Dr. Uqbah Iqbal is
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 Pitas, Sabah,
Malaysia. Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013,
he was the recipient of MyBrain 15 (MyPhD) Postgraduate Scholarship Program from
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and recipient of Research University Fellowship
Scheme, Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social
Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in
History Holder and the only Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the
43rd Convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He was selected for Best Researcher
Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1st International Research Awards on
Science, Health and Engineering 2019. He's authoring notable books/ebooks such as The
Historical Development of the Malay Nationalism Before Independence, The Historical
Development of the Malay Society Economic Nature During Pre-Colonial Era, The Historical
Development of British Investment in Malaya Before the Second World War, The Historical
Development of Foreign Investment in the Formation of the Malaysian Economy and Sejarah
Pemikiran Pandang Ke Timur: Kepentingan Jepun Dalam Pembangunan Sosio-Ekonomi
Malaysia (1906-1980). His publications have appeared in a wide range of international and
national journals such as TAWARIKH, SUSURGALUR, Management and Administrative
Sciences Review, Social and Basic Sciences Research Review, Jurnal Kemanusiaan, Jurnal
Sejarah, Jurnal Pengajian Melayu, Jebat, International Journal of Social Science and
Humanities Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Asian Social
Science and Geografia. He's also actively in the editorial board such as Asian Social Science,
International Journal of Art and Literature, International Journal of Archaeology and History,
American Journal of Social Sciences, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences,
Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research and Pratidhwani the
Echo. Until present he has published in 71 books/ebooks, 404 journals, organizing 625
conferences worldwide, received 4,946 certificates from various organizations including 34
Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing and completed 4,600 courses including 153 Diplomas
on Alison in the field of IT, Health, Language, Business, Management, Personal
Development, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Construction, Teaching and Academics. He’s
also taking edX courses in the field of History of China from Harvard University, Tsinghua
University and National University of Singapore. Through his involvement as a reviewer
with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 29 of his reviewed books received Awards.
Research Interest
Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research