Welcome
Welcome to the professional portfolio of Dr. M. Viju Prakash, an accomplished academic, cloud technologist, and cybersecurity specialist with an expansive career spanning over 17 years across academic and leadership roles in India, Ethiopia, Iraq, and Vietnam.
Dr. M. Viju Prakash currently serves as a Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead at British University Vietnam, affiliated with Staffordshire University (UK). He leads the Cloud and Cyber Security programmes, spearheading curriculum design, student mentorship, and global certification integration. As the institutional Point of Contact (PoC) and Head of AWS Academy and Cisco Academy, he actively drives digital transformation in education through scalable cloud-native initiatives and industry collaborations.
He has previously held esteemed positions at Wollo University (Ethiopia), Knowledge University (Iraq), and several engineering institutions in India. His areas of expertise include Cloud Infrastructure Design, Network Virtualization, Cyber Defense Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks, and DevOps Automation, which he has translated into both academic curricula and live technical projects.
Dr. M. Viju Prakash is recognized for his ability to deliver technical education in multicultural settings, lead collaborative research ventures, and empower students to become future-ready professionals. His contributions have earned accolades, keynote speaker invitations, and his participation in global academic summits and faculty development programmes.
Feel free to explore this site to gain insights into his academic contributions, current project work, and the hands-on workshops he offers to bridge the gap between academia and the tech industry.
Workshops I Can Conduct
I offer a range of hands-on, industry-relevant workshops that empower students with practical skills in cloud technologies, DevOps, cybersecurity, and networking. These workshops are ideal for academic enrichment, lab integration, or technical bootcamps:
1. AWS Solutions Architect Bootcamp
End-to-end AWS training covering EC2, VPC, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, S3, RDS, EKS, ECR and more – designed for certification and deployment readiness.
2. DevOps Automation
Master CI/CD automation using Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitHub through real-world pipelines and container orchestration labs.
3. System Monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana
Learn to install exporters, build dashboards, and configure alerts to simulate enterprise-grade resource monitoring and telemetry collection.
4. Log Monitoring with Splunk
Centralize, analyze, and visualize logs from Linux, Windows, and network devices using Splunk Enterprise with actionable threat detection demos.
5. Hybrid Cloud Design
Design secure hybrid networks by bridging on-premise labs (VirtualBox) with AWS VPC using VPN tunnels and IPsec using OpenSWAN.
6. Networking Simulations with Packet Tracer & GNS3
Hands-on activities with routing, switching, firewall, NAT and WAN protocols using Cisco Packet Tracer and GNS3 for real-world emulation.
7. Firebase Web Hosting
Host responsive HTML/CSS/JavaScript sites on Firebase with CLI tools, HTTPS setup, and automatic deployment linked with GitHub.