Renugah Rengasamy
Malaysia
Renugah is currently a PhD scholar at University of Malaya, Malaysia in Information Systems and the recipient of Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan scholarship from Malaysian Public Service Department (JPA). She obtained her Bachelor and Master of Computer Science from University of Technology Malaysia (UTM).
Her affiliation and experiences include:
Renugah was part of Malaysian e-government initiatives as a system analyst and played a major role in the implementation of the local council - ePBT system (e-Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan). She was experienced in ICT procurement for the higher education institutions in Malaysia under the Ministry of Higher Education and was part of the technical team in promoting higher education to school leavers. Besides that, she was one of the pioneer members in establishing the Faculty’s Postgraduate Club where she serves as President of the Faculty Postgraduate Club, University of Malaya. Currently, she’s attached to Institute Social Malaysia, an agency under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development as senior IT officer.
Her research interests include: social media, online behavior, personality traits and psychology.