Working as consultant and trainer for over twenty eight years providing solutions to business problems of a wide range of organisations in the public sector, private sectors, Government and UN agencies in areas such as Corporate Strategy, Productivity Improvement, Synchronous Management, Lean Management, HR, TQM, Change management, Environment management and Safety management . Professional Qualifications Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (specialisation in TQM), NPC, 1992-1994 Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Crescent Engineering College, Chennai University, 1985-1989 Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001: 2015, OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001 and SA8000Professional Training • ZOPP for project and strategic planning, GTZ, Germany• Knowledge Management, APO, Tokyo • Safety Management, APO, Tokyo• Balanced Score Card, APO, TokyoAssociation with International programmes• International resource person with APO, Tokyo for a symposium on Cross Functional Management, Dhaka in December, 2004• Co-faculty for APO-NPC joint workshop on ‘Emerging Global Trends in Knowledge Management’ at Chennai, February, 2008• Represented India on an Observational Study Mission on Kaizen and HRD to Vietnam and Bangladesh organized by APO in February, 2004.• Study of international best practices of Metro Rail Systems such as MTR, Hong Kong and SMRT, Singapore. 2010Some Important Consultancy Engagements (Out of over 70)Implementation of ToC for Productivity Improvement and Manpower Rationalisation of Mahanadi Coal Fields. The organization was able to achieve over 30% improvement in productivity. – 2015-16Implementation of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and SA8001 at Odisha Mining Corporation – 2017-18Productivity Improvement of Coach Production through application of ToC in Integral Coach Factory. The organization was able to achieve over 30 % increase in productivity within one year. -2019As a part of the National Monitoring and Implementation Unit, oversaw the implementation of Lean Practices in over 200 SME units. – 2009-2018.As a consultant to Chennai Metro Rail Ltd., designed one of the most effective manpower design for a start-up Metro in the world for both the project phase and the O&M phase. Designed the project management monitoring system and the project plan for the O&M stage. – 2009 – 2012.As a consultant to the DRDO labs, DRDL and DLRL, designed the project management system along with metrics for monitoring project performance which have now been extended to all R&D labs under DRDO. – 1995-2002