Community & Service

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia · Faculty of Management
Community & Service
Service-learning projects led with UTM students, from schools and orphanages to small hawkers and B40 families, plus leadership and expert service.
11
programmes as project leader
6
community groups served
3
UTM 3-star projects
RM 7,000
community project funding

Lean thinking, taken to the community

Primary school · 2025
Pengkomposan Domestik untuk Komuniti Lestari
Domestic composting for a sustainable community, run with UTM students as a SULAM service-learning project.
Primary school · 2025
Regen: Recycle for a New Generation
Recycling awareness for pupils at SK Taman Universiti 1, Skudai.
Orphanage · 2025
Sentuhan Ilmu
Strengthening reading and counting skills for children at Rumah Anak Yatim Raudhatul Maryam, Skudai.
Pre-school · 2025
Money Mania: Little Tycoons
Early money awareness for pre-school children.
Hawkers · 2024–2025
KET-LES: Memperkasa Kelestarian Ekonomi Tempatan
Helping small hawkers in Taman Universiti understand business financing and consultancy support.★★★ UTM 3-starFunding RM 5,000
Secondary school · 2024
Program Celik Kewangan, SMK Pasir Gudang 2
Financial literacy for secondary school students, delivered by UTM undergraduates.★★★ UTM 3-starFunding RM 600
Single mothers & B40 · 2024
Rekraf Lestari
Building income for single mothers and B40 families through crafts made from recycled materials.
Orphanage · 2024
Upscale Day
A service-learning day with children from an orphanage.
B40 community · 2024
Recycle Awareness Programme
Recycling awareness at Perumahan Awam Seri Perlis, Semarak, Kuala Lumpur.
B40 community · 2024
Recycle Today for a Better Tomorrow
Recycling awareness for residents in a B40 community.
Hawkers · 2023
Digital Entrepreneur
Digital entrepreneurship for street-food hawkers in Taman Universiti, Skudai.★★★ UTM 3-starFunding RM 1,400

Leadership and service

Faculty roles

  • Student Development Coordinator and advisor, Persatuan Pengurusan Teknologi (STRATEGI)
  • First Year Experience (FYE) Coordinator, 2022–2026
  • Programme Head, MPhil in Management (MHAM3), 2023–2025
  • Assistant Head, Service Quality Research Group, 2023–2025
  • Chair, curriculum review task force for the MPhil (Research) programme

Judge and expert panels (60+)

  • Head of Jury, KIK Innovation Convention, Royal Malaysian Navy (2026)
  • Head of Jury, Innovative and Creative Circle Awards (iCAP), Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan (2025, 2026)
  • Head of Jury, KIK Convention, Johor State Department of Health (2025)
  • Jury, KIK conventions, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Defence (2025)
  • Jury, IRISE2026, i-SINERGIE 2026, ICWET 2026, Intelligent2026 and SusED 2026
  • Jury, AISEEF and ICrIPE (Indonesia), YISF Bali, IIDEX UTeM, I-RIA and many more since 2020
  • Reviewer, ITARS 4.0, African Educational Research Journal, and the Ministry of Home Affairs Perception of Safety Index book

Invited talks

  • Keynote, 5th CONESCINTECH 2025, Universitas Internasional Batam
  • Guest lecture, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang (2025)
  • Guest lecture, Universitas Andalas, Padang (2025)
  • Value Stream Mapping course, Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (2025)
  • KIK Horizon Baharu course, Politeknik Metro Kuantan (2023)

Conferences and leadership programmes

  • Facilitator, Johor Prestige Leadership Program: Sustainable Leadership in a Borderless Economy (2026)
  • Chair, International Greenovation Prototype 2025 and International GreenPulse 2024
  • Committee and session chair, ICRIIS-META 2025
  • Committee, ICON-FEMES 2024 and ARC-USK Summer School 2024
  • Moderator, 6th International Academic Studies Group Congress, Bingöl University, Türkiye (2023)

Polytechnic years (2011–2022)

  • Industrial Liaison & Training Unit Officer, Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (2014–2022)
  • Leader, Enginius KIK group, and facilitator for the Lean Convention @UKM (2020)
  • Author of the Form 5 KSSM Mechanical Engineering textbook (2021)
  • Excellent Service Awards from the Department of Polytechnic Education (2016) and Ministry of Higher Education (2021)