{"id":57,"date":"2015-03-29T16:01:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T16:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:45:34","slug":"welcome-to-imen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/about-us\/welcome-to-imen\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to IMEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57\" class=\"elementor elementor-57\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec6ac9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ec6ac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6317a80 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6317a80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"1239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/akad_ashrif6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/akad_ashrif6.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/akad_ashrif6-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/akad_ashrif6-866x1024.jpg 866w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/imen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/akad_ashrif6-768x908.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><p style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Director<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Professor Ir. 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