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Mohammed Nabil Mahamad

Aug 14
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STEM Engagement @SMK Bandar Uda Utama

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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education plays a significant part in accommodating technological progress and innovation in developed countries as well as their developing counterparts. Nonetheless, a recent trend shows lack of interest among students to pursue career in STEM-related fields. Exposing students as early as possible to the potential career pathways in STEM-related fields remains a real obstacle. However, studies show educating students when they are still in schools and providing them with someone to idolize as role models, could ameliorate the situation.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as the forefront university in technology and engineering has taken a step forward in addressing this issue. On 12 August of 2018, UTM XCITE in collaboration with Embassy of the United States of America had organised a one day event called STEM Engagement @SMK Bandar Uda Utama to promote STEM among students and inspire them to pursue career in STEM-related fields.  A group of seven US TechWomen entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley was brought to SMK Bandar Uda Utama to engage and experience how STEM culture being nurtured in the school. SMK Bandar Uda Utama was chosen as it is the adopted school under UTM XCITE. Among the delegates was Madam Rekha Pai Kamath who is an entrepreneur and mentor from Fast Forward, a startup accelerator which provides support, mentorship and access to financial capital for emerging companies.

Erin Keely and Rekha Pai listened attentively to one of the SMK Bandar Uda Utama’s students explaining her invention.

Students and guests posed for a photo.

Rekha Pai was enquiring the students about their invention.

Twenty-first century mode of teaching and learning was demonstrated by a teacher from SMK Bandar Uda Utama. Apart from that, the school has also organised STEM-related games; students were given tools and materials to develop their inventions. Later in the evening, students from SMK Bandar Uda Utama and a few from SMK Sultan Ismail were given opportunities to share their creative inventions to the visitors. Innovative inventions such as smart brick, automated warning system, key apps finder, parking lots detector and many more have attracted the interest of the visitors. The guests expressed their gratitude towards the warm welcome they had received from the organiser and the students. The event, which started at 2.00 p.m., ended at 5.00 p.m.

Dr Zaidi and students from SMK Sultan Ismail gave thumb up.

UTM XCITE would like to thank Madam Hajah Rosliza and Mr. Herriyan and several other teachers from SMK Bandar Uda Utama as well as representatives from SMK Sultan Ismail who have helped us in making this event a success. UTM XCITE would also like to thank Malaysia’s Embassy of the United States of America and US TechWomen for their support.

Reported by: Mohamad Norisham Mohamad Rosdi

Location: SMK Bandar Uda Utama

Jul 15
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UTM triumphed the Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2018 winning 12 Prizes from 16 Categories

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July 9th 2018 Cyberjaya – Victory for UTM, winning 12 Prizes out of 16 categories in the Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2018 where four teams were awarded Champion, two teams winning the 1st place, four teams won the 2nd runner up and another two teams grabbed the Consolation prizes. This year, the Best of the Best team is also won by UTM, and the team has been awarded the Innovate Malaysia Excellence Award 2018.

Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2018 is a multi-disciplinary engineering design competition for undergraduates in Malaysia. It is co-organized by 8 technology leaders in the industry, supported by Ministry of Education (MOE), MaGIC and the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia. This has been the largest design competition in Malaysia over the years and a platform to groom and acquire engineering talents; to promote adoption of industry platforms in the universities. In short, this programme prepares the brightest talents in pursuit of careers in high-value jobs, further studies, or technology start-ups. The Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2018 has received registration of 516 teams consisting of more than 900 students. Only 59 teams were selected as the finalist and from UTM, 12 teams were selected as the finalist.

The Technology Track Award is supported by Google, Intel, KEYSIGHT Technologies, MathWorks, Microsoft, SAS, SILTERRA, SOLIDWORKS and Celcom, Cyberview, Daikin, Exabytes, Telekom Malaysia, and WCS who contributed to the Design Challenge Award. Two special categories are Best Paper from Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and the Best Video award.

Malaysian Minister of Education YB Dr Maszlee Malik with the Best of the Best Excellence Award Recipients

The team spearheaded by Lim Ji Chen, Chin Linn Kern and Matthias Tiong Foh Thye focusing on problems in construction sites mainly on Workplace Safety and Security using Deep Learning Application, has won the Excellence Award (Best of the Best) and First Prize Award under Google Track. The team won RM4500 and a trip to Google Regional HQ in Singapore for a Machine Learning/AI Workshop. “We provide not only solution to construction industry but also focusing on better business model for them”, said Mr Lim Ji Chen the project leader who is also known as Jason. Jason Lim, Chin Lin Kern and Mattias Tiong have been working hard for the past several months.

“The team has won the heart and confidence of the two groups of judges through its innovative ecosystem of solution. They are able to make significant connection from every solution they provide”, said Assoc. Prof. Dr Ramesh K S @ Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan, Director of UTM Centre for Student Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (UTM XCITE). Dr Zaidi and Dr Mohd Shahrizal Rusli are the supervisors for this project.

 

 

Best of the Best Excellence Award and Google Track Champion. Lim Ji Chen, Chin Linn Kern and Matthias Tiong Foh Thye from School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr Ramesh K S @ Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan (UTMXCITE/AHIBS) and Dr Mohd Shahrizal Bin Rusli (School of Electrical Engineering).

 

 

 

 

 

Winners of Innovate Malaysia 2018. UTM grabbed the most prizes in Innovate Malaysia 2018 with 12 prizes that includes the Excellence Award (Best of the Best) in Innovate Malaysia 2018

Tan Pei Seng, Lee Chee Heng & Goh Wai Woon won three prizes; CyberView Design Award, IEM Best paper award and the 2nd Runner Up under the Google Track Challenge with their project entitled “Development of “Joy”, a Service Robot with Social Interaction Capabilities”, supervised by Dr Yeong Che Fai (School of Electrical Engineering)

 

 

Solving ageing population problems are the main goal for the “Joy” Service Robot. With Joy, the feeling of loneliness and depression would be reduced as Joy  is aim to be a companion for the elderly.

Winner of Celcom Design Challenge Award : TaBOT- AI Chatbot for Customer Service by Eric Khoo Jiun Hooi, supervised by Prof. Dr Naomie Salim and Dr Anazida Zainal from the School of Computing, UTM

TaBOT is a project to increase the satisfaction and loyalty of customers through Artificial Intelligence Chatbot and has won the Celcom Design Challenge Award. This project aims to engage and educate customers about the products and services provided by companies.

 

 

MathWorks Track 1st Runner Up with their project entitled Automatic Prescription Lens Calculator for Myopia using Machine Vision and Proximity Sensor. Team members are Liew Tian Chin and Albert Sia Kah Dak. The Project supervisor is Dr Amirjan Nawabjan (School of Electrical Engineering)

 

The purpose of the project is to develop a machine vision solution to perform simple and highly accurate eye examination for myopia patient. A conventional eye care services requires the person to be presence with an optometrist. With this device, a real-time method to estimate the level of myopia is developed. Patients could now perform their own myopia examination anywhere and anytime conveniently.

 

Microsoft Track 1st Runner Up with their project entitled Machine Learning on Fetal Distress during Pregnancy by Lee Kong Yong, Tew Ken Sam, Cheah Weng Soon and supervised by Dr Yeong Che Fai and Dr Eileen Su Lee Ming (School of Electrical Engineering)

The project title is Machine Learning on Fetal Distress during Pregnancy. “bbCare”, is a portable IoT device which can help a pregnant mother to monitor her the condition of her fetus during pregnancy. Fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrohysterography (EHG) are collected and sent to a smartphone for signal processing and transform into cardiotocography (CTG), and then the extracted features of the CTG are sent to Azure Cloud for Machine Learning and online data storage. This project is also clinically advised by Dr Woon Shu Yuan from Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru. The team members are Lee Kong Yong, Tew Ken Sam and Cheah Weng Soon from FKE. The team is supervised by Dr Yeong Che Fai and Dr Eileen Su Lee Ming.

SAS Track 2nd Runner Up: Robotics Diagnosis System Based on Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning. The team members comprised of Tay Yee Yang, The Zhi Huei, Chin Hung Vui and they were supervised by Dr Yeong Che Fai (School of Electrical Engineering)

 

With the complexity level and increasing number of machinery in manufacturing plants, this has created monitoring problems. This project introduces four significant features that are visualization, fault diagnosis, optimization through Machine Learning and remote maintenance using Augmented Reality. This is a complete system fully utilizing industry data and it can provide immediate feedback to the user.

Silterra Track 2nd Runner Up with Multiplierless DCT for Fast and Energy Efficient Image and Video Compression. The team members consist of Nurul Nazikha Ab Rahim, Raja Danish Iskandar Raja Kamal Azali and Dr Ab Al-Hadi Ab Rahman (Supervisor)

 

Multiplierless DCT for Fast and Energy Efficient Image and Video Compression is a project with the aim of producing fast 2D – DCT using KSA with low power and efficient energy usage.

 

 

 

 

SolidWorks Track Consolation: The Rubbish River Collector by Asyraf Sharif Badar Sharif, Adam Maxwell Doumin, Farah Atiqah Ibrahim and Supervised by Dr Muhamad Noor Harun and Dr Muhammad Noor Afiq Witri Muhammad Yazid (School of Mechanical Engineering)

 

This project entitled The Rubbish River Collector is aim to reduce the number of rubbish in the river utilizing SolidWorks.

Keysight Technologies Track Consolation Winner: Wireless Power Transfer System for Low Power Electronic Devices. The team members are Teoh Soo Yee, Lai Cong Yan, Cheng Wei Yeap. The Supervisors are Assoc. Prof. Tan Tian Swee (SBHS) and Leong Kah Meng (SBHS)

 

This project presents a development of a system which transfer power wirelessly, where it enables to charge low power electronic devices without the presence of a cable. This is made possible by using magnetic resonant coupling technique. This is safe for low frequency (700-850kHz) and suitable for low power electronic gadget & implantable medical device application

 Summary of the winners… 

No Prizes Project Title Participants Supervisors
1 Innovate Malaysia Excellence Award

(Best of the Best)

 Intelligent CCTV for Workplace Safety and Security using TensorFlow Deep Learning Application Lim Ji Chen, Chin Linn Kern, Matthias Tiong Foh Thye Assoc. Prof. Dr Ramesh K S @ Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan (UTMXCITE/AHIBS), Dr Mohd Shahrizal Rusli (School of Electrical Engineering)
2 IEM Best Paper Development of “Joy”, a Service Robot with Social Interaction Capabilities Tan Pei Seng, Lee Chee Heng, Goh Wai Woon Dr Yeong Che Fai (School of Electrical Engineering)
3 Google Track Champion Intelligent CCTV for Workplace Safety and Security using TensorFlow Deep Learning Application Lim Ji Chen, Chin Linn Kern, Matthias Tiong Foh Thye Assoc. Prof. Dr Ramesh K S @ Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan (UTMXCITE/AHIBS), Dr Mohd Shahrizal Rusli (School of Electrical Engineering)
4 Celcom Design Challenge Award TaBOT- AI Chatbot for Customer Service Eric Khoo Jiun Hooi Prof. Dr Naomie Salim & Dr Anazida Zainal (School of Computing)
5 Cyberview Design Challenge Award Development of “Joy”, a Service Robot with Social Interaction Capabilities Tan Pei Seng, Lee Chee Heng, Goh Wai Woon Dr Yeong Che Fai (School of Electrical Engineering)
6 MathWorks Track 1st Runner Up Automatic Prescription Lens Calculator for Myopia using Machine Vision and Proximity Sensor Liew Tian Chin, Albert Sia Kah Dak Dr Amirjan Nawabjan (School of Electrical Engineering)
7 Microsoft Track 1st Runner Up Machine Learning on Fetal Distress during Pregnancy Lee Kong Yong, Tew Ken Sam, Cheah Weng Soon Dr Yeong Che Fai & Dr Eileen Su Lee Ming (School of Electrical Engineering)
8 Google Track 2nd Runner Up Development of “Joy”, a Service Robot with Social Interaction Capabilities Tan Pei Seng, Lee Chee Heng, Goh Wai Woon Dr Yeong Che Fai (School of Electrical Engineering)
9 SilTerra Track 2nd Runner Up Multiplierless DCT for Fast and Energy Efficient Image and Video Compression Nurul Nazikha Ab Rahim, Raja Danish Iskandar Raja Kamal Azali Dr Ab Al-Hadi Ab Rahman (School of Electrical Engineering)
10 SAS Track 2nd Runner Up Robotics Diagnosis System Based on Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning Tay Yee Yang, The Zhi Huei, Chin Hung Vui Dr Yeong Che Fai (School of Electrical Engineering)
11 SolidWorks Track Consolation The Rubbish River Collector Asyraf Sharif Badar Sharif, Adam Maxwell Doumin, Farah Atiqah Ibrahim Dr Muhamad Noor Harun (SME), Dr Muhammad Noor Afiq Witri Muhammad Yazid (SME)
12 Keysight Technologies Track Consolation Wireless Power Transfer System for Low Power Electronic Devices Teoh Soo Yee, Lai Cong Yan, Cheng Wei Keap Assoc. Prof. Tan Tian Swee (SBHS), Leong Kah Meng (SBHS)

 Reported by:

Ramesh Zaidi Rozan

UTM XCITE

May 16
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Kemahiran Abad Ke-21 : Pengaturcaraan Mikropengawal dan Pemikiran Komputasional

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14 Mei 2018 – Program Pengaturcaraan Mikropengawal dan Pemikiran Komputasional kepada Jurulatih Utama Reka Bentuk Teknologi, Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Johor (JPNJ) telah diadakan pada 13-15 Mei 2018 bertempat di Silka Hotel, Johor Bahru.

Tujuan utama program ini adalah untuk memberikan pendedahan asas dan kemahiran menggunakan mikropengawal (microcontoller) kepada 22 Jurulatih Utama (JU) Reka Bentuk Teknologi (RBT) Negeri Johor. JU yang hadir datang dari daerah-daerah seluruh Negeri Johor merangkumi daerah Kluang, Segamat, Tangkak, Kota Tinggi, Kulai, Pontian, Pasir Gudang dan juga Johor Bahru.

Dr Afnizanfaizal Abdullah dan Prof. Madya Dr Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan selaku Master Trainer telah melaksanakan program ini dengan kerjasama dari Pusat Inovasi Mahasiswa dan Keusahawanan Teknologi UTM (UTM XCITE), MDEC (Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation) dan juga Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Johor (JPNJ). Menurut Prof. Madya Dr Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan, “Program ini bukan sahaja memberikan kemahiran asas menggunakan Arduino dalam melaksanakan pelbagai ujikaji, malah   JU juga diberikan pendedakan berkaitan dengan konsep Pemikiran Komputasional (Computational Thinking-CT) dan aplikasi, khususnya Decomposition, Pattern, Abstraction, Algorithm, Logical Reasoning dan Evaluation. Beberapa Unplugged Activities juga diadakan bagi mensimulasikan konsep CT ini.

Turut bersama dalam program ini adalah En Noor Azam Bin Yusoff, Penolong Pengarah Teknik dan Vokasional, Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Johor.

 

May 15
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Biznovate Business Pitching 2018

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The Biznovate Business Pitching 2018 Competition was held on 29th April 2018 at FM Convention Hall Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor organised by Faculty of Management UTM, UTM XCITE  and UTM CIDU. This competition were sponsored by BIT EXTREME Internet & Software Solutions and ACFI Fourth Industrial Revolution Training Centre Sdn Bhd. Remarkably this is the first time where a competition was held with full sponsorship from the private sectors without using any funds from UTM.

The purpose of organizing Biznovate Business Pitching 2018 competition was to uncover creative and innovative entrepreneurial ideas from fresh, young and talented entrepreneurs.

The competition comprised of  two levels which are the preliminary round (where every team has to pitch) and the finals. Six finalist competed in the finals.

The  theme of the competition comprised of three categories which are Creative Content and Mobile Apps, Innovative Product and Social Entrepreneurship.

Students from different courses and faculties participated in this competition to express their interesting ideas to the judges and sponsors.

Some ideas were really creative, innovative and entrepreneurial that grabbed the judges interest.

The winners were awarded cash prizes of RM500 and runner up were awareded with cash prizes of RM 300 for every categories.

There was also special award which was the ACFI Sdn Bhd Best Presenter  Award and Bit Extreme Infotech Sdn Bhd Gold Award.

 

List of winners:

Category A : Innovative Product:

  1. KEEN:
    1. Noor Hazwani Binti Ramli
    2. Karismah Wati Binti Rajalee
    3. Maisarah Binti Mahad
    4. Siti Nuraida Norddin
    5. Muhammad Amirul Afnan Bin Zahari
  2. PRODUIT:
    1. Nazatul Aida Binti Md Saad
    2. Nurul Ain Syukriyah Binti Ahmad Muhamud
    3. Nur Syamimi Nadiah Binti Baharudin
    4. Evernessah Eva Dominus
    5. Muhamad Azhanizam Binti Mohd Salleh

Category B :Social Entrepreneurship

  1. MESMERIZE GIRLS:
    1. Nur Afiqah Binti Mohamed
    2. Nadiatul Syifa Binti Puat Lottfi
    3. Noramira Natasha Binti Sharil
    4. Tengku Nur Farah Aida Binti Tengku Chek
    5. Chua Kee Shien

2.VIVACIOUS:

  1. Nur Hazwani Binti Roshidi
  2. Nurul Najihah Binti Mokhtar
  3. Nur Insyirah Binti Zainol Abidin
  4. Nuramira Binti Ahmad Mazlan
  5. Nor Amirah Binti Masduki

Category C :Creative Content and Mobile App:

  1. BUSYBEES:
    1. Fatin Liyana Binti Yusli
    2. Nur Umairah Binti Abdul Razak
    3. Neshalini A/P P.Ragavan
    4. Nur Roslina Binti Peer Muhammad Hussain
    5. Norfazilah Binti Md Zaki
  1. WILD SQUAD:
    1. Ong Shu Fay
    2. Tan Chai Ting
    3. Ng Zhao Qing
    4. Tay Hui Xin

 

Winner for Gold Medal Award sponsored by Bit Extreme Infotech Sdn Bhd :

BUSYBEES:

  • Fatin Liyana Binti Yusli
  • Nur Umairah Binti Abdul Razak
  • Neshalini A/P P.Ragavan
  • Nur Roslina Binti Peer Muhammad Hussain
  • Norfazilah Binti Md Zaki

 

Best Presenter sponsored by ACFI Sdn Bhd

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May 07
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MAJLIS GRADUASI KURSUS PENSIJILAN PEMIKIRAN KOMPUTASIONAL & SAINS KOMPUTER 2017

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Graduan Majlis Graduasi Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional & Sains Komputer 2017

25 April 2018 – Pusat Inovasi Mahasiswa dan Keusahawanan Teknologi UTM (UTM XCITE) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) telah mengadakan Majlis Graduasi Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional & Sains Komputer 2017 bertempat di M-Suite Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor.

Majlis ini diadakan bagi meraikan graduan-graduan yang terdiri daripada guru-guru sekitar negeri Johor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan dan Melaka yang berjaya menamatkan Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional dan Sains Komputer 2018. Bilangan graduan yang berjaya menamatkan kursus dengan jayanya ini ialah seramai 118 orang.

Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional & Sains Komputer 2017 merupakan inisitaif kerajaan Malaysia melalui MDEC dan KPM bagi melatih guru-guru agar mahir dengan pengetahuan dan kemahiran sains komputer, termasuk kemahiran  pengaturcaraan dan juga memahami dan menggunakan strategi pedagogi yang sesuai untuk  pengajaran pemikiran komputasional dan sains komputer (CTCS).  Peserta program ini telah melalui latihan selama 40 jam secara “face to face” dengan Master Trainer yang terdiri daripada pensyarah-pensyarah UTM. Mereka juga diberikan tugasan seperti projek pengaturcaraan (programming), menyediakan kertas cadangan bagi siasatan bilik darjah (classroom investigation) dan video laporan.

 

Majlis ini telah dirasmikan oleh Yang Berbahagia Prof. Dr. Shahrin Mohammad, Pro Naib Canselor (Strategi) UTM. Wakil Pengarah Pendidikan Johor, Pn. Sallina Hussain, Ketua Sektor Pengurusan Akademik, Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Johor dan wakil MDEC, En. Johan Termizi, Pengurus, Educator Readiness, Talent & Digital Entrepreneurship Division, turut hadir ke majlis ini dan pengarah UTM XCITE, Prof Madya Dr Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan juga hadir.

 

Penyampaian Sijil kepada guru-guru yang berjaya menamatkan Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional & Sains Komputer 2017

 

Penyampaian Sijil kepada guru-guru yang berjaya menamatkan Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional & Sains Komputer 2017

 

Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan memaklumkan juga bahawa “UTM melalui UTM XCITE telah diberi mandat oleh MDEC bagi meneruskan lagi pelaksanaan program Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional dan Sains Komputer bagi tahun 2018 ini. Selain itu, UTM XCITE juga telah diberi mandat untuk melaksanakan Bengkel Micro-controller bagi Jurulatih Utama KPM yang terlibat dalam pengajaran mata pelajaran Reka Bentuk Teknologi (RBT) yang juga akan diadakan pada bulan Mei 2018 akan datang.”

Sekitar Majlis Graduasi Kursus Pensijilan Pemikiran Komputasional dan  Sains Komputer 2017

Mar 15
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SME@UTM 2017 Industrial Visit to India 2018

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Day 1 – 10 March 2018

 

On the 10th of March 2018, a group of CEOs (participants of the SME@UTM 2017 programme) departed to India for the SME@UTM 2017 Industrial Visit. The participants gathered at the UTM XCITE’s compound before embarking on a 4 hour journey to KLIA via bus. Exactly at 1850 pm, the group departed to New Delhi on MH 190 to Indira Gandhi airport. After a short hop to New Delhi, we arrived at the Indira Gandhi Airport where our travel agent in India were waiting for us. We stayed a night at the Suncourt Yatri Hotel at the outskirt of New Delhi for a few hours before moving to New Delhi Railway Station, early morning on the next day.

 

Day 2 – 11 March 2018

 

We boarded the New Delhi- Amritsar Swarna Shatabdhi Express 12029. The train departed on time and we arrived at Phagwara Junction at 1230 pm due to an half hour delay. We were greeted by Mr Raj Nidhi Sharma, Deputy Director, Lovely Professional University (LPU) and his subordinates at the Phagwara Junction Station.

After a lavishing Northern India Vegetarian Lunch, we were given a campus tour of the Lovely Professional Univeristy.   The entourage were then moved to the Chancellery building for the Indo-Malaysia Industries Meet-up hosted by LPU. The session was attended by the top management of LPU and entrepreneurs from Jalandhar and Phagwara. The participants were briefed on the current business situation in the Punjab region as well the opportunities for Malaysian entrepreneurs. During the networking session, Malaysian entrepreneurs mingle with their Indian counterpart. Several entrepreneurs were interested in our kindergarten business operated by one of our entrepreneurs. There were lots of keen questions being thrown by the Indian entrepreneurs as they were putting a serious focus on early childhood education.

 

 

At night, the delegates were brought to the Rangla Punjab, one of landmarks in Phagwara, showcasing the Punjabi’s way of life and also traditional Punjabi cuisine.

 

 

Day 3 – 12 March 2018

 

The day begins with a meeting with top officials from LPU together with officers from UTM, SMECORP and a focus group of CEOs. The agenda of the meeting comprised on how to find common grounds and how can LPU benefit from the SME@Univeristy Programme and how it can be executed in Punjab Region. Other than that, UTM and LPU discussed the prospects of working together through student/staff exchange, introduction of entrepreneurial subjects to LPU through UTM expertises and also how UTM created networks with industries. From the session, besides trying to bridge on business activities, it is realized that the Indian counterparts also took education and its quality seriously. The sharing session on how education in early chilhood, entrepreneurship and research may stregthened university and industrial ties highlights various opportunities in potential businesses. Education become a focal point in this discussion, as LPU is well known in one of the contributors towards social and economic developer in Punjab.

 

 

Later on, the delegates visited Uniparts India Ltd.  The delegates were welcome by Mr Jaswinder Singh Bhogal, Vice President of Uniparts India. Uniparts India is a leading manufacturer and supplier of 3-point linkage solutions to the Indian market. Uniparts India is a well-recognized exporter of agriculture and construction equipment components to significant geographies such as US, Europe, Japan, and Latin America and has consistently been recognized (along with its subsidiaries) as a leading exporter in the category by EEPC. The factory in Ludhiana focuses on developing and creating machinery parts for agricultural industries.

 

 

In the afternoon, the delegates attended a session with the Chamber of Industrial & Commercial Undertaking (CICU), Ludhiana. CICU is a non-profit organization with members comprising of 10000 entrepreneurs throughout the Punjab region.  The session were attended by Mr DPS Kharbanda (Punjab State Director of Industries & Commerce), Mr. Upkar Singh Ahuja (President of CICU) and Mr Raj Nidhi Sharma (Deputy Director, LPU).  Both Mr Kharbanda and Mr Upkar Singh highlighted the potential of Malaysia and India industrial linkages in many fields. Mr Kharbanda also welcome the Malaysia trade to the Punjab region and also highlighted incentives to those who were interested. “The Punjabis are known for innovation and hard work and Punjab is the best place to do trade” as stated by Mr DPS Kharbanda.

 

Through a semi-formal networking session held afterwards, Malaysian and Indian entrepreneurs found a potential business matching in manufacturing and construction. Attendees from both countries were immersed in exchanging information, to see how they are able to support one another. The discussion also circulating on how the two parties were able to learn from each other experience and see the possibilities to adapt it, thus businesses have better opportunity to be more efficient.

Day 4 – 14 March 2018

We departed from LPU Hotel very early in the morning to catch the 623 am train to New Delhi. After a 4 hour journey, we begun a half day city tour before departing back to Malaysia on the same day.

 

Mar 02
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Youth Entrepreneur Programme (YEP) 2018 : My Experiences whilst at Alibaba Office

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Alhamdulillah, we have safely arrived back in Malaysia after 12 days of hustle and training with Alibaba Business School under the Youth E-Commerce Program 2018 organized by the Alibaba Group and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE). We have learnt a lot this past weeks and we will gladly share our experiences with our entrepreneur friends in Malaysia.

 

 

We departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on the 19th of January 2018. Out of hundreds of participants, only 20 students were selected including us two. It was an exciting experience as it is our first time to land our feet in China. Hangzhou is a really beautiful and advance city in terms of data technology. We went there during the winter season and we were blessed as we got to experience snow for the first time in our life! People around here told us that Hangzhou haven’t experience any snow for the past 8 years, so we were really blessed.

 

The most interesting challenge that we have faced in China is in terms of communication or language. Not everyone around here speaks English, so we have to adapt to the surrounding. We learnt simple words on how to greet people, how to say thank you and a bit of communication so that we can survive whilst in Hangzhou.

 

We were sent to the Alibaba Business school for 10 days, and we have learnt a lot on the expanding technology in China and also the history of Alibaba itself. On the first day we were introduced to the Alibaba Business School that was not far from our hotel. I am really amazed by their culture and discipline. We were given a talk by the Dean on the 4 greatest inventions in China which is the payment system, shared bike, e-commerce and also bullet train.

On the second day, we learnt about B2B e-commerce in greater depth which is Alibaba.com. We learnt on how we can get inquiries from customers upon our business. To make it short, we need to have a professional web design, higher traffic, verification with trust, unlimited product posting, more orders, and higher product exposure. I was really amazed that Asia Pacific has the highest potential Digital Buyer which is 711.1 million but that is only 25.5% of the population there and that is already half of the contribution to global e-commerce.

 

On the third day, we went to another Alibaba Business School quite far from our hotel to learn more on the management of Alibaba. They focused on to build the team first and to make the customer happy as Jack Ma Always said to them, “Customer first, Employee second, Shareholders third”. During the class, I finally understand all the position that one should have in an organization and their roles.

We learnt about TaoBao on the fourth day which is an B2C e-commerce website of Alibaba Group. This website defeated E-bay when they wanted to penetrate the China market. Because of TaoBao give more value to the customer in China and really understand the market, they won the heart of China internet users. We also were exposed to the new e-commerce in china which is Tmall and Tmall global which focus more on bringing imported item and product into china as the demand is getting higher every day.

After spending 10 days training with Alibaba Business school, I realized that Alibaba it not just an E-commerce Company. Yes, we have learnt every single E-commerce that Alibaba has built and we know how to differentiate it from each other as each one caters to a specific market. But we also learnt a lot on the ecosystem of Alibaba itself to make Alibaba Group Sustain for 102 years, so it can last for 3 centuries as aimed by Jack Ma.

 

There is a lot of potential technology that we can bring back to Malaysia, but it depends on how can we create the culture here in Malaysia to adapt with the advance technology development in china. We would like to thank MOHE, Alibaba Group and also UTM especially UTM XCITE for giving us this amazing experience to us young entrepreneur. Looking forward for The Next Journey,  InsyaAllah.

Written by Muhammad Luqman Wafi Abd Muiz, 1st Year, FKE, 2018

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