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Engineering Schools in Burma

  • Zaw Min Nawaday (EP70)

    He matriculated from St. Albert’s High School, Maymyo in 1964. He was admitted as the Top Student (with Roll Number One) to the first ever 1st BE Class at the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).

    In 1970, he graduated with Bachelor of Engineering (BE) with specialization in Electrical Power (EP).

    He worked for Heavy Industries Corporation (HIC) briefly and Ceramics Corporation.

    He moved to USA, did his MSEE with specialization in Electronics. He worked in the Electronics Industry until retirement.

    He was selected as RIT Luyechun (Outstanding Student) in the Summer of 1965 to attend Inlay Khaung Daing Camp.

    He wrote a long article about his memories at his alma mater. U Ohn Khine (M70) added details and posted in the Google Group for the 1st BE Intake. U Hla Min added the article and published it in RIT Alumni Newsletter.

    He played several sports. He tended goal for the Soccer team of his hostel, his class and discipline. He competed in Rowing and Track & Field.

    He was an Executive Committee Member and/or Secretary of Hostel Committee, RIT Burmese Association, RIT Mathematics Association, RIT Electrical Engineering Association, RIT English Association, RIT Track & Field Association, and RIT Magazine Committee.

    He and selected alumni invited Sayagyi U Ba Toke (Retired Professor of Engineering Mathematics at RIT) to attend the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya PU Zaw Pwe (fondly known as SPZP-2000) in San Francisco, California. He hosted Sayagyi at his (then) new house in Hayward California.

    Notes

    • He made waves when he complained about mismanagement at the Luyechun Camp.
      Later Camp Commandants were sayas (including Sayagyi U Ba Toke).
    • He added Nawaday to his name to minimize name conflicts (which are common for Burmese names).
    • Ko Ye Myint (son of Sayagyi U Ba Toke) and Ko Nyunt Maung San were Best Men at his wedding.
    • He competed in the English Debate between 1st year and 2nd year classes.
      He won as a 1st year student.
      He lost as a 2nd year student.
    • He was a preliminary selection for the RIT crew at RUBC.
    • He hiked to Rakkhine with Ko Han Tha Myint and Ko Sein Win.
      It was reported in the newspapers.
    • He lived and worked in New York and California.
      After retirement, he moved to Las Vegas.

  • SPZP-2012

    Yangon Times

    နေ့ — 2012 ဒီဇင်ဘာ 29

    နေရာ — ကြို့ကုန်း ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ကျောင်းဝင်း Gyogone Campus

    ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ — allows Alumni with different faiths and beliefs to pay back the Metta and Cetana of their former teachers

    ဆရာကန်တော့ပွဲ (Optional) — ကန်တော့ချိုး နဲ့ ဝန်ချတောင်းပန်

    အထူးဧည့်သည် — H.E ဦးအေးမြင့်

    အထူး ထုတ်ဝေ —-

    Commemorative Issue of Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for SPZP-2012 စွယ်တော်ရိပ်မဂ္ဂဇင်း

    History of Myanmar Engineering Education မြန်မာ အင်ဂျင်နီယာ ပညာရေးသမိုင်း

    Selected RIT Cartoons ကာတွန်းပေါင်းချုပ်

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    နေရာ — MICT Park

    Reunion Dinner and Entertainment

  • UCC 1

    Dr. Chit Swe

    Saya Dr. Chit Swe (GBNF) was Founder / Director of UCC and Professor of Mathematics at Rangoon Arts and Science University (RASU).

    He is a firm believer of Technology Transfer, Leapfrogging Technology, Lifelong Learning and Personnel Development.

    He initiated several programs for Technology Transfer. He organized Lectures and Seminars by Experts (Theory and Practice of Computing, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Computer Applications, …)

    Academic courses given under the aegis of Department of Mathematics include :

    • M.Sc. (Computer Science) with Options for Computer Systems and Applications
    • Diploma in Automatic Computing (DAC)

    Courses for computer users include :

    • Computer Orientation Course (COC)
    • Computer Programming Course (CPC)
    • Elective for Honors and Post-graduate in other disciplines
    • Intensive training, e.g. for the Population Census Data Processing
    • Special training, e.g. for those selected as State Scholars
    • Planning, e.g. for departments intending to purchase computers

    Dr. Tin Maung

    He succeeded Dr. Chit Swe as Director of UCC. During his tenure, the Department of Computer Science (DCS) was established at Rangoon University. The Institute of Computer Science and Technology (ICST) was later established with Dr. Tin Maung as the inaugural Rector.

    ICST offered Bachelor and Master courses in Computer Science and Computer Technology.

  • Photos (1)

    • Daw Nge Ma Ma Than
    • U Kyaw Mya Thein
    • U Kyaw Myint
    • U Lun (Thakin Kodaw Hmaing)
    • U Than Tun
    • U Han Zaw
    • U Thein Oo
    • Dr. Thein Htut
    • Dr. Nyunt Win
    • Pediatricians
    • RASU Rowing
    • Roll of Honor
    • University Athletes
    • U Wun

    Daw Nge Ma Ma Than (UCC, DCS, ICST)

    • She was a Prisoner of Conscience.
    • She is GBNF.
    • Spouse : Myint Swe
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    U Kyaw Mya Thein (Phy, ICST)

    • Author of “Kar Ku La Thin Char” (Calculus)
    • Saya passed away in Singapore.
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    U Kyaw Myint (Physics, DHE)

    • We were Guest Lecturers at Ngapali Luyechun Camp in the late 1980s.
    • Foundation established in Saya’s name.
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    U Lun (Thakin Kodaw Hmaing)

    • Sarcastically chose the name “Maung Hmaing” (Chin Baung Ywet The in a novel)
    • Known for his “Ti Ka(s)”.
    • Principal, Ah Myo Tha College
    • Mausoleum in Cantonment Park
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    U Than Tun

    • English Tution Saya known for his anecdotes (e.g. overseas experience)
    • Sons : U Myo Tun (Errol / Bobby, Architect turned Uzin), Harold (Soccer), Archie (Vocalist)
    • He is GBNF.
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    U Han Zaw

    • Minister
    • Past President of MES
    • Spouse : Thwin Thwin Aye Hmi (Olive)
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    U Thein Oo

    • Celebrated Golden Jubilee of Graduation in 2019 with the B.Com graduates of 1969
    • Taught at the Institute of Economics and UCC.
    • Founder of Ace
    • Spouse : Than Than Tint
    • Photo taken at the Soon Kwyay for their Wedding Anniversary
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    Dr. Thein Htut and Dr. Nyunt Win

    • Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold)
      Spouse : Wendy
    • Dr, Nyunt Win (Eddie)
      Spouse : Marie
    • They are in Australia
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    Pediatricians

    • Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint had written about Dr. Tin U and several senior and junior Pediatrians.
    • The following photo is from one his posts.
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    RASU Rowing

    • In the 1950s, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering produced several RUBC Golds.
    • In the mid 1960s, RASU won several Inter-Institute events.
    • Photo provided by Dr. Nyan Taw (Dicky)
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    Roll of Honor

    • There were donors — large and small, young and old, near and far — for the YTU Library Modernization Project.
    • Photo provided by U Wynn Htain Oo.
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    University Athletes

    • About twenty university athletes represented Burma in the Second SEAP Games held in Rangoon in December 1961.
    • Photo provided by Dr. Richard Yu Khin (who won a Yachting Gold with U Maung Maung Lwin)
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    U Wun

    • Minthuwun co-founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with Theikpan Maung Wa and Zawgyi.
    • Headed the Translation Department at Rangoon University
    • Served as Professor of Burmese
    • Visiting Professor to Osaka University
    • Compiler of Myanmar Abhidan
    • Laureate Poet and Distinguished Author
    • Children : Edgar, Ko Htin Kyaw, Ma Htar Cho
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  • RIT Departments

    ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဌာနများ

    (ကနဦး) Engineering ဌာနများ

    • Architecture ပိသုကာ
    • Chemical ဓာတု
    • Civil မြို့ပြ
    • Electrical လျှပ်စစ်
    • Mechanical စက်မှု
    • Metallurgical သတ်တုဗဒေ
    • Mining သတ္တု ရှာဖွေ ထုတ်လုပ်
    • Textile ချည်မျှင် နဲ့ အထည်

    Supporting ဌာန (တချို့)

    • Burmese မြန်မာစာ
    • Chemistry ဓာတုဗေဒ
    • English အင်္ဂလိပ်စာ
    • Library စာကြည့်တိုက်
    • Mathematics သင်္ချာ
    • Physics ရူပဗေဒ

    အမျိုးသမီး ဌာနမှူး (တချို့)

    * ဒေါ်သောင်းခင် — Chemistry

    • ကနေဒါ McGill တက္ကသိုလ် က ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ ရ

    * ဒေါ်ရင်ရင်မြ — English

    • ဩစတြေးလျား သို့ ရွှေ့

    * ဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့်ခင် (ကွယ်လွန်) — Library

    • Indiana တက္ကသိုလ် က မဟာသိပ္ပံ ဘွဲ့ ရ

    * ဒေါ်ငြိမ်း (ကွယ်လွန်) — Physics

    • ငယ် ရွယ်စဉ် USA က မဟာသိပ္ပံ ဘွဲ့ ရ
    • အသက် 90 ကျော်အထိ ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ တက်
    • အသက် 102 ဝန်းကျင် မှာ ကွယ်လွန်

  • U Yone Moe

    • Retired as Chief Engineer from Burma Railways.
    • In 1961, the Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University moved to Gyogone and had a new name Burma Institute of Technology (BIT). U Yone Mo was named Dean.
    • Under the new Education System, BIT became an autonomous Institute with a new name Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT). Sayagyi became the Rector.
    • U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) remembers how his friends were having fun with the “Ye Punn”.
      Saya U Yone Mo saw them, but did not scold them. He said with a smile, “Young men, you can go to the University Swimming Pool or to the Inya Kan (Lake)”.
    • Per Saya Allen Htay (C58), Sayagyi established the weekly “Yoke Shin” at the Assembly Hall.
    • Saya Dr. Aung Gyi (then Professor of Civil Engineering) remembered seeing a letter from U Yone Mo (Rector) sent to U Yone Mo (Parent of a son who happened to visit his gambling friends at the hostel).
      Saya told the Admin to stow away the letter.
    • Ko Zaw Min Nawaday knows Sayagyi and his spouse (Daw Elizabeth Yone Mo, High Ranking Nurse at RGH and a close friend of Daw Khin May Than) very well.
      Sayagyi and Dr. Aung Gyi were in May Myo during one summer.
      Sayagyi asked Dr. Aung Gyi and Ko Zaw Min to accompany him.
      They ate Khauk Swe.
      Sayagyi reminded them gently not to tell about his “Khauk Swe” appetite to Sayagadaw.

  • Movie Stars and Directors

    U Kin Maung Yin (A60, GBNF)

    • He is a classmate of U Tin Htoon and U Aung Kyee Myint.
    • He is a fellow artist of U Paw Oo Thet and Director Win Pe.
    • He loves Classical Music and Modern Art.
    • He directed the movie “Hna Ma Let Shawt Nay Lay Dawt”.
      The movie was hard to appreciate by most Burmese.
      Grapevine says that some foreigners tried to purchase the movie.
    • Another movie produced by Daw Khin Mar Lar (spouse of Collegian Nay Win) was traditional

    U Naung Tun Lwin (M75, GBNF)

    • He directed several movies.
    • He is a classmate of Daw Mar Mar Yee, U Hla Myint Thein (Maurice), …

    Thamankyar

    • U Aung Myint (Min70) and U Than Win (T70) are close friends and cousin brothers-in-law.
    • The former became known as “Thamankyar Ko Myint”.
    Thamankyar Ko Myint
    • The latter wrote the script for the movie “Thamankyar”.
    • The movie was directed by A1 Than Htut and A1 Thein Htut (twin brothers).
    • Grapevine says that there are the reincarnation of two Japanese pilots.
    • The movie was produced by the studio of U Nyi Pu, Ko Myint’s grand uncle.
    • U Nyi Pu is considered to be the first Burmese movie actor.

    Myanmar Ah Swe / A1

    • Daw Khin Myint, A1 U Tin Nwe, U Nyi Pu, U Maung Maung Soe (U Tin Pe), A1 U Tin Maung (winner of two Academy awards) and their extended family members had several film companies.

    Notes

    According to Ko San Lin (M87), YIT/YTU produced some movie stars including the following :

    • Ko Htin Lin , B.E (EP)1993 batch (aka) Dway ( GBNF )
    • Ko Aye Thein , B.E (EC) 1987 batch (aka) Min Oo.

    Feedback

    Aung Win (C87) wrote :
    Pyi Ti Oo also is an actor. Civil.

    Nang Khaming (A70) wrote :
    Most of the people did’nt like the movie Hna ma let shawt nay lay dawt because of no dialog in the movie except ‘ pea pyout’. Mostly can’t appreciate that kind of movie,but I like that movie and appreciate .

    Wint Khin Zaw (A79) wrote :
    Architect UKMY must be too advanced for the period. I think he directed another movie called Ba Hman Ba Zan Akyaung which was appreciated a bit more by some audience.

    Uzin Bobby Myo Tun (A69) wrote :
    Today, 21-04-2018 happens to be Thamankyar Ko Myint’s 71st birthday! Happy birthday, Ko Myint

  • Cartoon Myo Myint

    U Myo Myint (M73)

    He designs covers for the RIT Annual Magazines and the commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Magazines.

    He is an expert in “Pon Tu” (Portrait) and “Oil Paintings”.

    He also draws cartoons.

    The cartoons remind me of the following :

    • Three female friends who were known as Half Size, Full Size and Double Size
    • Several “Pho So Chin” and “Mike Khe” in the USA, Australia, Singapore and Myanmar
    • Some classmates and schoolmates who excel in extra curricular activities so much that they bade farewell to RIT before graduation

  • Cartoon Myo Myint

    U Myo Myint (M73)

    U Myo Myint (M73) has designed covers for the RIT Annual Magazines and the commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Magazines. He is an expert in “Pon Tu” (Portrait) and “Oil Paintings”.

    U Myint Pe (M72) has posted cartoons by U Myo Myint.

    The cartoons remind me of the following :

    • Three female friends who were known as Half Size, Full Size and Double Size
    • Several “Pho So Chin” and “Mike Khe” in the USA, Australia, Singapore and Myanmar
    • Some classmates and schoolmates who excel in extra curricular activities so much that they bade farewell to RIT before graduation

  • U Ba Than’s Birthday

    U Ba Than
    • Birthday : October 2, 1930
    • U Ba Than celebrated his birthdays with meritorious deeds.
      He usually offered soon to the monks at Tipitaka Yaw Sayadaw.
      He would invite his colleagues and former students to the Soon Kwyay.
    • The Class of 69 — mostly M69ers — would pay respect to Saya around his birthday.

    78th Birthday in 2008

    • There was a special Gathering for Saya’s 78th Birthday (which fell on a Thursday).
    • Maung Sein Win (Padeegone) paid respect with a Kabyar.
    • Saya handed out his Memoirs to the attendees.

    82nd Birthday in 2012

    • The following photos are from the Soon Kyway.

    88th Birthday in 2018

    • He offered the Birthday Soon Kyway at Tipitaka Yaw Sayadaw’s Kyaung.
    • He also donated the Garawa money that he had received (e.g. from the SPZPs and his former students) to charities.
    • The charities include :
      Jivitadana,
      Little Sisters for the Poor,
      Mary Chapman’s school for Deaf & Dumb,
      …

    90th Birthday in 2020

    • Due to the pandemic, Soon Kyway was scaled down.
    • Birthday celebrations were done via Zoom Meetings.
    • U Tin Htoon (A60) and U Htaik San (Henry Kao, M80) compiled a Photo Book as the Birthday Present.

    91st Birthday in 2021

    • Due to the pandemic and security issues, the public celebrations were put on hold.

    Miscellaneous

    • Saya enjoys the company of his colleagues, friends and former students.
      U Wynn Htain Oo remembered Saya’s “Kha Na Nay Bar Ohn” requests.
    • Saya U Win, U Hla Win, and U Aung Moung (GBNF) offered Transportation to attend the SPZPs and Gatherings.
    • U Tha Htay organized Mechanical Sayas a trip (around the SPZP-2012).
    • Saya U Tun Shwe took extra care of Saya U Ba Than for the Singapore SPZPs.
    • Sayas and alumni in Singapore helped Saya U Ba Than during his trips for medical check up and treatment.
    • Saya was a Core Supporter of the HMEE project.
      He donated many photos.
      He also coordinated with U Thaw Kaung to provide Saya U Soe Paing & team access to the Archives of Rangoon University Central Library.
    • See related posts.

    Comments

    • Aung Min :
      I talked with Saya on 25/11/21.
      He is fine , now 92