APU don is new Unesco chair


PROF Dr Abtar Darshan Singh (pic) has recently been appointed the Unesco Chair on Harnessing Innovations in Technology to Support Teachers and Quality Learning for a four-year term.With the appointment, the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) Digital Learning Hub director and innovative digital learning professor becomes the first academic in a Malaysian private university to be elected to such a position.

As the Unesco Chair, Prof Abtar will drive research, training and knowledge-sharing initiatives and capitalise on disruptive technologies in the areas of the Fourth Industrial Revolution such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data and analytics to promote inclusive and equitable education in Malaysia, as well as other developing economies.

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