Uvaraj (Raj) Periyathamby

Uvaraj did his undergraduate studies in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. He completed his postgraduate studies in Mechanical & Production Engineering at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.  He has 12 scientific publications in international journals and conferences to his credit. He is Malaysia's national scholar and gold medal winner of Singapore's national supercomputing competition.

Uvaraj is the founder of the The Infinite Learning Lab (TiLL) education system. He has 30 years of work experience in Business and Technology Management for manufacturing companies, R&D organisations, start-ups and academia. He previously worked as General Manager (Technical) for South East Asia based subsidiaries of Vallourec of France. His other employments include working as Technology Industrialization Manager for Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore; as Research Associate for the National University of Singapore; and Production and Marketing Engineer for York Air-conditioning, Malaysia. He has conducted many workshops in the past that are often attended by senior executives, industry technical experts, scientists, undergraduate and postgraduate students. 

Uvaraj is an active committee member of the Educational, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF) in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. As part of this community service, he initiated and founded the Top Ten Total Leader (T3L) Youth Leadership Development programme which provides free leadership training to aspiring young people.  

Key areas of expertise:

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•  Operations & Technology Planning
•  Setting-up of R&D Facility
•  CAPEX & OPEX Planning
•   Intellectual Property Management
•   General Management

•  ISO Standards
• Multi-disciplinary Technology Development
•  Facilitation of International Collaborations
•  Technology Commercialization
• Simulation based science & Engineering

Uvaraj's course portfolio: 

• Teaching for Learning
• Finance
• Nuclear Science & Technology
• Audio and Music Engineering: Musical Sound & Electronics
• Negotiating for Successful Technology Deals
• Technical and Competitive Intelligence
• Law of Copyright and Designs
• Operations and Technology Road-mapping Facilitation
• High Performance Computing
• Intellectual Property Law & IP in Information Technology
• Mastery of Project Management (Planning & Managing Projects)

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Uvaraj is multilingual: fluent in English, Malay, Indonesian and Indian languages. 

Scholarships   
    National Scholar for Undergraduate Studies to Bristol, United Kingdom
    Postgraduate Scholarship by National University of Singapore, Singapore

President  
    Eusoff College (International Graduate Students - NUS)  93-94
    Post-Graduate Society (National University of Singapore) 93-94

ISO 13679 WG Member
    Testing of Threaded Connections for Oil Country Tubular Goods
 
Industrial Experience

1. Manufacturing of Oil & Gas Products
2. Manufacturing of Large Scale Air-Conditioning Systems
3. Development of Water Purification Systems
4. Research and Development of Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems

R&D Related Experience

1. High Performance Computing (Parallel Computing)
2. Technology Commercialization
3. Intellectual Property Management
4. Computational Fluid Dynamics
5. Establishment of new R&D facilities

Investment Experience

1. Stocks - US & Singapore Stock Exchanges
2. Options - US Market
3. Properties
4. Commodities

Start-ups

1. The Infinite Learning Lab (TiLL) : Providing Quality Education to 21st Century children.
2. Nusajaya Property Investment Consultancy (NUPIC): Real Estate Investment and Management Consultancy

Community Service

1. Educational, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF, Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
2. Co-founder of Top Ten Total Leader (T3L) Youth Leadership Programme