DALLAS, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering, today announced that it has been selected by Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) of the State of Nevada to be the prime systems integrator for the System Modernization or “SysMod” project – a transformational initiative to modernize the DMV operations.

Tech Mahindra’s award winning solution MOVES™, will form the basis of the transformational journey. The solution will be migrated to the Oracle technology stack and will provide a true customer service experience across multiple channels. The proposed digital solution will provide for better customer service, reduce transaction processing time, and increase speed-to-market of offered NV DMV products and services. The total contract value including infrastructure and services is greater than $70M over a five year period.

“We are looking forward to partnering with Tech Mahindra to create the DMV of the future” saidDepartment of Motor Vehicles Director Terri L. Albertson . “This is not just a technology upgrade. We are creating a motor vehicle agency that will be second to none in delivering fast and efficient service to the public. It is also a great example of innovation and responsive state government under GovernorBrian Sandoval’s Nevada Strategic Planning Framework for the next five years.”

“Tech Mahindra is very excited to partner with Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles in designing and implementing the DMV of the Future,” said Arvind Malhotra , Cluster head of Strategic Accounts .  “We will be implementing the solution in a phased manner leveraging Agile methodology and a very modern IT architecture.”

About Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology services and solutions, enabling Enterprises, Associates and the Society to Rise™. We are aUSD 4.0 billion company with 105,400+ professionals across 90 countries, helping over 800 global customers including Fortune 500 companies. Our innovation platforms and reusable assets connect across a number of technologies to deliver tangible business value to our stakeholders. Tech Mahindra is also amongst the Fab 50 companies in Asia as per the Forbes 2015 List.

We are part of the USD 16.9 billion Mahindra Group that employs more than 200,000 people in over 100 countries. The Group operates in the key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, after-market, information technology and vacation ownership.

Connect with us on:  http://www.techmahindra.com

Our Social Media Channels: Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn , YouTube

About Nevada DMV

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles issues driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and license plates in the Silver State. It also licenses, regulates and taxes the vehicle, motor carrier and fuel industries.

The DMV’s mission is to modernize and reinvent DMV services through technology, innovation, customer service and training while guarding against fraud and protecting the driving public through licensing and intervention practices while ensuring privacy protection of DMV records.

The department has more than 1,100 employees. It collects more than $1 billion in annual revenues that help fund highway projects, local government services and school districts. The DMV also raises funds for charitable organizations through the specialty license plate program.

Visit the DMV website at http://www.dmvnv.com .

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MOSCOW, June 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Milan hosted today the Fourth International Children’s Forum as part of FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP, Gazprom’s large-scale social project, which is aimed at developing youth football and fostering tolerance and respect toward different cultures and ethnicities. This year, the Forum brought together young football players from Africa , Asia , Europe and South America.

The Forum’s participants met with Franz Beckenbauer , the Global Ambassador of the FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP project, FC Schalke 04’s midfielders Maximilian Meyer and Leon Goretzka , and Michel Salgado , UEFA Ambassador at the Forum.

The Forum culminated with the awarding of the Nine Values Cup. This unique prize is presented annually to a professional football club for outstanding achievements in social responsibility. This year, the Cup was awarded to FC Bayern Munich. The FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP project’s participants commended the football club for its support of children with disabilities, its healthcare initiatives aimed at children in different countries, and its assistance to those in need.

The Forum concluded with the final match of the International Street Football Tournament for children. Slovenian FC Maribor took home the first prize.

Over 200 journalists from the world’s leading media covered the Forum, as did young reporters from participating countries who worked at the International Children’s Press Center.

“Thirty-two countries are taking part in the FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP project. Among them areSyria and Turkey , Armenia and Azerbaijan . The number of participants is growing every year. It means that children value peace and friendship above all else, regardless of cultural and traditional differences. Not only do boys and girls learn to respect one another, but also they themselves become the champions of fundamental human values. The FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP project helps them achieve that. I am convinced that together we will make the world a better place,” said Alexey Miller , Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee.

“For several years it has been my pleasure to support as global ambassador the FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP program, which is promoting key human values, important for wellbeing of any society. This is why now I’m especially glad to know that the award, which impersonates the F4F program, its goals and targets, is granted to Bayern Munich. The Nine Values Cup is an appraisal made by the most open-minded audience, children. This makes the Cup an especially valuable award for any club,” saidFranz Beckenbauer .

SOURCE International Children’s Social FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP programme press center

SINGAPORE, June 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Vodafone revealed results of its Flexible: friend or foe? study which found 75 percent of companies worldwide have introduced flexible working policies to enable employees to vary their hours and use the latest technologies to work remotely. The survey of 8,000 business professionals across three continents also revealed that 53 percent of companies inSingapore who have introduced flexible working have seen increased profits since its implementation.

The Flexible: friend or foe? study drew on responses from small and medium-sized businesses, public sector organizations and multinational corporations (MNCs) in 10 countries. Respondents stated — to a striking extent — that they believed performance had been enhanced as a result of flexible working:

• 61 percent of respondents globally said their company’s profits increased;
• 83 percent reported an improvement in productivity; and
• 58 percent believed that flexible working policies had a positive impact on their organization’s reputation.

The rapid adoption of high-speed mobile data services, fixed-line broadband and cloud services is playing an integral role in this workplace revolution: 61 percent of respondents now use their home broadband service to access work applications and 24 percent use a mobile data connection via their smartphone, tablet or laptop with broadband dongle.

More than three-quarters of Singapore companies offer flexible working, though barriers still exist

76 percent of responding organizations in Singapore stated they have implemented flexible working policies, on par with the global average of 75 percent. Benefits realized include:

• 53 percent of Singapore companies saw increased profits after implementing flexible working.
• 77 percent of Singapore companies who have implemented flexible working have seen an increase in employee productivity.
• Teamwork has improved in 54 percent of Singapore organizations utilizing flexible working.
• 54 percent of Singapore workers leverage flexible working to improve work/life balance.
• Staff morale has increased in 75 percent of these organizations.

Vodafone’s survey also explored why 20 percent of respondents globally said their organization had not yet implemented a flexible working policy. Specifically in Singapore:

• 27 percent of Singapore companies who have not implemented flexible working have not done so due to fears that employee teamwork will decline.
• 57 percent of Singapore employees feel they do not have a usable flexible policy in place at their job.
• 38 percent of Singapore employees do not currently use enterprise social networking — a tool that would play a major role in flexible working.

Vodafone Global Enterprise Asia Pacific President Ben Elms said: “Vodafone’s research reveals a profound and rapid shift in the modern workplace. Singapore employers are telling us that flexible working boosts profits while their employees tell us they’re more productive. Central to all of this are the new technologies that are reshaping every sector, from high-speed mobile data networks and fixed-line broadband to the latest collaborative cloud services. We truly are in an era when work is what you do, not where you go.”

Notes to editors
The Flexible: friend or foe? survey was conducted by Morar (formerly Redshift Research) on behalf of Vodafone between September and October 2015 . The countries /regions surveyed were Germany ,Hong Kong , India , Italy , Netherlands , Singapore , South Africa , Spain , the UK and the USA . A total of 8,000 employers and employees were interviewed online across 10 countries /regions .

Download our flexible working guide at www.vodafone.com/WorkFlexi

About Vodafone Group
Vodafone is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone has mobile operations in 26 countries, partners with mobile networks in 57 more, and fixed broadband operations in 17 markets. As of31 December 2015 , Vodafone had 461 million mobile customers and 13 million fixed broadband customers. For more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com .

For further information

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Sustainable Brands inaugural Sydney conference

The environmental and social impact of brands are being increasingly scrutinised by stakeholders, employees and most importantly consumers, and the demand for new products, services and business models that deliver both purpose and profit, is soaring.

The world has changed and transparency is paramount. Innovative brand leaders with their focus on positive, sustainable outcomes will thrive, whilst those who fail to deliver will dive.

That’s the message underpinning Sustainable Brands, a global learning, collaboration and commerce community of forward thinking business and brand strategists, marketing innovators and sustainability professionals, convening in Sydney, Australia for the first time. The SB16 Sydney conference offers the opportunity for business leaders to join 300+ professionals over three days of plenaries, workshops and networking events, 27 – 29 June 2016 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth.

Dr Sally Uren, CEO, Forum for the Future, works with both individual pioneering businesses including Unilever and Kimberly Clark and global collaborations designed to address system-wide challenges. Dr Uren is coming to Australia for the first time in a professional capacity to headline SB16 Sydney. Based in the UK and overseeing offices in the US, Singapore and India, Dr Uren leads a number of global projects including Net Positive (an initiative challenging businesses to put back more into society, environment and the global economy than they take out), Cotton 2040 (a project aiming to mainstream sustainable cotton) and Tea 2030 (a project to deliver a sustainable tea value chain).

“The role of business in delivering solutions to society’s current set of significant and complex sustainability challenges has never before attracted so much attention. And the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris agreement on climate change emissions give us a shared direction that’s never been clearer. Unleashing the power of business to act as agents of transformative change requires, well, transformation, and SB16 Sydney will provide a platform to discuss the challenges, collaborate, and act to ensure a more sustainable future.

“It’s critical to transform the key systems we rely on and to do that everyone in the value chain must be involved, from the producers and manufacturers right through to the end-user, all working together towards a common aim.

“At SB16 Sydney, I will highlight key opportunities such as system innovation, the circular economy, pre-competitive collaboration and closing the circle between government, business and the consumer/community. I encourage professionals from all industries including marketing, design, construction, architecture, finance, medicine, communication, technology and so many more to join us is shaping a more sustainable future,” said Dr Uren.

SB16 Sydney will lead an agenda designed to educate, inspire and motivate cross-sector industries on how to build, integrate and leverage sustainability into their brands. Through an innovative program of collaboration and information, the event will provide the tools and partnerships to drive business success and positive impact.

Keynote presentations by global thought leaders include Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle discussing how businesses can realign their concept of waste and how it can become a brand ROI concept. Simon Mainwaring, Founder and CEO of We First will share his experience in social media helping companies tell the story of the good they do in ways that build reputation, profits and social impact. Bern van Son, CEO of MUD Jeans will discuss the paradox of tackling the three major issues in fashion of pollution, slavery and recycling whilst still making fashionable jeans.

Sustainable Brands events were founded on the belief that unleashing the best of human ingenuity and innovation can change the shape of business, and with it, the world. The Sustainable Brands conference held in San Diego for the past three years amassed over 2,000 attendees – the largest gathering of business leaders across various industries, organisational types and sizes and corporate functions.

Minister for Trade, Tourism & Major Events, Minister for Sport, The Hon. Stuart Ayres MPcommented on the value this inaugural Australian conference will bring to NSW.

“Sydney is a city of innovation and we’re proud this great partnership with the Sustainable Brands conference will bring thought leaders and business leaders here to engage on effective sustainability practices. The NSW Government is supporting the conference through our tourism and major events agency Destination NSW and I encourage all business to attend and consider integrating the learnings into their own strategies as they plan for future growth,” said Mr Ayres.

SB16 Sydney is organised by MCI Australia and supported by host partners Banksia Foundation and Sustainable Business Australia. Strategic partners include the NSW Government and Destination NSW.

Now is the time for business leaders to learn how to successfully innovate their brands to ensure a sustainable future. SB16 Sydney, 27 – 29 June 2016, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth.

Register to attend: http://www.sb16sydney.com/register

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Asia Plantation Capital will be providing industrial training for undergraduate students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) starting in June 2016.

Operations at Asia Plantation Capital’s purpose-built agarwood distillation and research centre has been in full swing for the past year, and is now ready to open its doors to interns from local universities. Asia Plantation Capital Berhad has recently confirmed collaborations with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) to be a part of these universities’ internship or industrial training programmes.

To commence proceedings, each university is sending one student to the Asia Plantation Capital Johor facility for a period of three months, to fulfil his or her industrial training requirements. The placement will begin in June of this year.

With UPM, Asia Plantation Capital joins forces with the University’s Faculty of Forestry, to provide industrial training for undergraduate students under the Bachelor of Wood Science and Technology programme. The first intern from this faculty will be placed in the Asia Plantation Capital’s research and development (R&D) department at the Johor distillery and research centre. Within this department, the intern will be assisting in production processes, and will participate in the developmental research that has been designed to increase oil-producing resins from agarwood.

Asia Plantation Capital’s partnership with IIUM is specifically with the University’s Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Engineering. With this collaboration, Asia Plantation Capital is opening its Johor facility to provide industrial training for undergraduates from the Biochemical-Biotechnology Engineering programme, who are required to participate in the Engineering Industrial Training (EIT) programme in order to complete their Bachelor’s degree. The first intern from this programme will be assisting in matters relating to inoculation and DNA barcoding of agarwood.

Steve Watts , Asia Plantation Capital’s Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific , said, “The objective of industrial training in a university’s undergraduate programme is to allow students to gain first-hand experience of the actual working environment in an organisation within an industry. This is always difficult to achieve within the confines of a university’s premises or in a purely academic setting. Our distillery and research centre in Johor will be a perfect place for these students, not only to experience working life and to learn how, when and where to apply their skills and knowledge, but also to expose them to the environment of an international company in a purpose-built facility. We hope and expect that these students will learn and grow within the three months of their internship with us,” he concluded, “and we encourage more students from UPM and IIUM to join us, see what we’re doing, and benefit from a relationship with us during the course of their industrial training.”

Asia Plantation Capital’s state-of-the-art agarwood distillation and research centre is located in the Masai Industrial Park, Johor, Malaysia , and has been fully operational since early last year. To mark its first anniversary of operations, Asia Plantation Capital will be celebrating with an official opening ceremony of the facility, which will be launched by YB Datuk Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) on the 2nd of June 2016 .

About Asia Plantation Capital

Asia Plantation Capital Berhad in Malaysia is currently investing heavily in the Malaysian plantation sector, developing new plantations and factories for the production of agarwood (gaharu) and other associated products for international export markets. The company is further strengthening its presence inMalaysia by moving its headquarters to downtown Kuala Lumpur , a year after opening Southeast Asia’sbiggest agarwood processing factory and distillery in Johor Bahru, Malaysia .

The Asia Plantation Capital Group is a multi-award-winning sustainable plantation operator and management company, with projects across four continents, and a global workforce in excess of 2,000. A market leader in the industry, its Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of leading academics from various countries ( China , Thailand , Malaysia , India , Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates ), who have, between them, developed and patented industry-leading technologies and systems.

With a focus on commercial plantation projects and vertically integrated businesses that offer a combination of commercial, environmental and community benefits, Asia Plantation Capital has created a successful and dynamic ‘triple bottom line’ company.

SOURCE Asia Plantation Capital

According to new data from the leading global duty free and travel retail body Tax Free World Association, sales in 2015 in this significant retail business stood at a substantial US$62.1 billion, leaving the sector’s claim to be ‘the sixth continent’ of retail firmly intact.

“On this World No Tobacco Day – I challenge all young people to say no to smoking.  I appeal to you all to protect our youth from tobacco’s harm and break the tobacco marketing net.”

~ Dr. Jean-Marc Olivé, WHO Representative in Vietnam ~

Tobacco is a leafy plant grown on our Earth. In 2007, four countries that are China, Brazil, India, and the United States produced two-thirds of the World’s tobacco. Tobacco is an addictive substance because it contains the chemical nicotine and like heroin or cocaine, nicotine changes the way our brains work and causes us to crave more of it. This addiction to nicotine is what makes smoking harmful especially to young people.

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe. The World Health Organisation and partners mark this day by highlighting the health risks associated with Tobacco use and advocating for the effective policies to reduce Tobacco consumption.

This year, the World Health Organisation and the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are calling different countries to get ready for plain or standardized packaging of tobacco products. This is meant to reduce the attractiveness of the tobacco products, restricts the use of tobacco packaging as a form of tobacco advertising and promotion.

A few goals for this World No Tobacco Day 2016 campaign according to WHO is that the day aims to facilitate policy development by member states and the globalisation of plain packaging by providing informative, compelling and persuasive information as well as to highlight the role of plain packaging as part of the comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach to tobacco control.

Since smoking is the single biggest preventable cause of death, we, at the World Assembly of Youth (WAY), believe in empowering youth leaders and youth organisations in order to collaborate together to achieve a generation free of drugs-abuse. In fact, in one area of our Fourth Millennium Plan of Action, we encourage all of our members to strengthen the capacity of their countries for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks, including danger in abusing addictive substances.

Happy World No Tobacco Day!

BANGKOK, May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – The National Science and Technology Development Agency(NSTDA), the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Autodesk today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help advance Thailand’s manufacturing competitiveness through industry-wide adoption of leading edge 3D technologies and digital manufacturing capabilities.

” Thailand will need to adapt in this 21 ^st century world from a Thailand 3.0 model to a ‘ Thailand 4.0 model’, in order to advance Thailand further into a developed country. This is to support Thailand in changing from a country with ‘middle income’ to ‘high income’, moving the economy from one that operates on ‘performance’ to one that progresses through ‘innovation’. One of the initiatives and mechanisms for moving into an economy of Thailand 4.0 is through the use of technology in Industry 4.0, which will adopt the greater use of digital technologies in manufacturing. A special element of this is the ability to directly connect the needs of consumers to the manufacturing process, which implies that larger factories would not necessarily be a competitive edge or limitation for operators any longer. This phenomenon will indeed have an immense impact on the economy’s infrastructure,” said Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj , Minister of Science and Technology.

“Through the cooperation of world leading companies like Autodesk with the NSTDA, this will support local SMEs in using digital technologies in their design and manufacturing processes, as well as elevating the capabilities of Thai talent to be ready for the manufacturing industry of the future. Moreover, this leads to the creation of value in industries, which coincides with the policy objectives of the government, such as in the biotechnology industry, renewable energy, engineering and design industries related to enhancing the quality of life, and the creative economy industry, which will strengthen the country further,” added Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj , Minister of Science and Technology.

NSTDA, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Autodesk will aim to jointly establish a ‘Digital Manufacturing Platform’ in support of the National Digital Economy Master Plan. This will provide up to 100,000 engineers and vocational professionals from companies of all sizes with subscription –based access to Autodesk’s 3D design, manufacturing, simulation, and collaboration tools, services and training for three years.

“Manufacturing is critical to our economy. Digital manufacturing technologies and talent development will propel Thailand forward in a highly competitive market. The Digital Manufacturing Platform powered by Autodesk technologies will help local players increase the pace of innovation, and promote connectivity and collaboration in alignment to the government’s Digital Economy goals,” said Dr. Thaweesak Koanantakool , President, The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).

Two key technologies within the Digital Manufacturing Platform are Autodesk’s Fusion 360 and A360 Team . Fusion 360 brings together computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD, CAM and CAE). Available for Mac, PC or mobile, Fusion 360 is an integrated, connected, and accessible tool built for the new ways products are being designed and made. It also provides the context to understand all aspects of a project and collaborate with everyone participating through the use of A360. A360 modernizes the way people work together and captures all project information and activity, giving teams a central place to collaborate.

“Technologies like the Internet of Things, augmented and virtual reality, robotics and additive manufacturing are disrupting the industry.  The Digital Manufacturing Platform gives local talent and companies the tools to transform every link in the manufacturing value chain, and the opportunity forThailand to lead in the Future of Making Things,” said Mr. Rama Tiwari, Regional director of sales, Autodesk ASEAN.

The Digital Manufacturing Platform is one of several initiatives in the on-going collaboration between NSTDA and Autodesk to support Thailand’s Digital Economy. Other areas of focus include joint research programs and building the technology platform to support the nation’s Smart Cities initiatives.

About NSTDA

The National Science and Technology Development (NSTDA) was established by the Science and Technology Development Act in 1991 which four National Centers for Technology (the National Center for Genetic engineering and Biotechnology: the National Metal and Materials Technology Center: the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center : and the National Nanotechnology Center) , and other The Technology Management Center. NSTDA’s principal mandate is to conduct and support research, development, and engineering, to provide technology transfer, and to develop manpower and S&T infrastructure for the country.

About Autodesk

Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world. Everyone—from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software to unlock their creativity and solve important challenges. For more information visit  autodesk.com  or follow @autodesk.

Autodesk, Fusion 360 and A360 are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

© 2016 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 24, 2016 – Malaysia’s leading institutions of higher learning including Universiti Malaya, UCSI University and the ICAN College separately inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with top Victorian higher education providers at a Higher Education Forum organized here recently

The collaboration between internationally recognized higher education leaders in science, technology, innovation, business and design allows Malaysia to strengthen its readiness for the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) and raise its global competitiveness.

These MoUs offer new pathways for qualification, academic research and mobility for diploma, degree and PhD students. Victoria’s Minister for Training and Skills, Steve Herbert witnessed the signings between representatives from the various organisations.

The State of Victoria, Australia is prominently known for consistently providing one of the highest quality educational outcomes for its citizens and international students alike.

Six of Victoria’s ten universities are ranked in the top 500 universities (Times Higher Education World Universities Ranking 2015/16) in the world. In the Top Universities (QS) ranking last year, Melbournereceived a perfect score (100/100) for student mix which looks at city’s student population, levels of social inclusion, and tolerance. Melbourne was also named Australia’s best city for international students and second best in the world ahead of Tokyo , Sydney and London.  The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2015 Global Liveability Index, which assesses living conditions in 140 cities globally, awarded Melbourne the top city for the fifth year running. A cohesive and stable society, healthcare, education, and world class infrastructure make Melbourne a magnificent city to live, work and study.

Quote attributable to Victoria’s Minister for Training and Skills Steve Herbert

“This is a great example of the opportunities there are for Victoria’s higher education sector to grow across our region and deliver the same high-quality service and innovation overseas that it delivers at home.”

Brief description of the MoUs:

• Swinburne University of Technology and University of Malaya

The Partnered PhD agreement will facilitate research collaboration between researchers and joint supervision of PhD students in areas of complimentary strength.  The partnership will also facilitate leading experts from both universities to collaborate on new research projects and joint publications. PhD students who graduate under the agreement will be presented collaboratively awarded degrees from bothSwinburne and UM.

Swinburne Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) Professor Aleksandar Subic said that the new partnership would foster strong research outcomes of significance to the region.

“We are pleased to partner with University of Malaya, which has a proven international reputation in research and innovation, and we believe that this partnership will be mutually beneficial for both universities going into the future,” Professor Subic, said.

Professor Kamila Ghazali , Associate Vice-Chancellor (International) of Universiti Malaya said, “This will form the nucleus of the research collaboration where both universities will provide the support and supervision to the candidate until he graduates. I expect there to be an expansion of the collaboration to include more projects and more researchers to come on board.”

• RMIT University and  UCSI University

The two institutions will co-operate in establishing closer links in the areas of academic partnership; student and staff mobility; joint research with RMIT’s School of Engineering and the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.

Collaboration around the creation of vocational education qualifications relating to health, aged care, disability and nursing with opportunities for dual certifications is being considered.

RMIT’s Prof Andrew MacIntyre , Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Global Development Portfolio said, “We believe the co-operation on various fronts with UCSI University will deliver new outcomes and opportunities for all to benefit in the future”.

Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff , FASc Vice Chancellor and President, UCSI University said, “Through this partnership we hope to expand our capabilities and enhance our academic portfolio in order to provide industry ready graduates”.

• Swinburne University of Technology and ICAN College

Credit transfers into the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Business Information Systems (Faculty of Business & Law) offered at Swinburne University of Technology.

The first Higher Education Forum co-hosted by the VGBO and the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges & Universities (MAPCU) brought together 53 Malaysian and Southeast Asian (SEA) institutions of higher education.

The Forum explored issues and possible opportunities on:

• Internationalisation, transnational education and mobility
• Student experience and holistic outcomes
• Dual sector delivery: vocational education & training to higher education
• Graduate employability
• Blended learning

The Forum offered a common platform towards developing and enhancing higher education cooperation, capacity-building and partnership between Victoria and its counterparts in the region.

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About the Victorian Government Business Office (VGBO)

Established in 2009, the Victorian Government Business Office (VGBO) in South East Asia is operated by the State Government of Victoria to help promote Victorian education, trade and investment in the region. Through a variety of programmes and business initiatives, the VGBO assists Victorian exporters and provides assistance to South East Asian regional companies and organisations to source products and services, business introductions and investment opportunities with Victoria . For information, please visit  www.invest.vic.gov.au

Issued by Ceria Asia, Combined Energy Resources Sdn Bhd, on behalf of the Victorian Government Business Office South East Asia.

SOURCE Victorian Government Business Office (VGBO)

LONDON, May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The Global Brands Magazine awards, among the world’s most recognized branding awards, announced Universiti Utara Malaysia as the winner of Best Eminent Management University in Malaysia for the year 2016 . The awards recognize the university’s excellence in setting a benchmark in offering studies in the field of business and management.

Global Brands Awards’ honours educational institutes who have set a benchmark for excellence and responded to changes quickly. The universities evaluated were awarded this honour for their exceptional commitment to excellence, branding, performance and providing a robust educational environment in their region. The data was collected and reviewed by an independent external agency to provide complete robustness to the study conducted.

The annual Global Brands Magazine awards celebrate the best-in-class brands, and Universiti Utara Malaysia received plaudits for its excellence and branding activities last year. The award aims to identify, create awareness about the significant economic value added by the institute and reward their performance with the ultimate global recognition.

Jay Reddy , head of branding at Global Brands Magazine said , ” This year alone, we have evaluated more than 250 universities worldwide . Since its inception in 1984 , UUM has cemented its position as a leading institute among its excellent peers. This recognition is testament to the world-class learning environment and the high quality teaching with a constant output of world-class research . Many congratulations to Universti Utara Malaysia for building a highly impressive brand that excels in every area– growth and leadership .”

About Global Brand Awards :

Global Brands Awards was established with the aim of honouring excellence in performance and rewarding Companies across different sectors. The award honours companies who have performed extraordinarily well in the field of finance, education, hospitality, automobiles, lifestyle, and real estate and technology. The awards are given to acknowledge key players who strive for fineness and provide a platform for recognition.

More than 5 000 Companies were evaluated as a part of the recent study conducted.  

 About University Utara Malaysia:

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), which was officially established on 16 February 1984 , is the sixth Malaysian public university. It is the only university that was set up to specialise solely in management education from the very beginning of its establishment.

Contact:
Edwin Martin
[email protected]
+44 20 8133 3475

SOURCE Global Brands Publications Limited