Block B: New Cocu Subjects In The Works

Ms Hellina of UTP Co-curriculum Unit has helped us address rumours of new additions to the subject options, with several special interest subjects being proposed to management.

UTP Sports & Co-curriculum Appreciation Night

Society of Petroleum Engineers UTP took home the major honour of Best Club after a year of successfully executed events, both at national and international level.

Mindsets Matter; Sexism in Our System

Columnist Ashley Ng's take on sexism in engineering universities and what we've got to do to address it.

UTP Tennis Close 2013

Defending champion Amirul Arrif reclaims his gold medal, overcoming Muhd Helmi in the final.

Sitting Down With A Mercedes F1 intern!

David Bong shares his experience interning for Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 in the UK.

Internship Myth Busters!

UTP has long been renowned for its lengthy internship periods, but there are some really dangerous misconceptions floating about, often confusing even its own students! So it's time to separate the fact from fiction when it comes to internship placements!

Goodbye Academia: Convocation 2013

1147 graduates receive their scrolls, marking an end to their time at UTP.

The Bhangra Revolution - Gajjdi Jawani's Rise to Prominenc

Columnist Afthab Afrathim tells the story of our beloved Bhangra performers, who've come very far since their humble beginnings years ago.

Elections, SRC, & Rakan Masjid : Persepective at Last?

Campus Elections of 2013 will always be remembered as the one that didn't happen. Heart of Tronoh speaks to the people that matter, in an attempt to investigate the waning interest in campus politics, and shed light on the main players of the drama surrounding the infamous no-go elections of Jan '13.

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

SPDeC's Youth Social Responsibility Progam Sets New Standard

By Nur Dalilah Dzulkarnain, Foundation/3rd, PG

Tronoh, 29th March- Held to provide a platform to develop technical and soft skills as well as introduce high schoolers to the engineering way of thinking, ASME-UTP-SC with sponsors from Gempak Starz and IM4U held their first ever SPDeC Youth,Social Responsibility (YSR) program, in conjunction with Student Professional Development Engineering Conference Malaysia 2014.

A total of 85 students from three different schools which are Methodist Girl’s School(MGS), SMK Simpang Pulai and SMK Sri Iskandar had participated in this 3 day program starting from 27th March to 29th March.

Mr Ahmed Fouad, head of ASME Asia Pacific, was invited as the honoured guest at the closing ceremony and he gave a short speech on the importance of working together as a team in such programs and having leadership qualities from an early age. Among his words of wisdom were, “Don’t be followers, be leaders”. He also congratulated the winners of the games and activities conducted by the SPDec comittee.

Participants waiting eagerly for their tie-breaker question during the Quiz.


The 3-day event was the first YSR program of such length and will serve as an important example to future programs by other clubs and events.

Ms Vanisha Kumar, 2nd year 2nd sem/CE, the Head Of Department of  YSR went on to share that the program was a big success and they are looking forward to holding similar events in years to come, besides improving on what they were lacking in this time.