Dr. Tun Thura Thet

Founder and Executive Chairman

Myanmar Information Technology (MIT) Pte Ltd.

 

Dr. Tun Thura Thet is the Chief Solutions Architect at Nirvasoft Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based regional software company specializing in enterprise solutions and digital innovation. He was also the founder and executive chairman of Myanmar Information Technology (MIT) Pte Ltd, the leading software development and system integration company in Myanmar.

Dr. Tun was a special guest speaker at the NTU Convocation in 2015 and received the NTU Alumni Achievement Award in 2021 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In academia, he serves as a visiting professor and lecturer at Yangon University of Economics, Meiktila University of Economics, and the University of Computer Studies, Yangon, where he teaches in the Executive Master of Business (EMBA), Executive Master of Banking and Finance (EMBF), and Master of Computer Science (MCSc) programs. As an academic, Dr. Tun has published several research papers in the fields of sentiment analysis and machine learning.

Dr. Tun co-founded and served as a director of the Myanmar ICT Development Corporation (MICT Park). He was also an elected director of the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) and an independent director of the Myanmar Credit Bureau. Dr. Tun founded MIT in 1997 and is considered one of the pioneers in Myanmar’s then-nascent field of information technology. MIT provides ICT services in banking, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and digital innovation across Myanmar and regional markets. MIT was the winner of the ASEAN Business Award for the e-ASEAN sector in 2015 and the ASOCIO 2018 Outstanding ICT Company Award.