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Alumni Success Stories
Akary Hlaing
Meet Akary Hlaing, a proud graduate of AIUโs ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐), ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ from ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
Driven by a passion for technology and innovation, Akary plans to pursue her Masterโs in Computing, focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, tackling the challenges of our digital future.
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Beyond academics, she has been a dedicated leader, serving as an EXCO member of the SCI Committee and Logistics Officer for the AIU Myanmar Student Association, where she actively contributed to events and volunteer initiatives that uplifted her community.
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Guided by her motto, โ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ,โ Akary blends academic excellence, leadership, and volunteerism as she charts her path toward becoming a cybersecurity consultant, committed to strengthening digital security and creating safer, more resilient online spaces.
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๐ฅ Watch her video to hear Akaryโs story and her inspiring journey at AIU.
Nor Farah Wardina Binti Haji Bakar
๐ฌ Meet Nor Farah Wardina Binti Haji Bakar โ AIU alumna from the ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐), ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ.
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With a Diploma in English Communication, Farah has always been drawn to well-written stories and visually striking films. That curiosity led her into media and film-making. At AIU, she consistently made the ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐, gaining hands-on experience by working with the audio team during AIUโs first convocation and with the set & design team for the Social Business Podcast.
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Sheโs also lent her voice and presence as an Emcee for public lectures, documentaries, short film screenings, and gala nights.
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Amir Qusyairi Bin Abdul Karim
Say hello to Amir Qusyairi Bin Abdul Karim, proud AIU alumnus from the ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐), Class of 2024.
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Born and raised in Pulau Pinang, Amir grew up in a warm and supportive family with his parents and four siblings always cheering him on. That same spirit of support continued during his years at AIU, where his lecturers, friends, and the community played a big part in shaping his journey, something he remains truly grateful for.
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At AIU, Amir discovered the value of community work, learning what humanity really means, and how important time management is. His campus life taught him discipline, focus, and dedication. As an active member of the 3ZERO Club, he got involved in social business projects, climate change education, and even helped run a student-led eco cafรฉ that serves affordable, healthy meals.
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These experiences sharpened his leadership skills and fueled his dream of becoming a future-ready educator. With a heart set on giving back, Amir hopes to continue serving his parents, community, and country while holding on to the values that shaped him.
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Passionate about research and lifelong learning, Amir has now been awarded the Turkiye Scholarship (YTB) to pursue a Masterโs in Education Management at Atatรผrk University.
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Khalfuu Khamis Salim
Meet Khalfuu Khamis Salim โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐), ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ
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From Tanzania to AIU, Khalfuu Khamis Salim has grown into a young leader with purpose, adaptability, and a clear vision for change. Since 2021, she has stood out for her spirit, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.
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Beyond academics, Khalfuu made a mark through service and leadership. At AIU, she mentored peers as part of the University Peers Committee and led Women Empowerment initiatives under the African Student Association. Professionally, she gained hands-on experience as a Business Development Intern at Travel Tech Sdn. Bhd., strengthening her expertise in research, proposal writing, and analysis.
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Her engagement extended beyond campus as well, where she actively participated in international events such as the Perak Ummatic Festival 3.0, reflecting her passion for cultural exchange and community building.
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With her energy and vision, Khalfuu embodies the values of AIU, nurturing graduates who are committed to creating meaningful change in society.
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Vanessa Stephen Mollel
๐๐๐จ ๐๐น๐๐บ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ โ Vanessa Stephen Mollel, ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐)
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Born in Arusha, Tanzania, Vanessa Stephen Mollel embodies resilience, leadership, and purpose. Growing up in a modest family, she held firmly to her guiding mantra: โ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ; ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ญ: ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.โ
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At AIU, Vanessa consistently excelled, earning her place on the Deanโs List while also serving in numerous leadership roles, from President of Plastigo Social Business and the Economics Student Association to Deputy Campus Director of the Hult Prize and Managing Director of 3zLittle Mag.
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She was also an active force in student life, contributing to HICOM Peers Club, the African Students Association, and leading in sports as Vice President of the Football Club and Treasurer of the Handball Club, where she celebrated multiple victories.
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Beyond campus, Vanessa made an impact globally and locally, organising youth entrepreneurship workshops in Tanzania, teaching English to Thai students under the RTL project, supporting fellow AIU students through economics tutorials, and championing social initiatives like soup kitchens for the needy. Her work also includes contributions to the Social Business Podcast, Catalyst Unleashed Volume 2, and becoming a winner of the Eat4Environment Challenge by the Global 3ZERO Club.
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With her dream of becoming Tanzaniaโs Minister of Finance, Vanessa continues to pursue a future where education, economic empowerment, and social good create lasting change. Her journey at AIU is all about a vision for a brighter tomorrow for Tanzania and beyond.
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Watch the video highlights of Vanessaโs inspiring journey at AIU.
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Abdullah Aiyash
AIU proudly celebrates the journey of ๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต, an alumnus from Sri Lanka who graduated with a ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐) (๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐). He was also the recipient of the Vice Chancellorโs Award in the Class of 2024.
Currently, Aiyash runs a wholesale and retail grocery business in Sri Lanka, managing a team of three employees. At the same time, he is preparing for his next chapter, pursuing further studies at Kuwait University starting next month.
Reflecting on his time at AIU, Aiyash shares how the universityโs multicultural environment shaped him:
โ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ.โ
We are proud of Abdullahโs journey and look forward to his next chapter. ๐๐ป๐๐
AIU Alumni Spotlight
