The finalists for the International Alumnus of the Year Award 2009 are:

• Over 8 years of professional experience with academia, non- governmental sector and the United Nations, with a demonstrated potential to manage both Rights based & Results based approaches to programming in both regular and emergency settings

• Strives to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable women and children in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, one of the most deprived and under developed areas of her country

• Programme Communication Officer, UNICEF, Peshawar (UNICEF Emergency Programme is responding to one of the largest internal displacement crises in the world, wherein almost three million people, out of whom sixty percent are women and children, have been forced to leave their homes in the conflict hit areas in the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan – working to ensure that the world humanitarian community know about this crisis immediately and respond to it urgently)

• AusAID Scholar for 2006

• Chevening Scholar for 2006

• FulBright Scholar for 2006

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• Been working in the field of Pharmacognosy and Natural products since 1979

• Associate Professor in Pharmacognosy at Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

• Has received the United States Patent, and Thailand patent from her research entitled “Andrographis paniculata gel as an adjunct in treatment of adult periodontitis”, and will receive the patent from EU countries soon.

• FAPA Ishidate Award 2006 in the field of Pharmaceutical Research (2006)

• Honorable Award for a Major Advisor and Chairman of Thesis Committee of a Ph.D student (2006 – 2009)

• The Nagai Award Thailand for Research (2003)

• First Prize Invention Award of Thai Inventor in the field of medicinal plants from The Thailand Productivity Institute (2002)

• The Best Invention Award in the Fields of Sciences, Chemistry and Pharmacy form the Research Council of Thailand (2002)

• Certificate from Bulgarian American Chamber of Commerce & Industry for Special Deserts in Thailand in the Field of Innovation (2001)

• Diploma of Silver medal from Brussels Eureka 2001 : 50^th Anniversary of the World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology (2001) 

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• Awarded a full scholarship of the Atlantic Philanthropies Coursework Masters Scholarship Program funded by the Atlantic Foundation (The United States) and administered by The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) and Vietnam National University (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) to undertake the Master of Social Planning and Development (2001-2002)

• Institutional Development Specialist, Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), Phu My Irrigation Project, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam – increasing agricultural production through the improvement of the irrigation system in Phu My District of Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam

• Social Support Consultant, Black & Veatch International (BVI), Phuoc Hoa Water Resources Project, Vietnam - transferring surplus flow from the Song Be River to provide additional water in the Saigon and Vam Co Dong river basins for development of irrigated agriculture and to supplement existing supplies for salinity control and Domestic, Municipal, and Industrial (DMI) use in Ho Chi Minh City and the surrounding provinces (2006 – 2007)

• Consultant for Microfinance Program Development, Dariu Foundation – Sai Gon Children’s Charity (SCC), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - providing microcredit to increase income-earning opportunities for poor parents in order to help them maintain their children’s schooling and education (2006)

• Consultancy to Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), Project Management Unit (PMU 415), Vietnam, Tan Hoa – Lo Gom Canal Sanitation and Urban Upgrading Project - contributing to a better quality of life of the population in the Tan Hoa–Lo Gom Canal area in Ho Chi Minh City and strengthening the capacity of the communities and institutions involved in environment, housing, socio-economic improvement and urban planning (2004 – 2006)

 
 

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