THE appointment of Danesh Raj Nagarajan as a member of Universiti Malaya’s board of directors will raise the voices of young people, Higher Education Minister Dr Noraini Ahmad said.

Noraini said she had personally scrutinised the list of the proposed members from the alumni of the university by looking at the criteria available before the appointment was made.

“He is an active alumnus. I was given a list, looked at the criteria available, so the Higher Education Ministry appointed a former student who represented the alumni.

“We must give them the opportunity because they can help the university. We have the board, community representatives, senate, various categories for the young people to speak out and make various related programmes,” she said.

Noraini said this after participating in the vaccination programme to bedridden patients with Umno president Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamid in Bagan Datuk today.

She was responding to a statement made by the university’s students’ union yesterday, which questioned Danesh’s appointment. – Bernama, October 9, 2021.