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Page 1 of 4 Raja Kothandaraman Trainer / Faculty for Tourism & Hospitality Management Mobile: +91 8754397095 Email: raja.kth@gmail.com Address: 21/18 Kamban Nagar, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Professional Summary Dedicated Hospitality professional with a strong work ethic and commitment to excel in teaching and developing training programs & strategies that could build a strong team and cultivate positive environment within the organization. Eminent in providing feedback on training assessments, participant behavior, and overall effectiveness of each training session. Key Skills  Managing organization’s business through optimum utilization of the available resources.  Evaluating the effectiveness of academic programs and establishing ways for improvement.  Planning, developing, providing training and development programs through classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.  Developing and organizing training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.  Ability to anticipate, prepare, respond and adapt to sudden and incremental changes in the organization. Qualifications  Masters in Tourism & Hospitality Management Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.  Bachelors in Hotel Management & Catering Technology SRM University, Chennai, India.  FSSC 22000 (Auditor/Lead Auditor) Food safety Management system (Auditor/Lead Auditor) SGS Global. UK.  Food Hygiene & Safety, Licensing in Hospitality, HACCP, COSHH, Conflict management, Fire safety. NHS Scotland, UK.  Food Hygiene (level 2) The Royal environmental health institute of Scotland, UK. Area of Expertise  Quality Audit  Strategic alliances  Potential partnerships  Consulting  Digital media management  Cross Learning activities  Documentation  Standard compliances  Hospitality standards  Placements training's  Curriculum and content development  Designing Training Programs  Effective study plan To view My LinkedIn Profile Page 2 of 4 Work History Jain University (inurture Education pvt ltd.), Bangalore, India. June 2018 – June 2020 Senior Faculty for Tourism & Hospitality management Job description:  Delivering subject in ways to maximize students learning experience by using current technology and updating students with industry trends  Developing instructional materials in accordance with course objectives and to meet diverse students’ needs  Conducting industry-based training to communicate subject matters to students  Encouraging students to actively participate in the classroom activities and group projects  Evaluating student’s performance fairly and consistently through marking program, practical sessions, fieldwork and examinations and providing appropriate feedback to students.  Updating the course syllabi in a timely manner  Maintaining all the academic and student records for Audit.  Contributing to program and division curriculum development processes.  Coordinating with administrative duties in areas such as admissions, time-tabling, examinations, assessment of progress & student attendance  Supporting Head of Department and other programme leaders in the department to manage the ongoing strategic development of programmes. Project:  Program Accreditation – Institute of Hospitality, UK. British Applied College, Umm Al Quwain, UAE Dec 2017 – April 2018 Academic Manager and Faculty for Tourism and Hospitality Management Job description:  To develop the study plan based on Pearson’s requirements for Engineering, Hospitality & Business  To Coordinate with Pearson for other HND applications  To conduct orientation training for academic staff members on BTEC practices for better course delivery  To ensure that all our academic faculties are maintaining the standards. In addition, documenting the materials such as teaching aids, assessments, grades and feedback from the students.  To prepare periodical plans for Units, assessments and teaching sessions  To deliver the course by applied teaching methodologies  To develop the new training programs which is in demand in the market, including the revenue plan  To support the marketing team in conducting presentation for student’s recruitment and meeting HOD’s, Admission manager in schools  Applying new strategies in the marketing plan to support the business development  Highly involved in the recruitment process of new faculties. Project:  Program Accreditation – Pearson qualifications (HNC & HND), UK. European International College, Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 2015 – Dec 2017 Trainer/Faculty for Tourism & Hospitality Management Job description:  Delivering high quality teaching across a range of Hospitality and Catering courses.  Organizing external activities and visits to ensure diversity of approach within the learning program.  Contributing to the delivery, tracking and monitoring of functional skill performances among students of Hospitality and Catering department. Page 3 of 4  Offering career guidance to the students towards their progression to either Higher Education or employment.  Contributing to the development and continual improvement of courses, coordinating effectively with both staff and students.  Inviting regular feedback from students through questionnaires, group discussions and course reviews to facilitate continuous improvement.  Active Participation in committee meetings & work towards committee’s goal.  Participating in development, implementation, and maintenance of academic quality assurance. Projects:  Reaccreditation process – ADEK (Department of Education and Knowledge)  Relicensing Process – CAA (Commission for Academic Accreditation)  Licensing & Accreditation – ACTVET (Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training)  Developed a Strategic Master Plan for Resource management  Incorporated various business simulation programs  Social media Management Committees:  Curriculum committee  Partnership & Out-reach program  Registration & Graduation committee Partner holdings LLP, Chennai, India. August 2013 – June 2015 Assistant Manager for Training & Quality Audit Job description: Training  To understand client’s requirement and prepare Training Module.  To ensure compliance of Training Modules with Client’s policies.  To conduct training by demonstrations, classroom training, on-the-job training and workshops.  To conduct job evaluation survey before and after training session.  To monitor the effectiveness of training based on review.  To analyze new training programs and to modify existing programs.  To drive the values and philosophy of organization and ensures all training and development activities are strategically focused to the organization’s mission and vision.  To Review and evaluate the training programs are in compliance with government standards. Job description: Auditing  Foremost responsibility is to audit all Hospitality operations based on client’s requirements  To audit whether current practices are in compliance with standards.  Ensure compliance with all quality standards, including SOPs, GMP, HACCP and ISO22000.  To Prepare report on audit findings  To make recommendations for improving policies and procedures  Participate and contribute to continuous improvement.  In addition, consulting and preparing SOPs, documentation, manuals, staffing, regulations & procedures for new organization. Page 4 of 4 Participations  European International College – workshop on Management simulation program.  Jain University – International conference on Happiness in higher education for excellence and holistic development  Ramaiah Institute of Management – webinar series on Mindfulness in Leadership.  SRM arts and science college – Exploring Swayam NPTEL & Other Online Learning Platforms.  Jayawant Institute of Management Studies – National level webinar on Emerging Trends in Business Analysis.  Sri krishnasamy Arts & Science College - National webinar on Essential Skills & Qualities of Teachers  Amal College of Advanced Studies – National webinar on Teaching Aptitude & Employability Skills for Hospitality Teachers  Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College. - Webinar on Ethical Tourism & Heritage Management  Noorul Islam Center for higher education in association with IQAC-NICHE - Webinar on NAAC The New Format- A Paradigm Shift  EBSCO - webinar on Evolution of Discovery/ EBSCO information services - Strategies & Tips for Organizing a Virtual Learning Environment.  ICFAI university – Sikkim on Hospitality & Tourism Education and Training: Post Covid-19 Perspectives.  Sirius Training and Certifications – participation on World Food Safety Day Competition.  Ramaiah Institute of Management – webinar on Employee Engagement Health & Safety Training History:  EIC (Health authority of Abu Dhabi) – Training on Heart saver first aid, CPR, AED  NHS Scotland – Health & safety, Practical First aid, Firefighting and Smoke Evacuation, Personal hygiene, Personnel management, Manual handling, Technical skills, Fire safety Computer Proficiency  Software: Hospitality management software’s (HOTS - UK, EVENTS AIR – Australia, OPERA, RMS, & BUSINESS SIMULATION PROGRAMs)  Basic IT Support: Software & Hardware  Advance: MS Office – (MS Project, MS Visio, MS Access, MS Excel MS Power point & MS Word) Additional Information  In 2006, presented a seminar on “Development in Hotel Industry” at SRM Chennai, India.  In 2005 survey about “Menu card in Tamil Nadu” at across star hotels in Tamil Nadu, India  In 2004 Undergone a ‘3 days’ National conference – Food tourism: Culinary art at Hyderabad, India  Awarded as Best employee of the year 2010 (NHS Forth Valley)  Awarded as Best Quick Learner 2011 (NHS Lothian).  UK & UAE Driving License – No Black points. Hobbies / Interests Driving, Riding, Cooking, Carving and listening music. References available on request