Professor Ts Dr M Iqbal Saripan

Deputy Chief Executive Officer Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)

Professor Ts Dr M Iqbal bin Saripan is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Quality Assurance) at the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). He is also a Professor at the Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Prior to his current appointment at MQA, he previously served in several quality assurance-related appointments such as: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International) and Director of Quality Assurance Centre, both at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He received his PhD from the University of Surrey, UK and Bachelor or Electrical-Electronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

He is also an experienced auditor with MQA as well as with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. Amongst the recognition that he has received are the Fellow of Academy of Sciences Malaysia, the Top Research Scientist Malaysia, the National Young Scientist Award, and a few others. He is also a Chartered Engineer under Engineering Council UK, Senior Member of IEEE, Member of Institute of Physics UK and Professional Technologist under Malaysian Board of Technologist.