Dr. Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi

Dr. Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi is a renowned expert on sustainable development, with over 30 years of experience in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria, where he served in various capacities and eventually retired as the principal adviser to the Director General of the UNIDO. After his retirement from the UN, he worked as a senior research fellow at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He also served as the Director of Cardinal Cleemis School of Management, Trivandrum. Currently, he is the principal adviser to the Knowledge Management Associates, Vienna, Austria, and the chairman of the Experience Foundation. He continues to serve as a lead consultant for various UN Agencies. He has to his credit several degrees (M.A., M.Phil., D.H.Ed., Ph.D.) with distinctions. He has authored several journal articles, books and reports, highlighting the changing patterns of sustainable development, with a focus on economic efciency, ecological compliance and social inclusion. His recent books include Myths and Realities of East Asian Model of Development, India’s Time, Rethinking Development Realities, Intervene to Industrialise, and In Joy and Sorrow. Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi won several distinctions and awards. He has won the coveted Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar Gold Medal from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, India, for being the best outgoing student of M.A. Economics in 1969. He was awarded twice the UNIDO Director General’s Award for outstanding performance and professional excellence. At the frst World Tamil Economic Conference, he was given the international Award, the Tamil Crown Jewel of the world. The Vienna-based Kerala Community gave him a life-time achievement award as a great scholar and gentle helper. A similar life-time achievement Award for professional excellence was given to him by the management of Pioneer Kumarasamy College, Nagercoil, where he started his career as a lecturer in 1970. He is also the recipient of the Global Excellence Award given by the Global Indian Association. In 2017, he was given the Dynamic Indian of the Millennium Award by the K G Foundation. He teaches an elective course titled “Business Futurology” at leading Business Schools