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.



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.

MISSION

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

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

Learning is a transformative process that integrates knowledge and experiences. In alignment with the Industry 4.0’s needs we facilitate interdisciplinary approach in combining two or more academic disciplines into one technopreneurial activity. It is about creating something new by thinking across boundaries through industry expert -youth mentoring, encourage experiential learning, cultivate the arts, and embrace new technology and making every experience a learning opportunity.

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.