BE, MBA
Doing Ph.D
Thesis: Re-inforcement learning in financial markets Advisor: Dr. V.P. Mohandas Start Date: December, 2006
Expected Date of Completion: May, 2011

2005-ODD Semester (July – Dec, 2005) Courses Taught:

Final B.Tech IT A Batch ,7th semester {Anna University}- Principles of Management; 52 students; 4 contact hours Final B.Tech IT B Batch ,7th semester {Anna University}- Principles of Management; 40 students; 4 contact hours II MBA, Amrita School of Business, 4th Trimester - SY 01 - Business Software Engineering; 22 students; 4 contact hours .

2006-EVEN Semester (Jan – May, 2006) Courses Taught:

Final B.Tech IT A Batch ,8th semester {Anna University}- Total Quality Management; 52 students; 4
contact hours Final B.Tech IT both batches â“ A and B , 8th semester - Project; 92 students; Actual contact hours cannot be quantified. Involves complete project coordination of all the final B.Tech IT students starting from assigning faculty guides, monitoring and conducting periodic reviews through out the year and finally putting the grades. II MBA, Amrita School of Business, 6th Trimester - Strategic  Management of Information Systems; 27 students; 4 contact hours .

2006-ODD Semester (July – Dec, 2006) Courses Taught:

Final B.Tech IT A Batch ,7th semester - IT460 â“ Principles of Marketing and Management; 51 students;4 contact hours Final B.Tech IT both batches â“ A and B ,7th semester - IT499I â“ Project Phase I; 104 students; Equivalent to one labas per the credit system; actual contact hours cannot be quantified II MBA, Amrita School of Business, 4th Trimester - SY 01 - Business Software Engineering; 20 students; 4 contact hours .

2007-EVEN Semester (Jan – May 2007) Courses Taught:

Final B.Tech IT A Batch ,8th semester - IT436 High Performance Networking; 51 students; 4 contact hours Final B.Tech IT both batches “ A and B ,8th semester - IT499II â“ Project Phase II; 104 students; Equivalent to six credits as per Amrita credit system; actual contact hours cannot be quantified. Involves complete project coordination of all the final B.Tech IT student starting from assigning faculty guides, conducting periodic reviews through out the year and finally putting the grades .

B. Tech Projects Supervised (include student name, title & semester/yr):

Jan 2006 â“ May 2006: 1 project; Domnic Mario Francis, Einstein Aj, Anu Smrithi and Indhumathi S, â
œSteroscopic Implementation of a Physics Engineâ•, 8th semester July 2006- May 2007: 1 project;Harish Menon and Manoj R. âœSimulation of 8 bit microprocessor using pipeliningâ•, 7th and 8th Semester .

M.S. / Ph.D. Theses Supervised (include student name, title & semester/yr):

Two MSc Applied Science (Software Engineering) projects.

Publications / Patents / Books / Monographs

1. Prashant R.Nair and J.K. Vijayakumar, âœAmrita Colloquium on Digital Libraries: A Reportâ•, D-Lib® Magazine, Vol. 11, No.3. This online international publication, Digital Libraries Magazine is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.
2. Prashant R.Nair, “Case on Leadership in the Information Technology Industry”, Case developed for classroom discussion
3. Prashant R.Nair, " Managing the B-Schools of Tomorrow”, University News, Vol 39, No: 4, January 22, 2001. This is a prestigious journal of higher education published by the Association of Indian Universities

Research

1.Research on Internet Technology and Wireless LANs, based on 802.11x standard. Took leadership in preparing the detailed project proposal for the project titled, “Developing Wi-Fi Telematics for Margao SkyBus track” worth Rs. 3 million implemented for Konkan Railways Corporation Limited (KRCL) in the period 2004-05 by Amrita Research Labs (ARL). Was the first person to showcase high bandwidth “Wireless Internet” at Coimbatore, a hub of education in South India in 2002.

2. Research in the area of Electronic Commerce and Internet Technology. Published some papers in this field. Also contributed towards course design of a Summer School in Electronic Business.

Awards

Biography included in the volume, “Marquis Who’s Who of the World 2007”.
Biography included in the volume, “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Centurt of International Biography Centre, Cambridge, England
Biography included in the volume, “Marquis Who’s Who in Asia 2007”
Biography included in the volume, “Marquis Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders 2007”
Biography included in the volume, “Marquis Who’s Who of the World 2006”.
Biography included in the 33rd Edition of Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England
Biography included in the volume, “Marquis Who’s Who in Asia 2006”
Awarded as staff editor for Amritadhwani 2005-06, the college magazine (Yearbook) of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, which was adjudged as the “Best Magazine” in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

1. Life member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)Associate,
2. Institution of Engineers (India)Member,
3. Computer Society of India Member,
4. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India
5. Honorary Secretary of the Coimbatore sub-center of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India .
6. Counselor for the Student Branch of Computer Society of India (CSI)