KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has bagged the Clarivate South and South East Asia Innovation Awards 2020 in the Government Research Organisation (GRO) category, placing the research and development (R&D) agency as the top innovator in Malaysia.
MPOB was announced as the award winner at the Clarivate South and South East Asia Innovation Forum 2020 held virtually on Nov 18-19.
“I would like to thank Clarivate for recognising and selecting MPOB as the top innovator in Malaysia under the Government Research Organisation category. MPOB is honoured to receive this meaningful appreciation,” said MPOB director-general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir in a statement Wednesday.
The industrial regulator has developed 704 breakthrough technologies, out of which 30.7 per cent or 216 technologies have been commercialised, aimed at improving the oil palm industry.
As the premier R&D institution, MPOB would continue to provide leadership and impetus in developing a diversified, globally competitive and sustainable oil palm industry, said Ahmad Parveez.
The awards were given in three broad categories of Government Research Organisations, Academic Institutions and Corporations for each country in the region.
Besides MPOB, Clarivate also awarded the same award to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) and Petronas (Malaysian oil and gas company) for the Academic Institution and Corporation categories respectively.
Clarivate South and South East Asia Innovation Forum 2020 acts as a unique platform for senior leaders in organisations to share best practices and transformational initiatives to stimulate intellectual property creation and its growth, and discuss challenges encompassing the same. This edition of the event focused on “Innovation in Digital Age”.
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