 Hi, I'm Pratula Wasti, I was a 2014 New Colombo Plan Scholar for Singapore, and I work at Doftsup C Australia as a project engineer. The New Colombo Plan Scholarship gave me the opportunity to complete an internship in Singapore. I think working in Singapore and living in Singapore really inspired me into seeking out a challenge that was very closely linked to the Indo-Pacific. Doftsup C has provided me with the opportunity to work on projects across the region. I've worked on projects in Indonesia, in Singapore, in Malaysia, all the way out to New Zealand as well. This experience has really been extremely rewarding for me because I find that I can use my experience from Singapore and really put it into practice and it really does make a difference in terms of how effective we as a business can be. I've seen the New Colombo Plan as an excellent example of public policy and what it can achieve and I'm now so passionate about this area that I want to go back and study a Masters in Public Policy somewhere in the region. The alumni component of the New Colombo Plan is perhaps the most important part of the entire experience in my opinion. What the alumni component for the scholarship does is provide us with a network of young people who are deeply passionate about the region and I inspired to make a difference in working in this space in the many years to come.