HONG KONG, March 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lingnan University is proud to announce that Prof Leng Mingming, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Chair Professor of Operations and Risk Management, has been named the recipient of the Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS)'s 2026 Dean of the Year Award. Prof Leng was the sole winner selected from over 640 universities across 39 countries and regions. The award is presented annually to one outstanding dean who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in business education and consistent support for students. Prof Leng will attend the award ceremony in Seattle this April.
Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University, extended his sincere congratulations to Prof Leng, saying "Under Prof Leng's leadership, the Faculty of Business has continuously strengthened its academic capabilities. According to the latest 2025 UTD24 journal rankings of Chinese scholars, the Faculty is 24th among institutions in the Greater China region, demonstrating the Faculty's recognised research strength and international impact. Prof Leng's recognition as 2026 Dean of the Year not only acknowledges his personal leadership and contributions, but also highlights the Faculty's influential role in the international business education community."
Prof Leng Mingming responded "I am deeply honoured to receive this recognition. Since joining Lingnan University in 2005, I have served as department head and founding director of multiple master's and doctoral programmes, promoting curriculum innovation, interdisciplinary research, and holistic student development. My research focuses on cooperative game theory and supply chain management, combining theoretical insights with practical applications for industry, and is published in leading international journals. This award recognises not only my own work but also that of the whole Faculty of Business team in fostering academic excellence and giving students a global perspective, innovative capabilities, and leadership qualities, so they may contribute to society."
The BGS Dean of the Year Award is open to deans nominated by BGS chapters worldwide. Criteria include encouraging and recognising the academic achievements of business and management students, developing BGS members as student and professional leaders, supporting ongoing leadership and excellence, and connecting students and alumni to professional opportunities.
Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honour society for AACSB-accredited business programmes, and has inducted over 970,000 members throughout the world who hold leadership roles or have founded influential organisations.
For more information, please visit: Beta Gamma Sigma
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Lingnan University Prof Leng Mingming earns sole Beta Gamma Sigma's 2026 Dean of the Year Award
SINGAPORE, March 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hardware cybersecurity specialist, X-PHY Inc, today announced a strategic channel partnership with RoBridgeAI, a deep-tech venture backed by the Rajalakshmi Group. Under the agreement, RoBridgeAI is appointed as an authorised channel partner for X-PHY's AI-embedded cybersecurity suite of products and solutions across India.
The partnership reinforces X-PHY's commitment to expanding its global footprint and delivering next-generation cybersecurity solutions that advocate for a defense-in-depth approach to cybersecurity – starting from the physical infrastructure. The approach enables autonomous threat detection, prevention, and response - an increasingly critical capability as organisations face sophisticated attacks, AI-powered threats, and stringent data protection requirements.
Backed by the Rajalakshmi Group, RoBridgeAI brings to the partnership access to advanced R&D infrastructure and an established customer base across manufacturing, technology, and infrastructure sectors in India.
"We are proud to welcome RoBridgeAI into our X-PHY partner ecosystem," said Ms Camellia Chan, Co-Founder and CEO of X-PHY Inc., "The group's proven technical expertise, strong industry reach, and shared vision for transforming digital security make them an ideal partner in scaling our presence in India - a market that is rapidly advancing in AI adoption and data security demands."
"As India's digital economy scales, cybersecurity can no longer be treated as an afterthought, rather it must be foundational," said Mr Surya Prakash, Country Manager of RoBridgeAI. "This partnership with X-PHY aligns strongly with our vision of delivering security by design. By bringing AI-embedded, hardware-level protection to Indian enterprises and public sector organisations, we are enabling a proactive, resilient security posture that safeguards critical systems and data from the ground up."
India represents a significant growth opportunity for advanced cybersecurity solutions, with the country's cybersecurity market projected to reach USD 6.56 billion in 2026, growing at an annual rate of 18%.
Through this partnership, RoBridgeAI will bring the full range of X-PHY cybersecurity solutions to the Indian market. These include the X-PHY Cybersecure Solid State Drive (SSD), an AI-embedded SSD that provides autonomous threat detection and response, secure laptops designed to protect endpoints from the hardware level, the X-PHY Deepfake Detector, and enterprise-grade solutions built to defend mission-critical data infrastructure.
For enterprise customers, X-PHY's solutions are managed centrally through the X-PHY Management Console, a unified overseer that enables real-time monitoring and control, delivering an integrated ecosystem anchored on immutable, physical-layer cybersecurity.
About X-PHY Inc
X-PHY Inc is a pioneering cybersecurity company dedicated to hardware-based cybersecurity solutions that protect data at its core. Built on the principle of Security by Design, X-PHY embeds protection directly at the physical layer for proactive, autonomous, and real-time defense against evolving cyber threats. Headquartered in California, USA, X-PHY Inc was established in 2021 and has since developed a growing portfolio of over 50 patents, reinforcing its commitment to innovative AI-embedded security at the hardware level. The company's patented solutions safeguard endpoints, servers, and data centers, ensuring zero-trust resilience across industries.
X-PHY Inc is part of the Flexxon Group, a leader in hardware engineering and memory solutions, leveraging its legacy of innovation and expertise in secure storage to build cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies for the digital world.
For more information, please visit:
X-PHY: x-phy.com
Flexxon: flexxon.com
About RoBridgeAI
Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Chennai, RoBridgeAI is a deep-tech innovation company powered by Rajalakshmi Group. With expertise in AI, IoT, robotics, and Industry 4.0, RoBridgeAI transforms research into scalable solutions across sectors such as manufacturing, aerospace, and electric mobility.
For more information, please visit: robridgelabs.com
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X-PHY Inc Appoints RoBridgeAI as Official Channel Partner for India
