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2020 VUPA Board - recieving the CAPA citizen of the year award - absent; Carmelina, Omella and Pooja
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Jeremy Yap
President Ruwangi Fernando Vice-President - Research David Lopez Vice-President - Coursework Pooja Gangur Secretary Omella Jayasinghe Treasurer |
Carmelina Monea Equity & Diversity Officer Richa Senjalia Equity & Diversity Officer Ajay Srinivasagan Events Officer Vacant Social Media Officer |
Meet Your 2020 VUPA Board Members
Jeremy YapPresident
Course – Masters of Exercise Physiology by coursework
College & Campus – Sport and Exercise Science Footscray Park, City Flinders and St. Albans Languages – English What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2020? I would like to foster a greater community atmosphere and collaboration amongst postgrads Something interesting about me? I attended university for the first time at the age of 42 |
Ruwangi FernandoVice President - Research
Course – Doctor of Philosophy
College & Campus – College of Engineering and Science, Footscray Park Campus Languages – English, Sinhalese, Tamil What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2020? I would like to give a voice to research students within Victoria University and address some unique challenges faced by Research students such as Procrastination and Isolation for both international and local student communities. Something interesting about me? I love to learn about different cultures, travel around Australia and meet and engage with like-minded people. |
David LopezVice President - Coursework
Course – Master of Busininess Analytics
College & Campus – City Flinders Languages – English, Malayalam What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2020? Greater support and voice for the post graduate - course work students and more presence for VUPA among post grad students. Continue the discussion with the management on extending the working hours of the library. Mental wellbeing is something that is overlooked by many. I would strive to make a change to this status quo by aiming to educate students on this subject, through VUPA. Something interesting about me – I am pursuing my second Master’s degree. Passionate about human resources. Love to explore new places. |
Pooja GangurSecretary
Course – Master of Business Analytics
College & Campus – City Flinders Languages – English, Hindi, Gujarati What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2020? Something interesting about me? |
Omella JayasingheTreasurer
Course – Masters of Business Accounting
College & Campus – Business, City Flinders Languages – English, Sinhalese, elementary French I'm interested in...collaborating with other societies and schools at Vic Uni and external organisations to take VUPA to the next level. |
Carmelina MoneaEquity Officer
Course – Masters of Research
College & Campus – Research Institute of Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Footscray Park Language – English, Italian I'm interested in... connecting with the postgraduate community |
Richa SenjaliaEquity Officer
Course – Master of Business Analytics
College & Campus – City Flinders Languages – English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2020? Something interesting about me? |
Ajay SrinivasaganEvents Officer
Course – Master of Business Analytics
College & Campus – City Flinders Languages – English, Tamil, Telugu What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2020? I want to try and connect as many postgraduates as possible across the Victoria University campuses as a team. Something interesting about me? I started my career as a mechanical engineer. However, I always had a fascination with different facets of business, which lead me to pursue master’s in business analytics. |
VacantSocial Media & Marketing Officer
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College & Campus – Languages – What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads? – Something interesting about me? – |
