UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

UTAR Staff Awards Ceremony 2026


UTAR Excellence Awards 2025

No

Awards

Recipients

Faculty/ Division

1

Teaching Excellence Award 2025

Category of Pure Sciences

 

Ms Chan Jer Jing

CFS-KPR

Mr Foo Heng Yen

CFS-SL

Category of Applied Sciences and Technology

 

Ts Dr Saw Seow Hui

FICT

Ts Dr Mogana a/p Vadiveloo

FICT

Category of Engineering

 

Ir Prof Dr Sumathi a/p Sethupathi

FEGT

Ir Dr Mun Hou Kit

LKC FES

Category of Medicine and Health Sciences

 

Dr Michelle Ng Yeen Tan

FSc

Dr Kang Waye Hann

MK FMHS

Category of Arts and Social Science

 

Dr Sanggari a/p Krishnan

FAS

Ms Geetha a/p Veerappan

FEd

Category of Communication, Business and Management

 

Ms Liang Chooi Ling

CFS-SL

Dr Rajini Kumar a/l Sreedharam

FCI

2

e-Learning Excellence Award 2025

Category of Science, Engineering and Technology

 

Ts Dr Phua Yeong Nan

LKC FES

Ms Teen Soh Hong

Note: For this category, there are 2 recipients. The recipients shall be presented with a certificate and a trophy each, and the cash prize shall be shared equally between them.

CFS-SL

Category of Management, Accountancy, Business and Finance

 

 

Ms Chin Yoon Mei

THP FBF

3

Research Excellence Award 2025

Category of Social Science, Art, Humanity, Management and Accounting

 

 

Dr Lee Hui Shan

FAM

Category of Science, Engineering, Technology and Medicine

 

 

Ir Prof Ts Dr Jeffrey Yap Boon Hui

LKC FES

Ts Dr Jun Hieng Kiat

Note: For this category, there are 2 recipients. The recipients shall be presented with a certificate and a trophy each, and the cash prize shall be shared equally between them.

 

LKC FES

4

Top Researcher Award 2025

 

Category of Science, Engineering, Technology and Medicine

 

Prof Dr Chong Kok Keong

LKC FES

5

Innovation Excellence Award 2025

Ir Ts Dr Hau Lee Cheun

Ir Prof Dr Lim Yun Seng

Ir Prof Dr Chua Kein Huat

Note: The innovation project consists of the above 3 recipients. The 3 recipients shall be presented with a certificate and a trophy each, and the cash prize shall be shared equally among them.

 

LKC FES

LKC FES

LKC FES

6

Staff Service Excellence Award 2025

Administrative Staff (Category A)

 

Ms Kok Li Kuan, Manager

IMLD

Support and General Staff (Category B, C and D)

 

Ms Yee Sau Keng, Administrative Assistant II

 

DGS-SL

The recipients of award number 1,2,3,5 and 6 will receive the following rewards:

a)                   A Cash Prize of RM 1,000.00;

b)                   A Certificate of Acknowledgement; and

c)                   A Trophy.

 

The recipient of the award number 4 will receive the following rewards:

a)                   A Cash prize of RM3,000.00;

b)                   A Certificate of acknowledgement; and

c)                   A Trophy.

(Please note that award recipients who have resigned prior to the award ceremony will not be entitled to receive the award and rewards.)

The University is pleased to announce that Centre for Power Systems and Electricity (CPSE) and Centre for Economic Studies (CES) have been jointly awarded the UTAR Research Centre Excellence Award 2025.

CPSE will receive a grant of RM 50,000.00 for a research centre in the field of Science and Technology (S&T) while CES will receive a grant of RM 10,000.00 for a research centre in the field of Non-Science and Technology (Non-S&T).

 

The University would like to congratulate all the award recipients.