Dr. Jayasankar Prasad

Dr Jayasankar Prasad C (Dr Jay), is a management professional with close to 3 decades of experience in organisation leadership, policy formulation, project consulting, and implementation. He has managed senior management portfolios in both government and private organisations. He currently serves as the Director of DCSMAT Institutions and is also the Honorary Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the International Center for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), as well as a Mentor for the Additional Skill Acquisition Program. He is actively associated with the skilling and startup ecosystems and acts as a mentor to a few startups.

Education: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Trivandrum , MBA in Business Administration from IMK University of Kerala and Management and PhD in Management from University of Kerala and MDP from IIM Kozhikode

Work Experience: has handled the roles like MD KSITIL and KFON ltd, Director ICFOSS, Project Director Hardware Mission, CEO Trest Research Park  , CEO Kerala Startup Mission , Director Kerala state IT Mission , Special Officer  Industrial Development Zones, ICT Academy of Kerala and IIT Kottayam, COO Vizhinjam Seaport Limited, VP , Infrastructures Kerala Limited,  Corporate Manager L&D/RO/Qm  Tata Consultancy limited, VP projects at ICICI Kinfra ltd, Asst manager PPC at AVT McCormick limited and District manager Bongeigaon, Assam at Food corporation of India

Area of Interest: Policy and Strategic Management ,consulting and Project management , Technology and People

Research Interest: Information Technology and Education Industry, Innovation and Technology adoption