New ‘technovate’ lab at UTAR

Banding together: Tan Sri Muhammad (centre) presenting a souvenir to Prof Ewe. On the far left is Teong.

IN this fast-paced digitalisation era, industry-academia partnerships and collaborations are pivotal in developing research and a qualified workforce.Cognisant of this, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) through its Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT) came together with GDEX Berhad to launch the GDEX Technovate Lab at the UTAR Kampar Campus recently.

Aimed at promoting technological advancements and innovations between industry and academia, the lab would enable UTAR students to acquire knowledge and skills in the fields of information technology (IT) and logistics, a press release read.