| |
Six
scholarships, each worth 307,800
Baht, support by the Australian
Federal Police and the Australian
Embassy, Thailand were awarded
to the graduate students of Mahidol
University. Prof. Skorn Mongkolsuk,
Ph.D., Dean, Faculty of Science,
Mahidol University received the
scholarships on behalf of the
students in the Master of Science
Programme in Forensic Science
in a scholarship presentation
ceremony held on Monday, May 25th,
2009 at room K102, Chalermprakiet
Building, Faculty of Science,
Phayathai campus.
H.E. Mr.
Paul Grigson, Australian Ambassador
to the Kingdom of Thailand presided
in the presentation of Australian
Federal Police (AFP) – Australian
Embassy scholarship. The scholarship
aims to develop human resource
in the field of forensic science
in Thailand, in particular for
the students in Master of Science
Programme in Forensic Science,
Mahidol University. This year,
four police officers from the
Office of Police Forensic Science,
Royal Thai Police, and two governmental
officers from the Central Institute
of Forensic Science, Ministry
of Justice, received the scholarship.
Honorary guests, Police Major
General Prapat Kontrong, Deputy
Commissioner of the Royal Thai
Police’s Office of Police Forensic
Science, and Dr. Khunying Porntip
Rojanasunan , Director of Central
Institute of Forensic Science,
Ministry of Justice, and Prof.
Chumpon Wilasrusmee, Assistant
to the President for International
Affairs, Mahidol University, attended
the ceremony.
 The
Master of Science Programme in
Forensic Science (International
Programme) was launched in 2004,
aiming to produce graduates in
forensic science, who specializes
in laboratory analysis and assisting
law enforcement. Forensic science
is considered a discipline that
is short on human resource, and
there is an urgent need. This
program was developed in collaboration
with the Forensic Science Unit,
University of Strathclyde in UK,
where forensic science has been
taught since 1966, and the two
main forensic agencies in Thailand,
The Royal Thai Police Office of
Forensic Science (RTPOFS), and
the Central Institute of Forensic
Science (CIFS), Ministry of Justice.
This program is a 12 months program.
To-date, there is a total of 45
graduates. The graduates entered
to work in various governmental
agencies such as the Ministry
of Justice, Royal Thai Army, hospitals,
various universities as well as
private sector. Currently, there
are 45 students enrolled in the
program, and six students received
the scholarship from the Australian
Government similar to the previous
year, which was the first year
in awarding the scholarship.
Post
Date : May 28, 2009 |
