HELCA 2026

HELCA 2026 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Higher Education Language Carnival 2026 Organizing Committee

Main Committee

PATRON

Professor Dato' Seri Ir. Dr. Noor Azuan Abu Osman

Vice-Chancellor

Universiti Malaya

ADVISOR

Professor Dr. Hasniza Zaman Huri

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Universiti Malaya

CHAIRPERSON

Prof. Dr. Surinderpal Kaur a/p Chanan

Dean

Faculty of Languages and Linguistics

DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON I

Associate Professor Dr. Cecilia Cheong Yin

Deputy Dean (Undergraduate)

DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON II

Madam Tuty Haryati Binti Kassim

Faculty Manager

Executive Secretariat

DIRECTOR

Puan Rabiatul Adawiyah Salleh

DEPUTY DIRECTOR I

Encik Azfar Shamin Bahari

DEPUTY DIRECTOR II

Cik Norhafizah Ab Halim

Secretary I

Puan Intan Faizah Umaira Rohieme

Secretary II

Puan Salmizah binti Samsudin

Treasurer

Puan Shariza Zainuddin

Assistant Treasurer

Puan Napsiah Nasrudin

Sub-Committees & Members

1. Competition Management (Pengurusan Pertandingan)

Head: Puan Siti Aishah Binti Mohd Roslan

Message in a Bottle:

1. Encik Ahmad Kamil Ghazali | 2. Cik Benjaphron Onthong | 3. Cik Wong Yan Yee

60-second Language Pitch:

1. Puan Aina Azlin Binti Mohamat Arif | 2. Dr. Kathreine Deva Babu | 3. Cik Kaleena Halene Donald

Language Voyage Podcast:

1. Dr. Norfaizal Jamain | 2. Dr. Chiew Poh Shin | 3. Puan Afifah Rahman

Musabaqah Ilqa As-syi'r:

1. Encik Muhammad Irfan Bin Abdul Malek | 2. Encik Muhd Sufillah Mohd Soyong | 3. Encik Nik Muhammad Rozi Nik Yusoff

2. Judging Committee (Penjurian)

Head: Dr. J. Yasodhara N.V.J Menon

Language in a Bottle:

1. Dr. Yap Leng Lee | 2. Dr. Rino Shafierul Azizie Shahrir Raghbir

60-second Language Pitch:

1. Dr. Najah Zainal Abidin | 2. En. Gabriel Samson A/L Thamil Salvan | 3. Cik Marissa Sofea binti Azhar

Language Voyage Podcast:

1. Encik Ahmad Sabri bin Abdul Samad | 2. Cik Tamilhiile Manggai Mohgan

Musabaqah Ilqa As-syi'r:

1. Dr. Mohd Khairul Akhbar Jahiruddin | 2. Dr. Muhammad Ridha Bin Ali Huddin

3. Registration Committee (Pendaftaran)

Head: Puan Nurfatin Syahida binti Muhammad

Committee Members: Puan Roslina binti Yahya, Puan Nurhanina binti Sulaiman, Puan Nur Zulaikha Mohd Adnan, Cik Nur Afreena binti Mohammad Ishak

4. Exhibition & Language Booth Committee (Rerurai / Booth)

Head: Cik Tamera Peter | Officers: Puan Nurulain Sulaiman, Puan Wan Hamizah binti Wan Hussein

Language Representatives & Booth Coordinators:

Nusantara: Dr. Amir Rashad Mustaffa	Indigenous: Dr. Roshidah Hassan
French: Puan Nazurah Izzati Yazid	German: Dr. Yap Leng Lee
Italian: Encik Andrea Paduano	Japanese: Dr. Woo Wai Sheng
Korean: Encik Lee Yen Lih	Chinese: Encik Lau Su Kia
Portuguese: Encik Jamian bin Mohamad	Spanish: Puan Nur Adlina binti Hishammudon Shah
Philippines: Cik Sharon Pasion Vinluan	Thai: Puan Rosenun Chesof
Vietnamese: Cik Nguyen Thuy Thien Huong	Middle East: Encik Ab Halim bin Ahmad
English: Dr. Noor Aqsa Nabila binti Mat Isa

5. Technical ICT & Website (Teknikal ICT dan Laman Web)

Head: Encik Yong Zhien Bao

Committee Members: Encik Abdur Rahman bin Ismail, Cik Yong Xin Jie, Puan Syazwani binti Nuru Mohamad, Industrial Training Student (Development Office)

6. Media & Publicity (Media dan Publisiti)

Head: Cik Sadatul Amirah Abd Hamid

Committee Members: Puan Eleena binti Hasbullah, Encik Muhammad Farhan Razali, Industrial Training Student (UKP Office)

7. Sponsorship Committee (Tajaan)

Head: Cik Chieng Shea Lee

Committee Members: Dr. Stefanie Magdalene Helbert, Cik Laura Pachon Gallegos, Cik Alia Abdullah, Cik Hana Sofea Yusof, Puan Hanan Saleh, Puan Nur Hannani Mohd Esa

8. Souvenirs, Certificates & Prizes (Cenderamata, Sijil dan Hadiah)

Head: Puan Nor Syakirin binti Mohamed Nasrudin

Committee Members: Cik Farah Sabil binti Radzi, Puan Rafidah Rafik, Puan Shamsiah binti Mustafa, Puan Shahlinda binti Daud, Industrial Training Student (JBAE)

9. Logistics & Security (Logistik dan Keselamatan)

Head: Encik Azim Shamsul

Committee Members: Encik Zaid Idris, Encik Azlan Syafuddin bin Sarudin, Encik Mohd Hafiz bin Abd Majid, Encik Abu Bakar bin Ahmad, Encik Hamka bin Bakhtiar

10. Performances Committee (Persembahan)

Head: Cik Wan Nur Ani binti Wan Har

Committee Members: Cik Nur Sofia binti Sak Adan, Cik Hanan Hamdan, Industrial Training Student (Research), Encik Marc Vernon Bligh

11. UM Team Managers (Pengurus Pasukan UM)

Head: Encik Maher Vann Singh Hari Singh

Language Representatives: Dr. Nur Azwin Zulkarnain (English), Dr. Norfaizal Jamain (Malay), Cik Nur Suliana binti Hamran (German), Dr. Chiew Poh Shin (Chinese), Encik Muhammad Irfan Bin Abdul Malek (Arabic), Dr. Thanalachime Perumal (Tamil), En. Huet Gregory Mikael Gerald (French), En. Noor Hisyam Jasmin (Spanish), Dr. Kamarul Azam Kamarul Azmi (Japanese)

12. MaLDeC Management (Pengurusan MaLDeC)

Head: Puan Ain Shahira Mustapa

Committee Members: Puan Wong Jia Wei, Industrial Training Student (Dean's Office), Industrial Training Student (Manager's Office)

13. Food & Catering (Pengurusan Makanan)

Head: Puan Soffihaidar Baharuddin

Committee Members: Puan Asniza binti Zakaria, Puan Norhaslinda binti Abdul Mutalib, Puan Massurah binti Abd Razak, Industrial Training Student (HEP Office)

Organization Chart