
Uqbah Iqbal
Director
Founder and Managing Director of Pitas Agriculture in Pitas, Pitas Agriculture in Pitas, Sabah, Malaysia.
Malaysia
Biography
Dr. Uqbah Iqbal is the Founder and Managing Director of Pitas Agriculture in Sabah, Malaysia. He holds the distinction of being the youngest Ph.D. graduate in History at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and the only Malaysian to earn a Ph.D. in History during the university’s 43rd Convocation. Dr. Iqbal is a recipient of prestigious awards including the MyBrain 15 Postgraduate Scholarship, Research University Fellowship, Best Researcher Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1st International Research Awards on Science, Health and Engineering (2019). An accomplished author, Dr. Iqbal has published numerous books and articles focusing on Malay nationalism, economic history, and socio-economic development in Malaysia. His work has been featured in prominent national and international journals. He also serves on editorial boards for several scholarly journals in the fields of social science, history, archaeology, and literature.
Research Interest
Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research