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B Agr Sc (Malaya), 1969
MSc (Aberdeen), 1971
PhD (Aberdeen), 1974
D Sc (Hon. Causa) from Portsmouth, Loughborough, UTM, UTHM, UTEM, OUM |
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He commenced his career as an Agriculture Officer and then served as the Director General of the Department of Food Technology with the Ministry of Agriculture in 1974 and as Director of Food Technology at the Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI) (upon merger) from 1975 to 1981.
Served as Secretary of the National Council of Scientific Research and Development under the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment from 1981 to 1986. Subsequently, he was appointed as Controller of the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) from 1986 to 1989.
Founder of Petroleum Research Institute Petronas from 1989 to 1992 and Managing Director of Petronas Scientific Services from 1992 to 1994, as well as a board member of Petronas Refineries Sdn. Bhd. from 1989 to 1994.
Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia from 1994 to 2001, promoted the concept of technology and innovation through the establishment of the Technovation Park and the concept of industry – University Partnership. He was the key player in the establishment of Technology Park Malaysia.
Science Advisor to the Prime Minister from January 2001 to July 2006 and concurrently served as Joint-Chairman of Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and continues as Advisor to MIGHT. He was also the President of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia from April 2001 to April 2007.
He is the Chairman of Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation Sdn. Bhd., Inno Bio Ventures Sdn. Bhd., Inno Biologics Sdn. Bhd. and F3 Strategies Sdn. Bhd. and member of both the advisory panel of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research and the Panel of Advisors on Science & Technology to the Islamic Development Bank Jeddah, Saudi. |
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