Hello AIP members and associates,
I am lucky to be the AIP Education Coordinator and have the true privilege of working with all of the students on our Diploma in Packaging Technology and Certificate in Packaging courses. All of our students are talented and are leading the way as our next generation of skilled technical packaging professionals.
Often, our students are confronted by external influences that disrupt their plans and the AIP tries to work closely with each and every student to help them balance their work and family lives. However, there is one student who stands out to me for pure courage and determination. Often these terms are used in sport but I am referring to life which is far more challenging. That student is Shabbeer Ahmed Shaik Mohammed Dip.Pkg.Tech. MAIP. You may not be aware of Shabbeer’s story, so he has given me permission to share it.
Shabbeer was going through the Degree very well with great results. He had buddied up with Michael Van Dord AAIP and they were both progressing extremely well. Three months after getting married, Shabbeer was struck down with a form of cancer called ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). Shabbeer and his wife returned to India for initial treatment and family support. He returned to Australia to continue the treatment in 2019 and to receive better medical support. He has worked through great pain over the past couple of years to get back on his feet. Shabbeer recently resumed his work with General Mills and is now working full time. During all of this he kept studying his Diploma Degree in parallel and completed his Units 3 & 4.
I am just so delighted to inform you that his Unit 4 results were received this month, and he has received a Merit for that section and Distinction for the entire course.
I am sure you would agree with me that this is an exceptional result by any measure.
May I ask you to please give him a round of applause, raise your glass or give him a note on social media.
We are proud to have people of his quality as a member of the AIP and he truly is a remarkable person who has fought hard to attain his Diploma in Packaging Technology. The entire AIP Education Team holds him in the highest regard for his outstanding achievements and wants nothing but the best for Shabbeer.
Ralph Moyle FAIP, CPP
Education Coordinator
Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)