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DAAD Officials visit SEARCA

  • 28 August 2018

DAAD Officials visit SEARCA

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Mr. Christian Strowa, Head of the Asia Pacific Section, and Ms. Heike Schӓdlich, Team Leader for South and Southeast Asia, both from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) office in Bonn, visited SEARCA on 24 August 2018, to discuss the regulations and monitoring procedures of the new DAAD In-Region/In-Country Scholarship Programme. Twenty-one Southeast Asian nationals were awarded scholarships under this new scheme through SEARCA to pursue their graduate studies starting academic year 2018-2019. 

On the same day, the two DAAD officials oriented the twelve new scholarship holders pursuing their graduate studies at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) on their benefits and responsibilities. Mr. Strowa, together with Dr. Maria Cristeta N. Cuaresma, Program Head for Graduate Education and Institutional Development, handed over the grants to the new scholars. This Handover Ceremony was witnessed by members of the Management Committee of SEARCA and the continuing DAAD scholars.

The 21 new DAAD-SEARCA scholars under the In-Region/In-Country Scholarship Programme are the following:

NameCountryStudy PostDegree Program
Ms. Vat Sovanny Cambodia UPLB MS Food Science
Ms. Vina Eka Aristya Indonesia UGM PhD Agricultural Sciences
Ms. Zulfa Nur Auliatun Nissa Indonesia IPB MS Rural Sociology
Mr. Mohd Zulhilmi Misrol Malaysia KU PhD Tropical Agriculture
Ms. Tuan Syaripah Najihah Tuan Mohd Razali Malaysia UPM PhD Agricultural Technology
Ms. Shampazuraini Binti Samsuri Malaysia UPM PhD Plant Science
Ms. Nor Akhlisah Binti Zulkipli Malaysia UPM PhD Environmental Engineering
Ms. Justine Louise R. Repalam Philippines UPLB MS Environmental Science
Mr. Kenny Oriel A. Olana Philippines UPLB Master in Veterinary Epidemiology
Ms. Edchelle S. Flores Philippines UPLB MS Community Development
Ms. Marla V. Relloso Philippines UPLB PhD Agricultural Economics
Ms. Zyra May H. Centino Philippines UPLB PhD Agricultural Economics
Mr. Romiel John P. Basan Philippines UPLB PhD Agricultural Economics
Ms. Ines Soares Pereira Timor-Leste UPLB MS Chemical Engineering
Mr. Augusto Barros Timor-Leste UPLB PhD Animal Science
Mr. Frederico Fernandes Cabral Timor-Leste UPM Master of Engineering Management
Ms. Nguyen Phuong Mai Vietnam KU MS Tropical Agriculture
Mr. Mai Chiem Tuyen Vietnam KU PhD Agricultural and Resource Economics
Mr. Le Phuong Nam Vietnam UPLB PhD Agricultural Economics
Mr. Mai Tien Huy Vietnam UPLB PhD Agricultural Economics
Mr. Phan Xuan Tan Vietnam UPLB PhD Agricultural Economics

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has been one of SEARCA's partners in its human resource development program since 1975, with more than 370 DAAD-SEARCA scholarship grants awarded, 91% of which have been successfully completed.

DAAD Officials visit SEARCA

DAAD Officials visit SEARCA

DAAD Officials visit SEARCA

DAAD Officials visit SEARCA