Welcome to the official website of Professor Dr. N.S. Rajendran.

Professor Dr. N.S. Rajendran is a with the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development at Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI), Malaysia. He is also currently the Director of the Aminudin Baki Centre for Global Studies. He completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy from the College of Education, Michigan State University (MSU) in 1998. His area of research was on the teaching of higher-order thinking skills in language classrooms. Prior to his present position at the university, he served as the Assistant Director of the Curriculum Unit, Teacher Education Division of the Ministry of Education , Malaysia focusing on research, planning and implementing various subject areas and the teaching of thinking skills at teacher education colleges in Malaysia.

Dr. N.S. Rajendran has conducted various workshops and seminars for teachers and Ministry of Education officials on the teachings of higher-order thinking skills, both locally and in countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. He has also conducted seminars and workshops to train teachers and Ministry of Education officials from Malaysia, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal in areas such as education, psychology, pedagogy, qualitative research methodology and teacher education.

Dr N.S. Rajendran is the President of Malaysia Hindudharma Mamandram, a religious non-governmental organization (NGO) serving the Hindu community of Malaysia.

RAJENDRAN NAGAPPAN
Ph.D.(Michigan State), M.Ed.(UM), B.A.(Hons) (UM), Cert. in Edu.
Professor
Sultan Idris University of Education, Malaysia
E-mail: nsrajendran at upsi.edu.my or nsrajendran at hotmail.com
Web-site: http://www.nsrajendran.com