Dr. Harikrishna Nair is the Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Wound Council & President of the Malaysian Society of Wound Care Professionals (MSWCP). He holds the position of Recorder and executive board member at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies and Vice President of the Asian Wound Care Association. Currently, he leads the Wound Care Department in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Malaysia. He is the National Advisor for Primary Health Ministry of Health Malaysia and a Professor of Wound Care at Faculty of Medicine, Lincoln University.

Besides being a prolific speaker and trainer in both local and international arena, he has also published many international wound care related studies and is the Editor in Chief of Wounds Asia Journal and the Journal of Wound Care Silk Road Supplement. He is a faculty member of NADI and Chairman DCOM; Professor of The Institute of Health Management, Austria; Chairman of Pressure Injury Prevention Committee; KLH and a member of the National Technical Committee on Wound Care MOH. He is also an Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, IMS, BHU, INDIA and The Executive Director of The College of Wound Care Specialists since 2017. He is the Course Director of The Certificate in Clinical Wound Care (CCWC) since 2017, which is the first certification programme started in Malaysia.