Dr. Hj. Abdul Rahim Hj. Ridzuan Faculty of Business Management Universiti Teknologi MARA
Dr. Hj Abdul Rahim Hj Ridzuan received the Academic Promising Award for 2018 for his outstanding performance. He is a senior lecturer from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka campus. He pursue his Degree in Economics, Specializing In International Economics at Universiti Multimedia, Melaka and then continues his Master Degree, Specializing in International Economics at Universiti Putra Malaysia. After working 5 years at UiTM Melaka, he received SLAB/SLAI scholarship to pursue his PhD in International Economics at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He managed to complete his studies within 2 years and half and received Graduate on Time Award.
He is currently acting as a Co-supervisor for 3 PhD students, and 1 Master student. In 2019, he has been appointed as a Visiting Fellow at Faculty of Economics and Business of Universiti Airlangga, Indonesia as well as Visiting Fellow at Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Trakya, Turkey. At the present, he is holding the role as Visiting Professor at Faculty of Economics, University of Kadiri, Indonesia as well as Visiting Professor at Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Lampung, Indonesia. He is an avid researcher with more than 70 publications in Indexed journals, proceedings, chapters in book, newsletters and others. He has obtained more than RM700k research grants at national level and has won more than 18 gold and 5 special awards from both local and international innovation competitions. At the university level, he has won more than 15 awards such as Best Article award, Anugerah Khas Rektor for General Publication category, Index Publication awards, Consultation awards and many more.