We are very sad to inform you that the former University Putra Malaysia (UPM) vice-chancellor and former RTIRN Board Member Professor Datuk (Dr.) Radin Umar Radin Sohadi recently passed away. Prof. Radin Umar was a great professional, a good friend and colleague of RTIRN and many of us on the board. He was also the first Director General of the Malaysia Institute for Road Safety Research (MIROS) which was a product of his vision.
Prof. Radin Umar received the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in 2005 for his contribution to innovation in road safety development. He focused his life to improve the field of road safety in Malaysia and South East Asia and led the engineering world in this respect.
We would like to convey our most heartfelt sympathies to his family, MIROS and UPM. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.
Dr. Adnan Hyder, Chair, RTIRN
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Dr. Olive Kobusingye, Vice-Chair, RTIRN