A graduate in Pharmacy from the prestigious BITS,PILANI,Dr.KS.Chandrasekar did  his  post graduation and research in Management. He is conferred with an  honorary  doctorate  by the COMMON WEALTH  OPEN UNIVERSITY, Spain. He is now the Head of the Institute of Management in Kerala, University of Kerala. He is also the Chairman of Board of Studies in Business Management,Director- Centre for Management Education and Entrepreneurship Development (CMEE) and also the In charge of  SBT Chair Professor in Management This young & vibrant gentle man, a role model to many people in the academia and corporate can truly be called as a multi faceted personality and was  the Winner - Amity Best Academician Award 2008, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh and also Gold medal Winner- Best Business Academic of the Year 2006, Indian Commerce Association. He is also a visiting professor to many universities of National and international repute.

Education

Certificate in Proficiency in Entrepreneurship Teaching (CPET), Indian
School of Business, Hyderabad, 2007.
M.S.(Psychotherapy and Counseling), IPMS, Mumbai, 2005 (percentage 72.5)
D.Univ, Commonwealth Open University, Lugones, Asturias, SPAIN, 2002
Ph.D. in Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, INDIA, 2001
MBA (Distinction), School of Management, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, INDIA specializing in Marketing, 1992 (percentage: 84.09)
B.Pharm (Hons.), B.I.T.S., Pilani, 1988 (percentage: 61.10)

Administrative experience:

• Head of the Department of IMK since April 2009.
• Coordinator, Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Development Cell, University of
  Kerala since January 2007.
• Director, Centre for Management Education and Entrepreneurship
  Development (C-MEE), University of Kerala since July 2006.
• Chairman, Board of studies in Business Management since May 2006.
• Head of the Department of IMK during March 2005.
• Coordinator, Refresher Course in Commerce and Management studies,
  Academic Staff College, University of Kerala 23/02/2006 till 10/03/2006.
• Initiated the process of inspection among the affiliated colleges for admission
  to MBA programme, 2006.
• Academic Coordinator, IMK extension centre, ICM Poojapura, Trivandrum
  since 2003.
• Academic Coordinator, MBA DLP programme, University of Kerala since
  2005.
• Regional Manager in charge of Maharashtra, Madhyapradesh, Gujarath and
  Goa during 1994-95.
• Chairman, Placement Committee, IMK, since 2002.
• Coordinator- PGP, IMK since 2002.
• Chairman, Distance Contact Programmes, Alagappa University at
  Coimbatore, Kochi, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai 1998-2002.
• Revised the regulations, scheme and syllabi for MBA and BBA degree
  programmes of the University of Kerala during 2003, 2006 and 2009.
• Revised the regulations, scheme and syllabi for MBA(CSS) and offered a new
  course MBA(Tourism), Institute of Management in Kerala, University of
  Kerala during 2009.
• IMK is rated as one of the 7 best b-schools in the University system by
  Competition Success Review, November 2009.
• IMK was rated as the best business school apart from IIM-K in Kerala as per
  AIMA- Business Standard survey, January 2003. IMK was listed in the ACategory
  business schools and is in the top 30 business school out of 800
  business schools in India as per their rating.
• Start up work in establishing two extension centers of IMK – IMK Alappuzha
  and at Institute of Cooperative Management, Poojapura from 2003
  admission onwards.
• Responsible for the academic activities of the Poojapura centre.
• Start up work in establishing MBA (Evening) programme at Institute of
  Management in Kerala, Trivandrum from 2003 admission onwards.
• Start up work in establishing MBA (Distance Education) programme for
  Institute of Distance Education, University of Kerala from 2005 onwards.
• Start up work in establishing two extension centers of IMK – IMK Adoor and
  IMK- Kundara from 2009 admission onwards.
• Acted as a Moderator for the project presentations for the Refresher Course in
  Commerce and Management, November 2002.
• Restructured the following courses:
  1. B.Com (Cooperation), Periyar University, Salem
  2. M.Com (Cooperation), Periyar University, Salem
  3. M.A (Public Administration), M.S.University, Tirunelveli
  4. M.B.A (CBCS), M.S.University, Tirunelveli