Email: rangarajan@iift.ac.in
Dr. K Rangarajan is a Professor of Strategy at IIFT. Currently he is heading the Center for MSME Studies and also the Kolkata Campus of IIFT. His expertise includes Business Strategy and Strategic Planning in general and internationalization of SMEs and Management of Trade Support Institutions, including Trade Promotion Organisations. His areas of interest are Organizational Restructuring, Corporate and Business Level Strategies and Cluster Development. He has widely traveled including UK, US and Asia Pacific on various academic assignments. He has lectured on Strategic Issues of the industry on various national and international forums and Associations. He has coordinated with SMEs at various levels on strategic issues. He has conducted several seminars/workshops in various Clusters like Tirupur, Coimbatore, Madurai, Noida, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Ankelewar, Ichalkaranchi & Karur. He is also served as National Expert for UNIDO, Austria, ILO and Common Wealth Secretariat in different projects. At present he is also executing Capacity Development Program for SMEs in Mekong Countries, sponsored by Swiss Agency for Development and Coordination. Under this project, the MSME Center of IIFT, conducts capacity development programs for SMEs and other stake holders in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Yunan Province of China, Lao, and Mayanmar till 2009. He is a member of CII, Western Region in its Trade Policy Committee. He is also serving several academic institutions and Industry associations in various capacities.
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