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// Appointment

International Panel Members

for Special Academic Programme

he International Panel Members for Special Academic Programme has been announced
and its members received their appointment letter from The Honorable Major General
Dato’ Seri Jamil Khir bin Baharom (R), Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department during
Tthe International Convention on Wisdom (ICW) on the 10th of January 2015. The roles of
the international panel are to develop and sustain globally prominent academic programmes with
emphasis upon high quality graduate programmes and research, scholarly and creative activities as
well as high quality special academic programmes such as the Executive Development Programme
and Collaborative Programme.

PROFESSOR AMIR
MAHMOOD is the Pro
Vice-Chancellor University SHAD SALEEM FARUQI
of Newcastle (Singapore). is a Senior Professor of
He holds an M.A. and Law and Legal Advisor at
Ph.D. in Economics Universiti Teknologi MARA
from the University of (UiTM). From 2007-2012 he
was a Visiting Professor and

SULTAN T. ABU-ORABI
ALADWAN is Secretary-
General, Association of
Arab Universities (AARU),
Amman, Jordan. He was COLIN POWER has had
also the former President a long and distinguished
of Yarmouk University in academic career in Australia,
Jordan and was previously Manitoba, Canada. Since the USA, UK and Sweden. Honorary Legal Advisor to
the president of Irbid joining the University of From 1989 to 2000, he Universiti Sains Malaysia.
National University from Newcastle, Australia, in served as Deputy Director-
2002 - 2005. In addition, 1992, he has significantly General and Assistant He is the author of eight
Professor Sultan acts as contributed to the areas Director-General for books. He has contributed
both the President of the of research, teaching, Education in UNESCO. over 435 articles to legal
Jordanian Chemical Society internationalisation and periodicals, anthologies
and the Secretary General academic leadership. As such, he played a central and newspapers and has
of the Arab Union of During this period, Professor role in its major initiatives, presented over 325 seminar
Chemists. Mahmood has also such as Education for papers in 15 countries.
held a number of senior All and the International
Previously, he was a leadership positions with Commission on Education He writes a fortnightly
Visiting Professor at the University. A recipient of for 21st Century. In 2002, he column “Reflecting on the
Bahrain University and the the Australian Governments was awarded an Order of Law” for the Star. Prof Shad
King Fahd University of Endeavour Malaysia Australia and the University has served as a consultant
Petroleum and Minerals, Research Fellowship, of Queensland Alumnus of to many countries. At home
Saudi Arabia. With a Ph.D in Professor Mahmood has a the Year. he has drafted six pieces of
Organic Chemistry from the strong research track record educational legislation.
University of Michigan in in the field of economics,
the USA. business and management

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