- A Postgraduate (M.Tech.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), IRCA certified ISO 27001:2013 (ISMS) Lead Auditor with more than 34 years of professional experience.
- Awarded honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from University of South America through recommendation from Rajagiri and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Research and Development Centre, Bangalore.
- More than 27 Years of experience in IT Industry and 7 years in teaching, spanning a wide range of roles/activities from Programming, Testing, Technical Architecture/Design, Software Estimation, Project Management, Delivery Management, Consultancy, Training and Pre-Sales.
- Currently working as a Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi. Teaching and guiding projects for B.Tech. and M.Tech. students. Also, involved as a freelance trainer and consultant in Project Management and Quality processes in software industry.
- Hands on experience in executing medium to very large, end-to-end software services projects in multiple domains including Banking, Telecom Billing, Healthcare, Education and Process Automation in ISO 9001:2008 and CMMI L5 environments.
- A meticulous & self-motivated leader with hands on experience in mentoring and leading software development teams in requirements gathering, business analysis and design, programming, quality assurance functions, user acceptance and implementation & operations support to customers.
- A trainer and guest faculty for Software Project Management, Agile Scrum, Software Estimation Techniques, MS Project, Advanced MS Excel, Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance, OOAD, Database Design Concepts, Design Thinking etc. in various professional institutes & software companies and soft skill sessions like Time Management, Effective Communication, Six Thinking Hats, Power Your Presentations, ‘Success Traits’ (a motivational program) & Career Guidance sessions for school children.
- An active member of Project Management Institute (PMI), Computer Society of India (CSI) – held the Hon. Secretary role of CSI Cochin chapter during 2010-2011, Kerala Management Association (KMA), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Information Security Research Association (ISRA) and Toastmasters International.
- Hobbies: Travelling, Reading motivational books, Painting
