14.2 in October 2017, during one of our interactions, he suggested me to take up the position of Dean at MS Ramaiah Foundation, Bangalore which is running RIMS, RIBS, RILS Colleges for Management, Business Studies and Law. Dr Pattabhiram is the Director of MS Ramaiah Foundation (MSRF). Mr Ananth Ravi is a Member of their Board of Studies besides a few top-class Academics, Corporate Professionals and others. He was earlier with M/s. Reliance, Mumbai in Senior Positions. I had two-three rounds of discussions with the Director and Team before my consenting to take up as Dean of MSRF Group of Colleges in January 2018.
14.3 MSRF is headed by Dr Pattabhiram, who is one of the sons of late Sri M S Ramaiah. He was an active Member and Administrators of MS Ramaiah University, Bangalore for long years. MSRF was offering various MBA Programs including that of All India Management Association (AIMA)-New Delhi, Swiss Management Institute, Annamalai University (TN) and Mysore University (Karnataka). Its other programs were under Bangalore University. MSRF had good number of faculty and staff working for Admissions, Placements, Academics, Accounts, HRD, Registrar's Office, etc. MSRF also had separate hostels for Men and Women students. It was quite popular among students, being reckoned as sister concern of Ramaiah Group.
14.4 On the advice of Mr Ananth Ravi, referred by Dr Achar, I took up as Dean of MSRF in February 2018 and worked for 7 months and quit in August 2018. I worked almost in all facets of the three Institutes, interacted with Faculty, Students and Corporate; and brought in remarkable overall improvements. I revived the Monthly Newsletters, Website, Publicity Material, Half-yearly Research Journals and encouraged the faculty in offering research seminars as also attending Conferences to present Research Papers. All the important events were led by me. MSRF has its own constraints and limitations in working like a Family Management. It was not worthwhile for me to continue beyond August 2018.
14.5 My Switching from Banking Industry to Academics was in 1999. Even though I was strong in both qualifications and experience, I was told that doing research and having PhD are equally essential in Academics. I started writing articles in 2000 itself and first published on Economic Reforms in India in 2001 waiting to register for PhD with MAHE. Later I wrote papers on Insurance with Meghdoot and Training & Development with Vidhusekhar Jha in 2002. From 2003 onwards, I started writing Research / Conference Papers on Banking, Management Education, Entrepreneurship, etc in a structured manner co-authored and guided by Dr KS Srinivasa Rao and presented / published them.
14.5.1 All above three colleagues moved out of TAPMI by 2005-06. I also shifted to Alliance Business School, Bangalore in 2006, but continued writing research papers on Banking, Management, Private Equity, Foreign Banks, Entrepreneurship, Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, etc, despite my teaching and admin responsibilities. Back to TAPMI, Manipal in 2009, I continued associating with Dr Rao, Dr Kavita Chavali, Dr Subrat Sahu, Dr Yerram Raju, Prof A Varalakshmi et al and pursued my research interests. But, due to frequent changes, I missed my attempts for PhD enrolment with Mangalore University and AIMA, New Delhi.
14.6 In the year 2018, I came across an opportunity / offer from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Research in Coimbatore who has an affiliation with University of Swahili in Panama, Central America to submit all my research work (about thirty papers) for considering an Honorary PhD. I complied with all requirements and then received a confirmation from the University that I would be conferred the same in December 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. I travelled with Ganga to Bangkok and received the same.
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