Dr S Ilangkumaran is an attentive, charismatic and dependable lecturer with 9 years of experience guiding, and supervising would-be teachers at the No. 1 Education University of Malaysia, the Sultan Idris Education University, committed to providing aspiring teachers with necessary tools to achieve academic goals, instilling love of learning and teaching, and working in a team as a team player. Adept in application of excellent communication and problem-solving skills, Dr S Ilangkumaran is a student-centric lecturer who’s passionate about teaching, and instilling values essential for aspiring teachers to continue inspiring the future generations.As a language consultant and translator, Dr S Ilangkumaran has worked on various translation projects globally, including supervising voice-overs and commercials, being on the advisory board of RTM and offering services as a Tamil consultant for various companies. Currently, working in-hand with the translation team of the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, a global initiative to elucidate the role of host genetic factors in susceptibility and severity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic.