Nominee No. 6
Prakash a/l Suriyamurthy (Prakash)

Coming from an average family background and suffering from visual impairment, he struggled to secure a job and was turned down on countless occasions. A gifted translator renown translating the Indian epic, “Thirukulai”, and a couple of psychology textbooks written in Tamil by Dr Kadir Ibrahim into Braille, it was evident he didn’t allow these circumstances to deter him from setting his sights on a brighter future. 

With a Bachelor of Malay Studies from Universiti Malaya under his belt Currently studying Masters of Translation at Universiti Malaya (UM) and a member of Malaysia Institute of Translation, he dreams to learn and translate in international languages, ultimately run his own translation agency.