Mohd Rashdan Baba


Mohd Rashdan bin Baba is a Malaysian academic administrator. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of National University of Malaysia from 1969 until 1971. As Universiti Putra Malaysia established in 1971, he became the first Vice-Chancellor of UPM until 1982, succeed by Nayan Ariffin.

Education background

After he obtained his diploma degree in agriculture from College of Agriculture Malaya, he finished Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Science from University of Reading and doctoral degree from University of Leeds, became the first Malay who successfully obtained the PhD in field of agronomy.

Career

Principal of the College of Agriculture Malaya

At the age of 30, Mohd Rashdan was appointed as the Pincipal of the College of Agriculture Malaya, succeed G.I.M. Martin who has retired. This appointment in 1965 made him the first Malay to hold the position.

First Vice-Chancellor of UKM and UPM

As one of the members of Working Committee that recommended the establishment of UKM, Mohd Rashdan appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of UKM in 1969. While the College of Agriculture Malaya upgraded into a university in 1971, once again he went back to the institute and lead UPM until 1982.

Involvement in corporate field

Apart from academic field, Mohd Rashdan also active in the corporate field. He was appointed as the chairman of Telekom Malaysia from 1985 to 1997, and as the director of Amcorp Group Berhad from 1988 until 2007.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Honorary degrees

Award