Late. PVBRK Brahmam |
BIO-DATA
- Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in '62 - University College of Engineering, Burla, Orissa
- Masters in Production Engineering '69 - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Accredited Trainer of British Industrial Services, Institute of Personnel Management, UK
Present Positions
- Chief Executive Officer: GLOBO.TEG, Bangalore [Own Consultancy Firm]
- Member-Secretary: COPTED - Consortium for Overseas Project_ in Technical Education
- Director: Vellore Technology Foundation [A section 25 Technowledge Company]
Freelance Consultant [1994 to date]
- Lakshmi Machine Works Group, Coimbatore [1994-95]
- Organisational Development and setting up HR Development Programmes - Centre for Technology Development, A USAID project [1994-97]
- Monitoring and evaluation of UGC Scheme for Vocationalisation of Undergraduate programmes
- Community College Project, Mangalore in collaboration with Community College, Chicago, USA
- World Bank Project Report for UGC Scheme for Career Orientation to First Degree Education
- Project Report for CANTECH, Mangalore for corporate training in IT areas
- Project Report for Centre for Vocational Trainingat Padi, Sundaram Clayton - TVS Group [1995-96], Chennai
- Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation, SDC [1995] - DPR for SSI training Centre in collaboration with Maratha Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Pune
- German Agency for Technical Co-operation, GTZ [1998] - Conduct of an Impact Study of IMPs in Southern & Western states
- National Board of Accreditation, AICTE, New Delhi - Consultant for Benchmarking Studies for Accreditation in Technician Education
- Federal republic of Germany: Technical Co-operation, GTZ [2000] - Conduct of a national study for "Resource Mapping and Networks for GTZ-CIMI"
- ASEAN-India Joint HRD Collaboration, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India - Resource Person for Workshop and Implementation Strategies [2000]
- African Development Bank: Study of Technical and Training Needs of Rwanda", Kigali, Rwanda [2001]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief Executive Officer, GLOBO.TEG Associates
Consultancy Group established In 1997 at Bangalore for building Global Institutions
- Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore
- Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
- Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune
- Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore
- Hindusthan College of Science & Technology, Farah, Mathura
- Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chennai
- MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
- MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore
- NMAT Institute of Technology, NITTE
- PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul
- SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad
- Sethu Institute of Technology, Madurai
- Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur
- Sree Sastha Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
- Tagore Enginerring College, Chennai
- Thyagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai
- Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad
- Vellore Engineering College, Vellore
- Vidyavardhini College of Engineering and Technology, Mumbai
- Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli
Director & Member-Secretary, COPTED
Consortium for Overseas Projects in Technical Education - COPTED
- Setting up Technical Education Institutions overseas
- Geo-mapping study for Government of Rwanda in Gender Development
- Setting up Integrated Technical Education Institutes in Bahrain, Mauritius and Kenya
- Facilitating admission of foreign students for undergraduate and post graduate programmes.
Work Experience [1962 - 1994]
- Industrial Engineer at Tube Products, Avadl, Madras and Jyoti limited, Baroda
- Lecturer / Reader in Mechanical Engineering at University College of Engineering, BurJa
- British Council Fellow at Cranefield Institute of Technology and Management Development Centre, Rolls-Royce, Derby, UK
- Senior lecturer & Head of Department at College of Technology, Owerri in Nigeria and Executive Member [Accreditation], Nigerian Board of Technical Education
- Deputy Director / Joint Director at Foremen Training Institute, Bangalore
- Joint Director in DGE&T, Government of India, New Delhi, co-ordlnating
- World Bank Project for Vocational Training .
- UNDP / ILO / GTZ Project for HiTech Programmes
- Director of Apex HiTech Institute, Bangalore [under the World Bank Project]
Publications and Reports
- Over 20 Technical Papers In Production Engineering [Metal Forming & Explosive Forming) Over 10 Papers in Management of Technical Education and Vocational Training Sponsored Study Reports for:
- UNDP - Development of Charcoal-based Foundries for Nigeria, 84-85
- APSDEP/ILO - National Policy Document for Vocational Training in India, 1992
- WORLD BANK/GTZ - Development of HiTech Training in India, 1993
- USAID - Project Document for setting up Community Colleges in India, 1995
- UGC - World Bank Project Proposal for Vocationalisation of First Degree Courses, 1996
- NBA/AICTE - Benchmarking and Accreditation Manual for Polytechnics, 1998
- AICTE - Vision Document for the IX Plan Period and beyond, 1998
- AFDB - Technical and Vocational Training Needs of Republic of Rwanda, 2001 Pre-Investment Study Report for IT Literacy in West Bengal [2000)
- Review and Re-structuring for Global Competitiveness - Anna University 1999-2001
Visits Overseas
- British Council Fellow at the Management Development Centre, Rolls Royce, Derby, UK and Technology Transfer Cell, Cranefield Institute of Technology, UK, 1981
- Member, ILO/APSDEP Study Group for Vocational Training, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Member, Government of India [DGET] Delegation to GTZ / BMZ, Germany, 1992
- Project Study Consultant to College of DuPage, Glenn Ellyn, Illinois, USA, 1995
- Project Study Consultant for COPTED in Rwanda and Kenya, 1999
- Member, COPTED delegation to EduTrain Expo'99in Kuwait, 1999
- Member, COPTED Team to Bahrain, 2000
- Member, COPTED Delegation to Tanzania, Seychelles, 2000
- MHRD/Ed.CIL Education India Fair 2001 - Kuwait, Bahrain, Uganda, Kenya and Mauritius . MHRD/Ed.qL Education India Fair 2001 - Indonesia, Malaysia
- Project _study Consultant, African Development Bank, Kigali, Rwanda, 2001
Association and Membership of National Committees
- Member, All India Board of Technician Education, AICTE [1998-99)
- Member, High Level Review Committee for Anna University,
- Chennai [1999-2000]
- Member, Expert Sub-Committee on Revamping of Technician Education [1998]
- Member, International Relations & Resource Mobilisation Cell, AICTE [1998-99}
- Member, Executive of Centre for Professional Development Education,
- Chennai [1999-]
- Member, Board of Management, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore [2001- ]
- Member, Board of Studies - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University [2000-0I]
- Member, NBA Sectoral Committee, Technician Education Programmes [2000- ]
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineers [India]
- Fellow, Indian Institute of Production Engineers
- Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education