UM ‘Cuties’ nail USD10k top prize


Big winners: (from left) TCS Asia Pacific president Girish Ramachandran and Tong with Debbie, Qiao Fang, Yan Rou, Li De and Eugene.

CALLING themselves “The Cuties”, five students at Universiti Malaya (UM) did the country proud when their team emerged the Asean champion at a recent competition that saw the participation of over 100 teams from Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Open to pre-university and university students, the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Sustainathon 2021 challenged participants to conceptualise innovative ideas and sustainability-focused solutions by leveraging technology with the “Reimagining Education” theme in mind.

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