This year has been rewarding for Fiji National University (FNU) academic Dr Ravita Prasad who scooped the Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award 2020 in the category of Higher Degree by Research. The award comes as icing on the cake after Dr Prasad recently won the College of Engineering, Science and Technology (CEST) 2019 Teaching Excellence…Read More

While growing up, 28-year-old Krishneel Kant loved watching his father prepare cars for drag racing. This sparked an interest in Kant to explore the mechanics of the automotive industry. He learnt the basics of the profession from his father and later enrolled in the programme Certificate IV in Automotive Engineering (Heavy Commercial Vehicle) at Fiji…Read More

Curiosity and fascination about building structures at a young age had Kavitesh Chand dreaming about pursuing a career in the field of engineering. Chand said he enjoyed reading articles and watching videos on the construction of complex structures. The ‘affection’ grew deeper and it did not come as a surprise to Chand’s family as he…Read More

Skilled personnel with blue-collar jobs need more recognition and acknowledgement for their contributions to our economy and given the critical role they needed to be valued, according to Senior Technical Officer – Standards & Engineering at Land Transport Authority (LTA), Razik Sharoof Khan. Khan said Fiji is privileged to be able to produce technically skilled…Read More