Dr. Charles Sharma Naidu has been involved in the field of education for 20 years, with backgrounds  in Architectural illustration and trained as a Graphic Designer; obtaining his BA (Hons) Graphic Design from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London, Masters in Educational Technology from University of Technology Malaysia and PhD in Education (focused on Gamified Educational Simulations) from Taylor's University.

His areas of expertise are Instructional Design, Educational Pedagogy Educational Simulations, Gamification and Educational Technology Adoption.

He is a strong believer in learning by doing and 'play to learn'. He is very interested to further his practice and research in gamified teaching and learning methodologies, immersive teaching and learning, gamified simulations, gamified assessments, VR Simulation adoption and the use of AI for pedagogy and student engagement. 

He is also a professional member of the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a certified Human Resource Development Corp Trainer. Charles is currently the Programme Director for the Bachelors on Interactive Spatial Design and Senior lecturer with The Design School at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus.