Aug 17, 2021 Kuala Lumpur - UCSI University has recently launched the Tan Sri Omar Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Studies. This Centre is named after a personality who has for years been championing STI as a major enabler for national socio-economic transformation and has injected relentless efforts in putting in place the necessary processes and institutions to drive the nation's STI agenda; he is no other than Tan Sri Omar Abdul Rahman, the Malaysia’s first Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and who is currently a member of UCSI University Council.
It is the mission of this Centre is to create ACCA (Awareness, Comprehension or understanding, Commitment and Action) for enhancing the capacity for STI and for social innovation promoting Malaysia aspiration. Particularly, the formation of this Centre is to serve as a champion in promoting the agendas related to STI; an advisor to provide sound advice or direction to various advisory committees or agencies related to drive the policies of STI; a populariser in bridging the gap between scientific community and the public on the roles of STI; a planner in planning STI policies, as well as to educate and implement these policies.
At the launch, several prominent speakers were invited to share their point of view on the forum entitled “Powering the Nation’s Agenda for a Harmonious, Prosperous, Progressive and Sustainable Malaysia – the Strategic Role of Science, Technology and Social Innovation”. The invited speakers are Professor Dr Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi (a Academician from UCSI University), Professor Dato Dr Abu Bakar Jaafar (Chaiman, Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Centre), Datin Dr Mahaletchumy Arjunan (The Petri Dish founding editor-in-chief), and Mr. Girish M Ramachandran (27 Advisory executive director). This forum was moderated by Professor Dato' Dr. Ahmad Bin Ibrahim, as the main Coordinator for this Centre.
Watch this video to recap the launching of Tan Sri Omar Centre for STI Policy Studies!
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