Mr. Ramesh Shankar
Director – MBA
Academic Area
Leadership & Strategy
Biography
Mr. Ramesh Shankar is a senior corporate professional and management educator with extensive experience in business operations, transformation, and programme management. His corporate journey is marked by progressive leadership responsibilities across Consulting, BPO, and IT, giving him a comprehensive understanding of organisations—from frontline operations to strategic and leadership-level decision-making.
Over the course of his career, he has worked in complex and dynamic business environments, leading large teams, driving transformation initiatives, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders and international clients. This experience has shaped a practical understanding of what it takes to build teams, manage change, solve business problems, and deliver sustainable outcomes.
As Director – MBA at RVS College of Arts and Science, he leverages this corporate experience to make management education more practical, relevant, and industry-oriented. His focus is on bridging the gap between classroom learning and corporate realities through experiential learning, live business projects, industry interaction, and industry-based research.
Focus Areas
As Director – MBA, his academic and institutional priorities include:
- •Industry-oriented management education
- •Experiential learning and live business projects
- •Analytical thinking and problem-solving
- •Communication, leadership, and professional skills
- •Programme management and business transformation
He is particularly committed to developing students’ analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, leadership, and professional skills, while giving them greater exposure to contemporary workplace expectations.
Industry & Entrepreneurial Experience
Progressive leadership roles across Consulting, BPO, and IT
Led large teams and transformation programmes in complex, dynamic business environments
Partnered with diverse stakeholders and international clients to deliver operational and strategic outcomes
Vision
His leadership philosophy is centred on practical learning, continuous improvement, industry relevance, and student development, with the aim of developing confident, capable, and industry-ready management professionals.