I found it strange at first, given the fact that I have not, so far, graduated any PhD student, yet, had been actually appointed (and on short notice) as the “replacement internal examiner” or “penilai gantian” for AP Dr. Zainudin’s PhD student.

I received an official notification via email from the office on 13 July 2021 and the viva was scheduled this morning (2 August 2021), so I was given less than 2 weeks to evaluate the thesis. Plus, in between the “aftermath” of my first vaccine shot I had to accept this “bidan terjun” job.

I hope I had fulfilled my responsibility and I would like to congratulate Bapak Muhammadi for successfully negotiated his PhD thesis.

During the session we were joined by Prof. Rosnah Ismail (CUCMS) as the external examiner, while Prof. Hamdan chaired the session, assisted by Dr. Rustam. It was a fruitful session, all in all.