Aini Ideris

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ideris is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Aini. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Aini binti Ideris is a Malaysian academic and veterinarian. She served as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of UPM from 1 January 2016 until 31 August 2020. Her research interests include disease control and productions of vaccines for poultry.^[3][4][5]

Yang Berbahagia Aini Ideris SSIS DPMK DSIS PSK KMN FASc FIAS FMCVS FMSA
Vice-Chancellor of the Universiti Putra Malaysia
In office 1 January 2016 – 30 June 2020
Chancellor	Sharafuddin of Selangor
Preceded by	Mohd Fauzi Haji Ramlan
Succeeded by	Roslan Sulaiman
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) of Universiti Putra Malaysia
In office 1 December 2008 – 30 November 2013
Chancellor	Sharafuddin of Selangor
Preceded by	Khatijah Yusuf
Succeeded by	Mad Nasir Shamsudin[1]
Director of Corporate Strategy & Communications Office (CoSComm) of Universiti Putra Malaysia
In office 1 October 2015 – 31 December 2015
Chancellor	Sharafuddin of Selangor
Personal details
Born	(1953-03-23) 23 March 1953 (age 72) Kota Bharu, Kelantan[2]
Citizenship	Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysian
Residence	Selangor
Alma mater	Universiti Putra Malaysia (DVM) University of Liverpool (MVSc) Universiti Putra Malaysia (PhD)

Awards

In 2011, Professor Dr. Aini received the National Academic Award (AAN) 2010 for the Innovation and Product Commercialisation Award Category, for the innovation and commercialisation of the Newcastle disease (ND V4-UPM) vaccines.^[6]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1995)^[7]
• Selangor :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS) – Datin Paduka (2008)^[8]
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (SSIS) – Datin Paduka Setia (11 December 2019)^[9]
• Kelantan :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (DPMK) – Dato' (2017)^[10]
  • Commander of the Order of the Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan (PSK)