Anuradha Rao

Dr, Anuradha (Anu) Rao is an academic-entrepreneur, a netizen, and a parent. She founded CyberCognizanz to spread greater awareness about the opportunities and dangers of new technologies to individuals and to corporations. She educates by combining cybersecurity theories with a pragmatic and practically applied approach.

She is passionate about spreading broad-based education to those leveraging the internet for work, networking, romance, and education, and to make the internet a safer, happier and more empowering space. Her unique skill set comes from the combination of communications, new media, political science, and cybersecurity knowledge.

Dr. Rao has a Ph.D. in Communications and New Media from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and a M.A. in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in India. She is originally from India, and having lived in 10 cities in 6 countries, considers herself a global citizen. She has been based in Singapore since 2008, , where she serves the community and raises her family.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) National University of Singapore (2009 — 2015)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) Jawaharlal Nehru University (2000 — 2002)

Skills

• Project Management
• Teaching
• Higher Education

Other

Social Media, Qualitative Research