dato' prof. dr. hashim yaacob 

FRCPath (UK), FFOPRCPA (Aust), FDSRCS (Eng), FDSRCPS (Glasg), FASc. (Mal) MSc(Lond), BDS(Otago), MIBiol,CBiol, Dip. Islamic Stud(IIUM)

Hashim ‘s positive thinking transformed him from a rubber tapper’s son to becoming the eight Vice - Chancellor of University of Malaya and three more universities subsequently.

He is Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists United Kingdom ; of the Royal College Surgeons of England ; of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Scotland ; of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia ; of the Academy of Science Malaysia and a Chartered Biologists of the Institute of Biology United Kingdom. Earlier, he read Dental Surgery at the University of Otago New Zealand, Oral Pathology and Medicine at the University of London and Islamic Studies at the International Islamic University Malaysia.

He was also commissioned Captain (Colonel) in the Royal Malaysian Navy Reserve Division. Hashim s charisma, integrity and dynamism saw the University of Malaya placed in the Top 200 best universities. The Dental Surgery Degree hailed equal to the best in the world.

The university collaborated with some of the finest Universities like Cambridge, Oxford, Peking, Seoul, Carnegie  Melon, National University Singapore, He also raised the standards of publications of Academic Books and Articles by the staff of the University of Malaya. Hashim’s passion for creative thinking has won him 15 gold, silver and bronze medals internationally for his scientific inventions. He is an accomplished poet, painter, and shadow play puppeteer.