Improving Inclusivity in Higher Education (PDF)

¿Bhakti More is a Chairperson and an Associate Professor at School of Design & Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates. She has pursued Doctoral studies from School of Built Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom. She has over two decades of experience in teaching and as project architect in the design industry in India and United Arab Emirates. Her area of specialization is in Urban Sociology, Environmental Sustainability and Housing.

Seena Biju was Professor and Associate Director, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Sikkim Manipal University, India. She had been Dean for School of Management and Business at the Manipal International University, Malaysia. She was a Professor from the domains of Statistics & Operations and has about 24 years of experience in teaching Data Analytics, Quality Management and Six Sigma, Probability & Statistics, Operations Research, Research Methodology, Quantitative Techniques, Decision Theory and related topics to students of the Post Graduate & Under-Graduate programs of various disciplines. A postgraduate in Applied Statistics (MSc) and Business Administration - Operations (MBA), she was a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified and an alumnus of the Indian Statistical Institute India. Her key areas of research were Statistical modelling, Six sigma Theory and Academic Quality Measurement & Assurance.

Vinod Pallath is Associate Professor at Medical Education Research and Development Unit (MERDU), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He leads faculty development at Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. His research currently focuses on Faculty Development, Professionalism, Leadership and management and Student support in medical education. As a trained Medical Microbiologist, he also teaches and does research in bacterial virulence and currently focuses his research on survival strategies in uropathogens.