Dr Praveen Balakrishnan Nair
Dr Praveen Balakrishnan Nair
Associate Professor
Dr Praveen Balakrishnan Nair is an Associate Professor attached to Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia Campus. Praveen holds three postgraduate qualifications in different disciplines of management and an earned PhD, equipping him to bring in multidisciplinary perspectives of business issues to the classroom. His experience includes teaching, research, and academic administration in reputable Australian, Malaysian and UK Universities. Praveen lectures a range of courses in the discipline of marketing and management. His research interests lie broadly in the area of marketing and strategic management and currently the focus is on Sustainable business practices, Triple Bottom Line, Social Entrepreneurship and Business model innovation. He strives to ensure that his students are moulded holistically to be industry and society ready. Dr Praveen is an HRDF certified Trainer in Malaysia.
Areas of interest
- Marketing, Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship, Triple Bottom Line
Qualifications
2007-2010 – PhD Environmental Marketing
1998-2000 – MBA
1997-2000 – PG Diploma in Personnel Management
1996 -1997 – Diploma in Information Systems & Management
1994-1996 – M.Com
1991-1994 – B.Com
Background
Prior to joining Heriot-Watt in 2014, Praveen held academic positions at Curtin University of Technology and Swinburne University of Technology. He has also taught business courses of Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong and Murdoch University and at various institutions in Malaysia and China on adjunct basis.