Born in 1962 in Kuala Selangor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gunasegaran Karuppannan was a secondary school teacher for 15 years and a lecturer in a teachers training college for five years. He joined UNISEL as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education in June 2006. In 2008 he was appointed as the Head of Program for the post graduate programs in the Faculty of Education. He was then appointed as the Deputy Dean for Faculty of Education for two years. Now he is serving the Centre for Graduate Studies as the Deputy Dean. His research interest are in the area of educational administration and educational management specifically in the area of special education. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gunasegaran Karuppannan, has actively involved in national and international seminars, conferences, colloquiums and workshops as paper presenter and organizer. Among the paper presented are in Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Portugal , Sri Lanka, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu. He also written a book on Special Education
BSc – Genetics (Universitu Kebangsaan Malaysia) Masters in Management (university Malaya)
PhD –Administration in Education (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Diploma in Education ‐ Ministry of Education, Malaysia.