The event was organised by the BCS Regional Office, and with the collaboration of the BCS Mauritius Section members they were equally celebrating the 25 years of BCS in Mauritius.

Mrs Lucy Ireland, the Commercial Director of BCS in UK talked on the structure of the BCS and the benefits of being a professional member of the institute. She emphasised on the career ladder attitude and the continuing professional development of a professional in IT.

25 years of BCS in Mauritius
On the occasion of the 25 years of BCS in Mauritius and under the patronage of the British American Insurance (BAI), students topping at individual modules were also awarded a special prize.
The BAI Special Award winners are:

Surname	First name	Module	Course provider
Joymungal	Krishna Veer	Information System – Certificate
Kamur	Appadu Ravish	Software Development
Li Ting Chung	Jason	Computer Network & Technology	Infoclub
Gunessee	Avinash Gupt	Professional Issues in Information Technology	Infoclub
Morarjee	Ragoo	Professional Issues in Information Technology	Infoclub
Rajiah	Mandev	Computer Networks Diploma
Kamur	Appadu Ravish	Database Systems
Larhubarbe	Lucinda Edgine	OOP V 2
Mulung	Mohammud Abu Dawood	IT Project Management
Doyal	Rajnishram	System Analysis and Design	InfoNorth
Moutou	Monvina	System Analysis and Design	Datamatics
Joynauth	Amardev	Principles of Internet Technologies
Nuckcheddy	Yogesh	IT Service Management	JR School
Sahai	Tataree Nishi	Software Engineering 1

Muttarooa	Vickramsing	Adv Database Man Systems	Infoclub
Seethamah	Mohammad Monshine	Management Information Systems	Infoclub
Mulung	Mohammud Abu Dawood	Software Engineering 2
Mulung	Mohammud Abu Dawood	Computer Service Management
Larhubarbe	Lucinda Edgine	IT and the Environment
Mandary	Mohammad Shanawaz	Dist & Parallel Systems	Infoclub
Beharry	Fardeen Shah	Knowledge Based Systems	Spherinity
Pothiah	Rikesh Pramendra	Network Information System	Infoclub
Larhubarbe	Lucinda Edgine	Programming paradigms
Beharry	Fardeen Shah	Realising the User interface	Spherinity
Mulung	Mohammud Abu Dawood	System Design Methods
Dulloo	Bilkiss Banon	WEB Engineering	Infoclub

From the above, two best students were rewarded as follows:
BAI Best Student Awards go to

Second Best Student Lucinda Edgine Larhubarbe
Best Student Mohammud Abu Dawood Mulung

The BCS also rewards students who have ranked first in different levels in Mauritius and worldwide.
However, to be qualified for these awards, various rigid criteria must be honoured.
This year’s winners are:

Area Level Name
Mauritius    Certificate Fadil Abdool Rashid Karimbocus
Mauritius Professional Graduate Diploma   Mohammud Abu Dawood Mulung
Mauritius Professional Project with Distinction   Doosheela Busgeet
WORLDWIDE   Professional Graduate Diploma Mohammud Abu Dawood Mulung