Nalini Palaniswamy

Dr. Nalini is a passionate educator. She holds her MBA degree with University Rank and her doctoral research from Anna University Chennai, she has done her FDPM from IIM-Indore and continues as a registered alumnus of the institution.With her rich experience in curriculum design and delivery, she has contributed to developing industry-based curriculum in different Management Programs. She acts as a Board of studies member in a few colleges. To her academic credit, she has given expert talks in several forums and shared her expertise in the field of Research, Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Have conducted many workshops & training for colleges and corporate clients to name a few BPCL,ITC, Aries Agro ltd, ABT, India post, and open programs for startups and entrepreneurs.Her research contributions include research articles publications in management journals, both at the National and International levels, and book chapters. She has presented her research contributions and case studies in reputed forums like IIMs, IITs, IISc, BITS Pilani, Nirma University, AIMA, ICBM, and in many State and Central Universities. With her diverse research knowledge, she has grabbed two major funded projects from ICSSR – A central Govt funding body- New Delhi. She is a recognized supervisor of Anna University, Chennai.In her tenure with CIMAT she was heading as chief project leader in Entrepreneurship Development Cell. Her primary tasks include submission of funding proposals for various entrepreneurship Training programs, training the young aspirants, and promoting the entrepreneurial culture in student minds. She managed and executed the funds from DST via EDII Ahmedabad, through planning and organizing 50 Entrepreneurship programs of three days each across 40 colleges in and around Tamil Nadu.With her ability in planning and implementing various industry-based real-time assignments, she spearheaded consulting assignments in companies like ITC, Roots Industries, and SAFS.She is a known administrator and able to independently plan and execute projects in academics and industry. Apart from teaching and research, she involves in various Accreditation and academic process improvements and implementations. She spearheaded the National accreditation(NBA) and Internal Academic Quality Assurance in KCT Business school. As a program coordinator, she anchored two PG programs in MBA – Innovation Entrepreneurship & Venture Development and M.Tech- Technology Management in partnership with Forge prior to joining PSG College of Technology.

Degree

• Ph D Anna University 2014
• FDPM IIM- Indore 2011
• M.Phil Bharathiar University 2008
• MMM Alagappa university 2005
• MBA Bharathiar University 2006
• BBM Bharathiar University 2003

Experience:

• PSG College of Technology Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) From November 1, 2021
• KCT Business School, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor August 1st, 2014 – 30th October 2021
• Coimbatore Institute of Management and Technology Assistant Professor & Chief Project Leader- EDC (sponsored by DST) August 24th, 2011 – May 30th, 2014
• GEM Business Academy- (Stand-alone B-school) Assistant professor July 1st, 2009 – March 31st, 2011
• PKR School of Management Studies Lecturer June 2nd, 2008 – 30th May 2009

Research Grants/Awards:

• Received ICSSR Major Research Project grant of INR 5,50,000 Lakhs for the project titled Investigation on Key Performance Indicators (KPIS) Of Low Performing Khadi Institutions and Development of Growth Strategies for their Business Advancement(Project – ongoing)
• The Research major project entitled an Empirical investigation of problems and prospects of textile merchants to invest in Texvalley (special textile zone) for their business growth and development was awarded INR 5,50,000 as Major Project by ICSSR, New Delhi. (Project completed)
• The project entitled Automatic sanitary napkin providers has been selected in KCT Management funded research project for the academic year 2016-2017 with the financial support of INR 114000.
• Being chief project leader applied and utilized a total of Rs.6,07,500 for 3 years for 45 EACs from EDII, Ahmedabad, Gujrat. (Project completed)

Awards:

• Received the “Engal Asan” award from Kumaraguru College of Technology on September 5, 2020.
• Received “Award of Merit -Teaching” in Kumaraguru College of Technology on September 5, 2020.
• Received the “Engal Asan” award in Kumaraguru College of Technology on September 5, 2019.
• Received the award of “Merit for innovative knowledge transfer” for the students in the year 2018-2019 in Kumaraguru College of Technology
• Received the award of “Merit for contribution in Student Development” for the year 2018- 2019 in Kumaraguru College of Technology
• Received the award of “Merit for faculty – Department contribution” for the year 2018-2019 in Kumaraguru College of Technology
• Vanitha Puraskar 2018 award was honoured for outstanding achievement in teaching and training by IFPT (International federation of Professional trainers.
• Best faculty award by Kumaraguru college of technology for Institution building for the year 2017-2018.
• First place in the Master Strategist 2016 organized by PSG IM in association with Learnbiz simulations during July 14 and 15. 2016
• Best paper award in National conference ” Data science and analytics for the paper titled Brand Equity – A Measuring Tool for Customer Expectations and Satisfaction on Banking Services” held in Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College.
• Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “Understanding the Preference and course experience of online Management courses among Gen Y students and secured the best paper award in Management education track in the Southern Regional conference on management Education-A Global Perspective held on 6th January 2017 at PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore.