The STEAMunity programme, which stands for “STEAM community” is not just another exercise aimed at encouraging our youth to pick up STEAM or Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, it is much more meaningful.

There are a few firsts happening today. The first is the conferment of University Professorship on Professor Chong Tow Chong, who stepped down as President of SUTD end of July this year after helming SUTD for 14 years. The next “first” is a personal one – I am participating in this important occasion as President of SUTD for the very first time. Lastly, today’s commencement ceremony is the first for our pioneer batch of postgraduates from our Masters of Science in Technology and Design in Cybersecurity and Sustainable Product Design.