

MS Rural Development Management

KKU

November 2015

16.

Mr. Lyfong Yalao

Laotian

MS in Animal Science

CMU

February 2016

17.

Mr. Nouyang

Laotian

MS in Agronomy

UPLB

June 2016

18.

Mr. Vu Xuan Truong

Vietnamese

MS in Agricultural Economics

UPLB

June 2016

19.

Ms. Deasy Fitriati

Indonesian

MS in Postharvest Technology

IPB

December 2015

20.

Ms. Phyu Lay Myint

Myanmar national

MS in Agricultural and Resource Economics

KU

December 2015

 

PhD Degree

 

Name

Nationality

Degree

Study Post

Date of Completion

21.

Mr. Antonio Joao Da Costa

Timorese

PhD in Agricultural Science

UGM

February 2016

22.

Ms. Khin Thida Khaing

Myanmar

PhD in Animal Science

UPM

March 2016

23.

Mr. Carlito De Araujo Mali Code

Timorese

PhD in Animal Science

UPLB

May 2016

24.

Ms. Renny Eka Putri

Indonesian

PhD in Agricultural Process Engineering

UPM

September 2015

25.

Ms. Myat Moe Hlaing

Myanmar

PhD in Botany

UPLB

June 2016

26.

Mr. Taweesak Viyachai

Thai

PhD in Horticulture

UPM

January 2016

 

PhD Research Grantees

 

Name

Nationality

Degree

Study Post

Date of Completion

27.

Ms. Leila D. Landicho

Filipino

Community Development

UPLB

June 2016

28.

Ms. Elenita L. Racelis

Filipino

Forest Resource Management

UPLB

June 2016

29.

Ms. Merites M. Buot

Filipino

Community Development

UPLB

June 2016

30.

Mr. Engelbert D. Lalican

Filipino

Forest Resource Management

UPLB

June 2016

31.

Mr. Anatolio N. Polinar

Filipino

Forestry

UPLB

June 2016

32.

Mr. Joseph Angelus F. Palomar

Filipino

Forestry (Forest Biological Sciences)

UPLB

June 2016

 

SEARCA’s graduate scholarship is open to nationals of SEAMEO member countries, namely: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam to pursue graduate education in agriculture and related field. Since it was launched in AY1968/1969, the program has granted 1,647 graduate scholarships to date.