About Us

Get to know about PKAS - Program Pemerkasaan Kompetensi Akademik Siswa.

About PKAS

Pemerkasaan Kompetensi Akademik Siswa (PKAS) is an interdisciplinary research group focusing on Industry 4.0 for IoT Automation in Healthcare, Education, and Industry Safety and Productivity improvement.

The group currently comprises members from Engineering, Computing, Medical, Health Sciences and Education. PKAS operational staff members are industrial trainees, undergraduate and postgraduates appointed as research assistant, and graduate students on full time and part time basis.

Our Mission

PKAS is devoted in empowering the academic, personal and professional growth of youth globally.

Our Vision

PKAS empowers youth’s profession by providing Industry 4.0 relevant programs and services for the technopreneurial research university of the 21st Century. Youth will be guided and trained to be renown, relevant, reputable and participate in their community’s technological, economical and social growth.

Core Values

Quality

We believe quality is achieved through cooperation, origination, and an entrepreneurial spirit. We are devoted to the incessant improvement of our programs, services, and the professional development of our staff.

Empowerment

We qualify youths to take a dynamic role in encouraging institutional, local, national and global matters. We empower them to advocate for themselves, their community and the rights of others.

Integrity

We groom integrity by sustaining the highest standards and principles that guide our profession - indicating professionalism, ethical conduct, and accountability in all programs and services.

Technopreneurship

We prepare youth for the technopreneurship roles that they will assume in our global society. This is achieved through intentional learning, sound technology inquiry, dedicated mentoring and active reproduction. We provide opportunities to develop the technopreneurship competencies that will allow youth to introduce meaningful changes in their respective communities.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Early Career Mentoring

The Early Career Mentoring provides the opportunity for early-career technopreneurs (undergraduate students and postgraduates) to discuss entrepreneurial issues with people who may have a unique and significant influence on personal growth and development. We are committed to the development of the total youth in all aspects of intellectual, personal, and professional growth.

History Of PKAS

April 2016

Program Pemerkasaan Kompetensi Akademik Siswa (The Student Academic Competence Empowerment Program) known as PKAS officially established on April 7th, 2016. It was initiated by a group of researchers led by Dr. Kalaivani Chellappan with several other lecturers along with supporting staffs and research assistants of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment UKM. PKAS initial objectives are to focus in organizing workshops and programs related to research and data analysis, known as the Data Science.
Postgraduate students who don't have the opportunity to receive sponsorship through research funds to participate in workshops conducted at the university level are now given the opportunity to join them for a reasonable fee. As the workshops have received an overwhelming response, PKAS has begun to actively organizing workshops which are open to undergraduate students after 6 months of operation. During that period, it was observed that to produce a quality research, undergraduate students need to be trained early enough to prepare them for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary-based research in the next level.

October 2016

In October 2016, PKAS opens the opportunity for undergraduate students who are keen to participate in the workshops on empowering their academic competencies.

January 2017

On January 1, 2017, PKAS changed its name into Program Pemerkasaan Kompetensi Akademik Siswa (Student Academic Competence Empowerment Program) which is more holistic and open to all level of students, while maintaining the acronym. Workshops conducted with undergraduate students are focused on Internet-of-Things (IoT) such as circuit design and embedded systems, PCB fabrication, 3D design and printing and mobile application development, as well as organizing students’ employability workshop.

October 2017

In October 2017 PKAS began its collaboration with Faculty of Education UKM in strengthening STEM at the school level in specialized areas of STEMA-IoT. PKAS's involvement in the Mentor-Mentee program of UKM-JPNS aims to instill students' interest of STEM in school, with the additional elements of art that will ensure the empowerment of students particularly in the field of IoT, which are expected to lead the world of 21st century. The program was developed with a strong interdisciplinary element in the STEM field.
PKAS is confident that quality students at the university level will emerge from those who have a strong STEM interest and knowledge at the school level. At the same time, PKAS also trains students and alumni of UKM to become entrepreneurs and technoprenuers in their respective fields of expertise. PKAS aims to produce high quality human capital in terms of scientific and integrity as well as willingness to serve the country in the future.

November 2017

In November 2017, PKAS extended its training to international level with the IoT Workshop with students and lecturers from Future University, Sudan through strategic collaboration at university level. PKAS had also organized an IoT-Semester Break Attachment Program (IoT-SBAP) which guided a group of undergraduates to win the 2017 Superb Higher Education League in the same year.

Leadership & Experts

Our scholars in PKAS...

9+

Years of Program

46+

Trainees

12+

Staffs

PROF. DR. NORBAHIAH MISRAN

Organization

Advisor

Expertise: Antenna Design

Scholar Citation
Profile/CV
bahiah@ukm.edu.my
0389118014

PROF. MADYA Ts. DR. KALAIVANI A/P CHELLAPPAN

Organization

Director

Expertise: Clinical Cardiovascular Engineering; Data Engineering & Analytics; Industrial Automation; Internet of Things

Scholar Citation
Profile/CV
kckalai@ukm.edu.my
03-8921 842

MAS AYU BINTI OTHMAN

Organization

Admin Executive

Expertise: Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Human Resource Development (HRD), Youth Empowerment

Scholar Citation
Profile/CV
mas.ayu@ukm.edu.my
03-89216600

MUHAMMAD SYAFIQ BIN ABDUL RAZAK

Technical Department

Design Technologies

Expertise: Graphic Design; Circuit Design & Troubleshooting; Elelectronic & PCB Design

mdsyafiqrazak@ukm.edu.my
03-89216600

ROSMINA BINTI JAAFAR

Scientific Department

Deputy Director

Expertise: Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Signal Processing, Medical Electronics and Instrumentation N-USS

Scholar Citation
Profile/CV
rosmina@ukm.edu.my
03-89216693