Since the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy was founded in 2004, academic and former senior diplomat Kishore Mahbubani has been the dean of the autonomous postgraduate school at the National University of Singapore.
Professor Mahbubani, however, will be stepping down from his leadership position at the school come Dec 31 to take a nine-month sabbatical for some relaxing research and writing. Prior to his role as dean, he served 33 years in the foreign service as a diplomat and was even the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998.
With all his accomplishments and seriousness of public policy, it’s pretty surprising that his soon-to-be former employees cooked up something meme-worthy for his farewell. Putting aside all the corny-ness, awkward bopping, and a reference to a pretty old viral sensation, the video that the LKY School of Public Policy surprised Prof Mahbubani with is pretty hilarious — intentional or not.
