I am currently Professor and PhD coordinator at School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bengaluru. Earlier been the Campus Director of National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur, Kerala. My educational background spans Engineering, Science and Management with Bachelor degrees with a BE in Mechanical Engineering and BA in Psychology, Post Graduate degrees of MBA Marketing and MSc Psychology, and a MPhil in Psychology. Hold a Doctorate in Management Science specialising in Information systems from Anna University, Chennai. My interest of research is in Strategic Information System Area. Before moving to academics, have experience in the textile area where I managed the family business of screen printing for almost 16 years.
Have completed a research project funded by Indo-Korean Science and Technology centre (IKST) established by Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), South Korea focused on Social Network Services and Social Medial Platform/ Technology. My publications have appeared in International and National Journals. Notable ones are International Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies, International Journal of Economics and Business Modeling and IOSR Journal of Business and Management. Have a citation of 36 and h index of 3. Presented papers in IIM Kozhikode, Great Lakes Institute of Management and International Case conference conducted by IMT Nagpur. One of his case studies has been published by CII.
Created teaching module for Structural equation modelling using AMOS for Centre for Advanced Research Training @ Christ University. Trained MBA students, MPhil and PhD Scholars on SPSS, AMOS and other research areas like model building etc. Regularly handle classes for MPhil and PhD Scholars on various aspects of research. Had been resource person for business analytics using SPSS at Institute of Customer Experience Management, Manipal Global, Lead College, Palakkad, St Joseph College, Bengaluru, and many ICSSR, UGC and AICTE sponsored research workshops.