UTP Student Development Advisory Council (SDAC) recently met for the ninth time to discuss on the importance of student development and student experience for the university’s sustainable future.
To ensure a sustainable future, it is pertinent for the university to continuously produce graduates with high entrepreneurial mindset who are creating value either in organisation or as job creators, to nurture global mindset, values and behaviour through student mobility programmes and internationalisation of experiences, to nurture global citizenship mindset through students’ involvement in community outreach programmes and to nurture leaderships and enrich talents through involvements in community outreach programmes.
Themed ‘Reimagining Student Development Beyond 2025’, forum sessions between the SDAC members, staff and students were held on topics of global citizens, leadership of future and future of work.
The SDAC currently has 13 members who are leaders and experts in their respective fields:
1. Prof Ts. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Mutalib (Chairman)
Vice Chancellor and CEO, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
2. Prof Dr Mohd Anis Md Nor
Director, Nusantara Performing Arts Research Centre
3. Prof Dr Hamish Bennett Coates
Deputy Director, Tsinghua University
4. Siti Norliza Mohd Sahar
Head Regional Talent Acquisition, CIMB Bank Berhad
5. Datuk Munirah Hamid
Chairman and Co-Founder, PERTIWI Soup Kitchen Project,
Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (PERTIWI)
6. Dato’ Dr Abd Halim Mohd Hussin
President, PERKAMA International (Persatuan Kaunseling Malaysia Antarabangsa)
7. Prof Dato’ Dr Shamala K. Subramaniam
Deputy President, Malaysian Hockey Confederation
8. Dr Adnan Omar
Social Development & Training Specialist, Yayasan Pendidikan Hidayah
9. Maria Teo
Head of Global HR Partners, Project Delivery & Technology PETRONAS
10. Dr Putri Afzan Maria Zulkifli
Managing Director, EYTC Group & Resources Sdn Bhd, Founder of Kinderkaizen and Sri Aria Elementary School
11. Dato’ Najmudddin Abdullah Chief Communication and Consumer Marketing Officer, Pharmaniaga Berhad
12. Faiz H Hussin
Founder/Managing Director, Dyna Segmen Sdn Bhd
13. Dr Sumitra Nair
Senior Vice President & Head - Strategy & Policy, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
