Ph.D., MSc., BBA.
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SUZANA
#Entrepreneurship#AI-Fintech#SocialInnovation#SDG-Research

I'm YM Prof. Dr. Hjh. Raja Suzana Raja Kasim, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. For more than two decades I've worked at the intersection of research, social innovation, and Islamic fintech — building programs and capacity for the communities that need them most.

Prof. Dr. Raja Suzana Raja Kasim
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Visionary • Scholar • Mentor • Innovator • Visionary • Scholar • Mentor • Innovator

Research Areas

Transforming Knowledge into Impact

About Me

I Bridge Research, Innovation & Community Since 1999

A former Company Secretary at a FELCRA subsidiary, I crossed into academia in 1999 carrying a conviction that scholarship and enterprise belong together. My PhD in Management from Universiti Putra Malaysia and my Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship from Cambridge Judge Business School shaped a research practice that refuses to stay inside the library.

Today I lead programs that span four continents — from ERASMUS+ work with vulnerable learners in Europe and Bosnia, to UNESCO-UNITWIN exchanges with South Korea, to AI-for-non-AI training for B40 founders in rural Kelantan. The throughline is the same: build the bridges that turn ideas into livelihoods.

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Prof. Dr. Raja Suzana
Integrity • Respect • Achievement • Excellence • Integrity • Respect • Achievement • Excellence

By the Numbers

A Career in Figures

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Flagship Research

Research That Shapes Lives

Academic Journey

Professional Milestones

2024
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UNESCO-UNITWIN Chair

Industry 4.0 Leadership

2020
Present
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Full Professor

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

2015
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Associate Professor

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

2010
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Senior Lecturer

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

2005
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Postgraduate Diploma

Cambridge Judge Business School

1999
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PhD in Management

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Institutional Partnerships & Networks

Cambridge Judge Business School
Babson College
University of Nizwa
Handong Global University
UNESCO-UNITWIN
Global Waqf Council
CEAI / MyFinB

Voices from the Field

What Peers, Partners & Supervisees Say

“Raja Suzana is among the most internationally connected entrepreneurship scholars in South-East Asia — and one of the most generous mentors I know.”

Emeritus Prof. Dr. Jerry M. Hultin

Professor of Entrepreneurship, New York University

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“Her work on Islamic fintech and sustainable funding models for B40 startups has reshaped how we think about inclusion in finance.”

Dr. Joanna Mills

Deputy Director, Cambridge Judge Business School

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Notes from the Desk

Notes from the Research Desk