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Below are the key achievements of the SMRT Group and its founder, Dr. Palan:-
Date Milestones
22 July 2007 SMRHRT announced as a Gold Winner for Business SUMMIT Award 2007 by Business Productivity Network.
19 March 2007 SMRHRT was announced as Merit Award winner for MITI Brand Excellence Award 2006.
11 September 2006 SMRHRT announced as one of the Top 3 Finalists for Most Promising HR Excellence Award by Malaysian Institute of Human Resources Management (MIHRM).
8 December 2005 SMRT announced as one of the winners of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 Program, which acknowledges and honours fast-growing technology companies across Asia Pacific. SMRHRT was awarded the 17th position at the Hong Kong at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on 8th December 2005.
23 September 2005 SMRT awarded the Golden Bull Award by Nanyang Siang Pau to recognise its achievement as an ‘Emerging SME ’ in Malaysia.
2 September 2005 SMRT awarded the second position in the Enterprise 50 list by the MITI and Deloitte Kassim Chan.
16 January 2005 SMRT awarded the Asia Pacific Keris Honesty Award 2004 to recognise its achievement as one of the top SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in Malaysia.
11 December 2004 Dr. Palan, founder of SMRT, awarded the Global HR Personality of the year
10 December 2004 Awarded ICT Adoption Award during the SMI Recognition Award Series 2004 by Y.B. Dato’ Wira Fong Chan Ong, Minister of Human Resources.
10 October 2004 HRDPower™ website recognised by the International Association of Webmasters & Web Designers for excellent web design, originality and content in the 2003/2004 Golden Web Awards (www.goldenwebawards.com).
27 July 2004 HRDPower™.net beta launch by YB Dato Fong Chan Onn, Minister of Human Resources at the Asia HRDCongress, 2004.
25 April 2004 SMRT was invited to speak at the government sponsored Human Resource Conference chaired by the Minister of Labour in Bahrain.
10 March 2004 SMRT was invited to speak at the government sponsored Australian Institute of Training and Development National Conference.
17 February 2004 SMRT was invited to present a paper at ASEAN-EC (European Council) Management Centre at Brunei on Impact on E-HR on Business.
4 February 2004
Secured Petronas contract through the Internal Consulting division of Petronas at Bangi to implement a competency system for its subsidiary Malaysian International Trade Company (MITCO Japan).
Secured Tenaga Distribution Sdn Bhd contract to implement a competency system.
9 January 2004 Launched HRDPower™.net alpha series at Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
15 October 2003 A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by SMRT with the Malaysian Institute of Human Resources Management.
20 July 2003 SMRT released a book - Competency Management: A practitioner's guide authored by Dr. Palan, the founder of SMRT - by Y.B. Dato’ Seri Najib B. Tun Abdul Razak. This book positioned SMRT in the competency management field.
8 February 2002 Secured contract to implement HRDPower™ software system at Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts worldwide.
24 December 2002 Secured contract to implement HRDPower™ software system at Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM, University Hospital) and Tenaga Generation Sdn Bhd.
1 August 2002 Secured first contract in Malaysia for HRDPower™ Version 1 with Malaysian Shipyard Engineering Bhd.
20 August 2001 Software and implementation contract secured with National Drilling Company, Abu Dhabi.
25 March 2001 HRDPower™ Version 1 launched at Human Resource Conference at Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing.
20 March 2001 R&D team relocated to Cyberjaya after SMRHRT was awarded the MSC status.
16 February 2001 HRDPower™ Version 1 launched with the support of Malaysian Trade Council in Dubai with first customer secured in Dubai being Dubai Marine Beach Resort.
29 January 2001 SMRHRT awarded MSC Status.
26 January 2001 SMRHRT incorporated in Malaysia.
10 April 2000 HRDPower™ Version 1 launched in Shangri-La Hotel, Malaysia.
12 November 1999 HRDPower™ Version 1 launched in Sydney, Australia by Dr. Palan, the founder of SMRT, to take advantage of the government supported competency movement using the abundance of IT talent in Australia.
6 April 1998 Incubation of HRDPower™ in Australia to take advantage of the government supported competency movement using the abundance of IT talent in Australia by Dr. Palan, the founder of SMRT.
28 October 1997 Dr. Palan recognised as expert and pioneer in Competency Management at World Conference of Training & Development at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur.