Graduate Engineer from University of Mysore, Karnataka, India and PGDBM(Equivalent to MBA) from XLRI, a top ten management institute. Worked for Tata Steel, Jamshedpur in the area of maintenance as a Manager and Specialist in Tribology, Lubrication, Wear prevention, Corrosion prevention, Maintenance management and Condition monitoring. Contributed to loss prevention and value engineering as well as knowledge management intiatives.
later worked as Technical Trainer, Safety Trainer, Lead Auditor of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Management Trainer, and Training and HR specialist.
For about four years worked in academic area, in PG institutions, as a Professor and later as Director of IPS( Management Institute) in Pune.For three years as Editor and writer for research papers, news papers, trade journals and websites.Over all experience is more than 25 years.
Articles by Shivananda Prabhu
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