BANK PEMBANGUNAN ISLAM: MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

Salam Sejahtera dan Salam 1Malaysia,

YBhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr./Tuan,

BANK PEMBANGUNAN ISLAM: MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

Saya dengan hormatnya merujuk perkara di atas.

2.         Untuk makluman YBhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr./Tuan, Bank Pembangunan Islam (IDB) telah menawarkan biasiswa di peringkat Doktor Falsafah (Ph.D) dan Penyelidikan Pasca-Kedoktoran (post-doktoral research) secara sepenuh masa dalam bidang pendidikan berkaitan. Tawaran biasiswa ini terbuka kepada warganegara Malaysia dan pembiayaan adalah meliputi bayaran yuran pengajian, kos sara hidup bagi pemohon sahaja (single-status basis), insurans kesihatan dan tiket kapal terbang pergi-balik.

3.         Tawaran biasiswa selama 3 tahun sepenuh masa di peringkat Ph.D adalah dikhususkan dalam bidang-bidang berikut:

i.          Pertanian Lestari (Sustainable Agriculture);
ii.         Pendidikan (Education);
iii.        Pendidikan untuk Pembangunan Mampan (Education for Sustainable Development);
iv.        Perubahan Iklim (Climate Change);
v.         Tenaga (Energy);
vi.        Bandar Mampan (Sustainable Cities);
vii.       Pertumbuhan Bertanggungjawab (Responsible Growth);
viii.      Pengurusan Sisa (Waste Management);
ix.        Perkembangan Populasi (Population Growth);
x.         Kimia Hijau (Green Chemical);
xi.        Biodiversiti (Biodiversity);
xii.       Pencemaran Plastik dan Mikroplastik (Plastic Pollution and Microplastics);
xiii.      Air dan Kebersihan (Water and Hygiene);
xiv.       Kesihatan (Health);
xv.        ICT untuk Pembangunan (ICT for Development);
xvi.       Inovasi dan Pembangunan Infrastruktur (Innovation and Infrastructure Development);
xvii.      Ekonomi, Kewangan dan Perbankan Islam (Islamic Economics, Finance and Banking); dan
xviii.     Sains Sosial Berkaitan Pembangunan (Development-Related Social Sciences).

4.         Biasiswa ini ditawarkan bagi sesi pengajian di institusi terkemuka di negara maju atau negara ahli IDB. Namun begitu, keutamaan akan diberikan kepada calon Ph.D. yang telah mendapat tawaran pengajian di universiti yang mempunyai kerjasama dengan IDB seperti berikut:

i.          University of Cambridge, United Kingdom;
ii.         University of Birmingham, United Kingdom;
iii.        Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom;
iv.        Imperial College London, united Kingdom;
v.         Copenhagen University, Denmark;
vi.        Princeton University, USA, KAUST, Saudi Arabia; dan
vii.       McGill University, Canada.

5.         Permohonan bagi biasiswa ini dibuka sehingga 9 Februari 2018 dan borang permohonan yang telah dilengkapkan sepenuhnya perlu dikembalikan kepada :

Ketua Setiausaha Perbendaharaan
Kementerian Kewangan
Bahagian Antarabangsa
Aras 8, Blok Tengah
Kompleks Kementerian Kewangan
Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2
62592 Putrajaya.
(u.p.: Unit Kerjasama Pelbagai Hala 2)

Bersama ini dilampirkan butiran lanjut berkaitan permohonan biasiswa (Lampiran 1) untuk rujukan. Borang permohonan biasiswa dan maklumat lanjut mengenai biasiswa ini boleh didapati di laman sesawang IDB (www.isdb.org<http://www.isdb.org/>).

6.         Sehubungan itu, dengan hormatnya perkara ini diangkat untuk makluman dan tindakan pihak YBhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr./Tuan selanjutnya untuk dipanjangkan kepada calon yang layak dan berminat dengan tawaran biasiswa daripada IDB ini.

Perhatian dan kerjasama pihak YBhg Datin amatlah dihargai dan didahului dengan ucapan ribuan terima kasih.

Sekian, terima kasih.

“BERKHIDMAT UNTUK NEGARA”

Saya yang menurut perintah,

MAAGIENDRAN A/L RAJASINGAM
Bahagian Hubungan Antarabangsa | International Relations Division​
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, Malaysia | Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
Aras 14, No.2, Menara 2 | Level 14, No.2, Tower 2
Jalan P5/6, Presint 5,
62200 PUTRAJAYA

Tel​ (Pejabat) : +603 8870 5383
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Struggle

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.

Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then merged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly…

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Shake it Off and Take a Step Up!

Shake it Off and Take a Step Up!

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!

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Peace of Mind Produce Right Value

Peace of Mind Produce Right Value

Once there was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the store. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him.

After searching high and low among the feed for a long while, he gave up and asked the help of a group of children playing outside the store.

He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the entire store, but still could not find the watch.

Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought, Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough.

So the farmer sent the little boy back in the store. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand!

The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see,

how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be!

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Meaning of Life

Meaning of Life

An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked:

“I understand you’re a very wise man. I’d like to know the secret of life.”

The old man looked down at the youngster and replied:

“I’ve thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words

The first is to think. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.

The second is to believe. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you’ve done about the values you’re going to live your life by.

The third is to dream. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you’re going to live by.

The last is to dare. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values. “And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.

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Meaning of Life

An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked:

“I understand you’re a very wise man. I’d like to know the secret of life.”

The old man looked down at the youngster and replied:

“I’ve thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words

The first is to think. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.

The second is to believe. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you’ve done about the values you’re going to live your life by.

The third is to dream. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you’re going to live by.

The last is to dare. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values. “And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.

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You and God Awesome & Best Conversation Ever in the World

You and God Awesome & Best Conversation Ever in the World

Me: God, can I ask You a question?

God: Sure

Me: Promise You won’t get mad … … … …

God: I promise

Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?

God: What do u mean?

Me: Well, I woke up late

God: Yes

Me: My car took forever to start

God: Okay

Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait

God: Huummm

Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call

God: All right

Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn’t work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?

God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one
of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that

Me (humbled): OH

GOD: I didn’t let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.

Me: (ashamed)

God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn’t want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn’t afford to miss work.

Me (embarrassed):Okay

God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn’t even let you talk to them so you would be covered.

Me (softly): I see God

God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn’t think you wanted to be in the dark.

Me: I’m Sorry God

God: Don’t be sorry, just learn to Trust Me…. in All things , the Good & the bad.

Me: I will trust You.

God: And don’t doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan.

Me: I won’t God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today.

God: You’re welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children…

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Sand Writting

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. In a specific point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one, who got slapped, was hurt, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand: “TODAY, MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE”.

They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who got slapped and hurt started drowning, and the other friend saved him. When he recovered from the fright, he wrote on a stone: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE”.

The friend who saved and slapped his best friend, asked him, “Why, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on a stone?” The other friend, smiling, replied: “When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness get in charge of erasing it away, and when something great happens, we should engrave it in the stone of the memory of the heart, where no wind can erase it” Learn to write in the sand.

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Who is Pessimist

SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE NEGATIVE
There was a hunter who bought a bird dog, the only one of its kind in the world. That could walk on water . He couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw this miracle. At the same time, he was very pleased that he could show off his new acquisition to his friends. He invited a friend to go duck hunting. After some time, they shot a few ducks and the
man ordered his dog to run and fetch the birds. All day-long, the dog ran on water and kept fetching the birds. The owner was expecting a comment or a compliment about his amazing dog, but never got one. As they were returning home, he asked his friend if he had noticed anything unusual about his dog. The friend replied, “Yes, in fact, I did notice something unusual. Your dog can’t swim.”

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The Real Meaning of Peace

The Real Meaning of Peace

“There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest – in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

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Self Confidence

Once a fisherman was sitting near seashore, under the shadow of a tree smoking his beedi. Suddenly a rich businessman passing by approached him and enquired as to why he was sitting under a tree smoking and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied that he had caught enough fishes for the day.

Hearing this the rich man got angry and said: Why don’t you catch more fishes instead of sitting in shadow wasting your time?

Fisherman asked: What would I do by catching more fishes?

Businessman: You could catch more fishes, sell them and earn more money, and buy a bigger boat.

Fisherman: What would I do then?

Businessman: You could go fishing in deep waters and catch even more fishes and earn even more money.

Fisherman: What would I do then?

Businessman: You could buy many boats and employ many people to work for you and earn even more money.

Fisherman: What would I do then?

Businessman: You could become a rich businessman like me.

Fisherman: What would I do then?

Businessman: You could then enjoy your life peacefully.

Fisherman: Isn’t that what I am doing now?

Moral You don’t need to wait for tomorrow to be happy and enjoy your life. You don’t even need to be more rich, more powerful to enjoy life. LIFE is at this moment, enjoy it fully.

As some great men have said My riches consist not in extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

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IP Awareness 

Numerical Computing of Preimage Domains of Slit Domains

TM Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (UTM-CIAM) & Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science would like to invite you to a talk entitled:

Numerical Computing of Preimage Domains of Slit Domains

by: Prof. Dr. Mohamed M.S. Nasser (Qatar University)

Lecture Hall 1, 105 – Block C17,

Faculty of Science UTM, JB

22 Jan 2018 (Monday)

2.30 pm – 4.00 pm

This talk is a part of UTM-CIAM & Department of Mathematical Sciences monthly

Mathematics in Industry Seminar Series.

The abstract and poster about the event is attached below.
Please feel free to extend the invitation to your colleagues and students.

International Research Symposium Series 2018

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management 2018

2nd IEOM European International Conference on
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Paris, France, July 26-27, 2018

Venue:
 IESEG’s Paris Campus, La Défense
www.ieomsociety.org/paris2018/

 

Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=JxqPV50

 

IEOM Society International, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a premier international platform and forum for academics, researchers, scientists and practitioners to exchange ideas and provide insights into the latest developments and advancements in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. After having successfully 1stEuropean Conference in Bristol, UK, the IEOM Society is organising the 2nd European Conference in Paris, France during July 26-27, 2018. The event will be held at the IESEG’s Paris Campus, La Défense.

 

The 2nd IEOM European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management aims at providing a platform for academics, researchers, scientists and practitioners to exchange ideas and to bridge the gap between the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management theory and its application in solving the most current problems and challenges faced by 21stcentury organisations. Hence, the conference is also expected to foster networking, collaboration and a joint effort among the conference participants to advance the theory and practice as well as to identify major trends in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.

 

Topics covering industrial issues/applications and theoretical research, but are not limited to:

  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Decision Sciences
  • E-Business and E-Commerce
  • Energy and Resource Efficiency
  • Engineering Economy, Education & Management
  • Facilities Planning and Management
  • Global Manufacturing
  • High Value Manufacturing
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Information Technology and Information Systems
  • Inventory Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lean and Six Sigma
  • Logistics, Transport and Traffic Management
  • Manufacturing Design and Servitisation
  • Operations Management and Operations Research
  • Product design and development
  • Production Planning and Control
  • Project Management
  • Quality Engineering, Control and Management
  • Reliability and Maintenance
  • Reverse Logistics and Green Systems
  • Service Systems and Service Management
  • Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Sustainability in Supply Chains and Operations
  • Sustainability in Manufacturing, Services, Logistics, and Freight transportation
  • Sustainable Manufacturing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Technology Management
  • Tools for Sustainable Manufacturing and Service Systems Design, Management, and Performance Measurement
  • Waste Management

SPECIAL TRACK: Systems Dynamics

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: 1 February 2018
Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2018
Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 1 April 2018
Registration deadline: 1 May 2018
Conference: 26-27 July 2018

Conference Chairs
Dr. Linda L. Zhang, Professor of Operations Management, IESEG School of Management, Paris La Défense, France
Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Programs, Lawrence Tech University, Michigan, USA

2018 IEOM Paris Website: www.ieomsociety.org/paris2018/
Email: info@ieomsociety.org

Jom Kurus

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