Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, +919952669656 or +918667026298 [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE Looking for a Challenging position in the field of Social Sciences/ Management where I can utilize my experience and knowledge to its full use. Skills: Have wide and varied experience in Government of Service in the Diplomatic and administrative side and 7 years of experience in Private Enterprise in the top management in manufacturing as well as Information Technology fields combined with more than 14 years of teaching experience –Total experience of 40 plus years plus (D.O.B 15th May 1954)  Diplomat with experience in Administration, Recruitment and Training with Government of India  Author of Six books “ Stakeholder Management” (ISBN 13-978-3-659-32677-6) "Total Quality Management "( ISBN- 81-7874-030-3) covering the syllabus of MBA of most of Indian Universities, "Engineering Ethics", "Total Quality Management" , " Engineering Management" and "Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering"(ISBN 81-7874- 040-0 based on the syllabus of for BE students.  Conducted two international seminars in 2006 and 2007 and have presented Twelve papers at International and Twenty three papers at National level Seminars on management topics and. (Includes papers at Magdalene College, Cambridge University UK, University of Ulster at Ireland, and Fudan University Shanghai china)Have conducted four workshops on TQM, and one on environmental management  Involved with Planning, HR, Training and Co-coordinating activities including Quality management, ISO at the top level of a Manufacturing Company and IT Companies.  Have been conducting Seminars and workshops on Motivation, Leadership, Team building, Presentation techniques and other Personality development tools.  Was involved with recruitment of software professionals for USA/Singapore and training them on soft skills -Personality Development & Communication skills  Have been teaching students of MBA/MCA/BE of various Universities on Management subjects like Operations Research, HR, Marketing, Finance & Accounts, Engineering subjects like Quality Engineering, Reliability engineering, production Planning, Pollution Control etc.,  Have been teaching Operations Research for students of International Masters Degree in Health Service Management of the Charles Stuart University of Australia at the Apollo Institute of Hospital Management & Allied Sciences,  Have been preparing course material on Operation Research, Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Probability and Statistics, MIS etc., for MBA/ME level.  Am involved with helping companies in documentation, preparation and implementation of ISO 9001, other Quality programmes like TQM etc  Editor of an international Journal and reviewer for 8 international journals related to management  A Creative writer and Freelance journalist, having published stories and articles on Science and Environment on Web sites  Good Communication skill with rich experience in interviewing etc.  Have good knowledge on Computer and related subjects

Academic Qualifications:  PhD in Management from Alagappa University, Karaikudi (2010)  M Phil in Management from Alagappa university (2007)  MBA with Specialization on Marketing + Operations Research. Additional PG diplomas on Human Resources Development and Finance, from IGNOU (1995)  Bachelor of Law from Saurashtra University, Gujarat (1997)  Master of Arts in Sociology from Kerala University (1984)  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Calicut University ( 1973) ==== Contact: J108 S&P Living Spaces, Kamarajar Street, Vanagaram- Road, Chennai 600095 India

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Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, +919952669656 or +918667026298 [email protected]

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Current: Independent Researcher and Chief Consultant of Classic Consultants, Chennai- Conducting training for Corporates on, Stakeholder Management, Total Quality Management ,CSR, CRM and other management subjects and for students of MBA/BE/Undergraduates . Revision of my books and writing new books and articles & reviewing articles

June 2012 to Feb 2013: First Director /Principal, Agni School of Business Excellence, Morepatti, Dindigul 624802 – A world class Business School affiliated to Anna University and approved by AICTE from 2012-13 onwards..

Feb 2011- May 2012: Director-Academic/Principal, Karthikeyan Institute of Management Sciences, Warangal 506006 - one of the top ten emerging management schools with high potential started in 2010 approved by AICTE

From June 2010 – Feb 2011 On Sabbatical leave for my PhD - Stakeholder Management - A critical study on the Opportunities and Challenges

From Aug 2009-June 2010: First Director/Principal at Sri Ganesh School of Business Management, Mettupatti, Salem affiliated to Anna University and approved by AICTE

From Aug 2005 to July 2009: Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, Muthayammal Engineering College, Rasipuram, 637408 from its inception and developed the department into a research department. (Now it is a research dept under Anna University Coimbatore.) Also Conducted International Seminars successfully in the first year of inception (2006) and 2007 apart from organizing Guest Lectures/ Workshops / Inter college meets and other events. Used Innovative methods to motivate and make the students to become vibrant managers

April 2003 to Aug 2005 : Chief Consultant of Classic Consultants, Chennai providing solution to increase production/ reduction of cost, helping in preparation of documentation, Internal Audit, implementation of ISO 9001, TQM, 5S and other Quality management techniques for small / medium level industries.

Worked as Part-time faculty at New College in BBA department from 2004 and as Guest faculty for various Management subjects for MBA students of Madras, Annamalai, Alagappa, IGNOU universities and colleges

Involved in training students, candidates appearing for examinations /interviews on soft skills, Preparation of materials on Operations Research, MIS, Statistics and Probability, Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Ethics for Engineers etc. Also trained students of BITS Pilani, through email on Production Panning, Operations Research, Statistics and Pollution Control.

November 97 - March 2003: Director Innovision Information Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai & Director, Symantic Infosys (P) Limited, Chennai.

Innovision is the Programme study centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University for Computer courses like MCA/BCA etc from 1999; I was involved with the training of the students of MCA/BCA mainly on management subjects like Operations Research, Accounts etc from 1999 onwards Trained students of National Institute of Fashion Technology for various subjects like Mathematics, English of BCA. Involved in Training of Senior Officers of Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Motors CEO of the second company which was engaged in Software development & Manpower Placement etc. The job involved Co-ordination of the various activities connected with Recruitment of Software Professionals to USA and their training on Personality development and communication skills. Also involved with the Quality control of the Software developed by the Company for various clients Page 2 of 5

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October 96 - July 97: Chief Co-ordination Manager, LLM appliances (Butterfly Group, Chennai). The Company engaged in manufacture and marketing of multi-products of Home appliances in south India. The job involved co- ordination by organizing meetings, Consultations, Preparation of Action Plans, Targets, Performance Appraisal etc., between the various departments. Was also responsible for Recruitment, Induction and Training of middle level and Senior Executives /Managers, Public Relations and System Development.

July 1974 - May 1996: Was employed in Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India as an Officer for 22 years, and has served in different parts of the country and abroad. Was involved with Liaison work, General Administration work along with Training, Recruitment, Performance Appraisal etc., Took Voluntary retirement in May 96.

Worked as Consular Officer at the High Commission of India, Seychelles for three years from 1986-89. Was actively involved with diplomatic work related for improving the relations between India and Seychelles in the field of Education, Culture and Commerce.

Other recent accomplishments: A. Details of paper presentation related with Development/ Gender etc 1. Presented the paper "Micro finance" at the National Seminar on "Emerging Trends in Financial Management" organized by the Department of Management Studies, Adiyamaan College of Engineering, Dr. MGR Nagar, Hosur on 27th January 2006 2. My colleague and co-author Ms. Bhuvaneswari presented the paper "Creating awareness for an improved Quality of Rural Life" at the National Conference on “Consumer Protection- Issues and Impediments in Rural Areas” organized by the Departments of Commerce and Business Administration, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science Rasipuram on 11th and 12th Feb, 2006. 3. Presented the paper “BFSI- Best Practices in Financial Inclusion at the 22nd SKOCH Summit-The India Decide at New Delhi during 17-20 March 2010 4. Presented the paper “Empowerment by Women’s Education at the 24th SKOCH Summit- Delivering Equality, Growth and Social Justice at New Delhi during 10-12 November 2010 5. Presented the paper Social security-the way Forward at the 25th SKOCH Summit-Reinventing India shifting to the Demand side of Governance at New Delhi during 25-26 March 2011 6. My paper Financial Literacy-the demand side of Financial Inclusion was selected for oral presentation at the 26th SKOCH Summit Swabhiman- Inclusive Growth and Beyond at Mumbai during 02-03 June 2011 7. Presented the paper “ Information, technology and its impact on aging society” at the 4th APRU Research Symposium at Fudan University, Shanghai China on Gerontology "Productive Aging: Creating a Dynamic and Participatory Aging Society in Asia” October 28- 29, 2011, Shanghai, China 8. Presented the paper Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion at the13th Thinkers and writers forum (29th SKOCH Summit-Refueling Growth at Mumbai during 08-09 June 2012. 9. Presented the paper Delivery of Public Services-The way Forward -at the 15th Thinkers and Writers Forum (31st SKOCH Summit-Rethinking Governance at New Delhi during 25-26 March 2013. 10. Presented the paper Making our SMEs to Smile -at the 16th Thinkers and Writers Forum (32nd SKOCH Summit-Regaining 8% growth with equity at Mumbai during 06-07 June 2013. 11. Presented the paper Differentiated Banks and Financial Inclusion -at the 20th Thinkers and Writers Forum (36th SKOCH Summit- Delivering to an Aspirational India at Delhi during 20-22 June 2014. 12. Presented the paper Governance in Health Care-the way ahead -at the 21st Thinkers and Writers Forum (37th SKOCH Summit- Minimum Government, Maximum Governance at Delhi during 19-22 Sept 2014 13. Presented the paper SMEs the SMART Enterprises Revisited -at the 24th Thinkers and Writers Forum (41st SKOCH Summit- Transformative Governance at Delhi during 22-24th Sept 2015 Page 3 of 5

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B. Details of paper presentation related with CSR 14. Presented the paper “Inter-relationship between Business Ethics and Corporate Governance among Indian companies” at the International seminar at the Institute of Management, NIRMA University, Ahmadabad during 5-7Jan 2007 15. Presented the paper “Financial Innovation and Stakeholder Management” at the international seminar on “ Recent trends in capital market and financial innovation” organized by Department of Commerce, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli on 19th January 2008 16. Presented the paper “Significant changes in the business in the last 30 years due to CSR” at the Magdalene college, Cambridge University UK on 17th June 2008 17. Actively participated in the CORE Conference III on “The Potential of CSR to drive integration in an enlarged EU” held on 18th and 19th June 2008 at National College of School leadership, Nottingham University Business School, UK 18. Presented the paper “Towards better stakeholder management” at the International conference at Chennai during 5-7 November 2008 19. Presented the paper “CRM and Stakeholder Management” at the 20th SKOCH Summit-BFSI at Mumbai during 16-18 July 2009 20. Organized the international seminar Innovation- the corporate mantra in the era of globalization at Muthyammal Engineering, College Rasipuram on 26th October 2007 and presented the paper “Stakeholder management and innovation” 21. Presented the paper “Resolving Poverty-Gender-Energy-Nexus by Stakeholder Engagement” at the DSA Conference 2009 at the University of Ulster, Coleraine Campus, Ireland on 3rd September 2009. 22. Actively participated at the Globaletics.net International conference organized by Globalethics.net Foundation Switzerland and IIM Bangalore on special invitation during 25-27 April 2010

C. Details of paper presentation related with Education 23. Presented the paper “Redefining Higher Education on account of Globalization “at the International Seminar on “Higher Education Administration in Developing Countries” organized by University of Calcutta at the Stadel, Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Gate # 3, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 91. From 04.02.2006 to 06.02.2006 24. My colleague and co-author Mr. Kumaravel, presented the paper ‘Redefining Management education on account of Globalization” at the National Conference on "Management Education in Liberalized Area" at the Department of Management Studies, Adiyamaan College of Engineering, Dr. MGR Nagar, Hosur on 17th and 18th Feb 2006 25. Presented the paper "Emerging Management Paradigms in Education" at the Golden Jubilee National Seminar on "Emerging Management Paradigms" organized by the University Of Madras Department Of Management Studies on February 23, 24 – 2006. 26. Presented the paper "Mentoring Faculties" at the National level paper presentation at Christ College, Bangalore on 10-11 November 2006.( co –author: My colleague Mr. MG Saravanaraj) 27. Presented the paper "Mentoring among Students" at the National level paper presentation at Christ College, Bangalore on 10-11 November 2006.( co –author: My colleague Ms. C. Lavanya) 28. Presented the paper “Reforms in Teaching-learning Environment towards Greater Interactivity - New roles of facilitators and learners’ at the XII IDEA International Conference on Open & Distance Learning organized by Institute of Distance Education, University of Mumbai on November 24-26, 2006 29. Presented the paper “Use of Case Study method for teaching all subjects” at the International Seminar on "Case Study Method of Teaching in Commerce / Management Education" organized by Department of Commerce ,School of Economics and Commerce ,Bharathidasan university Trichy on 0n 21-22 Jan 2007 30. Organized the international seminar Innovation- the corporate mantra in the era of globalization at Muthyammal Engineering, College Rasipuram on 26th October 2007 and presented the paper “Can innovation be taught”

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Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, +919952669656 or +918667026298 [email protected] D. Details of paper presentation related with other topics in Management etc 31. My colleague and co-author Mr. Senthil Kumar presented the paper “Corporate restructuring related to M & A, Amalgamations, Takeovers etc” at the National Seminar on "Emerging Trends in Financial Management" organized by the Department of Management Studies, Adiyamaan College of Engineering, Dr. MGR Nagar, Hosur on 27th January 2006 32. Presented the paper "Customer Lifetime Value" at the National Seminar on "Changing Scenario of Consumerism" organized by Department of Commerce, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli on 11th and 12th February 2006 with financial assistance from Consumer Welfare Fund (through Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, and Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi) 33. Presented the paper "CRM and 4 P’s of Marketing" at the National Seminar on Customer Relationship Management, organized by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous) Chennai-34. on 25th February 2006 34. Paper " Competency Mapping " selected for oral presentation at National Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Research organized by Easwari Engineering College, Chennai on 31 March 2006 35. Organized the international seminar on Galloping of Indian Services Towards Global Standards at Muthyammal Engineering, College Rasipuram on 3rd November 2006.and presented paper on "Galloping of Indian Services Towards Global Standards" 36. Presented the paper “International Strategic Sourcing” at the 10th International SMF Annual Convention at Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay: May 10-12, 2007

Many of my papers have also been published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN Number And have come in top ten many times with the Research site SSRN. Based on the downloads my author rank is 194 out of 350140 E. Question paper setter for different subjects for MBA for various Universities in India F. Chief Auditor for auditing in Anna University Coimbatore, India G. Had delivered keynote address/Inaugural address / Guest Lectures at various colleges/ functions in India H. Use Innovative methods for facilitating MBA/Engineering students I. Have guided 100 + MBA projects for various universities in last 10 years J. Am also reviewer/ Editor of few international Management journals K. My books

View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=646193 http://www.projectmanagement.com/profile/rcay https://www.linkedin.com/in/drramakrishnan Contact: J108 S&P Living Spaces, Kamarajar Street, Vanagaram-Ambattur Road, Chennai 600095

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