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Di samping itu, beliau juga telah membentang In addition, he has also presented more than
lebih dari 150 kertas kerja di seminar dan 150 papers at seminars and conferences both in
persidangan baik di dalam negara mahupun luar the country and abroad.
negara.
Professor Dr. Mohamad Mokhtar has done
Profesor Dr. Mohamad Mokhtar telah various research related to Malay literature with
melakukan pelbagai penyelidikan yang berhubung funding from the Toyota Foundation; Language
dengan kesusasteraan Melayu dengan mendapat and Library Council, Ministry of Higher Education
dana dari Toyota Foundation, Dewan Bahasa and Universiti Malaya.
dan Pustaka, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi dan
Universiti Malaya. Beliau juga telah menghasilkan He has also produced more than 18 PhD
lebih daripada 18 pelajar Phd dan lebih daripada 25 candidates and more than 25 Master candidates.
pelajar sarjana. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Mokhtar Abu Prof. Dr. Mohamad Mokhtar Abu Hassan
Hassan amat rajin menimba ilmu. Beliau pernah is very diligent in gaining knowledge. He once
mengikuti kursus Jurispruden di Fakulti Undang- followed a Jurisprudence course at the Faculty
undang, Universiti Malaya pada setiap hujung of Law, Universiti Malaya every weekend. Due
minggu. Disebabkan kesibukan tugas pentadbiran, to the busyness of administrative duties, his
pengajiannya terhenti setelah lulus sebahagian studies were stopped after passing part of the law
kursus program undang-undang tersebut. program courses.
Sepanjang memegang pelbagai jawatan Throughout holding various administrative
pentadbiran, beliau telah memperkenalkan positions, he has introduced new ideas for the
idea-idea baharu untuk kebaikan Akademi good of the Academy of Malay Studies in particular
Pengajian Melayu khasnya dan Universiti and the Universiti Malaya in general. When taking
Malaya amnya. Ketika menjawat jawatan Ketua up the position of Head of the Department of
Jabatan Kesusasteraan Melayu, APM, beliau Malay Literature, APM; he introduced several new
memperkenalkan beberapa kursus baru, iaitu courses, namely Literature and Law; Literary
Kesusasteraan dan Undang-undang, Pengurusan Management and Marketing; and Literary
dan Pemasaran Sastera, dan Penyuntingan Editing. He also introduced multidisciplinary
Sastera. Beliau juga memperkenalkan kursus courses, namely Malay Literature and Media
multidisiplin, iaitu Kesusasteraan Melayu dan Studies, Malay Literature and Education; and
Pengajian Media, Kesusasteraan Melayu dan Malay Literature and Management. He also
Pendidikan, dan Kesusasteraan Melayu dan introduced the Industrial Training program.
Pengurusan. Beliau juga memperkenalkan While holding the position of Deputy Director of
program Latihan Industri. Ketika memegang Undegraduate Degree, APM; he introduced the
jawatan Timbalan Pengarah Ijazah Dasar, APM pula, Industrial Training program for all departments;
beliau memperkenalkan program Latihan Industri introducing an exchange program for students
bagi semua jabatan, memperkenalkan program abroad; introducing an inapdesa program for
pertukaran pelajar keluar negara, memperkenalkan students from China; introducing the APM Festival
program inapdesa bagi pelajar-pelajar dari China, and Kenduri Rakyat. When holding the position of
memperkenalkan Festival APM dan Kenduri Deputy Director of Higher Degrees, he introduced
Rakyat. Ketika menjawat jawatan Timbalan the Panel System in the presentation of proposals
Pengarah Ijazah Tinggi, beliau memperkenalkan to help Higher Degree candidates complete
Sistem Panel dalam pembentangan proposal bagi theses and dissertations; and introduce research
membantu calon-calon Ijazah Tinggi menyiapkan programs to the country of Indonesia. While
tesis dan disertasi dan memperkenalkan program holding the position of Director of APM, he tried
penyelidikan ke negara Indonesia. Manakala to raise the name and image of APM; increase
ketika menjawat jawatan Pengarah APM, beliau and activate MOUs with foreign universities and
berusaha menaikkan nama dan imej APM dengan encourage students to serve abroad, including in
memperbanyakkan dan mengaktifkan MOU-MOU China and Brunei Darussalam.
dengan universiti-universiti luar negara serta
menggalakkan para pelajar berkhidmat di luar
negara, antaranya di China dan Brunei Darussalam.

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