MIU - Key Persons


Devika Sethu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr Krishnan Subramaniam

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Indra Devi

Job Titles:
  • Dean of School of Management and Business

Mr Joshua Leong

Job Titles:
  • Director - Business and Operations
  • Head - Marketing & Student Enrollment
Joshua brings with him more than 20 years of working experience and has vast corporate sales and marketing experience across the education and hospitality sectors. Prior to joining Manipal International University, Joshua worked with Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), Malaysia Campus for 4 years as a director of sales and marketing, where he led the international and local business teams as well as the marketing communications department. Joshua has also worked with Linton University College, Malaysia as director of marketing before leaving for MDIS, where he spent 10 years in leading the student recruitment team as well as managing the international student office. He started his career at Ramada Renaissance Hotel, Sandakan Sabah. Joshua holds a professional certificate in Hotel Operations.

Mr. Anas Kamari

Job Titles:
  • Operation Executive, WMIT

Mr. Zesdyzar Rokman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, WMIT

Prof. Dr. Arokiaraj Pappusamy

Job Titles:
  • Director

Prof. Dr. Edwin Chung

Job Titles:
  • Dean - School of Engineering
Dr Edwin Chung graduated from Monash University (Clayton) with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science, a Bachelor of Engineering with first-class honours majoring in Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering and a PhD in Engineering. He started his career in the semiconductor industry and has experience in both the design and the manufacturing sector of the industry. He has worked as an individual contributor as well as a project/team leader for various projects. He has also worked on various product design such as a 3G baseband processor while with NEC Australia, a 32-bit microRISC controller core while he was with Motorola in Adelaide to a firmware for a keyboard scanner for Atmel at San Jose, California, USA. Edwin returned to the academic world in late 2008 and had been teaching and supervising students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. Edwin's research interest is in asynchronous circuits. More specifically it is in the area of deterministic completion detection technique in asynchronous circuits. Though so, he has also supervised and co-supervised masters and PhD students in areas such as control, thermal and service innovation. Prior to joining Manipal International University, Edwin was the Director for Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation at Taylor's University and the General Manager for Taylor's Consultancy Sdn Bhd.

Prof. Dr. Jason Fitzsimmons

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Fitzsimmons comes with over 15 years of experience in higher learning institutions and during that period he has held senior academic roles with extensive experience in international student recruitment, program development, academic collaborations, executive education programs and integration of technology in learning environments. He was leading MAHE Dubai as an Academic President for almost 7 years and in fact he was with Manipal Group for the past 10 years. He has also served GlobalNxt University as the Dean, School of Business. Prior to joining Manipal Group, he was attached with established universities in Australia as the Director of MBA Programmes & Alumni Relations Office, Head of School and also Adjunct Professor for over 10 years. Dr. Jason holds an MBA (Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management) and a PhD in Physics from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Prof. Sargunam Thirugnanam

Job Titles:
  • Associate