Blue Equator Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation(BELIEF) is a not for profit organization focusing on leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship. BELIEF's vision is to promote education of rural children who are not necessarily the smartest but willing to learn.
Board of Trustees
Dr Muthu Singaram
Muthu Singaram is the Chief Mentor,
Head of Consulting and a corporate facilitator at Muthu Singaram Consulting,
Malaysia and PQMDC, India and is the Managing Trustee of the BELIEF. Muthu has
a MBA in Multimedia Finance and Muthu's passion is in Entrepreneurial
Development, Mentoring, Management of Emerging Technologies and Innovation.
Muthu was responsible in
developing the Malaysian National Uniprenuer
Development Programme (NUDP) at the Multimedia
Development Corporation (MDC). Muthu was also a council member for the National
Incubator Network. Muthu has mentored, consulted and facilitated participants
from many parts of the world, these include companies like British Telecom,
Institute of Public Administration Malaysia, Federation of Malaysian
Manufacturers, Malaysian Employers Federation, Small and Medium Industries
Development Corporation, The National Productivity Corporation, Malaysian
International Chamber Of Commerce and Industry, The Institute of Leadership
& Management (UK), Management Concept Asia Pacific, Shell, Exon Mobile, DHL
amongst others. Muthu is associated with several Universities in Malaysia and
India in the capacities of Adjunct Professor/ Visiting Faculty Member teaching
Entrepreneurship and Technology to Degree and Masters level students. The
institutions include the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Madras and
Kanpur, Anna University Madras, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai,
India, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad India, Loyola Institute of
Business Administration, Chennai, India, University Technology Petronas,
Malaysia and University Multimedia Malaysia.
Before forming Muthu
Singaram Consulting, Muthu was the Project Director at British Telecom at their
Asian Research Center. In a span of 16 months the team filed 10 patents and 16
publications. Muthu has two patents pending and four international publications.
One of Muthu's project's ORDWORLD an online dispute resolution service is a
provider to eBay India. Muthu has almost 20 years of experience in Engineering,
Management and Entrepreneurship. Muthu is a regular speaker at many
international Entrepreneurship conferences and a lead facilitator for
innovation and other workshops. Currently he is the innovation driver for
several companies and Universities in India and Malaysia.
Ms. Chittu Nagarajan
Chittu Nagarajan is Head of the
Community Courts of eBay and PayPal, and Conference Chair for the 10th Online
Dispute Resolution Conference. Chittu is a Fellow of the National Centre for
Technology and Dispute Resolution, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
U.S.A. She has a Legal Practicing Certificate and is a trained Mediator. Chittu's passion is in Online Dispute Resolution,
Micro-justice, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Cyberlaws, E-commerce, and
Intellectual Property. Chittu's first degree is in
History whilst her second degree is in Law. She holds a Masters in Alternative
Dispute Resolution to E-commerce disputes.
Chittu is the creator and
co-founder of ODRworld and ODRindia,
the first Online Dispute Resolution Service Provider in India in 2004. Chittu
has supervised several Masters Students in the United States including Harvard.
Chittu is a Regular Guest Speaker at several Universities in Malaysia and India
where Chittu speaks on Intellectual Property, Mediation and Online Dispute
Resolution.
Chittu also conducts
workshops for various companies in India and Malaysia in the areas of Online
Dispute Resolution, Negotiation Skills, Conflict Management and Intellectual
Property. Chittu was a speaker at the United Nations Online Dispute Resolution Forum
in December 2007, Hong Kong; the United Nations Online Dispute Resolution Forum
in June 2008,Victoria, Canada; the United Nations Online Dispute Resolution
Forum in June 2009, Haifa, Israel; the International symposium on Online
Dispute Resolution, September 2009, Barcelona, Spain and the United Nations
Online Dispute Resolution Forum in June 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chittu
was a speaker at the Micro-finance course conducted by the International
Development Law Organization (IDLO). Chittu is a Regular Evaluator at the
International Competitions for Online Dispute Resolution.