Sheryl 'Sharima' Renomeron-Morales is an Associate Professor and Campus Director at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Parañaque City Campus. Since 2005, she has been involved in extensive community outreach, particularly with Indigenous Peoples, and has implemented innovative teaching methodologies throughout a career spanning over 23 years in education. Her dedication to advancing the rights and welfare of marginalized communities is evident in her advocacy work. In 2008, she began training in the prevention and countering violent extremism. This training has significantly influenced her community engagement initiatives. Her mentorship of the National Youth Congress in 2013 effectively advanced issues concerning youth, peace, and national development, demonstrating Sharima's dedication to youth advocacy. The Philippine Armed Forces recognized her contributions with the "CMO Soldier" award in 2013 and the "Bayanihan Award" in 2014. She won the best paper presentation in her research on Madrasah Education at the 2016 International Research Conference for Higher Education, Patayya, Thailand. Sharima's commitment to education, community service, and advocacy renders her a valuable member of the Board of Directors for the Global Research Alliance for Integrative Solutions and Innovation. Her experience and insights will be instrumental in the development of effective solutions to global challenges.
Associate Professor Dr. S. M. Ferdous Azam is an academic and researcher at Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia. He lectures, conducts workshops, trains, and consults. He has been involved in research projects for many years in several countries, including Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), China, etc. He has authored a leading textbook on Research Methodology (Research Methodology: Building Research Skills, McGraw-Hill Education), which has been selected as the main text in two universities and three different countries, including Malaysia. He co-authored a Marketing Management textbook (Marketing Management: Integrated Marketing for Entrepreneurs, McGraw-Hill Education), the leading textbook for the university’s MBA, Master’s, and Undergraduate levels. With his diversified knowledge, Dr. Ferdous has successfully supervised and examined over 70 doctoral and master’s students. In addition to being a reviewer and editorial board member for a few journals, he has over 6,000 citations and more than 400 publications in diversified international journals, as well as numerous conference proceedings, book chapters, etc.
Prof (Dr) Vijay Anant Athavale has a rich teaching, research and administrative experience of more than 33 years of serving in Government and Private Universities and Colleges in India and abroad. He has served academic assignments at Canada, the Republic of Yemen and the Republic of Sudan. He also served as an expatriate expert for the United Nations Development Programme to Ethiopia. He has been instrumental in shaping of several Institutes of repute offering Technical and Management Education in India. As a thought leader and a subject matter expert, he has presented numerous sessions at Conferences, FDPs, and Workshops as Key Note speaker, Session Chair, Organizing Committee member, TPC etc. He is a reviewer for several SCIE, Scopus, WoS indexed journals. He is also serving as editor of some Scopus indexed journals. He has contributed several chapters in books & handbooks published by IGI Global, Taylor and Francis Group, Springer etc.