Blog Post #6: Biodata of Divya Rajendran

I am a 4th year Bioengineering student in National University of Singapore specializing in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. On the basis of my academic and co-curricular activities in my pre-university days I was awarded SIA-NOL Scholarship to pursue my undergraduate degree in NUS. I can converse in English, Japanese and Tamil fluently.

I am an active volunteer in community service having been a member of Satiya Sai NUH befriending Program for two years .I am also an active mentor in Rotaract NUS-BP Mentoring program and was appointed the co-ordinator for Bukit Merah Secondary School in 2007. I am a self-motivated person who pursues my goals with determination.

Blog Post #5 : Reflecting on the Research Project

When people with different backgrounds and personalities work together, it gives rise to new and creative ideas. When working with different people, problems of communicating with each other is a norm. Both of my team mates are very different from me and from each other, however, we were able to effectively communicate our ideas, praise or any type of dissatisfaction. All of us, were able to take on constructive criticisms and also were able to give back positive feedback. I believe that I have gained two new friends through this project.

Major hurdle for our group, was probably the time constraint. Having to submit at least one part of the report every class did take a toll on us. Especially since, it coincided with some of other project reports, tests, presentations and also certain health problems. We did lose our path and found ourselves lost at some point, however, we did pull ourselves together once the storm had passed and are back on track.

For our oral presentation, I think we should focus on how to effectively communicate with the audience. We should focus on our organization regarding the framework of our presentation. In addition, we should also work on being more persuasive and convincing in our way of speech