Sivapalan Kathiravale
EXCO Member
mbic
Malaysia
Biography
Mr. Sivapalan Kathiravale is the Program Director of Strategic Intelligence and Foresight (SIFt) at the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT). He has extensive experience in area of waste management and the renewable energy industry where he established the National Waste Grid Program in Malaysia which promotes Holistic Waste Management. This program will help Malaysia change the waste industry which is very dependent on government expenditure to one driven by market creation based on new green products. Mr. Sivapalan is currently also the leader of a team of consultants that are in the process of establishing a Standard Test Method for the Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in Malaysia. This team is working closely with SIRIM and the JPSPN in establishing the standards.
Research Interest
Waste Management.
