Wednesday May 28, 2008
Mugging cuts short MIC global project
KUALA LUMPUR: A 12-month tour of 93 universities in 69 countries by Putera MIC's first Malaysia Global ambassador has been derailed after he was robbed in Teheran, Iran.
V. Vighneswaran, 28, was robbed of US$500 cash and his passport in April, forcing him to return home.
"I was mugged by three youths after visiting a university in Teheran. I had no choice but to return to Malaysia to get a replacement passport," he said, adding that he would continue with his mission on June 1.
Vighneswaran had already visited 23 universities – 11 in India, two in Nepal, two in the United Arab Emirates and eight in Iran – when he was mugged.
I will return: Vighneswaran shaking hands with Goa Institute of Management dean P. Mirchandani during his visit to India recently.
Among the universities were Anna University, Madras Medical College and Melaka Manipal Medical College in India; University of Management in Kathmandu, Nepal; Dubai School of Government and American University of Sharjah in UAE; and Iran University of Science and Technology, Sharif University of Technology, University of Teheran, Shahid Behesti University and Shiraz University in Iran.
Vighneswaran, who is pursuing a doctorate in economics at Universiti Malaya, said he had received encouraging response from the universities he had visited.
The Malaysian Global Ambassador Project, which was launched by Putera MIC in January, is aimed at creating a world-class higher education system in Malaysia.
On the completion of the project, a working paper on the world's top ranked universities will be presented to the Higher Education Ministry
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