DR. A. BESANT C. RAJ is a well-known and respected
Management and Financial consultant in India and abroad. He is an MBA from the Indian
Institute of Management Ahmedabad (first batch). He also holds a doctoral degree
in Business Administration, specializing in Financial Management from the Harvard
Business School, Harvard University, USA. He has a Master's degree in Philosophy
from Madras University and a Master's degree in Psychology from Banaras Hindu University.
After a distinguished teaching career, which includes his tenure as the Director
of Studies at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, Dr. Raj founded
the Management Consultancy Company, Besant Raj International Ltd (BRIL), at Chennai
in 1979 with his wife.
Dr. Raj is the founder and former Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Financial
Analysts of India (ICFAI), Hyderabad. He is on several corporate boards and till
recently was on the board of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). He is
closely associated with several educational institutions like the Jawaharlal Nehru
Institute of Development Banking of IDBI and was the Chancellor of the ICFAI University
Dehradun, Uttaranchal. He is currently the Chairman of the board of The Madras Christian
College, Tambaram, Chennai. He is also on the boards of Ispat Industries Ltd., Henkel
India Ltd., Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd., SPEL Semi Conductor Ltd.
Dr. Raj has carried out several prestigious International and National consultancy
assignments, which include clients such as The Ford Foundation, New York; The Common
Wealth Fund for Technical Co-operation, London; The Economic Development Institute
of the World Bank and the Iraq National Oil Company.
Dr. Raj was a member of the Panel of Judges to evaluate the performance of integrated
Steel plants in India, for the Prime Minister's Award for the year 2000 -
2001. He was also a member of an Expert Committee appointed by the Tamil
Nadu Government to evaluate the working of the State Level Public Enterprises in
Tamil Nadu.
Some of the important publications of Dr. A.Besant.C.Raj include:
- Public Enterprise Investment Decisions in India: A Managerial Analysis, Macmillian
1977, Reprinted 1978.
- Corporate Financial Management: An Introduction, Tata McGraw Hill publishing
company Ltd., 1978.Reprinted 1989, Second Edition 1991. Reprinted 1992. 1994 (Twelfth
Reprint), Third Revised and enlarged Edition, 2003.
- Unravelling the China Miracle-A comparative study with India (1950-2005),
Book Surge Publishing-an Amazon.com Company, USA, 2006.