VIEC Corporate Ms Vivienne Porter CEO Vivienne Porter created VIEC more than 14 years ago. Since its humble beginnings, she has led VIEC to become one of the most prominent and respected names in the industry. VIEC today is the largest student recruitment network in South Asia. Vivienne's expertise in international education is unparalleled and spans across business development, student recruitment and academic program management. Vivienne was Director of the International Office at the University of Western Sydney and Deputy Director, International at Griffith University. Vivienne has held position of Director of Studies at Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University) and has worked as an accredited IELTS Tester and Administrator. VIEC India and Nepal Mr Vinod Malhotra Country Director, India This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Vinod started his career with Thomas Cook where he worked for over 17 years managing their finance and administration. In year 1995 he was instrumental in starting IDP Education Australia limited Liaison office in India. He worked there for over 15 years as the Chief Financial Officer. His key role was to look after the financial  management of the organisation and to work closely with the CEO in managing the operations, systems, HR activities as well as to capitalise on the opportunities available in the country for expansion, conducting marketing events like road shows, interview sessions etc. He played a key role in establishing IDP India as a subsidiary Company of IDP Australia in year 2006. In year 2010 he joined Kaplan business school, Australia as a senior business consultant. He was looking after developing and maintaining relationships with potential and existing institutional partners and government organizations in the country and sourcing new project work including short-course training opportunities, study tours, consulting projects for the institute. Vinod joined us in March 2011 as Country Director. His current role includes managing HR, administration, business expansion, operations and business development. VIEC Sri Lanka Mr Sri Kandasamy Country Director, Sri Lanka This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Sri Kandasamy manages the Sri Lankan operations for VIEC. Sri brings an exceptional depth of experience in Education UK following a successful career managing the Education Services Centre for four and half years at the British Council in Sri Lanka for both Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He was commended by many UK representatives for the quality and impact he created promoting UK qualifications in Sri Lanka. Sri also received an exceptional rating at the British Council for his outstanding work, which included overseeing the UK-Sri Lankan Partnership Links Scheme to facilitate redevelopment and capacity building in Sri Lankan institutions. Sri holds an MBA from Henley Business School, UK. He has strong project management experience, including strategic planning, budgeting and team leadership. In addition, he has highly developed skills in addressing problems, defining relevant issues, drawing sound conclusions and making responsible policy or strategy recommendations. VIEC Pakistan Mr Nadeem Afzal Country Director, Pakistan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Nadeem Afzal brings great experience, expertise and energy to VIEC operations.  Nadeem heads the VIEC Pakistan operations and currently is focussed on developing VIEC operations across Pakistan.  Nadeem undertook his higher education in Australia from Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE and Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne. Nadeem lived, studied and worked in Australia for more than six years and understands the Australian education system, job environment and life style very well. Prior to working with VIEC, Nadeem has undertaken large projects for international firms across Pakistan. VIEC New Zealand and South Korea Mr Howard Kim Country Director, New Zealand and South Korea This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Howard has accumulated over 18 years of experience in the education agent industry and is an author of overseas study guide books “ How to study in Australia & New Zealandâ€� published in 1991 and “How to study in UKâ€� published in 1990 (both Korean version). Howard holds a BA degree (German & English) from Hankook University of Foreign Studies in South Korea. VIEC Global Application Centre Team Ms Kashish Singh General Manager, Admission and Visa This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ms. Soma Choudhary, Assistant Manager Mr. Inder Kumar, Assistant Manager Ms. Ramandeep Kaur, Admission & Visa Officer Mr. Balaji, Admission & Visa Officer Ms Ekta Katyal, Senior Counselor Accounts  Mr Sanjay Kumar Jha, Manager Mr Atul Dhaundiyal, Assistant Manager Accounts Marketing Ms. Parul Khurana, Manager This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it