Tun Thura Thet (Burmese: áÂÂá½áÂÂáºá¸áÂÂá°áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáº) is a Burmese technology specialist, a technopreneur and an academic.
Tun is the CEO and Chief Solutions Architect of Nirvasoft Pte Ltd., a Singapore based software company specializing on enterprise AI solutions and digital innovation. Tun is the founder and chairman of Myanmar Information Technology (MIT) Pte Ltd, the leading software development and System Integration Company in Myanmar.
Tun is an Adjunct Professor at Multimedia University, Malaysia. He also teaches at the Yangon University Economics (YUEco), Meiktila University of Economics, and University of Computer Studies, Yangon (UCSY) in Master of Business, Executive Master of Business, Master of Banking and Finance and Master Computer Science programs.
He is also the special guest speaker at the NTU Convocation 2015 and the recipient of the NTU Alumni Achievement Award 2021, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
He is also a co-founder and director of Myanmar ICT Development Corporation, the MICT Park; an elected director of Myanmar Institute of Directors, MIoD and an independent director of Myanmar Credit Bureau.
Thet received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia, in 1995. He went on to earn a Master of Business Administration from the Yangon University of Economics in 1999. He later pursued graduate studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as an ASEAN scholarship holder completing a Master of Science in 2006 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2009.
Tun established 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 technology-related services in Myanmar and regional markets. MIT was the ASEAN Business Award winner for the e-ASEAN sector in 2015, ASOCIO 2018 Outstanding ICT Company Award and ASOCIO 2023 HealthTech Award.
In addition, Tun has led Nirvasoft Pte Ltd with his vision of providing affordable Enterprise AI for small and medium-sized enterprises, earning the prestigious ASOCIO AI Service Provider Award 2025, presented by the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO).