Prof. Dr. Raja Suzana Raja Kasim

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

Built for entrepreneurs

Keynotes, doctoral supervision, research grants, and venture building across three continents.

Prof. Dr. Raja Suzana Raja Kasim

  • Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
  • Director, Strategic Institutional Grants & Incubation
  • Head of Programme, UNESCO–UNITWIN (UMK × Handong Global, Korea)
  • Ketua Teras Ekonomi dan Industri, Pillar 4, Konvensyen Akademia 2026
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National Study on AI Adoption among Malaysian Businesses

Malaysia has no official statistic on how much AI its businesses actually use. This study builds the first independent, firm-level evidence base. It takes about 25 minutes.

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What I do

Three ways institutions, ministries and founders work with me.

  • Speaking & Education

    Keynotes, masterclasses and certified entrepreneurship training. A Stanford- and Cambridge-trained educator, teaching from undergraduate to doctoral level.

  • Research, Grants & Consultancy

    Leads national technology and tourism grants as Principal Investigator. Grant architecture, mixed-methods research, and policy advisory for ministries and SMEs.

  • Incubation & Venture Building

    As Director of Strategic Institutional Grants & Incubation, builds startups with youth, B40 communities and TVET institutions across Malaysia.

122

publications

80+

PhD & Masters scholars supervised

25+

years building entrepreneurs

3

continents

Real ventures. Real impact.

25+ years building entrepreneurs — so your institution does not start from zero.

  • 867Bachelor's students supervised to completion across UMK and UiTM
  • 64companies legally established in a single year (2016), registered under SSU and SSM
  • 230STEM mentees in one sustainability programme — National Inspiring MySTEM Ambassador, 2021

  • HalalRoute AI

    Principal Investigator2026–27

    Strategic technology grant for Malaysian tourism.

  • B40 Resilience

    FRGS Research Grant Lead2019–22

    Entrepreneurial resiliency models for underserved communities.

  • Policy Advisor

    National Policy Framework2023–25

    Academic–SME digital integration.

Programmes

  • AI for Non-AI: Creating AI STEMpreneur

    2021

    230 mentees, 60 projects. Teaches AI to students outside computing.

  • Startup in Campus

    UMK and SSU ventures taken from idea to registered company.

  • Strategic Entrepreneurship Ideation

    A multi-year pipeline from ideation through to commercialisation.

  • Bpreneur Muda

    A startup programme for B40 youth.

Student ventures

Agentic AI solutions built by students on her programmes — a sample of thirty-four.

  • Rio Accel
  • SmartDose
  • SE SustainAI
  • SilverConnect AI
  • CampusCare AI
  • AssignMate
  • MedQueue
  • SwiftChain AI
  • SafeWalk Campus AI
  • Sahamummah
  • SportSphere
  • The StudyVerse
  • FoodSaver Campus

About

An entrepreneurship educator working across Malaysia, the United States, Europe and Asia. Previously Director of Research and Innovation, Deputy Dean, and Senate member. Her work builds commercialisation, youth entrepreneurship and social innovation programmes — and, increasingly, puts AI in the hands of people who were never meant to be technologists.

Research focus

  • Entrepreneurship and venture creation
  • Knowledge management
  • AI in venture creation
  • Higher-education development
  • Social innovation
  • AI STEMpreneurship

Training

  • Stanford University Faculty Fellow — Technology Venture Programme
  • University of Cambridge, Judge Business School — PG Diploma in Entrepreneurship
  • Babson College — Faculty Fellowship and Visiting Scholar

Let’s build the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Available for keynotes, doctoral supervision, grant collaboration, advisory boards and visiting professorships worldwide.