PVBRK Brahmam

PROFILE

• Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in '62 - University College of Engineering, Burla, Orissa
• Masters in Production Engineering '69 - Indian Institute
  of Technology, Kharagpur
• Accredited Trainer of British Industrial Services,
  Institute of Personnel Management, UK

Present Positions

• Chief Executive Officer: GLOBO.TEG, Bangalore [Own Consultancy Firm]
• Member-Secretary: COPTED - Consortium for Overseas Project_ in Technical Education
• Director: Vellore Technology Foundation
  [A section 25 Technowledge Company]

Freelance Consultant [1994 to date]

• Lakshmi Machine Works Group, Coimbatore
  [1994-95]
• Organisational Development and setting up HR Development Programmes - Centre for Technology Development, A USAID project [1994-97]
• Monitoring and evaluation of UGC Scheme for Vocationalisation of Undergraduate programmes
• Community College Project, Mangalore in collaboration with Community College,
  Chicago, USA
• World Bank Project Report for UGC Scheme for Career Orientation to First Degree Education
• Project Report for CANTECH, Mangalore for corporate training in IT areas
  Project Report for Centre for Vocational Training
  at Padi, Sundaram Clayton - TVS Group [1995-96], Chennai
• Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation, SDC [1995] - DPR for SSI training Centre in collaboration with Maratha Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Pune
• German Agency for Technical Co-operation, GTZ [1998] - Conduct of an Impact Study of IMPs in Southern & Western states
• National Board of Accreditation, AICTE, New Delhi - Consultant for Benchmarking Studies for Accreditation in Technician Education
• Federal republic of Germany: Technical
  Co-operation, GTZ [2000] - Conduct of a national study for "Resource Mapping and Networks for
  GTZ-CIMI"
• ASEAN-India Joint HRD Collaboration, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India ­- Resource Person for Workshop and Implementation Strategies [2000]
• African Development Bank: Study of Technical and Training Needs of Rwanda", Kigali, Rwanda [2001]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Executive Officer, GLOBO.TEG Associates
Consultancy Group established In 1997 at Bangalore for building Global Institutions

1. Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore
2. Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
3. Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune
4. Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore
5. Hindusthan College of Science & Technology, Farah, Mathura
6. Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chennai
7. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
8. MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore
9. NMAT Institute of Technology, NITTE
10. PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul
11. SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad
12. Sethu Institute of Technology, Madurai
13. Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur
14. Sree Sastha Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
15. Tagore Enginerring College, Chennai
16. Thyagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai
17. Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad
18. Vellore Engineering College, Vellore
19. Vidyavardhini College of Engineering and Technology, Mumbai
20. Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli
    

Director & Member-Secretary, COPTED
Consortium for Overseas Projects in Technical Education - COPTED

• Setting up Technical Education Institutions overseas
• Geo-mapping study for Government of Rwanda in Gender Development
• Setting up Integrated Technical Education Institutes in Bahrain, Mauritius and Kenya
• Facilitating admission of foreign students for undergraduate and post graduate programmes.

Work Experience [1962 - 1994]

• Industrial Engineer at Tube Products, Avadl, Madras and Jyoti limited, Baroda
• Lecturer / Reader in Mechanical Engineering at University College of Engineering, BurJa
• British Council Fellow at Cranefield Institute of Technology and Management Development Centre, Rolls-Royce, Derby, UK
• Senior lecturer & Head of Department at College of Technology, Owerri in Nigeria and Executive Member [Accreditation], Nigerian Board of Technical Education
• Deputy Director / Joint Director at Foremen Training Institute, Bangalore
• Joint Director in DGE&T, Government of India, New Delhi, co-ordlnating
• World Bank Project for Vocational Training .
• UNDP / ILO / GTZ Project for HiTech Programmes
• Director of Apex HiTech Institute, Bangalore
  [under the World Bank Project]

Publications and Reports

1. Over 20 Technical Papers In Production Engineering [Metal Forming & Explosive Forming) Over 10 Papers in Management of Technical Education and Vocational Training Sponsored Study Reports for:
2. UNDP - Development of Charcoal-based Foundries for Nigeria, 84-85
3. APSDEP/ILO - National Policy Document for Vocational Training in India, 1992
4. WORLD BANK/GTZ - Development of HiTech Training in India, 1993
5. USAID - Project Document for setting up Community Colleges in India, 1995
6. UGC - World Bank Project Proposal for Vocationalisation of First Degree Courses, 1996
7. NBA/AICTE - Benchmarking and Accreditation Manual for Polytechnics, 1998
8. AICTE - methodology Document for the IX Plan Period and beyond, 1998
9. AFDB - Technical and Vocational Training Needs of Republic of Rwanda, 2001 Pre-Investment Study Report for IT Literacy in West Bengal [2000)
10. Review and Re-structuring for Global Competitiveness - Anna University 1999-2001

Visits Overseas

• British Council Fellow at the Management Development Centre, Rolls Royce, Derby, UK and Technology Transfer Cell, Cranefield Institute of Technology, UK, 1981
• Member, ILO/APSDEP Study Group for Vocational Training, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Member, Government of India [DGET] Delegation to GTZ / BMZ, Germany, 1992 Project Study Consultant to College of DuPage, Glenn Ellyn, Illinois, USA, 1995
• Project Study Consultant for COPTED in Rwanda and Kenya, 1999
• Member, COPTED delegation to EduTrain Expo'99
  in Kuwait, 1999
• Member, COPTED Team to Bahrain, 2000
• Member, COPTED Delegation to Tanzania, Seychelles, 2000
• MHRD/Ed.CIL Education India Fair 2001 - Kuwait, Bahrain, Uganda, Kenya and Mauritius . MHRD/Ed.qL Education India Fair 2001 - Indonesia, Malaysia
• Project _study Consultant, African Development Bank, Kigali, Rwanda, 2001

Association and Membership of National Committees

Member, All India Board of Technician Education, AICTE [1998-99)

Member, High Level Review Committee for Anna University, Chennai [1999-2000]

Member, Expert Sub-Committee on Revamping of Technician Education [1998]

Member, International Relations and Resource Mobilisation Cell, AICTE [1998-99}

Member, Executive of Centre for Professional Development Education, Chennal[1999-]

Member, Board of Management, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore [2001- ]

Member, Board of Studies - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University [2000-0I]

Member, NBA Sectoral Committee, Technician Education Programmes [2000- ]

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

- Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineers [India]
- Fellow, Indian Institute of Production Engineers
- Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education