Muthukumaran Maruthappa has always wanted to be an educationalist, having had strong admiration for his Master’s degree professors. He started his career as a systems executive at a private institution and later on, became a lecturer. To date, he has 21 years of international experience in tertiary education, having taught in Malaysia, Singapore and India, in various educational systems such as Indian, American, UK, Australian, Singaporean and Malaysian. He joined Sunway University in 2011.

He teaches technical subjects in computer science, such as object-oriented programming, databases, data structures & algorithms, iOS and distributed systems. He is a firm believer that the real-world-problem-oriented approach is the best option to learn technical subjects where students get a hands-on experience on the elements, constructs and techniques needed while learning the content. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Computing on applying machine learning techniques in medical imaging.