Director – Academic Administration

G Janaki Ramachandram

Janaki Ramachandram has more than 33 years of experience with premier B-Schools. Before joining Krea, she was heading the Academic Programmes and Administration team at the Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam, since its inception in September 2015. She was the Secretary to the Board of Governors, in-charge of MBA student admissions, financial aid, placements, student affairs, HR, and general administration. She also helped develop standard operating procedures in the preparation of budgets and annual reports, library operations, disability services, medical services, hostel and mess services, and outsourced services such as IT services, housekeeping services, and security services.

At ISB, she led the implementation of SAP Higher Education and Research – Student Life Cycle Management Module, other IT applications such as Moodle-based Learning Management System (LMS), and course registration software. She has also contributed towards setting up IT and PGP offices at ISB Mohali. At XLRI, she led the development of the Academic Information System (AIS) and Class Scheduling System (CSS). She has also worked with the Registrar’s Office, Director’s Office, Dean’s Office and Management Development Programmes’ Office.

Janaki Ramachandram holds a PGDBA degree in Finance from SCDL, Pune, Six Sigma Green Belt Certification from KPMG, and CLIP – Certified Lead Implementer Professional by BSI. She is currently pursuing her PhD from Andhra University.

Manager – Admissions

Sunitha Bhaskaran

Sunitha Bhaskaran has been working as a Deputy Manager in the Admissions and Academic Administration department at IFMR GSB, Krea University since 2019.

She has completed her Post-Graduation in Science, specialising in Human Development and Family Studies, as well as her Graduation in Science, specialising in Nutrition & Dietetics from the University of Madras.

She has a total of 11 years of work experience. The first 5 years were in the Banking & Financial industry, where she worked in the capacity of Assistant Manager in HSBC, HDFC and Optimus Business Solutions (handling back office operations of ICICI bank).

She spent the next 6 years in a private educational institution as a manager, handling various domains like awareness, admissions, academic administration, internships, placements and overall campus activities.