Dr Sureshramana Mayya has been appointed as Dean at Poornaprajna Institute of Management. He has taken over the charge on 1st August 2018. Before joining the PG Centre, he worked as Director of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Commerce at Govinda Dasa College, Suratkal.
Dr Sureshramana Mayya hails from Heroor, Kasaragod District. He completed his BBM in 1980 from Poornaprajna College, Udupi with First Class. He completed his M. Com in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Mangalore University, M.Phil. with Distinction (1996), PhD (2003) from Mangalore University under the guidance of Dr. Yashavantha Dongre. He also obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (1998), Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing, MBA in Marketing from IGNOU (2010)
Dr Mayya joined Bhandarkars’ College, Kundapura during July 1982 and joined SDM College, Honavar on tenured basis during November 1982 and continued there till 1988, when he sought to transfer to Vijaya College, Mulki and continued in Vijaya College, Mulki in various academic and administrative positions of the College. Later during 1993, he was transferred to MGM College, Udupi, where he served as Reader in Commerce, Associate Professor of Commerce, Director of B.Com Vocational Course, NSS Officer, Student Welfare Officer, NAAC Coordinator and Head, Department of Commerce and in various other capacities.
He has completed 35 years of experience in the teaching and research field. He has guided more than 25 candidates for their M.Phil Degree, and five of his candidates have already obtained PhD. At present, he has been guiding 6 PhD candidates. He has been the recognised PhD guide of Manipal University. He is also a member of the Doctoral Advisory Committee of Manipal University. He has more than 65 publications to his credit. He completed 5 major research projects financed by various research agencies like UGC, ICSSR, ICAI, DSIR, etc. Academically, he completed M.Com, M.Phil with distinction and PhD from Mangalore University, Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and MBA (Marketing) from IGNOU. He, in the capacity of Organizing Secretary, conducted a couple of National and State Level Seminars sponsored by NAAC, UGC and Government of Karnataka. He presented his research papers in more than 60 national conferences and several international conferences held in India and other countries like Bangkok, Melbourne, Japan, Philippines, Dubai, etc. He conducted a couple of workshop on Research Methodology, Leadership Development, Cooperatives, etc. He associated himself in almost all the activities of College like NSS, NCC, Student Welfare Activity, NAAC Coordinator, BOE, BOS, Website of the College, Digital Library of the College, Total Quality Management Activity of Government of Karnataka, and believes in the pursuit of effective use of social media for the teaching-learning enhancement. His interests lean towards workers’ cooperatives, integration of digital knowledge and classroom communication, environmental auditing, rural women and technology and third sector.