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KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2 
TITLE : Strategies in Developing Future Transformational 
 Leadership among University Administrators 
 
 
 
 
 
 
YBhg. Dato’ Profesor Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar, FASc 
Vice Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 
 
 
Dato’ Prof. Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar is Professor of Civil Engineering 
in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), and was appointed UiTM’s Vice Chancellor 
on January 1, 2010, after having been away for two years, serving as Director, 
Project Management Office (PMO), the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia 
(2007-2009).   
 
Sahol Hamid has been Guest Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of 
Stuttgart’s WAREM (Water Resources Engineering and Management) since 2000. 
The close relations he has forged with German universities have helped link 
Malaysia with Germany through numerous initiatives, particularly in the realm of 
higher education, language, arts and culture, as well as science and engineering. 
His other academic appointments include Fellow, the Academy of Science 
Malaysia, Fellow, the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Honorary Research Fellow 
(2002), the University of Sussex, United Kingdom, and Visiting Scholar, Purdue 
University, United States (1991). His professional affiliation with the Board of 
Engineers Malaysia has earned him the title of Registered Professional Engineer 
and Professional Engineer. Throughout his 30 years as an academic in ITM, later 
named UiTM, Sahol Hamid has contributed extensively in the world of academia. 
In spite of the various administrative posts he has held over the years (among 
which was as Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, 2004-2007), he has 
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accomplished numerous scholastic initiatives. In the last five years, he has 
engaged in 19 joint research initiatives in his areas of expertise, including flood 
control, hydraulics, water resources, environmental engineering and building 
construction. 
 
He has thus far acquired nine innovation medal awards – both at home and 
abroad – almost all of which were achieved in 2008. These include the IID 2008, 
ITEX 2008, IENA 2008, INPEX 2008, and the EUREKA Innova 2008. He was 
presented with the National Science Award (1997), for his contributions in the 
promotion of science education in the country. Sahol Hamid was conferred his 
D.Phil (Civil Engineering), from the University of Sussex, U.K. (1992), and both 
his M.Sc (Civil Engineering) and M.Sc (Economics), from Colorado State 
University, U.S. (1980). He graduated with Advanced Diploma in Civil 
Engineering from then Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) in 1977. 
 
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Keynotes address 2 -Strategies in Developing Future Transformational

Leadership among University Administrators / YBhg. Dato’ Profesor Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar, FASc

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