Aishwarya Krishnaswamy

I started my career with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, one of the largest accounting firms in the world. From Hyundai to Microsoft, the varied clients I audited gave me the insight and knowledge much needed to jump start my career.

It was during this period I developed a passion for sharing my knowledge and joined an institute which trains CA students. I started teaching mathematics and accounting to CA students.

After training myself adequately at Deloitte I joined The World Bank and worked in the financial reporting and analysis wing. Even during this phase, regardless of the pressures, I continued teaching CA students. I felt my passion grow towards teaching much more.

Post a 3 year stint at The World Bank, I decided to start my own practice as a Chartered Accountant. This gave me the flexibility to follow my career as a CA as well as follow my passion as a knowledge sharer which ultimately led me to complete my PhD at IFMR. My areas of research interests are financial reporting,  sustainability reporting, corporate governance and CSR. My teaching interests include financial accounting, corporate finance, corporate Governance, forensic accounting and sustainability reporting.

Raghu Raman S

An expert in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Prof Raghu has an MBA and PhD from OUBS, UK. He also has a Master’s degree in Natural Resources and Forestry Management from IIFM, Bhopal. He was with Worldwide Fund for Nature and Harrisons Malayalam Ltd., before joining IFMR GSB in 1995.

Prof Raghu currently handles MBA and PhD level courses on People and Organizations. He also conceives and anchors multiple Management Development Programmes (MDPs) for Senior and Middle Managers from organizations like Kobelco, L&T, Toshiba, Murugappa Group companies and Real Image Technologies. He has also been a Principal Investigator for various sponsored research projects of international and national agencies such as DFID, UK; IDRC, Canada, USAID and NABARD. He has published articles, case studies and technical reports in international journals and business newspapers.

Venkateswaran A

Venkateswaran comes with 24 years of work experience in the HRM and Corporate Planning functions in Engineering, Logistics, Pharma and Financial Services Sectors.

Madhusoodanan TP

Madhusoodanan TP has more than three decades of experience in industry and academia.  He Started career with Reserve bank of India, after completing PhD, and then worked with UTI and IFMR.  Moved back to industry and worked with two KPOs in finance research and analytics, namely Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services and Aranca, and was leading quantitative research teams supporting global clients.  His research interests are in empirical finance and capital markets, and has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals.

V.Muralidharan

With a strong foundation in Finance (CIMA London), V Muralidharan is recognized for conceptualizing, detailing and rolling out successful new working business models embedding Retail, Marketing, Branding and management concepts including techno-commercial aspects.  He has a total Corporate and Consulting experience of over 47 years and has held several senior positions in his career including VP(India) Lifestyle International, Head – Mall Business Future group, Business head Splash UAE and Advisor – Retail for Reliance Industries. His previous employers include Madura Coats / TTK Prestige / General Motors (middle east). He is the Principal Consultant & Founder of MaPS Retail Resources (established in 2004) and his clientele includes SMEs as well as large Corporates in India and Sri Lanka. He is passionate about sharing knowledge in addition to just teaching. He has academic experience spanning over 23 years and has been a visiting Faculty / Guest Lecturer in many Universities. 

Ravi Thilagan 

Ravi Thilagan holds a PhD in Business Administration from Madurai Kamaraj University. He has around 30 years of experience in Industry, and 6 years in academia which includes his association with IFMR Krea University as Visiting Faculty. His last industry assignment was with Financial Software and Systems Ltd, as their Vice President and Head, HR. Earlier he had worked in leadership positions in Manufacturing and Service sectors. His research interest is on Organisational Culture. He uses Metaphors, stories and movies for teaching concepts in HR and Organisational Behaviour related subjects.