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Serious NTU just recruited Ah Neh (Big Bro) Professor Subra Suresh As Head

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American scientist Subra Suresh has been named the president of NTU.PHOTO: COURTESY OF SANDY SCHAEFFER



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Professor Subra Suresh with his wife Mary on July 11, 2013.PHOTO: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY


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Eminent American scientist Subra Suresh to head NTU



SINGAPORE - A leading American scientist who was handpicked by former president Barack Obama to helm the National Science Foundation in the United States, was on Thursday (July 13) named the fourth president of Nanyang Technological University.

Professor Subra Suresh, 61, who will take over from the current NTU President Bertil Andersson, had until recently served as President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, an institution internationally known for education and research in computer science and engineering.

Prof Suresh is considered one of the most distinguished scientists in the US, if not the world. He was chosen by Mr Obama to serve as Director of the National Science Foundation, the agency charged with advancing science and engineering research and education in the US between 2010 and 2013.

In 2013 he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in the US. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, making him one of the only 19 American scientists to be elected to all three branches.

He also holds the distinction of being the first Asian-born professor to have served as engineering dean of the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he attained his doctorate in science. His undergraduate degree was from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in Chennai.

As MIT's engineering dean, he launched and oversaw the growth of a number of MIT's major international programmes in different parts of the world, including the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) programme, the first of several international research centres established under an initial $1 billion initiative called Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (Create) in Singapore.

At NTU, Prof Suresh will step into the shoes of Professor Andersson, a renowned Swedish plant biochemist who took over the helm at NTU in 2011, after having served as provost for four years.

Before coming to NTU he had served as rector (president) of Linkoping University, Sweden, and chief executive of the European Science Foundation. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Nobel Foundation.

Under his tenure NTU has ramped up research and as a result, climbed in many international rankings, including the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) global league table where it went from being ranked 74th in 2010, to 11th this year, beating the National University of Singapore.

Earlier today, NTU was also ranked the world's top young university for the fourth straight year by QS.


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Professor Subra Suresh named President of NTU Singapore​

Published on: 13-Jul-2017


http://media.ntu.edu.sg/NewsReleases/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=7f9a5965-dc2c-4351-af9b-28128bba6e54
 

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Wow! He's from Carnegie Mellon University leh.

Looks like a boost for the Smart Nation project. CMU is top in Cybersecurity.
 

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Bingo bro, you made the connection. Yes thats one of the major focus area for smart nation. CM is still the central hub for Cyber security. Abt 2 years ago Temasek told Singtel to acquire a major player from the US, I always wondered if it was connected to the ongoing hacking or HC got the inside track and used Singtel as cover.

Wow! He's from Carnegie Mellon University leh.

Looks like a boost for the Smart Nation project. CMU is top in Cybersecurity.
 

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Bingo bro, you made the connection. Yes thats one of the major focus area for smart nation. CM is still the central hub for Cyber security. Abt 2 years ago Temasek told Singtel to acquire a major player from the US, I always wondered if it was connected to the ongoing hacking or HC got the inside track and used Singtel as cover.

Doesnt look like a promotion . Sad :(
 

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The national resources will be given to him. He will get what he wants. These guys are driven by academic and scientific accomplishments. In Singapore you don't have to sing for your supper (research grants) once they classify it as priority. The CERN alumni will be following soon.

Doesnt look like a promotion . Sad :(
 

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Very soon NTU staff room will have tiffin lunch delivered....mostly vegetarian style too.
 

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and there will be more a neh staffs...its their way in
helping their own kind...n sinkies u die ur bussiness..
 

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Very soon NTU staff room will have tiffin lunch delivered....mostly vegetarian style too.

This is the kind of thinking that kills Sinkies. We are so blinded by prejudices we don't see what's about to run us over.
 

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"He is a recipient of 11 honorary doctorate degrees from universities in the United States, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, India, China, and the United Kingdom."
 

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It will interesting to see what pulled him over as CM is clearly ahead of NTU. Looks like his short tenure and early exit from CM has ruffled feathers.
 

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It will interesting to see what pulled him over as CM is clearly ahead of NTU. Looks like his short tenure and early exit from CM has ruffled feathers.



Anything smell of Obama is a query. A promise of a sgp passport and renumeration double.
 

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Just heard from a kaki that he was poached for 2 things, CM's strength in Cybersecurity and Robotics as in automated driver-less cars. Last year NTU was designated as the country's testbed for driver-less cars, working closely with LTA. By the way NTU braintrust (trustees) have gone up by a couple of notches and Lim Chun Poh - Chair of *Star is in it as well. Looks like is going to be an interesting ride.

Anything smell of Obama is a query. A promise of a sgp passport and renumeration double.
 
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