
27+ years of experience
Professor Dr Parveen Kaur
Professor Dr Parveen Kaur built over 27 years of academic experience in leading, researching, publishing, teaching, training, supervising and consulting. She received the prestigious Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship (Japan) for her PhD at the University of Malaya.
She served as a consultant for UNDP/UNOPS Malaysia, WWF Malaysia, UNICEF (Child-Friendly Cities Initiative, Sarawak), the National University of Singapore, Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul) and Minhaj University Pakistan, on gender, social inclusion, climate change and children’s wellbeing.
She won the state-level Shell Entrepreneurship Award, led national and international research grants, and became an HRD Corp Certified Trainer and Training Provider. She founded her own consulting, training and entrepreneurship company.
Core credentials
- PhD Sociology, University of Malaya, 2007
- Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship
- MPhil Human Development, University of Malaya, 1991
- B.A. (Hons) Southeast Asian Studies, University of Malaya, 1988
- Licensed Psychotherapist (MAPsyGP), 2023
- Clinical Hypnotherapist (P.Ch.), 2021
- HRD Corp Certified Trainer (TTT No. 23868)
Career and consultancy
- Senior Lecturer and course coordinator, 2010–2023
- Former Head of Counselling Unit, Legenda University College
- Gender and social inclusion consultant, UNDP/UNOPS
- Gender and climate change consultant, WWF Malaysia
- UNICEF CFCI and National University of Singapore
- Mental health research leader, Sarawak
Awards
- Best Lecturer of the Year, 2009
- Model Teacher Award, 1996
- Excellence Service Awards
- Shell LiveWIRE Sarawak, 2023
- Silver Award, INTEX 2023
Certificates
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Sunday, 15 November 2026, 11 am – 12 pm (Malaysia time), online via Google Meet. The link is sent to you after you register.