Dr. Siva Kumar Subramaniam has been a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Melaka since 2006. In 2002, he received his Diploma in Electronics Engineering from Politeknik Ungku Omar. Siva Kumar Subramaniam earned a B.Eng in Electronics Engineering (Industrial Electronics) from Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan Malaysia  in 2006 and a M.Sc in Electronics Engineering from the same institution, which is now known as Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), in 2009. In 2017, he received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Electronic Research from Brunel University London, United Kingdom through the Public Higher Learning Academic Training Scheme scholarship under Malaysia Education Ministry. He is also an Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education that is recognised worldwide in all United Kingdom higher learning institutions. 

He co-founded a spin-off company from UTeM, IIOTSME Sdn. Bhd in 2021, a private limited company that drives customised IoT based engineering innovation and solutions. He is currently appointed as the Technical and Project Manager, with core responsibilities including project planning, cost estimation, resource management, documentation and overall management of the established initiatives.

Within the span of his professional years, he was awarded relevant credentials namely Chartered Engineer certified by IET and UKEC in 2020, Assessor for Green Building (Melaka Green Seal) accredited by Perbadanan Teknologi Hijau Melaka, ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Internal Auditor Certification,  as well as Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt Certification in 2021 accredited by The Council For Six Sigma Certification, USA. He is also a certified Train the Trainer (TTT) certified by The Human Resources Development Fund Malaysia since 2009 and was a Certified IPC Trainer for IPC-A-610 (revision E) Acceptability of Electronics Assemblies Training and Certification Program between 2011 till 2015.

He was appointed as the Project and IoT Prototype Development Coordinator at UTeM to oversee and support all product development related to IoT from 7 faculties. He was also appointed as the Deputy Director of Community Development and I-COE Centre to oversee collaborative projects and activities involving the government agencies, industries, community and higher learning institutions. Throughout the years of engagement with industry partners, Dr. Siva has also been appointed as an IoT expert consultant, to 5 local electronic companies to develop new products in IoT systems and integrate them into their current products and solutions.

Overall, Dr. Siva has spearheaded more than ten projects involving research and development of innovative products, has written more than 50 technical papers and presented papers in more than 15 conferences around the world. He was assigned as the lead researcher with projects amounting to more than MYR 1 million, in which 15 innovative products were created with 20 intellectual property rights granted.

He has also participated and won 60 research awards in both national and international level innovation competitions. He also assumed the role of a reviewer for several journals in the area of electronics, telecommunication and computer engineering. He contributed to the local community as a part of CSR initiatives by conducting training, public lectures, mentoring and coaching school students to promote their interest in engineering and technology. As an engineer with high social responsibilities to the society, he was part of the state-level judge, chief judge and national level judge for Science Fair for Young Children between 2009 – 2013 and Young Inventors Challenge 2013 organised by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) named The Association of Science Technology and Innovation.  

As an academician, Dr. Siva has taught more than 20 postgraduate/undergraduate subjects and supervised/co-supervised 5 Masters and more than 30 Bachelor students. He was also appointed to head the Fundamentals Electronic Lab, managed and maintained the laboratory equipments worth of MYR 1.5 million as well as a team of technical staff (Academicians/Senior assistant engineer/Assistant engineer) for teaching and research activities, purchase of consumable and new equipment’s, laboratory auditing and documentation, enforce health and safety procedures.

His research interests include wireless sensor networks particularly on IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.4 standards. He specialises in wireless sensor networks, IoT systems, system integration, and consumer electronic systems, and has a successful track record of industrial collaboration in the last 15 years.