Malaysia Chapter on University Roles to Support the Frontliners during COVID19 Pandemic

Malaysia is one of the developing multi-racial countries in ASEAN that have been affected by the pandemic of COVID19. The first confirmed import case been detected on 24^th January 2020 during the transition of new appointed government members. The structured and systematic action taken by the Federal government and supported by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia in deploying the Movement Control Order (MCO) for whole nation effectively. This crisis has disraptively impacted almost organization in Malaysia, including academic institute such as university. This paper will explain the collaboration model called San-Gaku-Ken Renkei and systematic innovation methodology called TRIZ, in Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The impact that coming from the government, academic and industry roles and action plan has effectively support medical frontlines in facing the crisis of COVID19 pandemic in Malaysia.