The inaugural “Winston Romany (Unipet) Bursary” was awarded to Mr. Daniel Yatali on Tuesday 26th October 2021 at a small ceremony at UNIPET’s head office in Aranguez. Mr. Yatali resides at Mayaro and is a Computer Sciences student at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. UNIPET has committed to supporting the academic journeys of 5 students during the period 2021 -2025.

The “Winston Romany (Unipet) Bursary” is open to nationals of Trinidad and Tobago enrolled in undergraduate programmes at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine in the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Technology or Computer Science. Additional consideration will be given to students pursuing programmes which focus on renewable energy.

This Bursary initiative honours the legacy of founding member and first Chairman of UNIPET, Mr. Winston Romany who departed this life on 4th May 2020. He was a pioneer in systems thinking and will be remembered by the following quotation: ‘In management one spends a lifetime trying to change human behaviour and fails – the only proven way to change human behaviour is to change the environment he or she works in.’

Earlier in the year UNIPET donated laptops to several other school-aged students to assist with virtual learning during the Pandemic. The bursary now adds to UNIPET’s relationship with UWI, which has persisted for several years through award to Final Year Engineering Students with focus on Guyana. The Company’s outreach programmes, including this Bursary, pay tribute to the Mr. Romany’s vision for nurturing young talent. Several young students have emerged from UNIPET’s Internship Programme and are now integrated substantially into the fast-paced downstream fuel industry, which continues to become diversified.

The bursary award was presented to Mr. Yatali by Dr. Rasiah P. Ariyanayagam, shareholder, co-founder and Director of UNIPET and owner of the UNIPET Lower Santa Cruz Service Station. Sales and Marketing Manager for UNIPET, Mr. Junior Serrette was also on hand as the company’s representative.