Dr. P. Rajendran is the Director of Accreditation and Quality Systems, and Associate Professor at the School of Contemporary Knowledge Systems. He is a Postgraduate in Management (MBA) specialising in Finance and Strategic Management obtained from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and an MS in Industrial Engineering and Management from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. Dr. Rajendran received his Ph.D. in Textile Finance from Anna University, Chennai. He is UGC-NET qualified.
Dr. P. Rajendran joined CVV in 2023 and has been instrumental in the AICTE approval process to introduce and get approval for the Engineering, Business Administration and Computer Application programmes at CVV. He plays a vital role in devising strategies and standards for outstanding quality outcomes in the areas of academics, administration and governance.
As director of Accreditation and Ranking, he manages AICTE approvals, ISO, NIRF, NAAC and other national and global rankings. He is the Member Secretary of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) which takes stringent measures to establish benchmarks in quality in every segment, and works in planning, guiding and monitoring Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) activities of the University.
He has participated in and presented papers and research cases at 38 national and international conferences and seminars. He has attended 12 workshops and FDPs including premier institutions like IIM-Bangalore and IIT-Bombay. His research has been published in 12 international journals indexed in Scopus including Engineering Management, IEEE, Chemical Sciences and so on. He has published two books and has two patents to his credit as published in the official gazette. His professional USP is that he is a transformation catalyst. He unleashes the potential of future graduates by crafting leadership in them. He is currently looking after the responsibilities in the strategic framework of academic excellence and has taken deliberate initiatives to implement Outcome Based Education (OBE) to ensure attaining quality outcomes in the academic and teaching-learning processes.
He has been influential in funding projects worth more than Rs. 120 lakhs from AICTE, MSME and DST. He played key roles in the academic and NAAC accreditation process in the earlier institutions since 2012. He has carried out Consultancy Projects to implement Strategic Teaching-Learning in association with Aspen Technologies, Coimbatore, sponsored by TIPS Global for Rs.1.35 lakhs. He was instrumental in establishing the Innovation Centre at MIC College of Technology, Vijayawada, by raising funds for technology infrastructure to the tune of for Rs. 18 lakhs funded by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in association with Dassault Systemes, France, and Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
Prof. Rajendran is a recipient of the ‘Leadership Award for Startup Initiative in HEIs’ at the Startup Summit: India International Science Festival 2017 organised by MHRD at IIT-Madras and Anna University, Chennai. He was conferred the ‘Outstanding Conferred Outstanding Achievement Award 2023’ by the Nature Science Foundation for introducing key initiatives in quality standards and governance in CVV.
Education
- Ph.D. in Textile Finance, Anna University, Chennai
- MBA in Finance and Strategic Management, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
- MS in Industrial Engineering and Management, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu
- UGC-NET qualified