Dr. Mohamed Kinaanath is a National Award-Winning Technologist in the Maldives. He is the current Minister of State for Homeland Security and Technology, who is heading three technology agencies in the Maldives. Head of National Centre for Information Technology (NCIT), Head of National Cybersecurity Agency (NCSA) and the Head of Communication Authority of Maldives (CAM).

Dr. Kinaanath has a Doctorate Degree “PhD in Information Technology” from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He has a “Master’s Degree in e-Commerce” at Distinction Level from Griffith University in Australia. He has an Undergraduate Degree in “Computer Science” from University of Brighton, UK. Dr. Kinaanath is an Assistant Professor in Digital Transformation, ICT and Artificial Intelligence. He worked at The President’s Office, UNICEF Maldives Office, Villa College as the Head of Information Technology over a period of 25 years. He has supervised 130 Master’s Degree Dissertations and 100 Undergraduate projects. He lectured at higher education institutions in the Maldives and New Zealand and taught over 10,000 students in: Digital Transformation, ICT, Artificial Intelligence and Research.