Who are our fellows, and what do they do?
CAGH is very fortunate to have highly qualified individuals from around the world who are willing to support it by sharing knowledge and expertise for mentoring students/associates working with us on projects. They are a valuable resource and collectively represent a repository of knowledge that is likely to be unmatched in India. We feel privileged to recognize them as fellows. CAGH fellows are not only experienced academicians but also researchers, inventors, business managers, entrepreneurs and authors. Some are also SAGH members. The following list, in alphabetical order will introduce you to our current fellows:
Palatty, Babu Urumese
Babu Palatty is currently Professor and Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur. He has previously served as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India and Medical Director of Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services, Kottayam India. He took his basic medical degree from Calicut University and postgraduate degree in Internal Medicine from Sambalpur University. His particular area of expertise is in various forms of resuscitation involving basic and advanced life support. Babu has performed research as Principal Investigator funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research relating to road accidents. He is a Course Director for the American College of Surgeons’ Advanced trauma life support (ATLS) program, and has served as regional faculty for the American Heart Association. Babu is a PhD Guide, Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) in the Faculty of Medicine. He is a Member, Postgraduate Board of Studies in Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai; Member, Board of Trustees, Lissie Medical Institutions, Ernakulam. Babu is a member of the Executive Committee for SAGH.
Vithayathil, Biju
Biju Vithayathil holds a B Tech in Instrumentation and Control Engg from the University of Calicut, Palghat and an MBA from IIM-Bangalore. He has worked with many large corporations in the public as well as in the private sectors: Xerox Corporation, BHEL – Industrial Systems Group, FACT – Petrochemicals Division, Crompton Greaves, Ion Exchange Finance Ltd, and Reliance Industries Ltd. He has taught in Rajagiri School of Management, DC school of Management, ICFAI Business School and Amity Global Business School. Biju has been involved with start up projects and has built businesses.
His specialization is to kick start projects and then streamline their operations. This approach dates back to his days as an engineer where he was involved with the commissioning of the multi crore Caprolactum Plant. The saga continued in Crompton Greaves where he was key in building up an industrial lighting business for Crompton Greaves in Tamil Nadu. He joined Reliance Retail in 2006 and later became the business head of Reliance Fresh for Kerala. He opened up 30 stores and created challenging targets for operational parameters, many of which later became benchmarks for stores in the rest of India.
In 2009 he joined Amity University, and set up the business school at Kochi as it's first employee. Amity Global Business School has grown into a student body of 150 and is the top ranked business school in Kochi. Biju also consults with leading business groups in Kerala and the Middle East, in areas related to desalination, pharmaceuticals and furniture retail. He is a member of the Executive Committee for SAGH.
His specialization is to kick start projects and then streamline their operations. This approach dates back to his days as an engineer where he was involved with the commissioning of the multi crore Caprolactum Plant. The saga continued in Crompton Greaves where he was key in building up an industrial lighting business for Crompton Greaves in Tamil Nadu. He joined Reliance Retail in 2006 and later became the business head of Reliance Fresh for Kerala. He opened up 30 stores and created challenging targets for operational parameters, many of which later became benchmarks for stores in the rest of India.
In 2009 he joined Amity University, and set up the business school at Kochi as it's first employee. Amity Global Business School has grown into a student body of 150 and is the top ranked business school in Kochi. Biju also consults with leading business groups in Kerala and the Middle East, in areas related to desalination, pharmaceuticals and furniture retail. He is a member of the Executive Committee for SAGH.