MEDIA COVERAGE
2025, Earth Matters (BFM 89.9) Perdana Botanical Garden Walks: Nature, Wildlife & More [PODCAST]
2022, Let's Talk with Sharaad Kuttan: ImagiNasi | Nature-food Nexus [VIDEO]
2022, Malay Mail Connecting with nature through culture: ImagiNasi explores edible plants in the wild [ARTICLE]
2020, I Love KL (BFM 89.9) The Biodiversity Around Us [PODCAST]
2020 , BBC Earth (2020). Primates (TV series). Langur Project Penang featured in Season 1 Episode 3 Protecting Primates . Aired on BBC One.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2025, Recipient of 2025 AFoCO ICEBG Bursary for Southeast Asian Gardens & Panel Speaker (Highlight Session) at 11th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens (ICEBG) in Seoul, Korea.
Topic: Topic: Interdisciplinary Approach to Botanic Garden Education: Integrating Science, Art, and the Humanity
2021, Recipient of Pardicolor Creative Art Fund [WEB]
2020, Recipient of Roots & Shoots Award Malaysia (RASMA)
2016, Selected Delegate at Asia Students Environment Platform (ASEP) Japan 2016 [REPORT]
Theme: Biodiversity and Wisdom
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Ong, B., Thai, Y. K., Manickam, S., Sapno, S. S., Hassya, I., & Marican, N. F. (2025, August 7). Botanic garden profile: Rimba Ilmu (the ‘Forest of Knowledge’) at 50. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, 24(24). https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2025.2100
Miard, P., Arifuddin, M. N., Mukri, I., Sapno, S. S., Yazid, H., Ruppert, N., & Kumaran, J. V. (2020). Sighting of Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) on limestone hills in Merapoh, Malaysia. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(3), 15355–15358. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5419.12.3.15355‑15358