Ganesan Kannabiran
Director @National Assessment And Accreditation Council Naac
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WORK HISTORY
Director @National Assessment And Accreditation Council Naac
Bengaluru, IN
Leading a team of academic advisors and staff at NAAC to launch a set of reforms in Assessment and Accrediation inspired by National Education Policy 2020. NAAC, a 30- year old organization plays an important role to ensure quality of higher education through its Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) process through a systematic approach. NAAC currently accredits Universities and Colleges in India by drawing best practices from around the world.
EDUCATION
Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli
PhD , Management Information Systems
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
MBA, Information Systems
St Joseph's College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli
MSc, Mathematics
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
ME, Computer Science & Engineering
ABOUT GANESAN KANNABIRAN
As Director of NAAC, currently leading the implementation of Dr Radhakrishnan Committee Report on Transformational reforms in Accreditation covering \"Basic Accreditation\" and \"Maturity Based Graded Levels\". NAAC plays an important role to ensure quality of higher education through its Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) process. NAAC currently accredits Universities and Colleges in India by drawing best practices from around the world. Prior to this, I was the founding Director of Sri City Chittoor AP With decades of experience in various roles including Director i/c, Dean of Research & Consultancy, Founder Director of CEDI and Head of the Department at NIT Trichy, I led a team of faculty to make Sri City as a \"Nationally Relevant and Internationally Recognized Entrepreneurial Institution\". Recipient of Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, two Fulbright Fellowships and British Council Study Fellowship. Served as the National Expert for Asian Productivity Organization.Carried out research projects with national and international organizations including MeitY, AICTE, UKIERI and the Asia Foundation in Industry-Institute Interaction, Computer-based Learning, Entrepreneurship Development, Graduate Employability, SME development, Data Privacy etc.Teaching and research areas include Business Analysis & IT Consulting, ICT for Development, Business Analytics, IS offshoring, Knowledge management and Software project management. Visiting faculty to leading institutions including, Indian Institutes of Management at Kozhikode, Ranchi and Tiruchirappalli. Spearheaded launch of two new industry-oriented specializations on ‘IT consulting’ and ‘Business Analytics’. Published/presented about 50 research papers through international journals and conferences. Conducted several training programmes for practicing managers and professionals in the areas of IT Consulting, Knowledge Management, Business Analytics, IT Management etc. Offered consulting services to leading public sector organizations in the areas of Knowledge Management, BPR, and Training Need Analysis etc. Served as President of Chennai Chapter of International Institute of BusinessAnalysis and served as the Secretary of the Indian Society for Training and Development.
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