August 05, 2026

In its sixth year, MaolKeki Foundation (MKF) is pleased to award the MKF Robert Memorial Internship Award to Ms. Yumnam Ahena Devi. Ahena is the first female recipient of this annual award that was launched in 2021 in memory of Mr. Robert Singh Khwairakpam who passed away from post-Covid complications. Robert supported #MKF on various data analysis and Management Information Systems work until he was recruited full time by Syngenta Foundation India early in 2021. The internship is being implemented in partnership with Lamzing Technologies Pvt. Ltd. which is a diversified IT development company based in Manipur and Hyderabad. 

Ahena, who graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Applications from S. K. Women’s College in Nambol is currently pursuing a Master of Computer Applications from NIELIT in Imphal. As part of the award, she received a certificate from Mrs. Deepamala Devi Tongbram, Robert's widow, and Mr. Ailan Maibam, Director of Lamzing Technologies, as well as a cash reward from Dr. Shachi Gurumayum, a Trustee of MaolKeki Foundation. Also present during the award ceremony today was Ms. Devika Khwairakpam, late Robert’s sister, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Raja Karam, MKF Independent Board Advisor, Ms. Nirupa Sanjenbam, our Head of Projects, as well as other members of the MaolKeki Foundation team. Please join us in congratulating Ahena, and wishing her the very best in her future endeavours