SDS ‘GET REAL’ SESSION: PASSION AND PURPOSE DRIVEN

It started with a fervent vision to expose students to learning out of the classroom from real-world encounters with insights delivered by inspiring young people. With that, Sunway Diploma Studies (SDS) created the GET REAL talk show, organised by staff committee from the Diploma of Information Technology (DIIT) and Diploma of Business (DBA).

The event brought four external panellists from various ventures to the stage for a talk-show: Keshvinder Dhillon, motoring expert, writer and co-founder of Bikes Republic; Mohamad Rahman a.k.a Prince, a Jeffrey Cheah Foundation scholar, former model and co-founder of non-governmental organisation – United World Academy; Veronica Pereira, special needs consultant and founder of social enterprise GroupDen PlayGroup Services; and Choo Suet Yi (Vix), our fellow SDS alumna and cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

Participants included SDS students and staff who came intrigued to gain practical insights from enthusiastic and courageous young panellists with their respective pursuits.

Through the Q&A session led by two staff moderators, the participants were enlightened about what inspired the panellists to kick-off their various ventures and what challenges they faced.  

Keshvinder spoke about his profit-based company in the automotive industry, and Prince related about the setting up a Refugee school. Veronica shared the setbacks she faced starting a niche social enterprise for kids on the spectrum.

Participants got to distinguish the nature and operations of the profit-based and non-profit businesses. The youngest panellist Suet Yi enthralled the student audience with her impeccable knowledge of the world of cryptocurrency as a free-lancer.

The GET REAL talk show themed ‘Passion and Purpose-driven Ventures’ aptly represented the team of panellist and their pursuits. As they shared, there were accompanying attention-grabbing visuals while the moderators posed questions in a relaxed conversational-style approach. Besides live questions, there were also questions posted by the participants through Padlet, an online collaborative platform. After the group photo, the panelist expressed how they thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience of sharing to fellow young people at Sunway College.

Sunway Diploma Studies continues to make learning practical and relevant while striving to inject some inspiration to maximise the student learning experience.