The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering initiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Collaborative Research of SRM IST with University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. Delegates of SRM IST and UTAR officials met online via Zoom platform.
UTAR is a leading not-for-profit private university that offers over 129 programmes under nine faculties, three institutes and three centres located in the main campus in Kampar and in Sungai Long. 20,000 students in its role pursuing in fields including Agriculture and Food Science, Business and Economics, Engineering and Built Environment, Information and Communication Technology, Arts, Social Sciences, Education and Medicine.
University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) was established on the year 2001 by Malaysian Chinese Association, in in accordance with the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 of Malaysia. UTAR is placed 201-250 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.
The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering initiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Collaborative Research of SRM IST with University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. Delegates of SRM IST and UTAR officials met online via Zoom platform.
UTAR is a leading not-for-profit private university that offers over 129 programmes under nine faculties, three institutes and three centres located in the main campus in Kampar and in Sungai Long. 20,000 students in its role pursuing in fields including Agriculture and Food Science, Business and Economics, Engineering and Built Environment, Information and Communication Technology, Arts, Social Sciences, Education and Medicine.
University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) was established on the year 2001 by Malaysian Chinese Association, in in accordance with the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 of Malaysia. UTAR is placed 201-250 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.
Dr S Ponnusamy represented SRM IST and delivered his speech. He spoke about the background, programmes offered, accreditations and achievements of SRM IST. It offered the UTAR officials to have the insights of the University. He said the MoU will create a win-win situation for both universities. He also wished that both of the teams can focus on research areas that are common among the engineering department of SRM IST and UTAR and start working on it. He added that societal and engineering problems can be altered through solutions provided by both parties.
UTAR Vice President for R&D and Commercialisation Prof Ts Dr Faidz bin Abd Rahman, on behalf of the President, said, “Today’s MoU exchange will facilitate staff and student exchanges, mutual visits by staff for research, training, seminars, conferences, talks, lectures and workshops". He added these initiatives would be a great learning opportunity for students and faculty members.
Dr. S. Malarvizhi, Professor, Dept. of ECE, SRM IST, who initiated the MoU, narrated the genesis and expected outcome of MoU. She is one of the thesis reviewers for UTAR. She requested UTAR faculty members to be Guest of Honour in the Faculty Development Program (FDP). She invited Ir. Ts. Dr. Tham Mau Luen, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engg., Lee Kong Chain Faculty of Engineering and Science, UTAT, Sungai Long Campus on the topic “4G Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing” for 7th Semester B. Tech (ECE) students for their ‘Wireless Communications’ Course. She felt having an MoU with UTAR will help to have more such interactions and started working towards that. She expects participation of UTAR faculty members as Resource persons in International Conferences, FDPs conducted by Dept. of ECE, acting as Adjunct faculty members and Book Chapters to be published with faculty members of UTAR.
