SAF Scholars Report and activities from Jamchong Thuendrel Foundation (SAF-BhutanChapter)

JAMCHONG THUENDREL FOUNDATION ( SAF BHUTAN ) serves as the SAF’s Chapter in Bhutan, with the Secretariat operation costs and offering other valuable linkage in purview of scholarship announcement and mobilization of the candidates from Bhutan and from other SAARC Nations to Bhutan

SAF Students Activities:

UMCSAFS encourages scholarship students to come up with activities to meaningfully engage themselves during their academic breaks and free time. The proposed activities are screened and fully supported through scholarship related expenses which covers travel allowance and daily sustenance allowance and any expense related to the approved activities.

One of the regular student activities is to meet among scholarship holders and discuss on the issues pertaining to the scholarship or any other problems while at CNR. Those issues are put up to the CNR and UMCSAFS management for effectively dealing or resolving the issues.
In 2019, the UMCSAFS management consisting of Asst. Administrative officer and Finance officer of UWICER met with the students during the month of October to discuss on their study progress and scholarship.

As a part of research training, Mr. Karma Choten Dendup, B.Sc forestry final year students attended the one week training on Myrmecology (ant taxonomy and identification) at Punjab University, Patiala District in India from 29/3/2019 to 9/4/2019

 Meeting with Students:

 The UMCSAFS students also meets among themselves twice a year to table any issues and to resolve them in consultation with the UMCSAFS program management at UWICER and CNR. In 2019, the UMCSAFS management consisting of Asst. Administrative officer and Finance officer of UWICER met with the students during the month of October to discuss on their study progress and scholarship.

CNR Madanjeet Singh mobile video competition

The students also organized the third edition of the Annual CNR Madanjeet Singh Mobile Video competition within the students of CNR. The video competition for 2019 is based on the theme “Youths”.

 A total of seven video entries participate in this year’s competition, two from CNR and five from other Royal University of Bhutan Affiliated colleges. The video competition is sponsored from the UMCSAFS program fund.


Screenshot of the video entries of mobile video competition Img 1


Screenshot of the video entries of mobile video competition Img 2

Since the inception of SAF in 2000 till date a total of 93 Bhutanese students have benefited from Madanjeet Group Scholarship and most of them are doing well in various organizations.

Mr. Karma Chorten Dhendup, 2019 BCSC Technical Topper

 

In the 2019 Royal Civil Service Examination, Karma Chorten Dhendup a recipient of the SAF Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship, who pursued B.Sc in Forestry Studies from College of Natural Resources, ranked first in the Technical category.

Mr. Yogesh Dahal, Gold Medalist



In March 2019, Mr. Yogesh Dahal a recipient of the SAF Scholarship for Master in Green Energy Technology (2018-19) was bestowed the prestigious gold medal for his academic distinction from the University of Pondicherry, India.

Mr. Dorji Khandu, Member of Parliament of Bhutan 

 

For the year 2019 a total of 9 students from Bhutan have been selected from the 22 applicants for the various SAF scholarship. The highest applicant  received were for M.A in South Asian Studies.  

SAF- Bhutan also received for the first time, admission request for two Bhutanese students for the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal & Human Right Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The details of 2019 selected students are as follows:

 For the year 2020 a total of 2 students from Bhutan have been selected for the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asian Journalism (UMCSAJ) to pursue Post Graduate SAF scholarship.  

The details of 2020 selected students are as follows:

We have also sent in our nominations of two Bhutanese students for the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal & Human Right Studies (UMSALIS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Overall Summary of Madanjeet SAF Scholarship

Since the inception of the SAF Scholarship in 2000, a total of 92 Bhutanese citizens have benefited from it. The scholarship has benefitted the Bhutanese citizens from all sectors of lives, starting from government, private & corporate sector employees to fresh graduates. Following is a detail of the beneficiaries of the SAF scholarship till date:

Scholarship Recipients:Twenty-six students from the SAARC countries have availed the UMCAFS scholarship program. Fifteen students graduated from the CNR upon successful completion of the B.Sc. Forestry level program. One was terminated, one discontinued on personal problem, one withdrew on health ground, one graduated with a Diploma and eight students are currently undergoing B.Sc. and M.Sc. level programmes at the College.

Starting this year UMCSAFS has started admission for M.Sc. Forestry Studies and two students from India and Nepal respectively has been enrolled for the Master’s program. UMCSAFS is yet to get a student from Pakistan to study B.Sc. Forestry.

Details of UMCSAFS students:

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