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Dr (Lt Col) Prasad SN joined SDMIMD in 2009 as HR, OB & Leadership Faculty, after his voluntary retirement from the Indian Army. He was awarded Ph.D by the Viswesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Karnataka in the area of Technical Training with an emphasis on using simulators and technology in 2018. In 2006, he was awarded for Outstanding Academic Performance in PGDM by SIBM, Pune. He has 11 years of teaching experience in HRM, Leadership, Materials Management, Equipment Life Cycle Management, Logistics. He completed M E (Automobile Engg) from Pune University in 1998. He has published research papers on Leadership, Armour Materials. From 2005-9, as a senior faculty member at DIAT (DU),Pune, he was responsible for the Technical Staff Course of Army and was involved in the conduct, curriculum design and teaching, till he opted for early retirement from active service in 2009. Besides the academics, he is involved in learning more about Corporate Strategy, Wealth Management, Classical Studies and Leadership Psychology. Dr (Lt Col) Prasad SN has over 20 years experience as an officer in the Indian Armed Forces including 8 years as an aeronautical engineer. After completing BE (Mech) from the University of Mysore in 1987, he was commissioned as an officer in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) at the Indian Military Academy (IMA, Dehradun) in 1989. He specialised in Aeronautics and was part of Army Aviation Corps from 1993 to 2001 in various field, high altitude and peace locations across India. He took part in the combat operations at Kargil, J&K in 1999 and in the Counter Insurgency operations at Udhampur sector,J&K in 2004. Lt Col Prasad was awarded the Chief of Army Staff’s Commendation medal on 15 Aug 2002 while Commanding an Army unit in the Siachen Glacier Sector for an innovation on Snow Mobiles which resulted in saving of lives, foreign exchange and enhancement of equipment life. He has command experience at Army units in Desert and Counter Insurgency locations. Prof Prasad SN is a trained mentor and evaluator for the USA and European business school accreditation processes and currently is responsible for the institutional accreditation and approvals by international and national agencies. He is also the Chairperson for SDMIMD PGDM admissions and Quality Assurance of the institutional processes and is the designated Chief Quality Assurance Officer.