Seetha Kumaran

With over 18 years of dedicated experience in research administration at post-secondary and research institutions, Seetha Kumaran has established a career in project, operation and budget management. She has successfully project-managed numerous million-dollar research grants with stakeholders across the country. Seetha’s experience has encompassed managing the full project lifecycle, from inception to completion. She contributes strategic and operational oversight, develop project plans, identifies risk mitigation strategies, and sets and monitor timelines while ensuring that compliance for each project is met. 

At the Applied Research Centre at Langara College, Seetha fulfils many critical roles, including global grant budgeting and forecasting, employment contracting, onboarding, student liaison and operations. She brings sensitivity to workplace culture, problem solving and a commitment to high levels of service.