UUM Forms Cooperation With KEDA and “Koperasi Agro Belantik Sik Berhad”
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- Published: Monday, 09 November 2015 06:37
The long-standing collaboration between Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) through the School of Technology Management and Logistics (STML) with Kedah Regional Development Authority (KEDA) and “Koperasi Agro Belantik Sik Berhad”strengthened through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
UUM Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dato 'Wira Dr Mohamed Mustafa Ishak said the smart partnership that will benefit all parties involved and is part of the transfer of knowledge that should be encouraged between universities, government agencies and local companies
"For academic staffs, this cooperation can benefit through research and development in the affected areas where the findings can be documented. Through the research that has been done, UUM has earned success in several competitions and exhibitions of Research and Development (R & D) which they have participated.
Among them awarded gold medal at the International Trade Fair (iENA) Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, German and International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 23 in 2012.
Additionally recognition from the Ministry of Higher Education received silver and a bronze medal in the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE), "he said when delivering a speech at the signing ceremony between UUM with KEDA and “Koperasi Agro Belantik Sik Berhad” yesterday.
Signed on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor of UUM while KEDA represented by its General Manager, Dato 'Haji Mohd Arpan Shari and Cooperative Agro Orion Sik Berhad was represented by its Chairman, Capt (Rtd) Zakaria Kamantasha.
