Ir. Mohd Harridon Mohamed Suffian of UniKL MIAT made Universiti Kuala Lumpur proud when he was announced as the sole recipient of the Anugerah Khas Peringkat Kebangsaan in the Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan Institusi Pendidikan MARA 2007 on June 25, 2008. Ir. Harridon received the highest recognition for his achievement to be in the top 10 placing as an Astronaut Candidate of the National Space Programme. The award was presented by Y.B. Dato’ Noh Haji Omar, Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development (MeCD).

The event, organised by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) is aimed to honour all staff, graduates and students from all education institutions under the MARA flagship (also known as IPMa) who have made headlines through their excellent academic achievements or who have won awards in various competitions, exhibitions or sports championship throughout the year 2007, both at the local and international arena. Besides Anugerah Khas Peringkat Kebangsaan, other award categories include:

• Anugerah Kecemerlangan Akademik
• Anugerah Kecemerlangan Ko – Kurikulum
• Anugerah Kecemerlangan Teknologi, Rekacipta dan Inovasi
• Anugerah Kecemerlangan Kemahiran
• Anugerah Keusahawanan dan Koperasi

Apart from Ir. Harridon, 32 other members of staff, graduates and students from UniKL campuses received awards in three other categories for their remarkable achievement in the areas of academic excellence, technology, design and innovation and co – curricular activities. Full list of the award recipients from UniKL is available here.

At the ceremony, the audience was also very impressed with the opening gimmick produced by a group of MIIT students from the Bachelor of Multimedia Technology (Hons) in Interactive Multimedia Design and Computer Animation Design, featuring the biometric thumb print scanning of the Y.B. Minister to activate the event montage.

Also present at the ceremony were Y.B. Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneuer and Co-operative Development, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Seri Abdul Hamid Haji Zainal Abidin, Chairman of MARA and Y.Bhg. Datuk Nam Marthinin, Director General of MARA. UniKL was represented by Y.Bhg. Dato’ Zolkipli Abdul, Chairman of UniKL Council, Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Hakim Juri, President / CEO of UniKL and some members of UniKL top management.