Congratulations: Prof Mohd Ekhwan (left) and Prof Ahmad Fauzi.
TWO of the country’s research universities – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) – will be helmed by newly appointed vice-chancellors.
For a three-year period beginning Jan 1,2021, until Dec 31,2023, Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Ekhwan Toriman, 51, will head UKM while Prof Datuk Dr Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, 54, leads UTM.
The appointments were announced by Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad in a statement recently.
“I am confident that UKM will continue to thrive as one of the country’s leading universities under Prof Mohd Ekhwan who has vast administrative experience, ” she said.Prof Ahmad Fauzi, she added, would also no doubt give his best to serve UTM.