Dr. Sivapalan Selvadurai (sivap02@gmail.com) is currently a Visiting Associate Professor at Taylor's University in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management. His research interests include community development, gender, and entrepreneurial development. He has numerous articles in refereed indexed journals as well as book chapters.While in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, he was the previous Head of Research Cluster on Governance and Institution.