About Us

• BA in Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore (1987)
• M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore,(1989)
• M.Phil and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi (1992&1997)
• Post Doctoral Research Associate, IIT, Kharagpur (1999-2001)

Behavioral Sciences, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Change Management, Global Leadership, Career Counselling and Guidance, Entrepreneurship, Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

• Professor in OB/HRM area at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade( IIFT), New Delhi Since March 2019; Head In-Charge - Assessment and Development Centre (ADC) / Psychometric Laboratory since 2010.
• Associate Professor in OB/HRM area at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade( IIFT), New Delhi Nov 2008 -Feb 2019
  
• Associate Professor in OB/HRM area in Asia Pacific Institute of Management (AIM), New Delhi June 2006- Oct 2008
• Assistant Professor in OB/HRM area in NICMAR-School of Management at National Institute of Construction Management & Research(NICMAR), Pune, Maharastra June 2004 to May 2006.
• Assistant Professor in OB/HRM area in Faculty of Management Studies at Indian Institute of Rural Management (IIRM), Mansarovar, Jaipur from Nov 2002 to May 2004.
• Faculty in Post Graduate Department of Management Studies at Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumkur, Karnataka from Oct, 2001 to Oct, 2002.
• Post Doctoral Research Associate in Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal, from Sep 1999 to Sep2001.
• Assistant Research Professor in Personnel Services Unit of Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi Nov 1996 to Nov1998.

• A. Publications

1.      “The future of work post Covid-19: key perceived HR implications of hybrid workplaces in India. Vol 42. No.1. PP. 13-28.  Journal of Management Development.2023.  ISSN: 0262-1711. (ABDC Listed B Category). https://doi/10.1108/JMD-11-2021-0304. (Co Author)

2.      “Psychological Well-being of Employees, its Precedents and Outcomes: A Literature Review and Proposed Framework”. Management and Labour Studies. 2023. Vol. 48. (ABDC Listed C Category). https://doi.org/10.1177/0258042X221117960. (Coauthor)

3.      “Role of Personality on Psychological Well-being in Public Services: Theorizing the Self-Determination Theory Perspective. Global Business Review. 2023. PP. 1-36. (ABDC Listed C Category). https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509231175224

4.      “Industry 4.0 workforce implications and strategies for organisational effectiveness in Indian automotive industry: a review” Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.2021. As Co-Author. ABDC- B Listed Journal

4.      “HR Factors for the Successful Implementation of Industry 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review". Journal of General Management. 2021. Vol. XX(X) PP. 1-13. As Co-Author. ABDC-B Listed Journal

5.      “A Study of Personality, Self Esteem and Happiness of Graduates of Delhi NCR” Jan 2021. IUP Journal of Management Research. Vol. XX. No. 1. Pp. 35-55. As Co Author.

6.      "Blockchain in Human Resource Management of Organizations: An Empirical Assessment to gauge HR and Non- HR Perspective." Jan. 2021. Journal of Organizational Change Management. As Co – Author.

7.      “Positive Psychology and Psychological Well Being in Organizational Context: Review and Future Research Agenda” Applied Management Perspective. 2021.Vol.1. No.1 Pp.26-38. As a co Author.

8.      “Understanding about Labour Standards and Bargaining Difficulties: A Study of Female Domestic Workers in North 24 Parganas West Bengal”. Journal of Social Work Education, Research and Action. 2019. V.5 (1). Jan- Apr. pp.93-106.UGC Listed.

9.      "Employee Engagement in Indian Companies" Indian Journal of Economics and Business. V. 17 (2). pp. 311-325. Oct.2018. First Author. ABDC Listed

10.  "Perceived Discrimination among Students in Higher Education" Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing. Vol.9 (5). pp.761-769. May 2018. (Co-Author) UGC Listed

11.  "Critical Consciousness and Psychological Well-being among youth in India" Indian Journal of Positive Psychology. Vol9 (1), pp. 60-68. March 2018. (Co-Author) UGC Listed

12.  "Personality Dispositions, Resilience, and Decision on Making and their Impact of Psychological Well-being of Management Graduates" in Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management. V. 11(1) pp. 22-38. Jan 2018. First Author. Scopus Listed

13.  "A study of Personal dispositions in relation with Motivation, Decision making, Creativity, Interpersonal Behaviour and Psychological Well-being of Management Students” in International Journal of Research in Business Studies, December 2017. (First Author)

14.  "Role of School Counselling in India: Opportunities and Challenges" in Journal of Indian Education, November 2016. Vol XLII (3), Pp. 71 -80. First Author. UGC Listed

15.  "Correlates of Personal and Entrepreneurial Traits and Stress among executive management students in Delhi NCR Region” The Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management, Volume 5 Issue 3 October 2016.

16.  "HRD Climate and Job Satisfaction of Public and Private Sector Banks" (Co Authored), Prabandan: Indian Journal of Management, Vol.9, No.3, March 2016. pp. 7-18.  Scopus Listed

17.  “Decision Making in Relation to Personality types and cognitive Styles of Business Students”. (Co- authored), IUP Journal of Management Research, Vol. XI, No. 2, April 2012, pp. 20-29. Co- Authored. UGC Listed

18.  “Level of Knowledge Management Practices Adoption in auto Component Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (Co-authored), Knowledge Globalization Institute LLC, Massachesetts, USA, 2012. ISBN 978-0-979-7593-3-8, Vol. 6, No.1 Pp. 47-61

19.  “Correlates of Personality, Diversity, Decision Making Style and Affective Well Being of Management Students. (Co-authored), Social Science Abstracts, Vol XXXII, 2008.

20.  “The Impact of Demographic Factors and Personal Attributes on Psychological health of Unemployed Youths: A Socio – Psychological Analysis. Manpower Journal, Vol XLI, No. 3, July-Sep, 2006 pp110-134. Single Author. UGC Listed

21.  “The world of psychometric testing: a report (Co-authored), Newsletter, Asia Pacific, Apr-June, 2008

22.  Book Review. Organizational Change and Development by Kavita Singh, Excel Books, Daryaganj, New Delhi. NICMAR Journal of Construction Management, Vol XXI, No.1, Jan-March 2006

23.  Book Review. ‘Empowering Society: An Analysis of Business, Government and social Development Approaches to Empowerment’, by Usha Jumani, Foundations Books Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2006. Manpower Journal, Vol XLI, No3, July- Sep, 2006

24.  Book Review. ‘Managing Change in Organizations’ by Nilanjan Sengupta and Mousumi Bhattacharya and R N Sengupta, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd. New Delhi, 2006, Asia –Pacific Business Review. Vol II, No 1, Jan- June 2006

25.  “The Impact of Waiting Period for Employment on Job Search Activities and Mental Health of the Unemployed Youths: A Socio-Psychological Analysis”, Manuscript submitted for publication in Manpower Journal, New Delhi

B.  Research Paper Presentation

Selected for Presentation in Internatioanl Level Conferences

Presented Research Paper in International and National Level Conferences

·  "Optimism and Mindfulness as predictor of Happiness among Indian School Children: A Multivariate Analysis" was accepted for presentation at 21^st European Association of Work Psychology (EAWOP) Congress, Katowice, Poland in May 2023.

·   “Psychological Determinants of Happiness among Delhi Government School Children: A Multivariate analysis” was presented at 4^thAsia Pacific School Psychology Association International Conference. Sustainable Development Goals(SDG); With Special Reference to School Psychology in Asia-Pacific Region at University of Haryana on 16^th March 2023. Secured Best Paper Award.

·   “Organizational Culture, Commitment, Support and Job Satisfaction of Indian Managerial Executives” was accepted for presentation at 32^ndInternational Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic. In July 2021.

• “Organic Growth of HRM Systems of Business Organizations in Indian Terrain: A Critics View” in a Symposium of Indian HRM at 30^thCongress of the AGRH, Bourdeaux, France, on November 13^th to 15^th 2019.
• "Impact of Locus of Control, Self Criticism and Worklife Balance on Happiness of Working Professionals from Indian Metrocity" at European Congress of Psychology from 2-5 July 2019 in Moscow, Russia(First Author)
• "A Study of Female Domestic Workers and their Understanding about Labour Standards and Bargaining Difficulties in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal". at International HR Conference on HR Trends 2030,1 & 2 March in IISWBM, Kolkata. International. (Co Author)
• "A Study of Personality, Self-Esteem and Happiness Among Graduates of Delhi-NCR", 54th National and 23rd International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP),14-16 February, 2019 at Kurushetra University, Kurushetra. . (Co- Author)
• " Personality Dispositions, Resilience, and Decision Making and their Impact on Psychological Well Being of Management Graduates" was presented in European congress of Psychology on 11-14 July 2017 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (First Author)
• “Impact of Motivation to Lead, Decision Making Style, and Interpersonal Behaviour on Psychological Well-being on Management Graduates”was presented at the 31st International Conference of Psychology (ICP2016) on 26^th July 2016 Yakahoma, Japan.(First Author)
• “Correlates of Personal Traits and Entrepreneurial Traits and Stress among Executive Management Students in Delhi NCR”. was Presented at the 31^stInternational Conference of Psychology (ICP2016) on 25^thJuly 2016 Yakahoma, Japan. (First Author) 
• “Role of School counselling in India: Opportunities and Challenges”was Presented at the 7^thWorld conference in Psychology, Counselling and Guidance” from 27th April 2016 at Izmir, Turkey .(First Author)
• “A Study of Personal Dispositions in relation with Motivation, Decision making, Creativity, Interpersonal Behaviour and Psychological Well-being of Management Students” was presented at the 51th National& 20 International Conferenceof Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) in Bangalore on 6th May, 2016. (International) (First Author)
• "Level of Knowledge Management Practices Adoption in auto Component Small & Medium Sized Enternprises, in Knowledge Globalization Conference  2012 in Pune, India (Co- Author)
• "Study of Resilience in relation with Personality, Cognitive Styles and Decision Making Style of Management Students’ in the International Conference on Management Sciences and Arts on Sept 15-17, 2008 at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar.
• "Study of Personal Dispositions and Cognitive Process in Decision Making of Management Students’ in International Conference on ‘Managing Global Business Competition: World's Best Practices on Sept 22-24, 2008 at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur.
• “Correlates of Personality, Diversity, and Decision Making & Affective Well Being of Management Students” presented in Indian Social Science Congress at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Jan, 2009.
• 'Mental health of the unemployed Graduate' at Second Annual convention of Indian, Association of Mental Health at Department of Psychology, Osmania University, Hyderabad in Sep 7-8, 2000.
• ‘Psychological Testing’ at National Seminar organized by National Testing Services and Board of Professional Examination, Bhopal in 1997.
• ‘Personality and Personal Needs of Post Graduate Students’ atAnnual Convention of Indian Psychology Association, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in 1992
• ‘Academic achievement and Achievement Potential of Post Graduate Students’ at Annual Convention of Indian Applied Psychology Association Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in1991.

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A. Professional Membership:

·         Life member of Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), New Delhi since 2006.

·         Life Member, Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Sciences (ISABS), New Delhi since 2006.

·         Life Member, HRD Network Delhi Chapter. Since 2006

·         Behavioural Profiling trainer, certified by Thomas International UK.2007.

·         International/ Affiliated Member, International Association of Applied Psychology, USA. Since 2010.

B. Expert Panel

B.1. Member of Boards and Council

·    Member, AICTE Nominee to Board of Governors/ Board of Management of Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi. since 2023.

·         Member, Board of Studies at Department of Management Studies, University of Pondicherry. since 2022.

• Member, Board of Studies, Fortune Institute of Internationl Business, New Delhi, since 2021

·         Member, Board of Studies at Institute of Marketing Management, New Delhi since 2021.

·     Member, Board of Studies, and Research at Jagannath Institute of Management, Kalkaji, New Delhi since 2022.

B. 2. Faculty Selection Panel

·         Expert, Professor of Practice selection panel, SRM University, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh since 2023.

·         Member, Faculty selection panel for Jagannath Institute of Management, Kalkaji, since 2022. 

·      Member, Faculty Promotion Panel for Bharatia Vidya Bhawan's Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management, New Delhi since 2018.

·         Member, Faculty Selection Panel, at Asia Pacific Institute of Management since 2018.

·         Member, Faculty Selection Panel of Department of Management Studies of Sikkim University, Gangtok, 2010.

·         Member, Faculty Selection Panel for Army Institute of Management, Greater NOIDA.

·         Admission panel member for PGDM program of IMI, New Delhi & Bhubaneshwar,2011.

·         Admission panel member for PGDM programme of IIM, Ranchi, 2011.

·         Selection Panel in Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor and Employment, since 2014

B.3. University Examiner Panel

·         PhD Thesis External Examiner, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar since 2015

·         PhD Thesis External Examiner, IIT, Roorkee since 2016

·         PhD Thesis External Examiner, Birla Institute of Management and Technology, Noida since 2018.

·         Ph.D External Examiner for Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 2012.

·         Ph. D External Examiner for Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Deemed University), Greater Noida 2009 and 2010.

·         M.Phil External Examiner for Department of Commerce and Management, University of Delhi, Delhi

·         External Examiner MFS for Department of Commerce, Goa University, Goa,

·         Examiner for MBA Dissertation at Usha Lakskmi Mittal Institute of Management, Bharatia Vidya Bhavan, Canaught Place, New Delhi, since June 2007.

B.4. External Guide/ Examiner Panel

·         External Guide for PhD program at Amity University, Lucknow. Since 2020.

·         External Guide for Ph.D Programme at Aligargh Muslim University- AIMA Ph.D Programme since 2007.

·         External Guide for PhD Programme at CGS University, Shillong, Meghalaya since 2010

·         External Guide for PhD Programme at Dehradun Technological University, Dehradun since 2012.

·         Approved Project Guide for Post Graduate Program in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi since 2016.

·         Member, Course Review committee for Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, 2009.

·         Member, Moderation committee for Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi since 2012

 B. 5. Admission Panel

·         Admission panel member for PGDM program of IMI, New Delhi & Bhubaneshwar,2011.

·         Admission panel member for PGDM programme of IIM, Ranchi, 2011.

·         Selection Panel in Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor and Employment, since 2014

B.6. Adjunct Faculty

·         Guest Faculty, V.V. Giri National Labor Institute, Noida, New Delhi since 2023.

·         Guest Faculty at Indian Aviation Academy, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi since 2028.

·         National Faculty for Indian Society for Training and Development, New Delhi since 2007.

·         Visiting Faculty, Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, New Delhi since 2009.

·         Visiting Faculty, National Institute of Carees, Noida, since 2014.

·         Visiting Faculty, Officers Training Institute, Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi since 2010

·         Guest Faculty, Institute of Government Audit and Finance, New Delhi since 2015

·         Visiting Faculty, Institute of Management and Technology, Ghaziabad 2018

·         Guest Faculty, School of Inspirational Leadership, Gurugram in 2019.

C. Doctoral Research Guidance

·         Presently guiding one full time research scholar and three part time research scholars at IIFT, New Delhi.

·         At present acting as Co Guide for a PhD research scholar, Amity University, Lucknow since 2020.

·         As a Co-Guide, supervised and successfully completed two Ph.D. theses and ongoing one.

·      Ms. M. Lavanya Ranganathan.  “A Study of Knowledge Management Practices in Small & Medium Sized enterprises of Pune District” submitted to Department of Management Studies, AIMA-AMU and awarded PhD in the year 2012.

·         Mr. O.P. Singh. “A Study of Organizational Climate and Job Satisfaction of employees of AICTE approved and Autonomous Management Institutes in Delhi NCR Region” submitted to Banastali Vidyapeeth and awarded Ph.D in the year 2015.

D. Post Graduate Level Project Guidance

·         Have guided more than 100 dissertation projects of PG full time and part time students and PG diploma students at IIFT Delhi campus since 2010. 

·         Guided two Post graduate level dissertation for IGNOU, New Delhi in 2017 and 2020.

·         Currently guiding five post graduate level dissertation projects.

E. Professional Training Programmes / Workshop Attended

• Attended one day Workshop on "Making OB More Relevant for Organizations" on 29 September 2007 in IIC, New Delhi
• Attended two days Certification course on "Thomas International Personal Profile Analysis" on 13 and 14 February 2008 in New Delhi
• Attended "4 day workshop on Rorschach - Projective Technique" in 2-5 December 2009 at New Delhi
• Attended one week professional Training Programme in 'Direct Trainers Skill'at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy in Mussorie in the year 2009.
• Attended two weeks Faculty Development Programme(FDP) on 'Entrepreneurship'at Entrepreneurship Development Instituté in Ahemadabad in the year 2010.
•  Attended one week professional Training programme on 'DirectTrainers Skill' at Institute of Secretariate Training and Management in New Delhi in the year 2014.
• Attended one week Faculty Development Programme(FDP)on 'Structural Equation Modelling' at Birla Institute of Teachnology, Extension Centre at Noida in the year of 2016.

F. Seminar/ MDP/ Workshop / Conference Organized (47 one week MDPs in India, 2 one week MDPs aborad, 6 two day MDPs and 3 one day MDP in India, 1 Seminar and 1 National level Conference) 

• Organized and Conduced 2 day MDP on "Strategic Leadership Program for ICSI members" at IIFT, New Delhi Campus, from 10th August to 11 August, 2018. 
  
• Organized and Conducted 6 day MDP on "Career Counselling and Guidance" for Employment Officers of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Governmnet of India from Apr 2018 to Sep 2018 (9 Weeks) at NICS, Noida Campus. This is mid career Capacity Buidling Program for the government officals.
• Organized and Conduced 5 day MDP on "Talent Management and Career Progression of Officer's of ITPO" from 19th March to 23rd March, 2018. 
• Organized and Conducted 6 day MDP on "Career Counselling and Guidance" for Employment Officers of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Governmnet of India from Apr 2017 to Aug 2017 (26 Weeks) at IIFT, Delhi and Kolkakata Campus and NICS, Noida Campus. This is mid career Capacity Buidling Programfor the government officals.
• Organized and conducted a two day MDP on “Counselling Techniques” for Middle Level HR Managers of a Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited (NPCIL) in Mumbai from Feb29 to Mar 1, 2016 
• Organized and conducted one day MDP on “Motivation” for Middle Level Managers of MMTC, New Delhi on second half of November 2015 
• Organized and conducted one day MDP on “Personal Growth and Team Building” for Middle Level Managers of MMTC, New Delhi on second half of October 2015 
• Organized and conducted One Week MDP on “Capacity Building Programme on International Business” at Banjul, Gambia in the month of Nov, 2014.
• Organized and conducted 6 days week (8 MDPs) on “Capacity Building Programme on Organizational Excellence”of ITI Principals of Ministry of Labor and Employment Feb 2014 to December 2014 at IIFT, New Delhi
  
• Organized and conducted 6 days week (3 MDPs) on “Capacity Building Programme on Organizational Excellence of Employment Exchange Officers of Ministry of Labour and Employment” Aug 2014 to Nov 2014 at IIFT, New Delhi 
• Organized and conducted One Week MDP on “Capacity Building Programme on International Business” at Kampala, Uganda in the month of May, 2010.
• Organized and conducted three MDPs on “Psychological Testing and its application in Business, in Nov 2011,  Nov 2010 and Nov 2009 at IIFT, New Delhi
  
• Co –Programme Director for the two MDP on “Talent Management” in June 2011 and 2012 at IIFT, New Delhi
• Conducted a day workshop on Lateral Thinking and Motivation for Organizational Excellence for IB Probationers at IB Training Institute, New Delhi on Dec, 2012.
• Conducted a day workshop on Personality Development for Entrepreneurs at FICCI-FLO Aligarh in 2010.
• Condcuted a day workshop on Personality Development for Entrepreneurs at FICCI-FLO Meerut in 2010
• Organized one day Seminar on “Psychometric Testing and Measurement: Present Practices and Challenges” on 14.10.2007 at Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi
• Organized one-day workshop on “Construction Management and Real Estate Development for Infrastructural Development for Corporate leaders” in August 2007 at Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi.
• Organized and conducted three day “Behavioral training” programme for Personnel of RSRTC, Jaipur at IIRM Rural Campus, Phagi from 9th –11th January, 2003.

G.Invited Lectures at National level

Approved Guest / National faculty at Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), New Delhi which is under the aegis of Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT), Government of India and Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), New Delhi. Served as guest faculty for the senior level programmes conducted at ISTM at the level of Under Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries and Directors of various ministries of Government of India. So far more than 80 lectures were delivered at ISTM since 2010. The topics covered under the invited lectures at ISTM are as follows

• Transformational leadership
• Leadership and team building
• Communication skill
• Negotiation skill
• Personality development through psychometric assessment
• Motivating self and others
•  Emotional competence for leadership service orientation
•  Positive emotions and happiness
•  Conflict management
• Organizational behaviour
•  Counselling
• Stress management
• Developing Interpersonal Skills for Service Excellence

The number of lectures delivered at ISTD, New Delhi were more than 25 since 2007. The topics covered under the invited lectures at ISTD are as follows

• Organizational Behaviour
• Human Resource Management
• Training Methodology
• Facilitation Skills

H. Consultancy/ Training
 Succefully executed management development programme for

• Shapoorji Palonji Construction Limited, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited, Ashok Leyland Ltd, Rajastahn State Road Transport Corporation, Bank of Rajasthan, Dhanik Bhaskar, Jaipur, etc,. MMTC, State Trading Corporation(STC), Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Indian Trade Services, Indian Trade Prmotion Organization (ITPO), Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited(NPCIL), NTRO, NSTA, ICSI, Department of Training and Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment, National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad, Delhi NCR, Indian Coast Guards, Indian Government Audits and Finance (INGAF), Supreme Court, Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA), Etc.,

I. Awards and Citation Received

• Best Professor in Human Resource Management Citation:Honor date Feb 2017; Honor issuer25th World HRD Congress at Taj Land Ends Mumbai

• Rashtriya Gaurav Award: Honor date March 2017: Honor Issuer: India International Friendship Society, New Delhi.

• Bharatvikas Award: Honor date November 2017: Honor Issuer: Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

• Bharat Excellence Award: Certificate of Excellence in the field of Education Feb 2019 bestowed by Friendship Forum of India, New Delhi. 

• Leading Educationist of India Award 2019 bestowed by Friendship Forum of India, New Delhi

J. Extra-Curricular Activities

·         Certified in Bharat Scouts and Guides from Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Vedasandur during the year 1977-1979.

·         Attended Junior Division NCC classes at Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Vedasandur during 1979-1980.

·         Certified in Senior Rovers from MSP Solai Nadar Memorial Boys Higher Secondary School, Dindugul during 1982-1984.

·         ‘B’ Certificate Holder in Senior Division National Cadet Services from PSG Arts and Science College Coimbatore during the year 1984-1987. Attended  Army Attachment Camp at Nasik Road, All India Trekking Camp at Goa, Basic Leadership Camp at Kakinada, Two Annual Training Camps, Cycle Expedition, Blood Donation camp etc., during the year from 1984-1987.

·         Member, National Social Services at Bharathiar University Campus, Coimbatore during the year 1987-1989.

·         Member, Mountaineering Club at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Had participated in Para Gliding, Hot Air Ballooning, Trekking and Mountaineering etc., during the year 1989-1996.