Professor Dato’ Ir. Dr. Mohd. Hamdi Abd. Shukor received his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with Honours from Imperial College, London, England; a Master of Science degree in Advanced Manufacturing and Management Technology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom; and a Doctor of Engineering degree from Kyoto University, Japan. His academic career commenced in 1995 in Universiti Malaya (UM) as a tutor and he later became a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture in 1997. He was then appointed as the Head, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture (2003-2006). He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and then served as a full Professor (Professor C) in 2010. He was promoted to a Senior Professor (Professor B) in 2014 and in 2019 as Senior Professor (Professor A). In 2021, he was promoted to the distinguised post of Senior Professor Turus III.   Prof Hamdi was the former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, (2009-2011) and the former UM Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) (2011-2013). He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Jan 2019 and in November 2020, he assumed the role of leading Universiti Malaya as the 13th Vice-Chancellor until Oct 2023. At the national level, he hold top leadership positions of great repute including as Chairman of the Public Universities Rectors/Vice-Chancellors Committee; Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC), Board Member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and Council Member of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). He was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015-2016. He was appointed as the Executive President of Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) from 2021-2022 and was a Steering Committee Member of Asia Pacific Rims Universities (APRU) 2022-2023. He is currently a Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) 2022-2025 and the Administrative Board Member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) 2022-2026. He is also being appointed a member of the Board of Trustee of The University of Sarjah, UAE (2023-2026). In addition to producing more than 222 impactful publications in journals indexed by the Web of Science, he also has recorded a WoS h-index of 44 with total citation of over 8,381. In recognition of his outstanding service and contribution, Dato' Mohd. Hamdi was conferred the Darjah Johan Mangku Negara (J.M.N.) by KDYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2019 and also Darjah Dato’ Paduka Negeri Sembilan (D.P.N.S.), which carries the title of Dato' by DYMM Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan in 2020.                                                                                                   ---------------------------    

Dr Ramesh Kasi graduated PhD from University of Malaya in 2007. His research interests focus on electrochemical applications of polymer materials which are used in energy storage systems and corrosion protection. He joined as Senior Lecturer in Physics Department in 2010 and got promoted as Professor in 2024. 25 PhD and 25 MSc have been graduated under the guidance of Dr Ramesh and currently 11 PhD and 2 Master degree students are pursuing their studies under his supervision. He has served in many administrative positions as Quality Manager, Programme Coordinator, Treasurer for the Centre for Ionics Universiti Malaya, Course file coordinator, Curriculum Review Committee for MSc Applied Physics and Industrial Training Coordinator. He has published more than 280 research papers in high ranked journals having 10,080 citations and h-index of 55. He has been successful in securing substantial funds for research from Universiti Malaya (UMRG and UMRP) and Malaysian government funding agencies (FRGS, PRGS), Tin Industry (Research and Development) Board , international funding like Erasmus+ (4 grants), Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation and ASEAN India Research Collaboration grant (2 grants). He has got 2 Malaysian patent granted and 2 patent filed for his credit. Dr Ramesh has been elected as the Fellow in Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and Institute of Materials Malaysia. He has received several awards and medals in participating international technological expo including ITEX, MTE, PECIPTA, IRIISE and BioMalaysia. He won Tun Lim Keng Yaik Award for best invention in technology reversing climate change (ITEX 2023), WINNER – category 1 - Gold Award - International Borneo Innovation, Exhibition & Competition 2023 (IBIEC 2023), Automotive Excellent Award (1st Place)- 12th Creation, Innovation, Technology & Research Exposition (CITREX 2022), Gold Award, and Best Award, AIIREX 2022, Asian Invention Excellence Award, ITEX 2021, Automotive Special Award – 1st Place- CITREX 2021, Special Award - MTE 2020 - Croatia Inova, Malaysian Technology Expo, 2020, Professional Special Award - International Research Innovation, Invention & Solution Exposition (IRIISE 2018), International Eureka Innovation Exhibition (iEIE 2017) Best Award in “Environmental Protection and Renewable Energy” category, CHAMPION – RM 50,000 Project Award, UTP Innovation Competition in conjunction with UTP 20th Year Anniversary Celebration, "The Best Award" in Malaysian Technology Expo (MTE 2016, Best Poster presentation ICFMD 2015, ITEX 2015 and Best Invention Award, Pecipta 2013 Gold Medal, Best of the Best Award in Electrical and Electronics Category. Dr. Ramesh has won the third prize with research grant award of RM 15000 in the Universiti Malaya Research Carnival 2022. He has been awarded as the Best Reviewer of the year 2015 by Emerald Publications. He has involved in organizing international conferences (ICFMD 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2024, Solar Asia 2013, CoMSE 2023. and international advisory committee in many international conferences) and participated as panel of judges in national science fair for children. Dr. Ramesh has been invited as keynote, plenary and invited speaker in various international conferences throughout the world. He has been awarded as Excellent Service Certificate in 2018 and 2024 at Universiti Malaya.  

Professor Dr Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof is a Professor of Dental Public Health at the Department of Community Oral Health and Clinical Prevention, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya. He received his Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Queen’s University of Belfast in 1997, a Master’s degree from University College London in 2004, a Diploma in Dental Public Health from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2004, and a PhD (with Distinction) from Universiti Malaya in 2013. He has over 20 years of experience in research and teaching, covering both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Professor Zamros has supervised more than 28 PhD/DrDPH/DrPaeds, 15 MClinDent (4-year clinical masters), 10 MPH(OH) (4-year masters), 7 MDSc by research, and 18 Master's by coursework. He has published 77 papers in ISI/WoS-indexed journals, 3 book chapters, and has been invited to speak at 15 conferences. He has 17 copyrights. His Scopus H index = 14 (Wos H index = 12). His research interests include the social determinants of oral health inequality, assessing the burden of oral diseases and conditions on individuals and societies, and developing and evaluating evidence-based oral health interventions and health policies. His work focuses on determining the effectiveness, equity, and overall impact of these interventions/policies on oral health outcomes at both the individual and population levels, as well as their implications for the organisation and delivery of dental healthcare services.