Ts. Dr Mathivannan Jaganathan is currently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business Management,
Universiti Utara Malaysia (Accredited by AACSB). He also served as a Director of Career
Development Centre, Student Affairs Department, Universiti Utara Malaysia from 15 January 2021-
31st January 2022. In addition, he is also an active Professional Technologist approved by the
Malaysian Board of Technologists. In addition, he also serves as President of the Internet Society-
Malaysian Chapter. Before his current appointment, he worked at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman as
a lecturer of entrepreneurship for almost two years. He taught several entrepreneurship courses at
various levels, such as Electronic Commerce, Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Franchise Business
Management, Business Growth Management, Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Skills and
Entrepreneurship at the undergraduate level.
Apart from teaching, he is actively involved in research covering the areas of Entrepreneurship and
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption. He is also an active member of several
international associations and a reviewer for academic journals and international conferences. He also
served as a vice secretary of Internet Society (Chapter Malaysia). He is also certified Lead Auditor
(ISO 9001:2015) by the International Register of Certificated Auditors IRCA, UK. In addition, he is
also a Certified Advisor and Trainer of Mendeley Reference Manager. Furthermore, he is also an
Assessment Panel Technology and Technical Accreditation Secretariat (TTAS), Malaysia Board of
Technologists (MBOT).
Mathivannan Jaganathan was also an award recipient of Successful People In Malaysia by
Britishpedia’s Successful People In Malaysia biographical encyclopedia, highlighting Malaysians who
have contributed to nation-building and society in general. He was also recognised and awarded the
Excellent Service Award 2011, Excellent Service Award 2015 and Excellent Service Award 2019 of
Universiti Utara Malaysia. In addition, he is also a Favourite Website Award Winner (Personal
Website Category), Malaysia Website Award 2018, 2020 and 2021 by Exabytes Group. In line with
the academic setting, he has personally conducted face-to-face classroom training and consultation on
LimeSurvey (online survey builder), Mendeley (Reference Management), Endnote (Reference
Management), Weebly, WordPress (Web Design), Blogger, Digital Marketing Online Tools and some
relevant academic and non-academic related software system to his faculty members, entrepreneur
and students.