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SARAWAK STUDENT'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION (PERKASA SARAWAK) UPM

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE SARAWAK STUDENT'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION (PERKASA SARAWAK) UPM 2025/2026

INTRODUCTION

SARAWAK STUDENT'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION (PERKASA SARAWAK) IS A WELFARE ASSOCIATION UNDER THE STUDENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (BHEP) of UPM. THE SHORT NAME OF THIS ASSOCIATION IS PERKASA SARAWAK. PERKASA SARAWAK UPM ALWAYS ENSURES THE ASPECT OF STUDENT WELFARE IS GIVEN ATTENTION, SPECIFIC AND REGULAR MONITORING TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE ASPIRATIONS AMONG SARAWAK STUDENTS AT UPM.

THIS ASSOCIATION HAS A TRADITIONAL DANCE CLUB THAT IS "TIRINDAK BIDOTIN" UNDER OUR EXCO OF ARTS AND CULTURE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2012. TIRINDAK BIDOTIN IS AN ETHNIC LANGUAGE OF THE OLD BIDAYUH ETHNIC. TIRINDAK MEANS A HAT THAT SYMBOLIZES UNITY THAT IS REGARDLESS OF NATION OR RELIGION AND ALWAYS TOGETHER WHEREVER WE GO. WHILE BIDOTIN MEANS APPEARANCE THAT SYMBOLIZES THE IMPLIED AND WRITTEN MESSAGE IN THE DANCE PERFORMED BY THE DANCERS. BIDOTIN'S HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN CROWNED AS THE CHAMPION OF THE KENYALANG EARTH NIGHT COMPETITION (MBK) AT USM IN 2013 AND THIS HAS BENEFITED UPM'S NAME AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

THIS ASSOCIATION EMPHASIZES VARIOUS ASPECTS IN BUILDING THE HUMAN SKILLS OF SARAWAK STUDENTS SO THAT THE CREDIBILITY OF SARAWAK STUDENTS AT UPM IS IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY AND THE TIMES.

OBJECTIVE OF PERKASA SARAWAK UPM

TAKE CARE OF THE WELFARE OF SARAWAK STUDENTS AT UPM.
BEING A MEDIATOR OF SARAWAK STUDENTS WITH SARAWAK VOLUNTEERS NGO.
IMPROVING CREDIBILITY, LEARNING AND CRITICAL SKILLS AMONG SARAWAK STUDENTS AT UPM.
PROMOTING THE ART AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ALL ETHNIC TRIBES OF SARAWAK AT UPM.