Dr. Venkatesh K.Andavar

MBA, Mphil, PhD

Seasoned learning and development professional with 12 plus years of experience in Teaching and marketing with a proven track record on developing curriculum, effective teaching and also business development for various organizations in India, Maldives, Ethiopia and Eritrea

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EDUCATION

PhD, from Manonmaniam Sundarnar University

B.B.A, M.B.A, M. Phil from Madurai Kamaraj University

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

  • Principles of Marketing,
  • Marketing Management
  • Human Resource management,
  • Management information System,
  • Tourism and environment,
  • Tourism marketing,
  • Sales management,
  • Public administration,
  • Entrepreneurship, and
  • Total quality management

COMPUTER SKILLS

· To work in MS-DOS, Ms-word, Ms-excel, Ms-PowerPoint,

· To work in D-Base, e-mail and internet access

· Basic networking skills in making LAN Network

· Trouble shooting of computer systems

PROGRAMS WORKED IN:

    • Practiced Rain Water harvesting to solve the water deficit issues for daily usage in Woldia University, Woldia town of North Wollo Region, in Ethiopia
    • Trained unprivileged and disadvantaged poor women to make income from Henna artistry, to ensure women empowerment; in various parts of, Ethiopia from 2017 to 2019

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Worked as Business development executive in Andavar silk cotton Inc., Tamilnadu India to find new markets and customers for extending the territory of company’s market, by proposing, communicating, follow-up and guiding the buyers, from June 2000 to February 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor in Komar University of Science and Technology in Kurdistan Region, Iraq to teach and guide the students from October 6, 2019 to till date
  • Assistant Professor in Woldia university, College of Business and Economics to teach, train and guide students of Post graduate and under graduate programs offered by the university, from October 2017 to July 2019
  • Lecturer and student adviser in Halhale’ College of Business and Economics, Eritrea to give lectures, training and guidance to students of undergraduate programs of the institution from February 2014 to July 2015
  • Lecturer and student adviser in Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan Tefferi, in Republic of Ethiopia to deliver lectures, advice and guide students of under graduate level degree programs offered by the university since January 2009 to July 2013
  • Lecturer, Program Manager\Student counselor\Course coordinator\ in IBS overseas college, Male’ Maldives to coordinate the courses and training programs with various private and public organizations in Maldives and teaching Management courses for degree and diploma programs offered by the institution accredited to Edexcel university – United Kingdom to students of Maldives, since January 2007 to October 2008
  • Business Studies teacher in Ministry of education, Mathrasathul Ifthithah school, Naifaru Island, of Maldives to teach commerce and Business studies to students of Ordinary level and Advanced level Cambridge examination, in the year 2006
  • Lecturer in department of Management studies, Kodaikanal Christian College in kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, India to deliver lectures to the students and to guide and help them in their research work, social work, future studies, higher education and internships as a part of their curriculum, from June 2003 to April 2005

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

  • Practitioner of Rain Water harvesting for water scarcity management
  • Post graduate diploma in NGO management
  • Diploma in Computer Applications
  • Typing in English with 100% accuracy and
  • Typing Amharic (national language of Ethiopia)
  • Certified in Computer trouble shooting and basic networking
  • Certified in Gandhian and Vivekananda Thought
  • Certified in sports activities and few martial arts

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY:

Passed IELTS with overall score of 8 bandwidth in general training and details are:

  1. Reading – 8.0
  2. Writing – 7.0
  3. Listening – 7.5
  4. Speaking – 7.0
  5. CEFR Level – C1

TRAINING AND COORDINATING EXPERIENCE

  • Given training on basic computer skills for poor and disadvantaged students in Mizan-Tepi University on a regular basis in which 360 students were benefited from the academic years of 2010 to 2013.
  • Coordinated and actively participated in tree replanting activities in Naifaru Island as a part of social welfare and community development programs organized by Matharsathul Ifthithah school of Maldives in the year 2006
  • Organized and coordinated training programs with different public and private organizations in Republic of Maldives, developed courses for short term training programs as per the needs of various organizations.
  • Counseled students of Maldives, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Tibet, Bangladesh, Nepal and India to select their future studies, overcome obstacles, time management, and Strategic goal achievement in IBS college, Male’ – Maldives in 2007-2008
  • Trained candidates in soft skills in English and counseled them for training program to answer the calls for ‘TATA AIG’ Out bound call centre in Bangalore – India in 2006
  • Coordinated teaching and social activities for the tribes in the kodaikanal hills as a part of the social service program with the help of students in kodaikanal Christian College, Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu – India in 2003-2005

ACADEMIC PROJECT DETAILS:

M.B.A. : A case study on customer Satisfaction on Samson LPG, Madurai - India

M.Phil : A Survey on satisfaction level of Customers towards GSM service Providers, Kodaikanal India

PhD : A study on customer perception and satisfaction on water supply and management with reference to Theni district, Tamilnadu

Publications:

  1. Effectiveness of water supply service offered by the municipality A case study of theni district, Tamilnadu in International journal of Arts and Science research, Volume. 1, Issue. 2, 2014
  2. Consumer behaviour on water usage and investment patterns in theni district in the International journal of Arts and Science research Volume. 2, Issue. 1, 2015
  3. Opportunities and Challenges of E-Commerce in the case of Ethiopia, in the International journal for Research in Technological studies, Volume. 5, Issue. 4, March 2018
  4. Effectiveness of Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Technology as a Decision Support Tool in land Administration in the case of Yeka Sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in International Journal of innovative research in Science, Engineering, and Technology Volume. 7, Issue. 3, March 2018

PERSONALITY STRENGTH

  • I posses admirable personality with excellent communication skills in both spoken and written English, good liaison and public communication officer with remarkable convincing skills, negotiation, excellent sales knowledge, skill and experience in personal selling.
  • I have a passion for languages which makes to learn languages like Dhivehi, Amharic, Arabic, Afan Oromo, Tigiringna, Malayalam, mandarin and Russian, some of them fluently and some as a beginner level. This made me to have easy adaptability to culture and people in multicultural environments in all the nations got served

Community services

Trainer – Income generation for underprivileged women in Ethiopia. Location: Addis Abab - Ethiopia

Trainer – Basic computer skills for rural and poor students of the university community. Location: College of Business and Economics, Mizan Tepi University - Ethiopia.

Team member – Planting trees to evade sea erosion in Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives Location: Matharsathul Ifthithah School, Naifaru - Maldives

Coordinator – Learning through doing with social activities, for village children in remote villages around Kodaikanal Hills India. Location: Kodaikanal Christian College, Kodainakanal - India