SANDEEP K.

KRISHNAN
MALE, 25 YRS

CAREER PLAN
• I am looking forward for a role in the human resource management in the software services sector that can
help in utilize the skills I have earned at IIM Ahmedabad. My broad areas of career interests are Human
Resource Management and Organization Development.
BRIEF PROFILE
• Have undergone considerable exposure in marketing, strategy, finance, and information systems apart from
indepth study in the field of human resource management.
• Interacted and collaborated extensively with managers having significant industry experience.
• Have 12 publications as journal articles, book chapters and cases with reputed publishers.
• Have considerable consulting, teaching and project experience.
PROGRAMME THESIS OUTLINE
• Determinants and outcomes of intention to quit of Indian IT professionals [under progress]
o Addresses the issue of attrition by assessing the determinants and outcomes of intention to quit.
o Study based on a survey of 12 major IT organizations and more than 1000 software engineers.
• To be presented at the peer reviewed conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, USA.
LIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Texas Instruments India, Bangalore
o Case study on effective strategic human resource management. Conducted an indepth assessment of
the working of the HR department at TI and analysed the strategic linkage of HRM [Study with Prof
Manjari Singh].
o Project based paper selected for the annual conference of the Irish Academy of Management,
Dublin, Ireland and invited for a publication.
o Case used for teaching purposes at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
• Infosys Technologies India, Bangalore
o Case study and evaluation of ‘Instep Program’ – The global internship program of Infosys
Technologies.
o Published with Business Strategy Review (London Business School)
• Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board, Govt of Kerala.
o Worked as a summer intern from 10/04/2003 to 09/06/2003. Was involved in the preparation of a
“Results Based Management Framework” for the execution of a USD 125 M project on State
Level Public Enterprise (SLPE) reforms.This programme was supported by the Asian
Development Bank and Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, New Delhi.
o Was involved in the development of the Social Safety Net Schemes and developed a deputation
policy for inter PSU transfers of the employees under deputation.
• Implementations issues in Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
o Studied HRIS implementation issues of nine organizations. Data collected from detailed interviews
with senior HR managers were used to understand the critical issues in the planning, implementation
and post implementation review of HRIS.
• Gender issues in Information Technology Sector
o Assessed the discrimination of sotware engineers based on gender on critical dimensions. Data was
collected from five major IT organizations.
• Corporate brand image and its antecedents
o Study is an empirical investigation of corporate brand image and its impact on one stakeholder
group made up of prospective employees.
o Paper selected for presentation at the IIMA- Goizueta international conference on “Return on
Marketing Investments”
• Case on sustainability of an entrepreneurial venture
o Developed a case titled “Endeavoring to build a sustarinable enterprise: Endeavor Careers Private Limited”
 o Case under review with “oikos sustainability case writing competition 2006”, Switzerland.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
• Ushus Technologies Ltd, Technopark, Trivandrum,Kerala.
o Developed competency based management framework for human resource management.
• Precidose Pumps Private Ltd, Ahmedabad (Member, Team of Three)
o Provided solutions for HR related issues at Precidose Pumps. The assignment enabled evaluation,
diagnosis and intervention of management issues in a small scale enterprise. HR systems for the
organizations were developed and a hands on approach was taken for implementing the same.
• Divya Bhaskar (Member, Team of Three)
o Provided market development strategies for Divya Bhaskar – the #2 vernacular newspaper in
Gujarat. Proposed Branding strategies that were well received and accepted as a lead point for
marketing initiatives. Changes suggested in the positioning strategy were responsible for a
perceptional change amongst advertising agencies and customer segments.
• Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board, Government of Kerala
o Involved as a resource person in strategy/HR issues of the consulting wing of the Public Sector
Restructuring and Internal Audit Board.
ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE
• www.iimcatwalk.com
o Part of a three member partnership venture “Vision Consultants”.
o The website was designed as a credible source of information on MBA degree course and the
Common Aptitutde Test (CAT).
o Since launch in 16 May, 2005 it has attracted more than 100000 hits and has a hit rate of more than
1000 per day. Favorable reviews of the website appeared in The Hindu Businessline, Readers
Digest, Aaj Tak, Indian Express, and Career Economy Magazine.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
o Krishnan, Sandeep K., & Singh, Manjari – Winter 2005 – “InStep with Infosys” – Business Strategy
Review (London Business School Publishing)
o Krishnan, Sandeep K., Gurunathan,L., and Pasupathy, V. (2004). Fostering corporate entrepreneurship:
Exploring four enabling structural forms and aligning human resource management processes. Esade MBA
Review – Selected as one of the top ten entries world wide.
o Published in Vikalpa and authored two IIM Ahmedabad working papers.
Book Chapters
o Krishnan, Sandeep K. & Varkkey, Biju. (2004). Nurturing Fast Track Leadership- A Concept Paper, In Jain,
Uma., Pareek, Udai., & Shukla, Madhukar. (Eds). – With Macmillan (India)
o Coauthored bookchapters on cross cultural management (Excel books), Corporate social responsibility and
emerging markets (Excel books) and Strategic HR department (Kogan page, London)
Popular Magazines
o Authored articles in Human Capital on mergers and acquisitions, whistleblowing, and work-life balance.
o Associate –Coolavenues.com, Website on management related issues. – Authored two articles.

EDUCATION

Fellow Programme in Management 2002- IIM Ahmedabad

Personnel and Industrial Relations
Bachelor of Technology,
Mechanical Engineering
Pre-Degree
Class X
1997-‘01 College of Engineering,Trivandrum
University of Kerala
1997 St.Josephs College,Calicut
1995 St.Pauls High School,Tenhippalam
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Conferences
• Participated and presented a paper on CSR in emerging markets at the IIMK-NASMEI International
conference on emerging markets at IIM Kozhikode – December 2004.
• Krishnan, Sandeep K. & Varkkey, Biju. (2004) – Nurturing Fast Track Leadership – A Concept Paper,
presented at the annual conference of Academy of HRD
• Krishnan, Sandeep K. and Pasupathy, Vijay – “ An empirical assessment of managing attrition in BPO
sector- Exploring the critical attrition factors, HR interventions and Strategic relevance of HRM” – Paper
based on empirical study. Selected for presentation at “NICOM 2005” – The international conference at
Nirma University based on “ competitive advantage through people”.
• Presented a paper titled “ A Study of Intention to Quit of Indian IT Professionals” – Anvesh – Doctoral
conference of Nirma Institute of Management.
• Second Runners -up, at the 13th Business School Affaire, a national level research paper contest, for the
entry titled “Exploring the retail possibility in rural India – The enablers, deterrents and strategies for
entry” – Team of 3
Student Events
• Coauthored a paper titled “Role of HR as a business partner-An assessment with special reference to the
BPO sector”-Selected for presentation at Business Excellence Awards, 2004 – XIM Bhubaneswar
• Coauthored paper on the theme “ Innovations in organizations – Proactive or Reactive”- Finalist IIT B
Avenues 2004- The annual festival of IIT SJMSOM.
• Finalist, IIM Ahmedabad – “Mera Gaon Mera Desh” – ITC’s international business plan contest – Team of
3.
• Finalist – IIMB Vista, Manifestations – The paper presentation contest , Area - Strategy
• Finalist – XLRI – Assembly Extreme – The flagship event of XLRI , Ensemble 2004 (Team of 3)
Others
• Taught full time MBA courses in organization development and organizational behavior at Nirma Institute
of Management and Indian Institute of Modern Management with excellent feedback.
• Successfully completed the course on “Transparency in Infrastructure Concessions” conducted by World
Bank Institute
• Selected by iNautix Technologies (Software wing of Pershing LLC, subsidiary of The Bank of New York), Chennai as
Programmer Analyst Trainee during campus placement at College of Engineering, Trivandrum .
• National Merit Scholarship Awardee(Awarded by Govt of India,1995)
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Packages-MS-Office , SPSS, Basics of AMOS, SAS, and basics of programming languages.
SELECTED ACADEMIC PROJECTS AT IIM AHMEDABAD
• Employee issues in disinvestment- Holistic view of employee issues in disinvestments across countries with
a case study of Modern Foods India Limited . (Human Resource Management)
• An assessment of strategic direction of Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Strategy Formulation and Implementation)
• Human Resource Management issues in the implementation of Total Quality Management Initiatives.
(Strategic Human Resource Management)
• Evaluation of the relaunch of New Surf Excel – A live project done for the Hindustan Lever Limited.
• Buyer behaviour analysis –Study of consumer buying behavior of consumer durables – Specific product
analysis- refrigerators in Indian market. (Marketing)
• Communication strategy- Comparison of marketing communication strategy of Whirlpool and BPL during
the period 1995- 2002. (Marketing)
• Management Information Systems- Development of a Sales and Distribution information system for a small
scale pharmaceutical company. (Management Information Systems)
• Positioning of soft drinks amongst the customers . (Statistical methods in data analysis)
 • Sales and Distribution- Study of distribution strategy of Amway India (Marketing)
• Developed concept papers as part of course requirements on Competency Based Management, Balanced
Scorecard, Human Resource Information Systems, Career Management, E-Learning, Downsizing and
Strategic HR, IR – Trade unionism, politics and employee relations, legal context and employee relations,
WTO and labour, Technology and labour and turnaround management. (Human Resource Management)
• Strategic human resource management – Study of strategic human resource management in the low cost
airline industry – Case of Southwest Airlines and understanding the concept of fit in strategic human
resource management – Comprehensive examination submission as part of course requirement.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Student Representative (Elected) – Fellow Programme (2004-2005) & (2005-2006)
• Member FPM Executive Committee – (2003-04) & (2004-05).
• Co ordinator –“Prakriti” (Nominated) - The Nature Club of IIM,Ahmedabad (2003-2004).
• Member, students affairs council (SAC) of IIM, Ahmedabad (2003-2004)
• Moderator of a HR group – hr_students (under the yahoogroups domain and with a membership base of
350)
• Organised a South India level technical paper presentation contest-“Fountain Head -2001” at College of
Engineering,Trivandrum.
• Editor, placement magazine of the Mechanical Association , College of Engineering -“Insight”.

OTHER INFORMATION/INTERESTS

• Professional Association – Academy of Management.

• Hobbies include reading magazines, blogging and solving “The Hindu” Crossword.
• Avid interest in Yoga.

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