UCC

by Hla Min

Update : July 2025

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• Wrote 40+ posts on “Memories of UCC”.
• A summary was published in the Magazine for the 30th Anniversary of the founding of ICST.

Founders

• Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe founded Universities’ Computer Center with the help of Saya U Soe Paing, Saya U Myo Min, and Saya U Ko Ko Lay
• They led TOSS (Team Of System Specialists), which assisted the computerization of government departments and organizations.

Dr. Chit Swe

• My mentor at UCC
• Alumnus of Mandalay University; Imperial College, London University; University of Glasgow; University of Liverpool
• Head of Maths Department at the Institute of Economics when he proposed the UCC project
• Became Professor of Maths at RASU and Founder-Director of UCC
• Retired as Rector of RASU
• Continued teaching and supervising research in Thailand and Australia.
• Passed away in Sydney Australia in late 2019.

U Soe Paing

• My mentor at RIT & UCC
• Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1956. He stood 13th in the whole of Burma and won Collegiate Scholarship
• In the RU Convocation in 1958, he won two medals: one for highest score for combined I.Sc. (A) and I.Sc.(B), and another for joint highest score for Mathematics in combined I.Sc.(A) and I.Sc.(B).
• While attending classes at the Faculty of Engineering, he was awarded a Government Scholarship to study BSEE and MSEE at Stanford University.
• In 1964, he joined EE Department at RIT as Assistant Lecturer.
• Helped with the UCC Project.
  In April 1971, Saya transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division.
• M.Sc. (CS) from University of Southampton, UK
• Wrote “Computer Ah Sa UCC Ga” in a computer magazine in Myanmar. It was re-posted in “Mandalay Gazette”
• Retired from UN after working on UN projects in several countries.
• In July 2020, he gave an interview to MASTAA.

U Myo Min

• Matriculated as a top student from SPHS in 1958.
• Won a Gold medal in 1960 for standing first among the I.Com students.
• Won another Gold medal in 1962 for standing first among the B.Com (Accounting) students.
• Chartered Account
• Worked for IBM UK
• Returned to Burma
• Joined UCC as Manager of Applications
• Masters in System Engineering from the University of Lancaster, UK
• Later worked in Singapore and USA

U Ko Ko Lay

• Classmate of U Soe Paing at SPHS and Stanford University.
• While attending classes at the Faculty of Engineering, he was awarded a Government Scholarship to study BSCE and MSCE at Stanford University.
• Joined PWD as an assistant engineer.
• Dr. Chit Swe & U Soe Paing recruited him to help with the UCC project.
• In April 1971, Saya transferred to UCC as Manager of Operations Division
• Masters in System Engineering from the University of Lancaster, UK
• Later served as Manager for Scientific Applications at UCC, Professor of Computer Science at DCS, and Professor of Information Systems at ICST.
• He is GBNF.

Posts

• Computer Science, Technology and Applications
• Computing Pioneers in Burma
• Memories of UCC — Series of articles
• Paying back to my alma mater
• UCC Founders
• @hmin3664 — to access my videos