Prof Raja Ratnam is a post graduate in Economics and an MBA from the Department of Management Studies, University of Kerala. He is also an alumnus of IIM-A (FDP), an All India Management Association (AIMA) accredited faculty in Corporate Strategy (AIMA-AMT) and an EDI-Ahmedabad trained faculty in entrepreneurship development. He has served as a full time Associate Professor for more than a decade at the two prominent B Schools in Trivandrum - Asian School of Business and DC School of Management & Technology. His areas of interest are: Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship Development, Business Environment, International Business and select areas in Marketing function. Apart from his academic experience, he is also expert in academic institution and programs marketing and has simultaneously worked on these two areas for more than a decade for both PGDM and MBA programs. Prof Raja Ratnam is currently Director at Highness Finance Private Limited, a corporate NBFC and prior to that, he served JRSCA Consulting & Advisory Pvt Ltd, Kochi as its Director. He is associated with various consulting assignments in the SME sector in select business verticals and enjoys teaching management at an adjunct / visiting faculty role.