CURRICULUM VITAE

PROF. DR. VISHALACHE A/P BALAKRISHNAN

(Post PhD)
Started primary school in St Bernadette's Convent, Batu Gajah, Perak. Went on to secondary school in SMK Convent, Batu Gajah, Perak. Completed Form Six in SMK Sultan Yussuf, Batu Gajah, Perak. Started working career as a college trained secondary school teacher after attending professional training at Lembah Pantai Teachers' Training College and Ilmu Khas Teacher's Training College. Completed one year speacialist course in  Ilmu Khas Teacher's Training College in 1995. Completed Degree in TESL, minor Moral Education followed by Masters in Education, majoring in Moral Education in University of Malaya. Completed PhD in Education in Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Completed post doctoral studies in Inclusive and Critical Educational Psychology in The Waikato University, New Zealand. Strongly passionate about helping teachers to upgrade themselves in the teaching profession through training, research and publication in holistic education and service learning. In 2015 after the AME Conference in Santos, Brazil, have been elected as the Elected EXCO for two years. It is an honour to be the first Malaysian to be in the AME EXCO which comprises mostly renounced academics from Europe and North America. Was the Director for Centre in Research for International and Compartive Education (CRICE) from 2017 until 2022. CRICE focuses on international and comparative education in terms of research, collaboration and publication. Currently, I am holding the post of SULAM @ Service Learning Malaysia-University for Society coordinator in Universiti Malaya. Been working diligently with the internal Service Learning coordinators from the 16 faculties in Universiti Malaya. Initiating Service Learning International for 21 Century Education.  
PROFILE
Address
Department of Educational Foundations and Humanities, Faculty of Education Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/visha
CONTACT
Telephone
03-79673896
012-2238134
Email
visha
visha50
RESEARCH ID
QR Code
Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-991X
Researcher id
C-1004-2010
Scopus id
55232747400
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Doctoral Degree (Phd), Education & Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2009
Master Degree, Education, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2002
Bachelor Degree, Teaching English as a Second Language, Universiti Malaya (UM), 1999
Advanced Certificate, Teaching English as a Second Language, Maktab Perguruan Ilmu Khas, Cheras, 1995
Certificate, Teaching English as a Second Language, Maktab Perguruan Ilmu Khas, Cheras, 1990
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ FELLOWSHIP
WORKING EXPERIENCE
University Malaya (Aug. 2024 to Sep. 2027)
Task Force Member
Contribution to external organisation - Organisation (Mar. 2022 to Feb. 2025)
Evaluation - Research Grant Proposal (Mar. 2023 to Feb. 2026)
Contribution to event - Seminar/ Talk (Jan. 2025 to Feb. 2025)
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT
Research Areas
H Index: -
Total Journal Publication: 29
Sum of Citation: -
Books: 63
Proceedings: 0
Research Grants: More than RM Six hundred and twenty six thousand eight hundred and ninety seven