Dr Halimaton to helm Prestariang’s boutique ICT university

  • New college of computing to recognition on unique ICT fields
  • Dr Halimaton has received more than one international awards and recognitions

Dr Halimaton to helm Prestariang’s boutique ICT universityPRESTARIANG Education Sdn Bhd (“PESB”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia-indexed Prestariang Berhad, has appointed Professor Datuk Dr Halimaton Hamdan (p.c) because the Vice Chancellor of its boutique college to be installation in Cyberjaya.
 
PESB had in advance this yr acquired the letter of invitation from the Ministry of Higher Education to set up the first boutique college for computing in Malaysia, which it claimed might make it the first within the country to offer higher training in precise ICT fields.
 
The Prestariang Group’s pass into better training comes from the developing want to produce capabilities to support the global demand for relatively professional ICT understanding, Prestariang stated in a statement.
 
“In looking to … [elevate] the diploma of ICT training inside the usa, Prestariang’s training arm will consciousness on supplying specialized and first-class ICT education,” said Dr Abu Hasan Ismail, its chief govt officer.
 
“I am delighted that Professor Datuk Dr Halimaton has agreed to function the Vice Chancellor of our first boutique university for computing. I am humbled by way of her enjoy and achievements as a scientist, researcher and educator.
 
“Her terrific 30 years of contributions inside the international of education, technology and era will greatly gain Prestariang’s training arm that aims to revolutionalize the ICT training industry in Malaysia,” he brought.
 
Dr Halimaton, a scientist, researcher and educator, is winner of multiple international awards and recognitions which includes the World Invention Award Glass Oberlisk in the British Invention Show in 2007, the ‘Maerogel’ made of the yr by way of Clean Energy Circle UK 2008 and the esteemed Merdeka Award inside the Health, Science and Technology Sector in 2009.
 
She holds numerous outstanding professional positions inclusive of Professor of Chemistry at Universiti Teknology Malaysia and is Under Secretary for the National Nanotechnology Directorate, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
 
On leading the primary setup of a boutique college of computing, Dr Halimaton stated that it's far the best time to spearhead the coaching ICT to involve a extra enterprise-based totally curriculum merging technology and era.
 
“One of my goals is to make certain that the university will offer the enabling surroundings and comprehensive mastering opportunities to as many talented Malaysians as possible, encouraging innovators to satisfy the marketplace’s call for of rather professional graduates, and integrating pc technology into other fields of emerging science and technology,” she stated.
 
A chemistry graduate from Indiana University inside the United States in 1979, Dr Halimaton finished her Masters of Science at Marshall University, in 1981 and ultimately earned her PhD in 1989 from University of Cambridge, UK.
 
 
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