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About me

The following is an account of the way i see myself yet none of these words are my own for anything and everything that i know or do - more then 99% of the same is what i have learned from others - so if you like the account dont give me any credit - yet if you dislike it - u can write 2 me few words -

This is an Indian - who is Spiritual yet non religious
# Political view: left-liberal (almost apolitical);
# Current Area of interset: social change research
# i am living: with parents (this is my second home coming)
# My hometown: Rourkela; and ....

The sports i love : badminton
Activities: reading, writting, talking & listening, enjoying hindi oldies

Things i can't live without: my imagination, doing things i feel passionate about, sharing happiness, reading, contemplating, my books, and belongings etc.

That's - Pravat Surya - The rising sun; in short

I have a mind with an inclination for teachings of buddha, Well for me nirvana is about leading a balanced life. More over I belive its our deeds that makes us what we are ....

Yet talking abt deeds i cant help thinking -- "why any one ever does any thing at all" !!! than somehow the answer comes from deep within -- acts / deeds , things and event are just what they r - neither right nor wrong.

I think ideal match: is an illusion -- there might be love at first sight -- but one has to work at it every moment -- thus marry some one u love or love the person u get married to .. The same rule applies to many other things in life thus when ever one finds oneself in a fix one can always give the following a try....

1. Look at life as if it is just a game but not as a chore or some race for even if you win the rat race u still remain a rat.

2. Talk to people whom you trust - gather info - but be unbiased and finally make your own choices

3. be with the flow - live life with a be happy attitude, never let your self esteem go down, for there are ups and downs in this world.

4. But let not the above 3 make you inactive - rather love action.

5. Last but not the least - never forget that life is a web thus the line where me or i ends and where other begins is not clear in fact .. me/they, living/dead, far/near, past/present/future etc are part of a single unity and that is the real you or me !!!

what turns me off -- apathy, undue agression sarcasm, narrow mindedness, selfishness etc.

What turns me on .. well thats something i would not like to make public -- not in this site at least.

-> MBA (Marketing) in 1999 from RIMS under Sambalpur university.
-> Certificate course on computers in 1997 from NIIT Ltd.
-> BSc. ( Botany Hons ) in 1996 Utkal university Bhubaneswar
-> + 2 Science in 1993 Government. College, Rourkela
-> 10th Class in 1991 Chinmaya Vidyalaya Sector-7 Rourkela

honesty, loyalty and adaptability are some of the things that makes me adorable rather most of the times these 3 makes me a prized possession / happening / connection .... - yet sometimes i may appear to be a living fossil !!!!! for we are living in changing times. The above dont define me -it is only a pointer. For all the words in human languages cant confine me !!!

I am the dream, I am the reality, I am the temporal, I am the eternity, I am the devil, I am the divine. I am nothing but "ME" - mi sarana atahano -I take refuse in myself alone

Thanks for going through this section - let me welcome you to my Work section -

My work

Teaching, Mentoring, consulting and research

My Publications

1. Paving the Slit - about transition from management student to student manager (A book chapter in a TMH publication edited by Prof. Asha Koul of IIMA)

2. A comparative study of CSR practices of leading organisations of India vs World at large - A Genre Analysis published in the proceedings of 8th national seminar of RIMS Rourkela.

Some of the Seminars, Trainings etc participated :

1. Participated in Doctoral Summer School-2007 at XIMB, Bhubaneswar.
2.Participated in an AICTE sponsored 2 week FDP on Services Marketing.
3. Participated and co-presented a paper at IIM Ahemdabad in the 6th Asia pacific – ABC (Association of Business Communicators) conference.
4. Paper presented in the 8th national seminar of RIMS
5. Participated in Doctoral Summer School-2006 at XIMB, Bhubaneswar.
6. Participated in Faculty development programme IMIS Bhubaneswar.
7. Participated in FICCI rural marketing communication conference 2005
8. Attended at India Habitat Center a Seminar talk by Professor Amartya Sen
9. Participated in FICCI rural marketing communication conference 2003
10. Participated in 3 other national seminars in RIMS Rourkela
11. May & June –1998 L & T Kansbahal works base –Studied the Organization and evaluated the workers’ work Attitude, through a sample study.
12. May & June –1999 an dissertation – To carry out a concept testing in Rourkela market for “a societal community home concept”

Things i do or capable of

· Teaching at Post Graduate & graduate level
. Training working professionals.
· Employability improvement
· Cross-Functional Project Team Leadership
· Curriculum Development
· Customer relation management
· Competency mapping
· End-to-End Project Management (Project Planning/Execution)
· Multi-Site, Multi-Project Operations in a pressured environment
· Writing Business cases
· Public Relations
· Special-Events Management skills
· Strategic Planning/Leadership for Change Management
· Dedicated and self-motivated - smart worker
· Hands on general management
· SHG mobilization and PRA etc.

I see my self as a proffesional service firm (psf)

.........miles to go