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Shubha Rajan, Ph.D.,
Whyme!
I have learnt to make lemonade when life has dealt me lemons!
With a very unique higher education degree I have mapped my education to my career and my career to
my education. Wherever required I have learnt to upgrade so that I am skilled for the job on hand.
Accomplishments
1. 25 years of composite work experience
2. The only civilian woman to have gone into a submarine
3. The only doctorate in that subject in that year
4. Have worked in varied areas –
Writing, editing, book publishing,
Visa clerk, anti-fraud agent,
Librarian, administration,
Chamber of commerce work with industrialists and business people,
Marketing of training programs, Franchisee development
Student Counselling, Visiting Faculty
HR specialist, Consulting
Training, teaching, training operations, content development, assessments, certifications,
recruitment, induction, coaching, counselling, gender diversity enablement, advisor for anti-sexual
harassment in the organization
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Development Enablement Leader - [Chennai ]▪ [June, 2008] – Present
• 5 years in the learning function in IBM – Trainer, Learning consultant to Business on all soft and behaviour skills,
New & Lateral Hire programs, Prescribed Consulting skills learning, manage a 17 member team and around 843
business trainers
• Have been outside the country to deliver the consulting training in other locations of IBM
• The only qualified trainer to deliver training across all levels and bands of people – from entry level to the director
level.
• Joined IBM as a people engagement person for the AT&T account for 2 years
Training Manager - [Chennai ]▪ [October, 2005]
• 3.5 years with HCL – joined as training manager and set up the entire training function in South India – moved to
Noida on a double promotion and reached the level of a group manager. End to End training operations, delivery of
training program, created the EDP, MDP and the LDP, - Executive, Manager and the Leadership development
programs, the New Man
HR Consultant – [Chennai] – [January to October 2005]
• 9 months with The Consulting Group – 2 projects completed on Solid Waste Management and revamp of the +II
State board syllabus equivalent to the IB and the CBSE levels. Responsibilities included all HR functions as well for the
organization.
Guardian Management Services – [Chennai] – [2004]
• One year with a HR services start up working on payrole, policy, training, staffing as the HR consultant
Leadership Management International – [Chennai] – [August 1998 – February 2003]
• 5 years as a coach and lead facilitator of the Leadership Management International programs – Facilitating the
Effective Personal Productivity, Effective Personal Leadership and the Sales Cycle program,
• Setting up a total of 33 Franchisees in the country
• Creating and circulating the Laras Leaders an inhouse magazine of educational value
• All administrative responsibilities heading a team of 3

2. One year at the CII – Confederation of Indian Industries [Chennai] – 1997Jantill 1997 Dec]
One year as the Deputy Director for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry – all chamber of commerce activities, handling all
chamber activities in alignment with the industrialists and their needs for growth
The Royal Netherlands Embassy [New Delhi] – [1993 February - 1996 December]
• Worked as the Economic Advisor to the Netherlands Ambassador in India – working on the economic relations of the
Dutch and the Indian Governments. Had to liaise with a lot of the Indian Government finance ministry officials to get
the grants to the right place and agency.
American Consulate General – [Chennai] – [1990 June – 1992 December]
• 3 years’ experience in people management in the young aspiring graduate going to study in the US as the visa clerk
and the USEFI librarian in the American Consulate General in Chennai
CERTIFICATIONS in People Development
2011 Certified Professional Coach from the International Coach Federation, USA.
2007 360* feedback tool – OD Initiative
2006 Certified Recruitment Analyst
2005 Certified in training ‘Strategies for Success’ and ‘Successful Selling Strategies’ from the Ziglar Sales
Corporation, USA.
2005 NLP Basic Practitioner’s Course
2003 Thomas Profiling Services Certification.
2003 Transaction Analysis Certification
1998 Effective Personal Productivity course for 9 weeks.
Effective Personal Leadership course for 18 weeks
Effective Sales Training
All from the LMI University, Waco Texas, USA.
EDUCATION
1990 Doctoral degree in Defense & Strategic Studies, Strategic Location of India in the Indian Ocean”.
1985 M. A. & M. Phil in Defense & Strategic Studies from the University of Madras.
1982 B.A. English Literature.
1982 Certificate in Journalism, University of Chennai.
OTHER INTERESTS:
Reading & Writing, Counseling, Coaching and Classical Music
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
“Successful and How” & “Attitude is Everything” published in the Frozen Thoughts, a magazine of M/s. Alma Mater
VISITING FACULTY
LIBA – Loyola Institute of Business Management
ICFAI Business School