Dr. Szarmilaa Dewie Krishnan is a lecturer at the English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC), Ministry of Education Malaysia. She completed her PhD in Educational Technology under a government full scholarship. She holds an M.Ed (TESL) from the University of Malaya. She has conducted several studies on reading habits, language games, and the use of English in Malaysia. Her current interests are in educational research programs, gamification, language games, blended learning, and online gamified learning. She has designed and developed a gamified online learning course in Classcraft to enhance the proficiency of English language teachers in Malaysia. She has been part of many major initiatives, namely Pro-ELT,PPKBIS,DLP, PITO, and is also a Master Trainer for CEFR. Szarmilaa has served as Assistant Secretary for the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA), Director of Training and currently is the Honorary Secretary of MELTA Malaysia.