Dr Zahiraniza wins AAN for Teaching Category

KUALA LUMPUR: Associate Professor Dr Zahiraniza Mustaffa from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) has been awarded the National Academic Award (AAN) for the Teaching Category (Engineering Cluster) by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).

The AAN, the highest recognition for Malaysian scholars from institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, aims to acknowledge and honour academics who are committed and have contributed immensely to the discovery and development of knowledge for the country.

UTP, in a statement yesterday, said Zahiraniza received the award from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad during the 14th National Academic Awards held recently.

In expressing her appreciation to MOHE for the recognition, Zahiraniza said she was extremely honoured and privileged to be the recipient of this award.

She said this award was a recognition of her continuous dedication in teaching for the past 10 years and it would not have been possible without the support of the UTP management and academic division.

“UTP has been grooming me in my career and self-development. It is an institution that supports its staff in various ways; thus it has been my aspiration to place UTP at par with other institutions in highlighting the efforts being put by Petronas and UTP in developing mankind.

“I started small in developing my career’s excellence in teaching and it keeps on growing to where I am today. With this award, I would be able to share my teaching journey, and it will be heard not only within UTP but also at a much higher level,” she said.