Founder Profile
YBHG. DATIN SERI KANAGAM PALANIVEL
Nationality: Malaysian
DOB: 19 Dec 1955
POB: Bedong, Kedah
Education Background:
- BSc, Madras University
- Harvard Business School Program - Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders 2019
- John F Kennedy School of Government: Program - Driving Government Performance :Leadership Strategies to Achieve Results 2019
- John F Kennedy School of Government: Program - Public Leadership Credential (on going)
- Practitioner Certification in NLP and Hypnotherapy
Present Positions
Entrepreneurship Mentor - China-BRICS Science and Innovation Incubation Park for the New Era
President, Board of Trustees - Community Builders Foundation, Malaysia
Vice President (Women Empowerment) - Asian Centre for Leadership and Civilisation
Visiting Speaker - GoGlobalHub, Tokyo Metropolitan Government & Startup Lady
Working Experience
- Education Officer/ Counsellor Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia
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Lecturer, English and Communications (Students of City and Guilds Syllabus, London.)
Associated Examination Board, London (A-level examination) at the Goon Institute, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - Private Coaching for Students preparing for London A Level examinations
- Published a series of Children’s books (Publisher: Arenabuku Sdn Bhd)
- Published a series of Children’s books (Publisher: Arenabuku Sdn Bhd)
- Honorary Council member of BAKTI (the Malaysian association for the wives of Cabinet Ministers) - Was heading public relations/ publication of periodic newsletters, annual magazine and other in house publications
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President, Community Builders Foundation - the beginning of direct involvement of grassroots
(Transformative programs and projects for minority communities ie Indian Malaysians, tribal communities and high school student community) - 2016 to present in collaboration with consulting group, Human Capital Asia Limited. (began working with them since 2014 during which period the action plan/blueprint for the Indian Malaysians was formulated) - Language Proficiency - English Language, Tamil, Bahasa Malaysia in both written and spoken fields. French - third language option at University
- Trained in Hatha yoga practices and Meditation, Isha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore, India
- Team BAKTI, Competitive Badminton Championship of Women Clubs in the country
- Invited as speaker for numerous youth/ women events over more than a decade.
