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SUTD Honour’s Lists
Congratulations to our ESD students for having clinched the Honours List!
Year 2023
Sophomore and Junior Years
Anirudh Bharadwaj
Boey Sze Min, Jeanelle
Chai Yu Cheng, Raynard
Ethan Leng Chuanzhi
Ezra Lerh Zi Hui
Hon Xue Yi
Hung Fong Ching Hillman
Joash Tan Jia Le
Ong Jun Da
Senior Year
Chen Yijia
Ge Ziyu
Gunjan Agarwal
Lim Azib Bin Adam
Su Chang
Tan Shu Yi
Yong Zhe Rui Gabriel
Team / Personal Achievements
Congratulations for receiving these awards!
Raise the Bär: BJB Global Student Innovation Program 2024
ESD senior, Anirudh Bharadwaj, together with CSD seniors, Akash Chandrasekar and Sarang Nirwan participated in the competition Raise the Bär: BJB Global Student Innovation Program from April - June 2024 and emerged as winners after making their product pitch to a panel of judges that included senior management at Bank Julius Baer and Tenity. The team was awarded SGD $30,000 as paid proof-of-concept to bring the project idea to life, with aims of potentially commercializing the solution.
Manufacturing, Trade, & Connectivity from High Performance Computing AI Innovation Challenge (HPCIC 2023)
Jordan Tay (ESD Masters), Jetanat Datephanyawat (ESD PhD), Nutchanon Suvittawat (ESD PhD), Liu Zhihao (ESD PhD) and Christian Kurniawan (ISTD PhD) won the 2nd runner up award in Student (Senior) category for Manufacturing, Trade, & Connectivity from High Performance Computing AI Innovation Challenge (HPCIC 2023) held by National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore.
Project Management Institute Singapore Chapter Student Competition 2023
Amrita Shah and Gunjan Agarwal achieved the first runner-up position in the final round of the Project Management Institute Singapore Chapter Student Competition 2023, securing a SGD 2,000 prize on November 24th. The competition, centered around the theme "Harnessing the Power of Generative AI to Transform Business Efficiencies," required participants to adeptly utilise and apply project management knowledge and skills. Their team was among the top 8 from nearly 50 entries in round 1 on the basis of their well-crafted project charter, allowing them to proceed to the final round, where they did us proud!
Team members: Gunjan Agarwal (ESD Senior) & Amrita Shah (ISTD Senior)
SEA Games 2023
Foo Wenxin (ESD Junior) was awarded Gold Medal for Women’s Floorball during SEA Games 2023.
Julius Baer x Tenity Intrapreneurship Program 2023
A group of SUTD students, Chan Wei Jie Ivan (CSD Junior), Kwa Yu Liang (ESD Junior), and Loy Xing Jun (ESD Junior), participated in an intrapreneurship challenge for bank Julius Baer and was awarded 1st prize and a 12-month fully paid intrapreneurship program with the company.
Inter-Collegiate Cup (ICC) (March 2023)
Chong Shuting (ESD Senior) was a member of the Women's Tchoukball team that clinched the 1st Runner-up position for the Inter-Collegiate Cup (ICC) that was held in March 2023.
Youth Action Challenge Season 4 (Oct 2022 – Feb 2023)
A group of SUTD students, Tan Zen Sheen (ESD Senior), Claudia Lai (DAI Senior), Tan Shu Yi (ESD Senior), Reina Peh (ESD Senior) and Darren Chow (EPD Senior) joined the Youth Action Challenge Season 4 (Oct 2022 – Feb 2023). Their project Silver Online Service (under the Support for the Vulnerable Groups theme) was awarded a total grant of S$11,000.
Accenture University Innovation Challenge 2023
A group of SUTD students, Justin Wong (ESD Junior), Emily Chee (ESD Junior), Tee Yue Wan (ESD Junior), Ng Qiao Wen (ESD Junior), and Ng Xue Min (ISTD Junior) joined the Accenture innovation challenge in January 2023. The problem statement was “How might we help the travel and hospitality industry reduce carbon emissions”. The challenge spanned over two weeks, and the team was assigned a mentor, Ishan Girdhar who patiently gave them insightful feedback and prepared them for the final presentation/pitching to the judges. The team emerged as one of the finalists out of six groups. Through this event, the students gained more exposure to Accenture’s culture and networked with many like-minded individuals. All of them had a return offer for Fall Internship 2023 with Accenture.
Player of the Year Award 2022
Chirag Shivakumar (ESD Senior) was a member of Singapore Cricket Club and was awarded the "Player of the Year" award for 2022, reflecting on his entire 2022 season performances.
Singapore University Games (SUniG) 2022
Chong Shuting (ESD Senior) was a member of the Champion team who won the Women's Tchoukball Competition, Singapore University Games (SUniG) 2022 (mid-Sep to mid-Oct 2022).