Puvaneswaran Kunasekaran

Deputy Director (Journals and Books Management)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Puvaneswaran Kunasekaran is the Deputy Director (Journals and Books Management) at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Press and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, a journal indexed in both Scopus and the Web of Science (WoS). UPM Press handles 40 academic journal and books indexed in Scopus. Dr. Puvaneswaran holds a Ph.D. in Community Development and Tourism from Universiti Putra Malaysia and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). His academic and professional expertise centers on sustainability, tourism, and business development, with a strong emphasis on community-based tourism and responsible destination management.

He plays a key role in national policy development, notably as a contributor to the Malaysian National Higher Education Policy 2026–2035.