Dhivya Mangalam Ilango is a Lecturer at the University of Seychelles, where she has been teaching since 2019. She brings academic experience in the fields of human resource management, organisational behaviour, operations management, and performance systems. Her teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including the UniSey BBA, and the Commonwealth Executive MBA (CEMBA) programmes.

Dhivya is committed to student-centred learning, curriculum design, and mentoring. She has supervised numerous research projects on performance appraisal systems, flexible work arrangements, leadership styles, employee motivation, and training and development. Beyond academia, Dhivya plays an active role in institutional development through various committees, including the Performance Management Committee, Human Resource & Talent Management Committee, Scheme of Service Committee, and the Research Ethics Committee. She also contributes to national and regional capacity-building through consultancy and training projects. 

Dhivya holds a Master of Business Administration with specialisations in Human Resource Management and Operations Management, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. She is currently embarking on her PhD journey, with research interests spanning cross-cultural management, performance systems, and skills development in small island contexts.