However, it is not just his teaching approach that is impressive. Prashan is engaged in a number of projects across the University – from helping design a brand new unit for MQ2020, to using his research in the area of learning and teaching in business education to run workshops for staff.

Prashan is also heavily involved with Macquarie’s Widening Participation Unit – LEAP via LEAP Roadshows and LEAP inROADs, as well as being part of the team that designs, develops and delivers the University’s award-winning Excel courses on the Coursera platform – reaching more than 100,000 learners globally.

He has recently been published in The Lighthouse – commenting on the business and economics landscape in 2020, and will collect his MBA from the University of London once COVID restrictions allow the ceremony to go ahead.

And if all of the above doesn’t impress you, he almost delivered his son in the backseat of his car. We find out about this and more.

1. In a nutshell, my job is to…
Utilise Learning and Teaching (L&T) as a platform to: equip students via our programs; empower staff via workshops; engage the wider community via Future Students, Widening Participation – LEAP, and The Lighthouse; and engage beyond Australia via Macquarie International and our Coursera partnership.

2. My definition of success is…
You’ve reached, influenced, and empowered others to lead and impact in every sphere of life.

3. This year I want to…
Lead a team of Macquarie Business School L&T champions in partnership with Macquarie’s Widening Participation Unit – LEAP, to launch the National Equity Program for Business Education – to create aspirations in equity students for higher education. These unprecedented times of 2020 present an even greater urgency to address equity groups regarding their aspirations to higher education.

4. The scariest thing I’ve ever done is…
Be asked by 000 to pull over to the side of the road and have the emergency operator navigate me through the process of delivering my son. Thankfully, after a few (long) minutes of pulling over and preparing for this, an ambulance arrived and took my wife to the hospital.

5. As a kid, I was…
A geography nerd – exploring atlases and teaching myself about capital cities and flags – I can still name them all ;).

6. My guilty pleasure is…
Travelling to Singapore.

7. I’m scared of…
Lecturing. Even though I have done it weekly, for well over a decade, it is scary and humbling to conduct any lecture – whether it is 500 in Macquarie Theatre, or 50 in a smaller theatre.

8. The most important thing I’ve learned in the last five years is…
You will learn more from your students than you will ever be able to teach them.

9. If I had the day off today, you would find me…
On a multi-stop road trip with my wife and kids.

10. To me, the best thing about the Macquarie community is…
The willingness to give everyone (like me):
A chance to learn…
A chance to grow…
A chance to impact.