Kanagi Kanapathy is Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. She was the Head of Operations and Information Systems Department from January 2020 to September 2021.Kanagi holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of South Australia. A versatile educator and researcher, she has about 23 years of teaching experience in higher education. She also held managerial positions in multinational companies for 10 years, in manufacturing sector prior to joining the academia. Kanagi has published widely in the area of operations and supply chain management in numerous ISI WoS and Scopus journals. She is a core member of Centre for Research in Industry 4.0 (CRI4.0), University of Malaya. Kanagi was a visiting research scholar at Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has co-authored a book on Value Added Tax: Country Governance and Economic Efficiency and has contributed a book chapter, Eco-Innovation towards Sustainability in the book, Current and Emerging Issues in Operations Management. Kanagi was awarded the Highly Commended Paper of the year by Emerald Literati Network in 2016.  Kanagi has presented papers at international conferences, which include the reputable IEEE conferences. She has been invited to deliver key note addresses in International Business Conferences such as International Conference on Business, Economics, IT and Management’ 18 and International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (ICMRI 2023). She was invited as a speaker at Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) 2019: International Training Course on Fostering Maritime Industry Management Through Industrial Revolution 4. She has delivered several virtual Guest Lectures (2020 -2022) at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and Hochschule Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Germany (2023). Kanagi conducted an online Training Course on Productivity Measurement for Service-sector Organizations 2021, organised by Asia Productivity Organisation (APO), Tokyo, Japan. She held a consultant position for 5 months at Agile Management Consultancy, as part of Industry attachment in 2022. Kanagi was invited as a Speaker at APO’s productivity talk which was streamed live over APO’s You tube Channel in June 2023.

Dr. Nurul Nadhirah, a Senior Lecturer at the Glami Lemi Biotechnology Research Centre, Universiti Malaya, is a renowned researcher in plant biotechnology. She has specialized expertise in the tissue culture of fern species and selected crop plants, making significant contributions to the understanding and cultivation of these plants for both scientific and practical applications.       In addition to her work in plant tissue culture, Dr. Nadhirah has extensive knowledge in taxonomy, systematics, and biodiversity of ferns (pteridophytes). Her academic interests are centered on exploring the vast diversity of ferns, studying their classification, and understanding their ecological roles in different environments. She obtained her PhD in Botany from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, where her research focused on spore culture of various fern species found in Malaysia.      She has published numerous papers on plant tissue culture, fern taxonomy, and biodiversity, establishing her as an expert in the field. She is an active participant in scientific expeditions, collaborating with government and NGOs, to collect valuable data on plant species and contribute to conservation efforts aimed at protecting Malaysia's natural heritage.

As an educator, researcher, and innovator in Software Engineering, I treat values and purposes with topmost priority. I believe individuals and organisations guided by righteous values and noble purposes make the difference in the world; realistically making the world a better place to live for all. Thus, in my 20 years of career life, I have devoted my time contributing to education, research, and innovation in and beyond Software Engineering, benefiting the current and future generations. My total grants from research, consultancy, and software development projects amounted to nearly RM3,000,000. In recent year, I started a few future education initiatives such as innovation and work-integrated learning lab (iWILL) in response to the changes brought about by disruptive technologies.