Background
Jasmon, Ghauth Bin was born on November 1, 1956 in Johor, Malaysia. Son of Jasmon Bin Said and Asiah Binti Abdulla.
telecommunications industry executive
Jasmon, Ghauth Bin was born on November 1, 1956 in Johor, Malaysia. Son of Jasmon Bin Said and Asiah Binti Abdulla.
He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1979 and acquired his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Power Systems Engineering in 1982 from the University of London.
Professor Ghauth commenced his position as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya on 10th November 2008 replacing Datuk Rafiah Salim. lieutenant was during his period as Venture capital that University of Malaya made dramatic advancement in the QS World University Rankings and managed to get into the top 500 Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2010, and has remained since. lieutenant was also Tan Sri Ghauth who initiated the High Impact Research (HIR) programme in 2010 and he was instrumental in getting the special research allocation of almost RM600 million from the Ministry of Higher Education for University of Malaya HIR in August 2011.
Professor
Ghauth Jasmon was born on 1st November 1956 in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. His career began with a Lectureship in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya in 1982. He was appointed the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department from 1986 to 1988.
In the same year, he was appointed the Dean of Engineering and held the position until August 1995.
During his period as Dean, he introduced the Built Environment Programmes comprising Degrees in Architecture, Land and Quantity Surveying and several new Engineering degrees such as Materials, Telecommunication, Manufacturing and Environmental. Professor Ghauth was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) in August 1995.
As an academic, Professor Ghauth has contributed extensively in research and in the Engineering Profession.
He has researched in the areas of Power Systems Analysis, Network Analysis, Voltage Stability, System Security and Neural Networks.
He has also been involved in many professional engineering activities especially in the The Institution of Engineering and Technology (United Kingdom) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (United States), and was formerly a Secretary General and Vice President of the Association for Engineering Education in South East Asia and the Pacific. Due to his vast contributions to the development of the country"s private tertiary education initiatives, he was bestowed with the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) which carries the title Datuk by the Governor of Malacca.
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He is currently a Fellow of the The Institution of Engineering and Technology , Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and an Eisenhower Fellow.
Married Norliah Binti Adam, September 17, 1979. Children: Abdul Hafiz, Khairil Imran, Sakina, Muhamad Bukhari.