Biography

Dr. F. R. Alexander Pravin Durai Pravin Durai is Vice-Principal (Academic) and Head, Department of Commerce Honours at St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli. He is also the Director of Pondicherry University - St. Joseph's College MBA Twinning programme of 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 an Accreditation Ambassador (AA) under UGC scheme of PARAMARSH and also 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 PhD in organizational behaviour. In his teaching career spanning thirty years, Professor Durai has guided the research conducted by nineteen doctoral and over 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 has authored books on Human Resource Management, 3e and Principles of Management 2e for Pearson Education. He attended a two-week immersion programme on the Fundamentals of American Higher Education at Concordia College, New York, USA on invitation. He also attended the Jesuit Congress at Boston from 1st August to 6th august, 2022. He has vast experience in conducting government sponsored training workshops for young entrepreneurs of Tamil Nadu.