Mr. D.N.S. Siva Kumar

Director (Administration & Institution Building)
Mr. D.N.S. Siva Kumar has his Masters degrees in Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Human Resources Management and Masters in Arts with specialisation in Public Administration. He pursued his Masters in Philosophy in Development Studies, with a dissertation in the area of ‘Peoples Participation in Development Programmes’.

Previously, He worked for M/s Banyan Tree Realty Services Private Limited and actively coordinated the University project of Sai RAM Trust, until he joined the Sai RAM Trust as the Director (Administration & Institution Building).

He earlier worked for three years at Gujarat National Law University as an Administrative Officer (Academic Affairs) and Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor. He was associated in building up the University right from its inception. He effectively looked after Academic and General Administration and assisted the Vice Chancellor in coordinating various meetings of the Governing bodies Chaired by distinguished persons like the Chief Justice of India and Globally renowned Academicians from several Universities. He was actively involved in Policy formulation, drafting of rules and regulations and coordinated various Academic & Administrative Committees as an Ex Officio Secretary of these Committees.

Mr. Siva Kumar had also served in the Indian Air Force for a period of 19 years in various areas of Administration and Telecommunications. As an ex service personnel, he demonstrated exemplary commitment to work, sincerity and goal oriented.

He has a good exposure and acumen to Research and Teaching too. He attained a teaching experience of over 10 years for the MBA (Part time) students at Indira Gandhi National Open University and about three years full time teaching for the students of Integrated LLB Programmes at Gujarat National Law University. He is actively involved in guiding various research projects of students of various disciplines of Management. He worked as a Project Director and Research Officer in few research projects and rendered Research Assistance for 15 research projects. He guided 4 projects as a Project Guide.

At Sai RAM Trust, Mr. Siva Kumar looks after all the Administrative needs of the Trust in establishment of the University. He coordinates the Institution and Brand building Initiatives by the Trust. He was specially invited to address the Toppers of 10th Standard of the State of Gujarat on behalf of the Trust, Participants of State level Physics Teachers Association, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), NIS SPARTA Academy and many other Academic Institutions.

He voluntarily conducted various teaching Programmes in remote & rural higher secondary schools and conducted special training sessions on development of employability skills amongst the young Graduates and Post Graduates. He presently teaches the students of MBA at NIS SPARTA, Ahmedabad as a visiting Associate Professor.

Mr. Siva Kumar has been instrumental in establishment of our unique finishing school – ‘Sai RAM Centre for Advanced Diploma Studies and Research’ (CADSR). He designed various short term training Programmes for this finishing school, the first of its kind in Ahmedabad.

As a part of the research initiatives, he successfully completed a research survey on ‘HR Needs of the Biotechnology Industries in Gujarat, in the capacity of Principal Investigator for the Project.

He also performed a Gap Analysis study of Industry’s HR Needs and Academic outcomes from various Universities across Gujarat. The findings of the study are submitted to the Government of Gujarat. The recommendations made by him were highly appreciated by the Academic & Industry Experts and Government officials.

His areas of interest are – Value based Education, Research in diverse fields, Motivational Training, 360 Degrees Feedback & behavioral change, Human Resource Development Initiatives and commited Academic & Personnel Administration.