Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su’ud, President of MMU exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Datuk Bacho Pilong, Petronas Senior Vice President of Project Delivery and Technology during the first CHESS Symposium 2023 in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) on 3 June 2023. The event was also graced by the presence of Prof. Dr Azlinda Azman, Director-General of Higher Education, who also delivered a keynote address to the participants.
CHESS or known as Collaboration with Higher Education Strategic Initiatives is a programme that aims to foster a closer relationship between the institute of higher learning and Petronas’s education agenda and Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) under Quality Education. Through this programme, university staff and students would be exposed to the knowledge and best practices in project management, engineering solutions, technology and digital delivery by Petronas.
MMU and Petronas inked the pact in 2022, and as one of members of the programme, there were more than 10 Petronas CHESS Talks conducted at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) last year. It is hoped that more collaborative engagements could be achieved between both parties in an effort to expand students’ horizons, especially in the oil and gas industry.
