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First vice-chancellor: Mohd Rashdan was appointed UPM’s first vice-chancellor from 1971 to 1982.

GENEROUS, passionate and sincere.

That is how Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Aini Ideris remembers Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Mohd Rashdan Baba.

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