Dr. Anila Sadananda has been passionately involved with women's rights and cultural issues since her early years. She was one of the first Indian women to undertake doctoral studies in Russia, where she obtained her PhD in Russian Literature. As a young academic at theprestigious JNU in India she took the lead in standing up for women's rights, both on the faculty as well as in the student community. After a decade of contributions to Russian and International Studies, she moved with her family to the internationally funded Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. Her enthusiasm, dedication and involvement in community life quickly propelled her through the University's administrative services, culminating in her appointment as the Dean of Student Affairs, a post she held for twenty years. During this time she initiated the Women's Study Circle to promote intellectual exchange between professional women, and represented AIT at various international gender-related workshops and conferences. She has been a strong advocate of Emotional Literacy and Multiculturalism through her workshops on these topics, which she exemplifies through her multilingual skills and cultural awareness. Anila is currently the Manager of Student Services at Carrick Institute, Sydney, Australia.
I am a Management Graduate with 23 years of experience over different sectors in India Private sector (exploring new markets and finishing the sale of telecommunication equipment and components); Public Sector Ministry of Labour and Employment (Vocational Training Planning, Organization, Monitoring, Review of Skills Training Programs for Women); and last 7 years in the German Development Cooperation in India Bilateral Development agency (Project Management, Capacity Building tools application, Networking and Stakeholders engagement). Almost 16 years of my working life have been in the area of skills development.
I have worked closely with many skills training organizations/networks including Don Bosco, FVTRS, SKIP, and others. Besides, I have undertaken a large number of consultancy works Skills Training Management Reforms, Evaluation of Skills Development Programs, Training and capacity building, curricula development, Needs Assessment, etc. setting up of Regional Office; developing stakeholders networks, identifying new partners, setting into perspective the capacity building inputs and documentation as required.
Commisioned in 1958, Maj Gen(Retd) Rajinder Kumar Bagga had over 4 decades of service in Army( EME), including 20 years in Defence R&D Organisation, where he spearheaded Computer Activities in the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) . He is the recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) for distinguished service of exceptional order in providing computing resources and for software development for the Missile Programme .
After retirement in 1997, he was CMC Chair Professor in Information Technology at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)up to 2004. He was responsible for launching innovative Management Development Programmes at ASCI in ERP, DSS, KM, e-Commerce, e-Governance, e-Security and Internet Technologies for practising Managers from India and Commonwealth Countries. He also conducting a number of major Conferences on e-Governance/Digital Divide under IT Forum at ASCI.
A senior professional in Informationa Technology ,who has contributed in professional activities , as IEEE India Council Chair, Institutin of Engineers(I) Fellow and Fellow of Institution of Electronocs and Telecominication India(IETE). As Fellow of Computer Society of India(CSI), he has assited Hyderabad Chapter and National Executive Committee as member. He has been involved in evaluating e-Governance initiatives in India, as part of CSI e-Governance Awards since 2004, as Member/Convenor. He has large number of international and national publications including four books for Knowledge sharing among the stake holders in the area of e-Governance.
Since Jul 2004, General Dr Bagga is Advisor Outreach Division at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, responsible for major International and national events. He also is also offering courses on ICT for development and e-Governance He is also guiding number of Research Scholars for their Ph D in Osmania and JNT Universities.
Mr. P. S. Deodhar is the founder of the 200 crore APLAB Group of companies. The flagship of the group, APLAB Limited, was established in 1962. On October 1, 2009 he stepped down from APLAB as its CMD.
In 1985, Mr. Deodhar was invited by late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to take over as the Chairman of the Electronics Commission, Government of India and be with him as the Advisor to the Prime Minister on electronics. Earlier, in 1983, he suggested to Mrs. Indira Gandhi benefits of changing over to a liberalised electronics policy and set in motion liberalisation of ICT technologies. He also was the Chairman of the Broadcast Council in 1992-93 that set in motion the privatisation of the Electronic Media with Metro Channels.
He has been the Chairman of the 4th Jagatik Marathi Parishad held in Jerusalem, Israel in 1997.
At state level, he has been the Chairman of Meltron and the President of Maharashtra Economic Development Council, a premier state level promotional body and a Research institution.
In international circles too, Mr Deodhar has an impressive reputation. He's a fellow of the IEEE, USA, and has been honoured with the prestigious US award "Engineering Manager for 1990" by the Engineering Management Society of IEEE, USA. Mr. Deodhar is the Distinguished Fellowship of IETE. He is also the Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering and the Hon. Fellow of Broadcast Engineering Society.
As an Engineer, Mr. Deodhar has designed and developed scores of professional Electronics Products that are manufactured and exported to Western Europe & North America. For over four decades, APLAB Group is reigning as a Prime Indian source of high quality professional electronics products.
The International Conference on smart Cards held in New Delhi, Mr. Deodhar was honoured as the Father of Smart Card Industry in India in recognition of his pioneering efforts to bring this leading edge technology to India.
Mr. Deodhar has been promoting the use of Information Technology for speeding up in national development. Currently he is President of Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumbai and also the President of India China Economic & Cultural Council, New Delhi. His achievements in the field of Electronics Engineering have turned him into a role model of many young engineers.
Three of his books are "The Third Parent", "Capital Punishment" and "Is Anyone Out There?". All these are related to the use of modern technology to bridge widening India-Bharat socio-economic gap.
Harrikrishna A Narismulu is head of Hire Intelligence, a Durban, South Africa based Business Facilitation & Research Entity. A graduate in Analytical Chemistry from ML Sultan Technikon, Harri has got his Masters in Business Administration from University of Wales. Harri has affiliations as member, with several prestigious international technical institutions such as SACI, CHROMSA, SASCNAP, NACUBO, CASE and a Skill and Strategic Advisor for African Maritime Institute.
Harri has held several important positions that includes as Member - Technikon Natal (Technological University) Council; Executive Member & Vice-Chairman - Broad Transformation Forum : Technikon Natal; Executive Member - ML Sultan Technikon Convocation; Board Member -Technikon Natal Alumni; Executive Committee Member - Institute of Directors (IoD) KZN; Executive Committee Member - Durban Institute of Technology's Inaugural Convocation; Partner &Advisor - IRCA SA & IRCA Middle East.
Harri has been a convener of the African Maritime Institute's Maritime logistics and supply-chain training initiative and Director of Business Linkages; Corporate Marketing for Global Fund for HIV, TB & Malaria; and an advisor for Assessment of SAPREF & ENGEN joint venture training facility and also ICT & BPO & O strategy for Limpopo.
Harri's currently involved as Consultant and Advisor, among others, with National Tooling Initiative Program - a DTi strategic program, Tooling Association of South Africa, Belgian Consulate - Durban, University of Lurio, Nampula, Mozambique, Board of Investment (BOI) - Mauritius, Engineers without Borders, USA, Exchange Belgium - volunteer core deployment into Africa, Ethekwini Municipality - International Relations, Skills, Economic Development, Transport, Ilembe District Municipality, uMhlatuze Municipality, Institute of Professional Legal Practice, KZN Provincial Dept of Agriculture & Environmental Affairs, IRCA Global - a global SHERQ company, Zakhe Agricultural College, AGECO Environmental Services - Belgium, Scientec - Chemical Sector Training and Various accredited training providers (both private & public sector) .
Senior Project Manager, Australian Council for Private Education and training (ACPET)
Helen Gregory, Senior Project Manager, Australian Council for Private Education and training (ACPET) has had an extensive career in the vocational education and training sector, working in a range of policy and operational roles.
Her Position in ACPET involves introducing an AQTP excellence recognition program for ACPET members. The program will recognize high performing registered training organizations and provide formal recognition of their performance beyond the national quality standards, the Essential Standards for Registration. Participation in the scheme will provide the public with independent information to assist their choice of a quality provider.
Prior to joining ACPET she worked with the NSW Government, Department of Education and Training where she managed the registration of group training organizations(GTOs) under the National Standards for Group Training Organisations and provided funding to registered organizations to encourage the employment of apprentices and trainees.
Helen also worked in Quality Assurance Services supporting the work of the NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (VETAB). The Board has responsibility for registering training organizations and accrediting vocational courses under the vocational Education and Training Act 2005(the VET Act)
Helen has also worded on a number of strategic review projects across school and vocational education including a teacher education review and a review of non-government schools.
Professor Indiresan was educated in Presidency College, Madras, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has taught for forty years, starting his career at the University of Roorkee and then shifting to IIT Delhi. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Imperial College, London, and a Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg at Berlin. He was for a term Director, IIT Madras.
At IIT, Delhi, Professor Indiresan founded the School of Radar Studies, now renamed as the Centre for Applied Research in Electronics. He also served there as a Dean for Examinations and as Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
Professor Indiresan has been President of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Professor Indiresan is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, a Distinguished Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, and Honorary Fellow of the Indian Railway Society of Signal and Telecommunication Engineers.
Professor Indiresan was twice awarded the highest prize of the Inventions Promotion Board, the Government of India. The Indian Institute of Science has conferred on him the Life-time Achievement Award. Karnataka Technical University has conferred on him an Honorary D.Sc. degree. He has also been conferred the Padma Bhushan by the President of India. He has the rare honour of being made an Honorary Member by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA. His students have built a hostel in his name.
Professor Indiresan is currently a member of the State Planning Commission, Delhi, a Director of the Indo-Sri Lanka Foundation set up jointly by the two governments, and Chairman, Netaji Institute of Science and Technology, an autonomous institution of the Government of Delhi.
Professor Indiresan has written several hundred articles on societal and technical issues in Indian journals. He prepared the final report "Driving Forces and Impedances" of the Vision 2020 series compiled under the direction of President Kalam. He has a fortnightly column in the Hindu Businessline and has written two books Managing Development: Geographical Socialism, Decentralisation and Urban Replication; and Vision 2020: What India can be, and How to Make that Happen apart from chapters in over twenty books.
Prof. Jaya Indiresan was professor of Higher Education at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. Earlier she had taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Manitoba, Canada and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan, USA. Currently she is a free lance consultant to several national and international organizations.
She has authored three books: 1) Education for Women is Empowerment: Gender Positive Initiatives in Pace Setting Women in Colleges; 2) Institutionalisation of Innovations in Higher Education; and 3) Inclusion vs Exclusion: A study of Women in Police.
She has produced a training manual on Women in Academic Leadership, Sponsored y the University Grants Commission. She has several research publications in national and international journals, produced several research monographs and undertaken several evaluation studies for various organizations.
Her areas of interest include Institution Building and Human Resource Development, with special reference to women. She is deeply involved in training for capacity building in various sectors like educational administrators, women in agriculture, women in police and so on. She is on the Board of CAP Foundation.
Owner and Director, Australian Registered Training Organisation CHARLTON BROWN®
Industry Expertise and Associations
Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET)
National Chair of ACPET
Queensland State Chair of ACPET
Member of the ACPET National Board
Chair of the Tuition Assurance Scheme (TAS) Committee
Member of the Audit & Risk and International sub-committees
Training Industry Involvement
Board Member Australian Technical College, North Brisbane
Chair of VET Working Party, VET Export Office
Member of the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) VET in Schools Working Party
Board Member Queensland Education & Training International (QETI) Export
Member of the DETA Professional Development and Disability Working Parties
Member of the Contributions Review Panel (ESOS)
Memberships
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Women's Network Australia, Member
Australian Institute of Management, FAIM
Awards
Queensland Education and Training International (QETI) Outstanding Work Placement Program Award 2010.
Queensland Education and Training International (QETI) Outstanding Professional Contribution Award, 2009.
Queensland Business Review (QBR) Women in Business Award, 2008
Telstra Women's Business Awards- Finalist, 2008
2007 CEO Challenge - Winner
Queensland Business Review (QBR) Rising Star Award, 2007
Kay Ganley is the owner and director of the Australian Registered Training Organisation CHARLTON BROWN®. CHARLTON BROWN® delivers Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs in the Community Services sector (Early Childhood Education & Care, Aged Care, Disability and Community Welfare).
The College also has partnering agreements to deliver training in Adelaide and Darwin, as well as in the Asia Pacific region including Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and China. Expanding nationally and internationally presented potential risks and challenges to CHARLTON BROWN, but under Kay's guidance, the business continues to grow and expand into new areas.
Kay was elected as the Queensland State Director to the National ACPET Board in 2002, and was subsequently elected as the National Chair of ACPET in 2009. ACPET is the national industry association for independent providers of post-compulsory education and training for Australian and international students including Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training, English Language Courses, Senior Secondary Studies and Foundation studies.
Kay continues to be an extremely energetic and active representative for the Education and Training sector and maintains a strong representation across all sections of the training industry. Kay's unwavering commitment to facilitating industry collaboration and knowledge sharing assists Australia to maintain its position as a leading provider of quality national and international education.
President , AMR Warehousing Ltd ( a unit of AMR Group) , Inida
Mr T.Krishna Sudham Reddy holds B.tech in Dairy Technology and Masters in Dairy Microbiology. He is an analytical , strategic thinker, result oriented and a team player with + 24 years of experience in all facets of management. He worked in different positions in reputed group companies of TATA , Shapoorji Pallonji etc . He has vast experience in field of R&D , Quality control , SCM , Logistics & Projects . He joined the Organization in the month of Oct 2010 and is responsible for the entire business of AMR Warehousing Ltd .
Mike Wallace is General Manager of The Australian Retail College, a privately owned training provider specialising in training and development for the retail industry throughout Australia. The Australian Retail College works with a number of large national retailers as well as regional and local businesses, in integrating qualifications from the Australian Retail Training Package into retailers' workforce development strategies. Mike has over 20 years management experience, with the past 5 years in vocational education and training. Mike has a Master of Education (QUT), an MBA (Griffith) and is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
General Manager, Australia India Institute, Australia
Dr Nick Hill is the General Manager of the Australia India Institute with a responsibility for operations and support to the Director in strategy, planning and policy. His PhD research investigated Arts Patronage issues, with fieldwork undertaken in rural India, based in Pune for two and a half years. The main focus for this work was the Tamasha Theatre of Maharashtra, allowing him to travel extensively in the region and additionally to present at conferences, interact with policy makers, attend events and explore other aspects of performance across India.
Amongst other degrees, Nick established and taught on, Arts and Cultural Management programmes in the UK before coming to the University of Melbourne where he was involved with the Master of Arts Management degree and latterly Media and Communications programme with a responsibility for Work Integrated Learning and internships.
Nick maintains a strong connection with cultural policy and practice through board membership of the Cultural Development Network a body for cultural vitality based in Victoria but with an Australia wide agenda. Previously Nick worked in communications consulting in the UK, with a particular interest in the burgeoning world of arts sponsorship.
He continues to research into hybridisation and assimilation of contemporary arts practices as they are presented globally.
Senior Faculty of Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Institute of Applied Manpower Research,
(Autonomous body of Planning Commission, Government of India) India
Dr. Rajiv Tandon is Founder and Chairman of Adayana, Inc. (www.adayana.com) a US based performance improvement and workforce development company. Adayana is listed in the Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies and in the Inc 500 fastest growing companies, three years in a row.
Tandons next adventure is related to educational initiatives around the world. India is a perfect laboratory for developing transformational initiatives in education that will fan to other emerging nations and across the globe. He was listed by Twin City Business Magazine as one of the "200 Minnesotans You Should Know" for his focus on "EduTech".
He teaches classes in Entrepreneurship at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota; and in India to develop the human resources for the transformed educational paradigm. He is on the Board of Advisors at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has been involved with Technology in Education/Training ever since there has been that domain.
Prior to Learning Byte he was Director of the Corporate Venturing Programs at the University of St. Thomas and a tenured Professor where he taught MBA level courses in Venture Management and Franchising. In 1992, he was awarded the Edwin M. Appel Prize by the Price-Babson Program, Boston "for bringing entrepreneurial vitality to academia" and also the same year he was honored with the "Excellence in Teaching Through Innovation" Award by the graduate and undergraduate business programs at St. Thomas.
After emigrating to the U.S. in 1969, he held several positions at National Car Rental including corporate vice president and general manager of the Car Rental Division.
Under a Bush Leadership Fellowship, his doctoral dissertation in entrepreneurship examined critical success factors in emerging companies and built a model for evaluating the success potential of new opportunities. We believe that this was one of the earliest, if not the first, doctoral award in Entrepreneurship in the US. His research became the basis of the earliest and very successful program in Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas.
He started his career as an engineer in a steel foundry in India.
Dr. Tandon holds a Mechanical Engineering degree, with honors, from the Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, a M.S. in Operations Research, M.B.A. and Ph. D. in Entrepreneurship; all from the University of Minnesota.
DR C RAO KASARABADA is Group Chairman of United Telecom Group Companies at Bangalore since October 1998. The group companies include United Telecoms Ltd manufacturing Switching equipment, Priyaraja Electronics manufacturing Telephones, UR Telecom Research Ltd involved in development and manufacture of Transmission equipments, United Telelinks involved in marketing business systems. The group is also the JV partner in Alcatel India Ltd, and the Indian promoter for Cellular Mobile service in AP and Karnataka.
Dr Rao has a wide experience in Information Technology and Telecommunications with strong Professional and Academic interactions starting with teaching stint at the University of Vermont at Burlington, Verrmont in 1974-75. He has held positions of Chief Executive, Unit Head, Head of R&D, Head of Engineering & Quality Assurance at ITI Naini.
Dr. Rao headed the Electronics Corporation of India Limited, a Schedule 'A' PSU as the Chairman & Managing Director (1992-98) .
He holds a doctorate in Electronics Engineering from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA) after completing his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.
Dr Rao is Fellow IETE (INDIA), Senior Member IEEE (USA), Member CSI (India) and has been a National Council Member IETE (INDIA), 94-97 and Chairman, Allahabad Chapter of Computer Society of India (82 - 83).
Althrough the carreer, Dr. Rao has been closely associated with Academicia and has served as the Chairman and Member of several Working Groups on Information Technology and Electronics in Infrastructure, Department of Electronics, Government of India and many high powered committees of Government.
Dr. Rao is the author and co-edited IETE Book Series (Vol. I) on "Power Electronics & Drives" (1994) and has published number of technical papers and been a key note speaker of many international seminars and conferences.
Srinivasa Rao since 1993 is the Managing Director of APITCO www.apitco.org one of the leading Technical Consultancy Organizations in India and is responsible for its consistent growth path. Mr. Rao has graduated in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University (1968), is a specialist in Technology Alliances/International Partnerships, Cluster Development and Rural Development.
With nearly 40 years of experience in project formulation, project implementation and technical consultancy, Mr. Rao is the recipient of "Enterprise Excellence Award" of Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Singapore and "Udyog Ratna Award" by Indian Economic Society.
Mr. Rao has undertaken pioneering work in Technology Transfers among the SMEs across the South-East Asian Region and responsible for APITCO to enter into overseas businesses. A UNIDO Consultant Project Development & Appraisals with UNIDO Regional Office (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives & Afghanistan)
Successfully Organized 15 overseas business delegations from India to countries like Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa, Botswana, UAE, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia etc. This facilitated 26 business tie-ups between India and these countries. APITCO directly secured business and implemented successfully in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. The clients include the respective Governments, Export Promotional Agencies and Private Clients. Created a dedicated cell for taking up overseas businesses.
Director General, Employment & Training and Joint Secretary , Ministry of Labour & Employment ,
Govt. of India
Sharda Prasad is the Director General, Employment & Training and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India. He is a post graduate in Political Science and 1981 batch officer of Indian Administrative Service. He has vast experience of governance at different levels of nearly three decades and has held important senior positions in Government of India as well as State Government of Uttar Pradesh.
In his current position he is responsible for policy formulation on skill development, National Employment Service, laying down norms and standards of training in the country, and administration of Central Training & Employment institutions under the control of DGE&T. He also in-charge of and administration of labour market information.
Sharda Prasad is forward looking and is keen to learn from the International best practices and customize and implement the learnings to the Indian needs.
Associate Dean, Amrita School of Business - Bangalore , India
Mr. Shekar Babu is the Chairperson of the MBA-MS program offered at Amrita's Bengaluru Campus. He also manages the Department of Indo-US and International Initiatives on campus.
Prior to joining Amrita in 2006, Shekar worked as Director, Hewlett-Packard Co. in California, USA for eleven years. Earlier, he was a Technology and Business Consultant in Price Waterhouse in California, USA. Shekar currently also serves as adjunct faculty at the School of Management, University at Buffalo, New York, USA. He is on the management board of several start-up companies in Silicon Valley in the US as well as companies in India.
Qualification: -
B.Sc. (Hons) honors in Physics from Kolkata University.
Short Term Management Course from Staff Training Institute, Belavista, Hyderabad, with specialization in Materials Management.
Experience: -
1. Assistant Factory Manager India Linoleums Ltd. Kolkata
2. Chief Executive Officer Freewheels India Ltd., Faridabad.
3. Resident Director, Delhi, Metro Exports Pvt .Ltd., Mumbai.
4. Managing Director Haryana State Small Industries & Export Corporation (Hrayana Govt. Organization)
5. All India Franchise. IMM, Delhi, for Consultations & Projects.
6. Own business of Import & Export & BPO.
7. Run family Non Profit organization Pragati Peeth.
Assistant Professor at the Amrita School of Business, India
Dr S Usha Nandhini, currently Assistant Professor at the Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Bengaluru Campus, has experience in industry, teaching and research. She obtained her doctoral degree from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy and taught for over a decade there, in the Department of Management Studies. Her research interests are in the areas of Microfinancing and Microenterprise development for women. She has published papers in leading journals and presented papers at conferences held in India, the U S and Europe. She has held various administrative positions at NIT, been the NSS Programme Officer and acted as staff advisor for the Association for Human Values and Cultural Heritage. She was selected for the Group Study Exchange Programme to the Philippines in 2005 by the Rotary Club of Rockcity, Tiruchirappalli and has won prestigious awards for merit and proficiency in case writing. She is actively involved in community development projects.
Prof. M J Xavier is currently the Director of Indian Institute of Managament (IIM), Ranchi. He obtained his Doctorate in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in the year 1984. He has been a teacher, trainer and consultant for over 25 years. He has authored three books and published more than 100 articles in Journals and Magazines in India and Abroad. His book 'Marketing in the New Millennium' won the DMA-Escorts Award for the best Management Book of the Year 1999. He has taught in premier Institutions like IIM Bangalore, XLRI Jamshedpur and IFMR Chennai. He has served as Visiting Faculty to a number of business schools in India and abroad including The University of Buckingham, U.K., Post Graduate Institute of Management, Sri Lanka, American university of Armenia in Armenia, The Texas Christian University, U.S.A., California Polytechnic State University, U.S.A. and S P Jain Institute of Management, Singapore and Dubai. He is currently the K B Chandrashekar distinguished professor of Marketing and the Director of the Kotler-Srinivasan Center for Marketing Research with Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. His research interests include CRM, market analytics, marketing research and strategic marketing.
Dr You currently heads the Korean unit of International Association of
Exchange of Students for Technical Experiences (IAESTE). He is also President of
Global Association for Training and Exchange (GATE) since he founded it in 2006.
Dr You has a colorful career spanning high technology, international
cooperation and education.
Dr You has been closely associated with high technology industry, especially at
Silicon Valley. Dr. You has worked with David Packard and translated his influential
book into Korean. Besides, Dr. You has studied Intel's management philosophy and
translated President Andrew Grove's book, Only the Paranoid Survive. Dr You founded
a high tech start-up (Venture Business), "Korean American Software Corporation"
(KASCO Technology). He has made significant technical contributions that includes
working on the research team that developed ink jet printers at HP Laboratory. He has,
among others served as chairman of International Venture Network and as advisor to
the International Law and Economy Institute in San Francisco. He has served as chair,
advisor and consultant to a number of Korean institutions. In particular he has served on
the board of the Korea Research Council for Science and Technology (KOCI) for many
years. The Korea Research Council sets the strategic direction of Korea's seven largest
National Research Centers.
Dr You has recently served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology (KICOS),
an organization founded by the Ministry of Science and Technology. In this capacity
he established a number of research collaborations between Korean and foreign
institutions. The Battelle Memorial Institute's establishment of a Northeast Asian R&D
center in Korea is an outstanding instance
Dr You is an outstanding educationist. He has his academic credentials earned
from world renowned universities. They include Korea University and University of
California, Berkeley. His interests span from graduate programs to those at the school
level, skill development and international student exchange. Among others he founded
and managed a not-for- profit "Korean Language and Cultural School" in California.
