i – Corporate Ethical Identity Indexing System into top 16 IF- INNOFEST 2016

The Accounting Research Institute (ARI) congratulates UiTM Team whose innovative product titled "i – Corporate Ethical Identity Indexing System" has proceeded as one of the top 16 of the Islamic Finance INNOFEST 2016.  Associate Professor Dr Roshima Haji Said from UiTM Kedah Campus heads UiTM delegation.  Professor Dr Normah Omar, director of  ARI 

is a member of that team. Themed "ENERGISING INNOVATION IN ISLAMIC FINANCIAL SERVICES",  IF InnoFest 2016 seeks to create a platform that brings together industry, regulatory bodies & universities to develop and implement breakthrough ideas and innovative solutions in Islamic Finance (IF).  The four main objectives of this event are (1) To provide a platform to trigger and initiate innovative ideas for Islamic Finance; (2) To transform research into implementable outcomes; (3) To forge continuous university-industry synergy, and (4) To enhance university-university collaboration in Islamic Finance.  UiTM team has been asked to participate in the poster presentation and pitching on 24th November 2016.  The event is jointly organised by INCEIF, Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) and Takaful Malaysia Association.  IF- INNOFEST 2016 is supported by Bank Negara Malaysia.  Congratulations and good luck team UiTM. 

Congratulations ARIANs for the Six Golds

The Accounting Research Institute (ARI) congratulates all fellows, associates and postgraduate students who participated in the three-day event of Innovation, Invention and Design Exposition (IIDEX 2016).  When the results were officially announced this morning, ARI fellows were awarded six gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal. Well done guys, it was a tremendous teamwork and well-deserving efforts.  Inshaallah ARI will send all gold medalists to participate in international expositions in early 2017.  In the meantime all fellows can work on promoting the use of their products to industries and government agencies.

ARI Won Two Golds at ITEX 2015

The Accounting Research Institute (ARI) congratulates our researchers who won gold medal awards from the prestigious ITEX 2015 Exposition which was held recently at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The 3-day event was held on 21 - 23 May 2015 (Thursday to Saturday).
 Beside product exhibition, ITEX 2015 organised competitions to identify Malaysia and Asia Young Inventors (in fact there were dedicated award for this category); R&D Conference; Venture Capitalist Forum and Intellectual Capital registration campaign.  This year, ARI has sent two products which have been developed collaboratively with our industry partners and both products have won the Gold Medal.  The two products are namely (1) Computation of Individual Tax Assessment (CInTA) and Fraud Investigation and Detection System (FINDS).  CInTA has been developed by 5 ARI reasearchers - Dr Nor Balkish Zakaria (Head), Dr Norazida Mohamed, Ms Ida Suriya Ismail, Ms Norhidayah Abdullah and Ms Noor Hidayah Ab Aziz.  Meanwhile, FINDS was developed by Professor Dr Rohana Othman (Head), Mohammad Affendi Abdul Malek, Ms Nooraslinda Abdul Aris, Ms Siti Maznah Mohd Arif and Dr Intan Sa
lwani Mohamed.

IIDEX 2013

Researchers from the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) participated in the 3-day Invention, Innovation & Design Expo (IIDEX 2013) which has been recently held at the DATC Convention Centre at Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam.  The annual event normally attracts between 200-300 participation from among staff and students of the university.  ARI sent sixteen participation mainly in the category  of innovation.  Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi and her team as well as Dr Suhana & her team for winning the gold awards during the competition.  Other participants also managed to obtain silver and bronze medals.    Those who win  gold medals will be sent for national-level competition either at ITEX, MTE or PECIPTA.  Thank you all and congratulations.