Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, Fellow Researcher of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Center (DPPC) and Coordinator of the Master of Disaster Risk Management (MDRM) program was selected as one of the two winners of the prestigious Merdeka Award Grant for International Attachment 2016.
On 23 September 2016, Dr. Khamarrul was selected among young Malaysian researchers worldwide for his research on the various approaches of strengthening natural disaster research and promoting integrated university-government-industry partnership for managing and reducing disaster risks in changing environments.
Dr. Khamarrul plans to utilize this grant for research activities in Japan on Disaster Risk Reduction to further contribute to the DRM program of MJIIT.
Related links: https://mjiit.utm.my/mdrm/2016/10/10/dr-khamarrul-azahari-razak-receives-the-merdeka-award-grant-for-international-attachment-2016/