Dr. Kyaw Thein

by Hla Min

Update : 11th November 2026

Highlights

• Matriculated in 1958
• Top of Mathematics Honors in 1962
• He was Tutor in I. Sc. (A) at Leik Khone in 1963
• Doctorate from Southampton University, UK
• Taught Political Science at RC
• Principal, Sittwe College
• Succeeded Dr. Tin Maung as Rector, ICST
• Succumbed to Covid

5th ICST/ UCSY Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe

He told attendees that I was Generation Zero, Bo Htay was Generation One, and he was Generation Two.

I. Sc (A)

• He was a fledgling tutor in the Mathematics Department in 1963.
• He held Tutorial for the topics taught by U Khin Zaw, Mr. Choudry and Daw Khin Ma Ma.
• He encouraged me.
• I was a Top student in I.Sc. (A).

UK

• U TAG (EC69), Soe Win (EC70) and I visited Southampton University to see Saya U Soe Paing and U Aung Zaw.

• He was doing his Ph.D. He was working on Differentiable Manifold and related topics. He and U Aung Zaw joined us to see Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, and a Safari.

New Maths & Children’s Treasury of Knowledge

• As Dr. Chit Swe’s assistant and general hand, I worked on several projects with the Maths sayas (including Dr. Kyaw Thein).