JOHOR BAHRU, 16 March 2017 – Director of Wireless Communication Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Professor Dr Tharek Abdul Rahman has been cordially invited by Veltech University, Chennai, India as a Visiting Professor to conduct short course on 4G Networks.

The short course, scheduled from 6 to 17 March 2017, involves both undergraduate and graduate students including academic staff.

“The short course is related to 4G Networks and 5G Networks as next generation of mobile broadband which offers huge potential to service providers, application developers and wireless consumers.

“5G Networks will enable the long term Networked Society and realized the vision of unlimited to information and shared data available anywhere and anytime to anyone and anything,” he said when contacted yesterday.

Besides delivering the short course, he will also assist the university to set up 4G and 5G laboratories.

Veltech University featured among the top 100 universities in Asia in the Times Gigher Education Rankings 2017 and secured the 43 rank.

Professor Tharek currently  is  a  Professor  in wireless communication at  Faculty  of  Electrical  Engineering,  UTM.

He obtained  is  BSc  (Hons)  (Electrical  Engineering)  from  University  of  Strathclyde,  MSc   in   Communication   Engineering   from   University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST),   Manchester,   and PhD  in   Mobile Communication  from University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

He is currently conducting research related to mobile communications, antenna and propagation.

He has also conducted various short courses related to mobile and satellite communication to the telecommunication industry and government agencies since 1988.

Professor Tharek has published more than 300 scientific papers in journals and conferences and obtained many national and international awards. He is also a consultant for many communication companies and an active member in several research academic entities.