About Kannappan Chettiar (KC)

KC started his entrepreneurial journey in the 1990's at the age of 25, building a successful private education empire in Singapore. As a bold contrarian, he brought UK and Australian higher education to Singapore at a time when most Singaporeans were seeking to pursue their degrees overseas.

He founded Stansfield College, Singapore in 1993 and subsequently became its Chairman and Chief Learning Officer of Learning. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of John Winfield Consultants and Singapore Institute of Commerce. With offices, campuses and student hostels in Singapore, China and India, the group offered courses in the fields of law, management, business, information systems and engineering amongst others.

Creator, Founder & Inventor of

Awarded 4 US Patents on Renewable Battery Connections

Author of Switching Battery Para-series™ Connections

9X Award Winning Entrepreneur / Scientist

IEEE Runner-up International Smart Grid Competition 2023

Beginnings

Veteran

In 2005, KC’s career and life journey pivoted towards scientific exploration in the engineering field spurred by his firsthand witnessing of the devastation brought on by the 2004 tsunami followed by his new awareness of climate change issues. Prompted by the instinct to find real world answers to climate change problems, KC started his research into renewable energy solutions as he recognized that a transition to clean energy could provide the way forward for a more sustainable future.

Over the years, KC has developed and patented several renewable energy battery technologies. He has also authored a book titled Switching Battery Para-SeriesTM Connections and collaborated with academics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UN), Colombia and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany in the IEEE Smart Grid Competition 2023 where the team was ranked Runner-up.

New Frontier

Now aged over 60 years, KC is recognized as a prominent entrepreneur, innovator and philanthropist with several awards under his belt and with more than 25 years of experience in education and private sector business in Singapore and overseas.