About the Author

Pravin Durai is Director, Pondicherry University - St. Joseph’s College MBA Twinning Programme at St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli. He was earlier the Dean of School of Management Studies of St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli. At present, he is a member of the Board of Studies for M.Com. courses at Bharathidasan University. He was a visiting faculty at the Tiruchirappalli Branch of the Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for over a decade. Dr Durai holds master’s degree in commerce and business administration and a Ph.D. in organizational behaviour.

In his teaching career spanning over twenty eight years, Professor Durai has guided the research conducted by ten doctoral and 45 M.Phil. scholars. He has also published many articles and case studies in reputed journals and carried out UGC funded research projects on HR and ethical practices of manufacturing firms across Tamil Nadu. Dr Durai is the author of Human Resource Management published by Pearson Education, the first edition in 2010 and the second in 2016. He attended a two-week immersion programme on the Fundamentals of American Higher Education at Concordia College, New York, USA on invitation. He has vast experience in conducting government sponsored training workshops for young entrepreneurs of Tamil Nadu.