Good day!

Salam Sejahtera!

I’m Rathadevi K.Rajah, born in Kuala Lumpur but raised in Selangor state, Malaysia. I was born on March 2. I’ve done my primary, secondary, and higher secondary schooling in Shah Alam, in the capital city of Selangor.

On September 29, 2009, I joined the civil service at the age of 26 as a Court Interpreter for Malay and English. My first posting was in the High Court of Kuala Lumpur at Jalan Duta. Currently, I’m working at the High Court of Shah Alam as a Senior Court Interpreter. My dream job is to join the civil service since I was young. During my career, I’ve handled a diversity of cases from civil and criminal jurisdictions, including Magistrate, Sessions, and High Court. There are challenges in handling a few cases, one of which should be highlighted in 2015. I was assigned to read 219 charge sheets for the accused, which took nearly 2 hours to complete without any breaks. It was a very demanding, challenging, and testing experience. Furthermore, I’m an award-winning Interpreter for outstanding performance for the year 2016. As of today, I have 14 years of service in the civil service, and I love serving in the civil service for my beloved country

On the other hand, in September 2012, I enrolled in the Bachelor of English Studies at Open University Malaysia on a part-time basis. It is not easy to work full-time and study part-time, but I enjoyed it due to my passion for both. Therefore, in 2019, I successfully completed my bachelor's degree and graduated.

In April 2020, I decided to pursue postgraduate studies in Master of Corporate Communication at University Putra Malaysia. A master's degree is not the same as a bachelor's degree, which requires much more attention and time to do research. I enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I was able to utilise the lockdown period wisely. On the other hand, after the lockdown is over, I am able to manage my time between work, studies, and family. The fruitful event happened on November 30, 2023, last month, in which I graduated with flying colours with a CGPA of 3.769/4.0. My convocation took place at the Chancellor Hall, University Putra Malaysia.

Eventually, through my dynamic personality, goal-oriented, determined, discipline, strong analytical ability, and passion for achieving a challenging position that allows me to contribute meaningful contributions to the civil service, I acquired a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree while working a full-time job.

I would like to thank the Almighty God for abundant blessings. I also wish to express my heartfelt thanks to Queen Book for selecting my profile for the ‘’Outstanding Women Achiever Award’’, and I believe it is not an easy decision. At the same time, I wish to extend my Congratulations to Queen Book powered by Queen Times for their effort to organise such a magnificent and splendacious event in order to recognise and give recognition to competent women. Last but not least, I wish to extend my gratitude to my family for their continuous & tremendous support.

I would like to take this opportunity to have few lines of poems about my beloved country, which I have pen down by myself.

Bunga Raya bunga kebangsaan,

Menjadi lambang kebanggaan,

Aman dan damai negaraku Malaysia,

Negara yang kaya dengan kemakmuran di Asia.

Biru lambang perpaduan,

Putih lambang kesucian,

Rakyat Malaysia berbilang bangsa dan agama,

Hidup harmoni dan Sejahtera.

Thank you.

Terima kasih.

Regards,

RATHADEVI K.RAJAH

MALAY INTERPRETER

HIGH OF SHAH ALAM

CIVIL SERVICE OF MALAYSIA