April 14^th 2023, Serdang - Ideas that are not shared are like voices without sounds. School of Graduate Studies (SGS) in collaboration with the postgraduate office of all the faculties/school/institutes in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), has organized the Three Minutes Thesis (3MT) Competition from the March 15^th March till April 14^th 2023. The competition was organized physically at Auditorium, Facuty of Educational Studies, after three (3) years of online mode, due to the widespread of Covid-19. A series of alternate briefing was conducted with judges and participants to ease the conduct of the competition.

A supportive response can be seen from this year’s participation with 24 applicants from various departments. The University Heats and Finals were conducted on the same day, divided in morning and evening session. A total of three (3) judges were appointed for the University Heats namely; Prof. Sr. Gs. Dr. Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff, Prof. Dr. Jalila Abu and Dr. Aini Marina Ma’rof. A total of 12 finalists made the cut to compete in the University finals that was held at 2.30 p.m.

The University Finals that was officiated by the Deputy Dean (Thesis, Students Affairs & Media) of SGS, was adjudicated by four (4) professional judges, namely; Prof. Dr. Sharmili Vidyadaran & Prof. Madya Dr. Moniza Waheed (UPM), Ts. Dr. Nor Hazilawati (HeiTech Managed Services) and Dr. Mohanaapriya Sina Raja (RTM Malaysia).  Three (3) winners were selected for the main prizes and one Peple’s Choice Award Winner was announced at the end of the competition. Congratulations and well done we bid to all the winner and participants that have represented their department of studies with their tremendous research ideas.

Heartiest appreciation to all the officers in charge that were being very helpful throughout the execution of 3MT competition this year.

Date of Input: 28/04/2023 | Updated: 07/06/2023 | aslamiah