Professor Ts. Dr. Murali Raman is both a Rhodes Scholar and Fulbright fellow. His academic credentials include a Phd from SISAT, Claremont, USA; MBA (Imperial College, London); MSc Human Resources (London School of Economics, UK).

With his research team, Dr. Murali and his team has secured close to RM1.5Million in grant funding over the last five years. He as affiliated to Stanford’s Technology Venture Program as a Faculty Fellow- where he has had and continue to discuss issues surrounding creating a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem and application of innovative thinking via Design-Principles in Malaysia.  He is a Stanford certified Design Thinker.

Prof Murali Raman is also certified in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) – 2016 as an NLP Certified Practitioner. He is also a Certified Trainer in Colored Brain Communication and Emotional Drivers based on Directive Communication Psychology.  He is also a Fellow with the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).

Throughout his career in the corporate and academic sector, Prof. Murali has managed, led and director numerous programmes in relation to digital transformation. With Accenture Consulting he managed a total of nine [9] projects of which three were in Singapore with Tier 1 clients.

Prof Murali continues to consult and assists corporations to transform digitally, using design thinking and business model canvassing ideals.  In recognition of his leadership Prof Murali has received several accolades at the International level. Examples are:

•              European Champion for Knowledge Management Systems, 2019, Lisbon Portugal

•              Outstanding Academic Leadership Award in Malaysia – 2016 EDUCOOP for IT Management

•              Innovation Gold Medallist, iCAN, Canada, 2019

•              Innovation Gold Medallist for 21^st Century Teaching, 2019, Sri Lanka

•              World Innovation Award – Seoul, Korea – 2015

•              Augerah Pecipta Negara – Gold Medal

•              Golden Globe Tiger Awards – For Outstanding Academic Leadership

He has published more than 80 papers in International Journals, Conferences, and Book Chapters. He was appointed as a lead consultant and author of Malaysia’s Social Innovation Roadmap, by Yayasan Inovasi under MOSTI. He also serves as the CEO of an NGO called Sathya Sai Academy for Human Values—an academy focussed on promoting human values-based education in Malaysia. He also serves as a Board member of the Malaysian Private Education Cooperative (EDUCOOP).