​​​​Dr. Vik Nair​

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Dr. Vikneswaran Nair or better known as Prof. Vik Nair is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Cornell Leadership Academy, Malaysia, and Director of Business Development, King's Park, Genting Highlands, Malaysia, which owns the Academy. He is also a Professor at Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia. He was formerly the President of DISTED College, Penang, Malaysia and Dean of Graduate Studies & Research at the University of The Bahamas (UB). Prior to leaving to the Bahamas in  2017, Dr. Nair was at Taylor’s University, Malaysia, for 19 years as a full Professor of Sustainable Tourism, at the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts; Programme Leader for the Responsible Rural Tourism Network; Research Fellow of the Centre for Research and Innovation in Tourism (CRiT) and the founding Director of the Centre for Research and Development at the University. A consultant with many national and international projects, Prof. Vik's exceptional research achievements with more than 350 publications to his credit have earned him many international and national awards. He is currently the Vice President of the Malaysian Ecotourism Association. His research specialisation is in Sustainable and Responsible Tourism, Rural Tourism, Ecotourism Management, Environmental Management, Community-based Tourism and Green Tourism.