About the Author

K. Alex is an associate professor of commerce, St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. He has 20 years of experience in the field of higher education, teaching various subjects related to commerce. Presently, he is serving as the Head, Department of Commerce Computer Application.

Alex obtained his master's degree from Loyola College, Chennai, and doctorate from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. Besides teaching and research activities, he is also involved in administrative and advisory roles and training and development activities of corporate houses like BHEL, Tiruchirappalli, SBI Learning Centre, Rane Industries and Sanmar Industries.

Alex is also a soft skills trainer on all India basis and has also authored a book on Soft Skills. Trained by Haggai Institute, the USA; Scope International, Chennai; e2e—an ISO Company, Bangalore; ELCOT, Chennai and BUTP and CII, Tiruchirapalli, he has been actively involved in training college students and corporate personnel for over a decade.

He has developed and conducted workshops on topics like Budget Preparations, Cost Benefit Analysis, Inventory Management, Inter-personal Relationship, Developing Positive Attitude, Team Building Process, Mock Interviews, Stress Management, Time Management, Creativity and Lateral Thinking and Effective Communication Programmes.

He has carved a niche for himself in the field of training among colleges and corporate houses. Besides, the author is an ardent sports lover, and being a university basketball player, he closely observes sports and games.