Head, Office of Research & Innovation

Dr Mahi Narayanan has been with RMIT Vietnam since December 2019.

Dr Narayanan provides leadership for Research & Innovation at RMIT Vietnam and collaborates with various internal and external stakeholders to develop research capacity and capability in RMIT Vietnam. Her office works closely with the schools to nurture research that is impactful to Vietnam and more broadly the region.

Dr Narayanan is an alumnus of BITS-Pilani, India and obtained her PhD from A*STAR/National University of Singapore. After her post-doctoral stint, she joined Duke-NUS, Singapore to embark her career in Research Operations and Compliance.

Dr Narayanan appreciates multicultural environments and has over 18 years of experience in Healthcare and Higher Education sectors in Singapore spanning across Biomedical Research, Grants Management, Regulatory and Ethics compliance, Research Governance, Risk and Crisis Management and Higher Degree by Research programs.

Qualifications: B Pharm (Hons), MSc (Hons), PhD