Driven by goal to succeed


Proud moment: Arivananthan flanked by his father K. Kanakasundar, 58, and mother Prema Subramaniam, 53, after the convocation ceremony at Management and Science University, Shah Alam. — Bernama

SHAH ALAM: Family hardship and parental encouragement inspired a young man to graduate with a Master’s degree in Food Service Technology and scoop the President’s Award at the 30th Convocation of Management and Science University (MSU).

Arivananthan Kanakasundar, 29, said that even though the torments of hardship often tested his family, he turned the travails of life into momentum for knowledge and changed their fate of a destitute life.

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