Chennai, September 27, 2024: The former Chief Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu, Dr K Shanmugam, IAS (Retd) joins the Governing Board of the Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli (BIM) Society.
Belonging to the 1985 batch of IAS officers, Dr Shanmugam became the Chief Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2019, having an illustrious administrative career of over 35 years. After his tenure as the Chief Secretary, he served the Government of Tamil Nadu as an Advisor till May 2021. A post-graduation in agriculture economics from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Dr Shanmugam did his Ph.D. at the Madras School of Economics. His thesis topic was “Effects of Transfers on Growth, Public Expenditure and Revenue of Indian States.” Dr Shanmugam held various posts, including Addl Chief Secretary-Finance, Principal Secretary-Food and Civil Supplies, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC), Commissioner of Rural Development (DRD), During the early phase of his career, he also served as the Collector of the Sivagangai and Pudukottai districts. He was instrumental in the digital transformation of several government departments, like the Integrated Finance and Human Resource Management System (IFHRMS) in the Treasury Department, the State Department Data Hub, the computerization of the Social Security Scheme, the Computerization of the Public Distribution System, computerization of project monitoring at the Rural Development for real-time monitoring of works. Dr Shanmugam is widely acclaimed as an expert in public finance and agro-economy.
Lauding the induction of Dr. Shanmugam to the BoG, Dr. Asit K Barma, Director of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, said, “There cannot be a better moment than this to have Dr. Shanmugam with us. His deep knowledge and experience in public finance and policymaking augur well with our public policy and management initiatives. The members of the BoG at BIM actively engage with the stakeholders, and many even take classes for our students. Dr Shanmugam’s induction into the BoG will immensely benefit the students and the faculty. He will often be seen in our classrooms. With the completion of 40 glorious years, this year has been significant for BIM: the laying of the foundation stone of our new campus by the Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, receipt of the NBA accreditation, successful completion of the prestigious TN CM’s two-year Fellowship program, and relaunch of the same program for the 2024-26 batch; being the academic partner of the TN State Planning Commission for the Focus Block Development Program, maintaining position in the top 100 NIRF-ranked business schools, and receipt of the ISO 14001: 2015 Environment Management System certificate that recognizes our efforts to minimize our environmental footprint and mitigate GHG emissions. With Dr Shanmugam coming on Board, BIM is now ready to launch several Sustainability and Public Policy programs for capacity building, particularly for our state.’
About Bharathidasan Institute of Management
Established in 1984, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, an NBA accredited, ISO 21001:2018 certified, NIRF Top 100 ranked institution, is an autonomous school of excellence of Bharathidasan University. Registered as a Society under the TN Societies Registration Act, BIM Tiruchirappalli Society is governed by an independent Board with the Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu as the Patron-In-Chief. BIM offers a two-year residential MBA program approved by AICTE and affiliated with Bharathidasan University, specializing in Marketing Management, Finance and Economics, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Human Resources Management, and Digital Business & Analytics. It also conducts TN CM’s Two-Year Fellowship Program, besides Management Development /Faculty Development Programs. BIM is in the process of restarting its PhD program. More than 4500 BIM Alumni spread around the globe are significantly contributing to industry, academics, and society today. Former Union Finance and Industry Minister Bharat Ratna, Late Shri C Subramaniam, was instrumental in setting up this B School. He was motivated by starting a School of Excellence in Management that would be organically linked with an industrial complex. He believed that just as a medical school needed to be attached to a hospital to be effective as a teaching institution, a Management School likewise had to be linked with industry. Accordingly, the institute was set up in collaboration with BHEL within its sprawling Tiruchirappalli campus. In addition to its graduate program, BIM has a strong focus on research and has established multiple centers of excellence, including the Operations Excellence Centre, Financial Trading and Analytics Centre (FINTRAC) with Bloomberg terminals, Real-Time Contextual Marketing Labs, and Centre for Sustainable Development to advance contemporary management practices (www.bim.edu).
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