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UPM Innovation in ‘Malaysian Innovators’


KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 – UPM vaccine research on Newcastle Disease Vaccine (NDV$-UPM Vaccine) has been included in the book, “Malaysian Innovators – Everyone can Innovate”.

The innovation is a research by UPM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International), Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini Ideris and Prof.Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latif Ibrahim.

Prior to this, in October 2010, Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini received the Product Innovation and Commercialization Award at the National Academic Awards (NAA).

This second publication by the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC) and Malaysian Association of Creativity & Innovation (MARCI), records the efforts of enterprise pioneers, researchers, and youth in order to show that innovative products from Malaysia can be internationalized.



Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Dato’ Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, who launched the book, said the initiative by MPC is an opportunity for the researchers to  share their experiences with readers.

“Research done by individuals and organizations included in this book will inspire readers to be innovative and forward-looking,” said Dato’ Mukhriz. Also present at the MPC CreaNova 2012: Power of Collaborative Innovation event was MPC Chairman,  Tan Sri Azman Hashim.

Other innovations included in this book are five from public institutions of higher learning (IPTAs), one from a research institute, three from the small medium enterprise (SME) sector and seven from secondary schools that developed the commercialization of products, patents, industry designs, trademarks, and copyrights.

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