PROF. DR. RADUAN HJ. CHE ROSE

Raduan Che Rose is a Professor of Management (Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations) at the Department of Marketing and Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He first joined UPM in 1984 as Administrative Officer and been promoted as Deputy Registrar (Services) until he decided to change his career into academic in 1994. He fully develops his academic career after completed his Ph.D in 1999, being promoted as an Associate Professor in 2003 and to a full Professorship in 2006. In June 2009, he was selected to serve as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Higher Education Malaysia. His main duties include advising the Minister on the implementation of Higher Education Transformation Plan, dealings with higher education institutions and the daily running of Higher Education Minister’s office. In university administration, he has held the role of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International Affairs) at National Defence University of Malaysia since May 2010 till December 2011.  Currently he resumes the role ofVice Chancellor at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan since January 2012.

Prof. Dr. Raduan was born in Alor Gajah, Melaka and received his early education at his hometown. His first degree is a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in South-East Asian Studies from Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Later, he obtained a Post-graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and pursued his Masters of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Industrial Relations from University of Stirling, Scotland. After completing a Post-Graduate Diploma (Research Methodology), he did his Ph.D. in Management from Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.