SMART College History

Established since 2012, SMART College is proud to be a specialist college targeting programs for industry gaps and future career needs. Founded by Mr. Anand Pon, SMART College is the 1st institution in Malaysia to develop, accredit and pioneer the Diploma in Enforcement and Compliance and Diploma in Corporate Investigation in Malaysia in 2012. Paving the way for new and innovative programs in this law enforcement and investigation field in Malaysia.

SMART College History

Anand Pon

SMART College Founder

Mr. Anand Pon founded SMART College in 2012 and is the pioneer to develop the fields of Diploma in Enforcement and Compliance and Diploma in Corporate Investigation in Malaysia:

“Welcome to SMART College, we are a young college with a friendly studying and working environment, where our students enjoy studying and lecturers are passionate about teaching. We have a very creative and innovatie learning environmen. Where the way we do things are always different than others.

What makes a great college? It is not just about us helping the students to get good grades, but about creating open minds, inquiring minds who want to find out more, and learn more. It is also how we nurture the character of ours students, to make them more suitable for the work environemnt. Make them brave, give them courage so that when they go out into the workplace, they can contribute to it and to the country.

One thing that I focus very much in this college is to have very good lecturers, because great lecturers will create great students. Finally I would like to thank all my lecturers and all my supporting staff for helping me to build this college, and helping to build great students.

I would like to end by saying this, we have been given this responsibility to train young people, but I think even more important i consider this a great privilege for me, my staff, my lecturers and my board of directors to be given this opportunity to train young people so that they are going to be great leaders and SMART students.”

SMART College History

  • 2012
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Mr Anand Pon developed, wrote and gained Malaysia’s first accreditation from MQA for a diploma programs in Enforcement and Investigation

  1. Diploma in Enforcement and Compliance
  2. Diploma in Corporate Investigation
  • 2015
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1st SMART College Convocation Ceremony at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

  • 2017
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Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing ceremony for the franchise collaboration with the Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) for a degree program

  • 2017
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Collaborating with James Cook University Australia, on a education degree pathway for a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology

  • 2018
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The Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, graciously received a courtesy visit from Mr Anand Pon, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, at the Bukit Aman Police Headquaters

  • 2019
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SMART AMAR was established and inaugurated by Mr. Ruslan bin Tuan Mat, Director of the Community Education Division, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (SPRM)

  • 2019
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Received the Anti-Corruption Champion Award presented by YBhg. Datuk Seri Azam Baki, MACC Deputy Chief of Operations, at 

  • 2020
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Accredited as an Occupational Safety and Health Certified Trained Center by the Minister of Human Resources, YB Datuk Saravanan A/L Murugan

  • 2022
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The Melaka Education Expo 2022 inaugurated by the Chief Minister(Menteri Besar), Datuk Seri Utama Sulaiman Md Ali, at Ames Hotel in Melaka

  • 2022
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PKPJB Tuan Haji Nordin, Director of the Department of Fire and Rescue Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, visited SMART College to graciously share his knowledge and experience on ‘Fire Safety and inspection’

  • 2023
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The Community English Language Learning (C.E.L.L) program, launched by Yb Datuk Seri Johari Bin Abdul Ghani, aims to engage and assist youth in the Kampung Pandan area in learning English through theater and performing arts techniques

  • 2023
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SMART College and Rejimen 515 Askar Wataniah joined hands in a momentous Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signing ceremony