Lakshmi Narayanan Ramalingam has over 15 years of experience in project management and training initiatives. He is currently an Associate General Manager at HCL Technologies, where he leads a team of 20 members on training and deployment projects. Previously he held roles as Group Manager and Senior Manager at HCL, where he managed teams and implemented various learning and certification programs. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration and Construction Engineering, and is a Project Management Professional certified by PMI.

1. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN RAMALINGAM (40198420),
Professional Experience:
March 2008 to present
HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai, India
Title: Associate General Manager (October 2014 to present)
 Leading a 20 member team catering Major Training and deployment based initiatives.
 Proposing and implementing major process improvements for the division.
 Increasing performance by achieving goal matrix for the division.
 Mentoring the team on project management seminar, technical seminars & Ad-hoc Reports.
Major projects Executed:
Majors Learning
Initiatives
Description
Major activities involved Role Played
Resourcing Based
Training
Training and mentoring Bench Employees
for the Deployment. .
Process Map , stakeholder
management, Time
Management, Reports
Management & Escalation
Management
Program
Manager
Niche/Emerging
Skills Training
Training employees on the niche/Emerging
skills and deployment
Time Management and
Reports Management
Application
Architect Programs
Certifying Architects at US. Escalation Management
and Time Management
SME/Trainer
recognition Policy
Successfully implementing SME/Trainer
recognition Policy
Stakeholder management,
Policy Compliance & Time
Management and Reports
Title: GROUP MANAGER (October 2012 to Sep’2014)
 Leading a 15 member team catering academy initiatives & Management Information system reports throughout
the organization.
 Proposing and implementing major process improvements for the division.
 RFI/RFP responses, Review reports for Senior Management.
 Mentoring the team on project management seminar, technical seminars, project management newsletter &
Ad-hoc Reports.
Permanent Mailing Address
Plot no.8, Flat no.2A, Shanthi 1
st
cross street,
Dr. Seethapathy Nagar,
Velachery, Chennai- 600042. Tamil Nadu, India
Tel:91-9840915643; Email: rlakshminarayanan@hcl.com

2. Major projects Executed:
Majors Learning
Initiatives
Description Key Project Management
areas involved
Role Played
PMStEP
Certification Drive
PMStEP certifications drive for 1000+
Project Managers from various LOB.
Time Management and
Risk Management
Program
Manager
PMStEP Retreat An event organized for the 100+ PMStEP
certified participants within short time
frame. Excellent feedback received from
Participants and Senior leaders
Procurement
Management, Time
Management and Cost
Management
Extension of iLearn
For L&D Offerings
Successfully implemented L&D’s ILT &
Webinar offerings for HCLTech, Comnet
and Bserv through iLearn.
Stakeholder Management,
Time Management,
Change Management and
Scope Management
Geo Training
programs
Training Programs for Onsite Employees to
increase the training coverage. 500+
employees covered.
Time Management and
Resource Management
Learning Fest An initiative to improve the ELearning
License Usages. We could achieve 200%
improvements in usage.
Status reporting and Time
Management
Six Sigma projects Implemented Lean six sigma concepts in
projects and gained great amount of cost
savings.
Six sigma Concepts,
Resource Management
and Time Management
Title:SENIOR MANAGER (October 2009 to September 2012)
 Leading a 10 member team catering various Technical Training and Project Management Initiatives.
 Automation of excel based reports to Sharepoint portal.
 Mentoring the team on Various initiatives.
 Team Management.
Major projects Executed:
Majors Learning
Initiatives
Description Key Project Management
areas involved
Role Played
Good Practices
conference
Conference conducted to capture the
good practices and Lesson Learnt from
Projects
Resource Management,
Risk Management &
Communication Mgmt.
Program
Manager
Setting up Business
Aligned Academies
SDU Wise Academy formed to capture
the training needs
Scope Management, MPP
, Integration &
Communication Mgmt
PMED Drive Project Manager Effectiveness Diagnostic
conducted for 2400
Resource Management,
Risk Management, MPP &
Communication Mgmt
PMI Conference Paper
Evaluation
Formed evaluation Process & evaluated
Papers for PMI Conference
Resource Management,
Risk Management, MPP
& Communication Mgmt
Monthly/ Annual
Compliance on Reports
Shared the monthly and Annual reports
on time.
Time Management &
Resource Management

3. Title: MANAGER (March 2008 to September 2009)
 Developed an internal certification on par with the highly demanded external Certification ITIL V3.0 (Information
Technology Infrastructure Library) and was highly appreciated.
 Successfully implemented, “The Winner’s League”, to recognize the internal Trainer and subject matter expert
over three different regions with over 3000 employees recognized for their contribution.
 Responsible for preparing annual & quarterly reports. Successfully delivered 4 annual and 9 quarterly reports.
 Successfully implemented processes for Service Level Agreement Adherence.
Major projects Executed:
Majors Learning
Initiatives
Description Key Project Management
areas involved
Role Played
Winner’s League
Conducted an event to
recognize the internal Trainers
and SME’s
MPP, EVM, Resource
Management, Risk
Management &
Communication Mgmt.
Program
Manager
Get PMP
Conducted unique Drive to
increase the PMP Certification
in HCL
Scope Management,
MPP , Integration &
Communication Mgmt
ITSM
Internal Certification
equivalent to ITIL V3.0
developed
Resource Management,
Risk Management, MPP
& Communication
Mgmt
Microsoft RAMP UP
Mass Ramp up Training
conducted for ERS-SEG
Resource Management,
Risk Management, MPP
& Communication Mgmt
Certification drive ITIL , HPMP & ITSM Mentoring
Feb 2006 to Feb 2008
DSM Soft (P) Limited, Trichy (India) (600 Employees)
(DSM Soft is a leading provider of services in the Geospatial, Engg and Publishing domains for private and public sector organizations globally)
Title: MANAGER – PROGRAMS
 Joined the company for the career Advancement and better Position.
 Implemented Project Management Methodology in projects
 Extensively used MS Project for Project Tracking.
 Trained Managers in Earned Value Management Concepts:
 Managed a team of 12 people. MIS reports, Asset Management and Billing from Clients.
 Successfully implemented Project Plans for various RFI and RFP which yielded new projects.
Major projects Executed:
Projects
Key Project Management Techniques
used
Team Size
 Setting up PMO, Project Compliance
as per PMBOK, Training on Project
Management Concepts and MPP
 MPP, Resource Management & EVM 10

4. April 2002 to Jan 2006
BCEOM-Aarvee Associates, Bangalore (India) (500 Employees)
(Bceom International, an engineering consultancy for major international development projects, working in more than 90 countries)
Title: PLANNING ENGINEER
 Joined the multinational Joint Venture Company, immediately after my Post Graduation.
 Worked for Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project funded by the World Bank.
 Extensively used MS Project for project planning and monitoring.
 Evaluated extension of time claims for contractors.
 MIS Reports for World Bank.
 Participated in arbitration of claims in which all the member are experts.
Oct 1999 to Apr 2000
Qualtec Engineers Pvt Limited, Chennai (100 Employees)
Title: SITE ENGINEER,
 Joined the Company to prepare for my Post Graduation in Engineering
 Incharge for site supervision for a high rise building.
 Managed around 500 multi-skill labour force.
Aug 1998 to Sept 1999
East Coast Constructions & Industries Ltd, Chennai (5000 Employees)
(ECCI is an ISO 9001:2008 certified contracting company with a turnover crossing INR 5000 millions for the Financial Year 2008-2009)
Title: ASSISTANT ENGINEER (Planning)
 Worked for “Road Over Bridge” project at Tindivanan which is one of the unique kind of a bridge project.
 Effectively used MS Project for planning and monitoring the project.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS :
 Proud receiver of the “Outstanding Performer of the Company” award for 4 consecutive years (2009 & ‘13).
 Participated in PMI Conference@ Hyderabad, Nov 2009 and selected as the “Best Volunteer team”.
 Secured the first rank in the state out of the 0.5 million students in the competitive Higher Secondary Exam.
 Served National Cadet Corps (NCC) for 5 Years and National Service Scheme (NSS) for 2 years.
 Execution plan during 1 month internship with PWD chennai was appreciated by PWD engineers.
 District level Participation in Chess tournament.
 College level participation in Hockey, Football, Cricket and Chess.
 School level participation in Sports and Cultural Activities.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION:
 Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) from PMI, USA, December 2009.
 Six Sigma ( Green Belt)
 Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) Marketing , July 2003 to June 2005.
Periyar University, Salem, India
 Master’s in Construction Engineering and Management (M.E), August 2000 to November 2001.
Anna University, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India
 Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering (B.E), July 1994 to April 1998.
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
COMPUTER SKILLS:
 MS Project, MS Excel , MS Visio, Primavera & Share point;
INTERESTS: Sports and games, solving sudoku, avid reader of the world economy
Languages known: English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada