Ghauth Jasmon
Ybhg. Datuk Professor Dr. Ghauth Jasmon is the current University of Malaya vice chancellor (VC). He took office on 8 November 2008 replacing Datuk Rafiah Salim. His appointment as the VC was surrounded with lots of controversies. Prior to this, Ghauth Jasmon was the Multimedia University president and CEO of Unity College International.
Prof Ghauth was invited by Telekom Malaysia to set up and build Universiti Telekom (the first private university in Malaysia) in October 1996 and commenced duty as President in December 1996. In March 1997, the government instructed him to build the Multimedia University (MMU) in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), Cyberjaya. The MMU in the MSC was envisioned by the government to act as a catalyst for the development ICT.
As of June 2007, MMU had more than 22,000 students, 1,600 staff, 7 faculties and one Foundation Centre. Also MMU had 3800 international students from 81 countries, academic staff from 30 countries and collaborates with many international companies and agencies.
Prof Ghauth Jasmon graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1979 and the PhD degree in Power Systems Engineering in 1982 from the University of London.
His career began with a Lecturership in the Department Of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya in 1982. He was appointed the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department in 1986 to 1988. Based on his research, publication and consultancies, Prof Ghauth was promoted to Associate Professor in 1989 and to Full Professor in 1992. In the same year, he was appointed the Dean of Engineering and held the position until August 1995. During his period as Dean, he introduced the Built Environment Programmes comprising Degrees in Architecture, Land and Quantity Surveying and several new Engineering degrees such as Materials, Telecommunication, Manufacturing and Environmental. Prof Ghauth was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) in August 1995.
As an academic, Prof Ghauth has contributed extensively in research and in the Engineering Profession. He researched in the areas Power Systems Analysis, Network Analysis, Voltage Stability, System Security and Neural Networks. His works have been published in 30 international journal papers, 45 conference/seminars and other publications. He has also been involved in many professional engineering activities especially in the IEE(UK) and IEEE (USA) and was formerly a Secretary General and Vice President of the Association for Engineering Education in South East Asia and the Pacific. He is currently a Fellow of the IEE, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Senior Member of the IEEE and an Eisenhower Fellow.
Due to his vast contributions to the development of the country's private tertiary education initiatives, he was bestowed with the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) which carries the title Datuk by the Governor of Malacca.
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