Rotary’s Scholarship Program at IHE Delft

Student Experiences & Discussion

Henk Jaap Kloosterman

Rotary Water Seminar

Rotterdam, 7 April 2018

Rotary Scholarship Program @ IHE Delft

• IHE Delft – The world largest post-graduate Institute on Water Education,

located in Delft, the Netherlands

– Founded in 1957, 18,000+ IHE alumni from160 countries

– 87% of Alumni remain active in the Water Sector

• Since 2012, The Rotary Foundation has provided scholarships for 77 IHE

Delft students from 31 countries, total investment of over 2.5 MM$

• 44 MSc diplomas awarded (8 with honor)

• 80% of graduated students returned home

Rotary Scholarship Program @ IHE Delft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjoeHeZd4DQ

Today’s Program

• Stories from Three Rotary Sponsored IHE-students

2018 Video on Rotary

IHE Delft Partnership

• How can your Rotary Club or Districy become involved ? (Wim Goedendorp)

Laddaporn Ruangan

(Thailand)(MSc in Hydro-informatics)

Milad Fakhari

(Iran)(MSc in Hydrology & Water

Resources)

Simon Ryfisch

(Germany)(Tri-partite MSc in Water

Cooperation & Diplomacy)

Milad

FakhariPlace of origin:

Tehran, Iran

Educational background:

Bachelor degree:

Agriculture water engineering, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Master degree:

Civil engineering-River engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Master degree:

Hydrology and water resources, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands

Milad Fakhari

Netherlands:

one of leading countries in water related

topics

IHE Delft:

- specialized only in the field of water

- Well certified teachers from all around

the world

- compacted time for a master degree

without any unnecessary gap

- combination of theory, projects and

field works

- very international environment

Milad Fakhari

Laddaporn RuanpanWSE-HI,UNESCO-IHE

Rotary Seminar, Rotterdam, 07 April 2018

Who AM I?

Name : Laddaporn Ruangpan

Originally : Thailand

Nickname : Milk

What am I studying?

❖ Water Science and Engineering, specializing in hydroinformatics

modelling and Information Systems for water management

What did I do before I come to Netherlands ?

❖ Bachelor degree of International and Twining programme Civil

Engineering , King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi,

Thailand 2015

❖ Water resources engineer at PANYA Consultants Co.,LTD in

Thailand

Why IHE-DELFT ?

❖ My first experience in Netherlands

❖ IHE-Delft and Netherlands is the best place to study in water fields

❖ International programme

❖ My specializing in hydroinformatics modelling and Information Systems for

water management

❖ Water management Problem in Thailand

Plans to work with local Rotary clubs in Thailand

❖ Projected based on my study such as disaster risk

❖ Involved water Youth Network

1006.04.2018 Simon Otis Ryfisch

Simon Ryfisch

Getting my feet wet.

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Simon Ryfisch

Learning from the best in the field.

1206.04.2018 Simon Otis Ryfisch

Simon Ryfisch

Gaining work experience, contributing to an exciting academic

field, and implementing great projects with Rotary.

Simon Ryfisch

Securing the future of the

Rotary’s Scholarship Program at IHE Delft

Wim Goedendorp

Rotary Water Seminar

Rotterdam, 7 April 2018

How can your Rotary Club or District

become involved?

– Sponsor a future Rotary-sponsored

students (2019+), using the Global Grant

model

– Global Grant funding sources

- “van Engelenburg Term Gift”

- Rotary Clubs contributions

- Rotary District DDF contributions

- Possible external sources

– Become a host-counselor for one of the

future Rotary-sponsored IHE-students

Rotary - IHE Delft Strategic Partnership

Global Grant Template

– Cost per IHE-student: $50,000

– Aiming for 10 students/year for 5 years (2019 – 2023 cohorts)

– Contribution from Rotary Clubs & Districts (notionally) as follows:

Rotary - IHE Delft Strategic Partnership

Please note that this a notional setup, the number of contributing

Rotary Clubs as well as the balance between club & district DDF

funds can vary for each Global Grant, depending on the local situation