Pradeep Nair

Pradeep Nair is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Chief Academic Officer of Taylor’s University, Malaysia. A multiple national and international award winning leader, Pradeep focusses on Innovation in Higher Education. He has led numerous institutional turnarounds and pioneered new concepts and ideas to embed “Whole Person Education” in university curricula. In 2018, he successfully implemented the Taylor’s Curriculum Framework (TCF), a bold initiative to transform all undergraduate degrees to be broad-based, flexible and personalized. He is a member of the National Curriculum Board for Polytechnics in Malaysia, the Deputy President of the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities and the Founding President of the ASEAN Tourism Research Association.

Publications

Transforming Curriculum Through Teacher-Learner Partnerships
Transforming Curriculum Through Teacher-Learner Partnerships
Pradeep Nair, Michael James Keppell, Chee Leong Lim, TamilSalvi Mari, Nurhanim Hassan. © 2021. 378 pages.
Empowering learners for life requires a fundamental shift in higher education curriculum design. New priorities, pedagogies, technologies, spaces, and assessment strategies are...
Reimagining Higher Education in the Post-Pandemic World
Reimagining Higher Education in the Post-Pandemic World
Pradeep Nair. © 2021. 9 pages.
Higher education is often touted as a recession-proof occupation and industry. During a recession, jobs are lost, but people's hunger for higher education typically grows....
Preparing 21st Century Teachers for Teach Less, Learn More (TLLM) Pedagogies
Preparing 21st Century Teachers for Teach Less, Learn More (TLLM) Pedagogies
Pradeep Nair. © 2020. 9 pages.
Higher education institutions face much disruption in the Fourth Industrial Age. The rapid changes in the workplace demand that university graduates exhibit competencies beyond...
Developing Fluid and Organic Curricula: Key Principles and Lessons to Prepare Future-Ready Graduates
Developing Fluid and Organic Curricula: Key Principles and Lessons to Prepare Future-Ready Graduates
Pradeep Nair, Lok Boon Thian. © 2020. 15 pages.
Literature has argued for the importance of developing complex problem-solving and active learning capabilities among the graduates in response to the challenges posed by the...
Foreword
Foreword
Pradeep Nair. © 2018.
This Foreword is included in the book Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers for 21st Century Education.