 devta ramroop devta ramroop ms devta ramroop is a final year student of the university of guyana turkeyen campus pursuing a bachelor of science degree in biology she is also the current president of the university of guyana students society ugss she notes that the ugss presidency has tremendously contributed to her selfdevelopment it has specifically helped to improve her leadership skills i have learnt a lot about the use of the appropriate strategy and approach to engage people she considers herself somewhat of a humanitarian and says her calling is to help people she was encouraged to run for the presidency by friends and ugss colleagues from the previous year their encouragement she admitted relit the burning desire to make the changes she wanted to see occur at ug i knew i had the experience so i wanted to apply it admittedly she was a little indecisive about running at first i only filled out my application and submitted it one hour before the submission deadline ms ramroop describes herself as a determined independent and responsible person though a little quiet in the home environment her family describes her as a loving character they applaud her for being a great role model to her little sister her friends describe her as a humorous person the life of the conversation she believes life should be fun but i also believe that one should be focussed and have aspirations in life in her leisure time she enjoys debates reading karaoke volunteering being among nature studying animal behaviour and spending time with family quite a list she said the more things i do the more things i find the time to do she explained that the position she currently holds as ugss president requires dedication her charge to interested persons is to take the challenge it creates opportunities to expand your knowledge base however you have to campaign hard work on a manifesto you believe you can achieve bearing in mind the issues of current students you have to get out into the university community and meet students finally be mindful not to make promises you cannot keep and be transparent her list of mentors evolves as she goes through different phases of her life among those mentors are former ugss presidents ron glasgow and norwell hinds she considers her mother mrs elizabeth aziz her life role model and admires professor paloma mohamed and honourable minister of public telecommunications catherine hughes in a professional capacity during her tenure ms ramroop said she observed an increase in student development activities ugss has worked on constitution reform instituted a performance based stipend system for representatives increased social cohesion among faculties and campuses increased the number of berbice representatives launched a new logo and brand building collaborated with outside organisations to benefit student population joined free ug movement started a biology club in berbice and created a mash band to bring more visibility to ugss  copyright august 2019 by the public relations division university of guyana reprint permission must be requested from the public relations officer university of guyana webmaster tue 8132019 1052 ms devta ramroop one should be focussed and have aspirations in life student ugss president  