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Ganesaraman

Dr. Ganesaraman K

Professor of Practice

Dr. Ganesaraman Kalyanasundaram is the Vice President and head of Global Internal Audit at [24]7.ai and their CSR trustee. He is a Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Management & Commerce at M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2021). His Ph.D. thesis was on ​“Tech Startup Failures in India: Causal Attributes, Life Expectancy, and Exits” from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore (2021).

He is a qualified cost and management accountant from the ICWAI Institute (2013), a triple gold medalist in PGDBA from LIBA (2001), and an engineering gold medalist from Bharathidasan University (1996). He has earlier worked at GE Healthcare, Visteon, and Lucas TVS.

Qualifications

  • BE

    Bharathidasan University

  • PGDCA

    SSI

  • PGDBA

    LIBA

  • CMA

    ICWA

  • PhD (Management)

    IISc

Experience

Academic Experience: 1 year

  • MSRUAS, Professor of Practice — FMC Jan’22 – now

Industry Experience:

  • 24]7.ai Jul’06 – now- VP & Head – Global Internal audit
  • VP – Information Systems, AVP – Global Finance, GM – Corporate Quality GE Healthcare Mar’01 – Jul’06- Black Belt, Quality Leader, Production Enginee
  • Visteon- Dec’99 – Feb’01 Mfrg Engineer
  • Lucas TVS Jun’96 – Nov’99- Design & Dev Engineer

Training Experience

  • GE Certified Black Belt
  • Adv. MBB Trained at GE
  • Certified Lead Auditor

Start Ups, operations management

International Conference Papers

  • May 2017 JSPS & ICSSR at IISc, Bangalore ​“Start up Failure: Stakeholders Perspective – 360 Degree view”
  • Aug 2018 ICSSR & JSPS at Toyohashi University, Japan ” Startup Failure: Perspective from US, UK, and India ”
  • Jan 2020 Druid Academy, SDU, Odense, Denmark, ​“Tech Start-up Failures in India: An Analysis of Causal Factors and Attributes”
  • Sep 2020 ASIP, Seoul, ​“Why do tech startups fail in India? : An empirical exposure” — Best student paper award
  • Jan 2021 IAM, Japan, ​“Exit Typology of Tech Startups in India: Multiple Dimensions and Influencers of Exit”
  • Feb 2021 SBI, USA, ​“What attributes determine the speed of startup failure over its lifecycle? An empirical inquiry in India”
  • Mar 2021 IEOM, Singapore, ​“Tech Startup Failure in India: Do Lifecycle Stages Matter?” 

International Journal Papers

  • Kalyanasundaram, G. (2018) ​‘Why Do Startups Fail? A Case Study Based Empirical Analysis in Bangalore’, Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy, 7(1), pp. 79 – 102. doi: 10.7545/ajip.2018.7.1.079
  • Kalyanasundaram, G., Ramachandrula, S., and Bala Subrahmanya, MH. (2020) ​‘Successful vs. Failed Tech Start-ups in India: What Are the Distinctive Features?’, Asian Journal of Innovation & Policy, 9(3), pp. 308 – 338. doi: 10.7545/ajip.2020.9.3.308
  • Bala Subrahmanya, MH., and Kalyanasundaram, G. (2021) ​‘The Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on Indian SMEs: Causes, Dimensions and Implications’, Aarthika Charche, FPI Journal of Economics & Governance, 6(1), pp. 19 – 32
  • Kalyanasundaram, G., Ramachandrula, S. and Mungila Hillemane, B.S. (2021), ​“The life expectancy of tech start-ups in India: what attributes impact tech start-ups’ failures?”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 27 No. 8, pp. 2050 – 2078. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​8​/​I​JEBR-…
  • Ganesaraman, K., Bala Subrahmanya, M.H. How Conflicts Cause Technology Startups to Fail in India? An Empirical Analysis. JGBC 17, 40 – 52 (2022). https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7​/​s​42943…

  • Topped 3 papers at Bangalore chapter CMA-ICWAI
  • Topper, Best Outgoing Student, Triple Gold Medalist- PGDBA
  • BE- University Topper, Gold Medalist