Dr.C.N.Udaya Shankar, is a Mechanical engineer from Bangalore university, MBA from IGNOU, MS in manufacturing from BITS, Pilani and PhD from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He has 25+ years of experience in industry and 8 years of experience in academics. Prior to starting career in Academics, he has worked in Bosch Limited at various positions and Techno CNC private limited as Director (Operations). He has been associated with Ramaiah Institute of Management from April 2022. Before joining RIM, he was teaching in ISBR Business School . He has also worked as visiting faculty in XIME, Welingkar Institute of Management, Indus business Academy and Christ University