ICAS -  IMDR College of Advanced Studies

IMDR College of Advanced Studies (I-CAS)

The IMDR College of Advanced Studies (I-CAS) is a College established under the Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) and affiliated to the University of Kerala. I-CAS is led by a galaxy of eminent academicians and professionals with lots of experience in the field of Commerce and Management disciplines. The main objective of I-CAS is to offer quality education in Business Studies for undergraduate Programmes of the University of Kerala in accordance with the current trends in the world of business.

Type of the institution: Government Approved Registered Society
Nature of the institution: Arts and Science College.
Year of Establishment: 2019
Affiliation: University of Kerala
Website: www.icas-college.com
E Mail ID: imdrcollege19@gmail.com
Academic Tie-ups: International Skill Development Corporation (ISDC)
Publication: Management Researcher (Quarterly Research Journal)
Corporate Tie-ups: Bajaj Finserv Limited.

Vision

To be frontrunner in offering quality and world class education in the field of Business and Allied Studies and create industry ready students for employment and entrepreneurship.

Mission

  • To offer Courses with overall personality development of students.
  • To provide industry oriented exposure and experience.
  • To foster entrepreneurship and enable self actualisation among students.

Management

The College is managed by the Institute of Management Development and Research,(IMDR) which is a registered Charitable Organization (Reg. No.335/93) established in 1994 under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act 1993. The activities of the Institute (IMDR) are mainly concerned with the following:

  • Undertaking Seminars and Conferences under the auspices of the Institute and also in association with various outside agencies including State/ Central Government Organisations.
  • To promote education, research, training, publication and extension activities in Business and Management disciplines.
  • Providing Consultancy Services in Management, Project Preparation, DPR Preparation for academic institutions, entrepreneurship etc.
  • Undertaking marketing research and community outreach activities including Financial Library, Life Style Management, Rural initiatives in Hygiene, Medical Camps, etc.
  • Conducting feasibility studies for governmental and non-governmental agencies.
  • Conducting Training Programmes to the Personnel at the managerial level in various government/private sector undertakings.
  • Giving free education to women and socially and financially backward class students.
  • Research in Micro Enterprises, Entrepreneurship Development programmes etc.

Governing Board

President Prof (Dr) K.Sasikumar

Former Director and Dean, School of Business Management And Legal Studies, University of Kerala

Vice President Prof (Dr) C.V.Jayamani

Former Professor, School of Management Studies, CUSAT

Registrar Dr.V.Harikumar

Former Professor of Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi College,Thiruvananthapuram

Member-Finance Shri.Sreedharan Nair.K.P

Members Prof. Bhanumathy Amma G

Former Professor of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram.

Prof (Dr) K.P.Muraleedharan

Former Dean and Professor of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Calicut

Dr.M.Sivaraman

Former Director, Centre for Management Development, Government of Kerala

Dr.K.G.C.Nair

Former Professor and Head, Dept. Of Commerce, Mar Ivanious College

Dr.K. Sasidharan

Former Professor, TKM Institute of Management, Kollam

Dr.B. Chandrachoodan Nair

Former Chief, State Planning Board, Government of Kerala

Dr. Baiju Ramachandran

Company Secretary and Director, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Smt. Parvathy Jayamani

Former Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr. Ambika Devi R

Former Professor of Commerce, N.S.S.College, Nilamel.

Dr. V.S.Santhosh

Former Associate Professor and Head, Research Department of Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum.

Dr. S Nirmala Devi

Former Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Govt. Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram

Padmasree Dr. J Hareendran Nair

Managing Director, Pankajakasthuri Group of Enterprises, Thiruvananthapuram

Shri. Gopichand M C

Chief Manager, M/AM Audit, Mathrubhumi, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr. C. Venugopal

Retd. Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations Dept., Govt. of Kerala

Er Sanal Kumar S P

Former Senior System Analyst, Department of Future Studies, University of Kerala

Prof.(Dr) Sandhya Nair

Principal (Retired) from RSMDAC(R.SMundle Dharampeth Arts & Commerce College), Nagpur University

Adjunct Professors Prof. (Dr) K. Sasikumar

Former Professor and Director, School of Business Management and Legal Studies, University of Kerala.

Prof. (Dr) C. V. Jayamani

Former Professor, School of Management, CUSAT

Prof. (Dr) K. P Muraleedharan.

Former Professor and Dean, School of Commerce and Management, University of Calicut.

Prof. (Dr) Gabriel Simon Thattil

Professor and Dean, Dept of Commerce, University of Kerala.

Prof. (Dr)B. Vijayachandran Pillai

Former Professor and Head, School of Commerce and Management University of Calicut.

Prof (Dr) B. Johnson

Former Professor and Head School of Commerce and Management University of Calicut

Dr.K G.Chandrasekharan Nair

Former HOD, Dept. of Commerce, Mar Ivanious College Tvm.

Dr V.Hari Kumar

Former HOD, Dept. of Commerce, M G College Tvm.

Dr.B.Chandrachoodan Nair

Former Chief, Planning Board, Govt.of Kerala.

Prof. (Dr) Sandhya Nair

Former Principal RMCDA College Nagapur University

Dr.Rajagopala Nair

Former Director and Dean Royal Bhavans School of Management Kochi.

Dr.K.R.Sukumaran Nair

Former HOD, Dept. of Commerce Govt.Arts College, Tvm.

Prof.K.Kalyanaraman

Former Professor of Statistics, University of Kerala.

Er.Sanal Kumar.S.P

Former Senior System Analysts University of Kerala.

Dr.Ramalingam

Former Associate Professor, Gulathi Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT) Tvm.

Dr.Rakesh S

Associate Professor (i/c) KICMA, Tvm.

Dr.Vishnu V

Assistant Professor KICMA, Tvm.

Dr.M. Sivaraman

Former Director Centre for Management Development (CMD) Tvm

Prof. (Dr) P.Mohanachandran Nair

Former Professor and Head Dept. of Demography University of Kerala

Dr.Pushpangadan.G

HOD of Commerce NSS College, Nilamel.

Dr. Ajeesh Vijayakumar

Asst.Professor of Management, Asian School of Business, Tvm.

Prof.(Dr.) Manoj Changhat

Former Dean (Applied Sciences & Technology) & HoD (Dept. of Future Studies)

Professionals Dr.Baiju Ramachandran

Company Secretary and Director, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kerala.

Mr.Krishna Kumar

Chartered Accountant

Dr.K Sasidharan

Former Manager, Federal Bank.

Industry Dr.G .C. Gopala Pillai

Former Chairman, FACT

Padmasree (Dr) J. Hareendran Nair

Chairman and MD Pankajakasthuri, Tvm.

Mr.Gopichand M.C

Chief Manager Mathrubhumi.

Mr.Suresh

Former MD,State Farming Corporation Tvm

Mr.Suresh Kumar S

Trainer and Counselling Consultant

Founder Chairman of IMDR

Late Prof. (Dr.) CN. Purushothaman Nair

Born on April 22, 1934, in Thatta, a small village near Pandalam in Pathanamthitta District, Dr. C.N.Purushothaman Nair, better known as Dr.CNP Nair, entered the services of State Bank of India in 1957 after completing his post graduation in commerce from Sagar University, Madhyapradesh. He continued in SBI till 1961 and then changed back and took up teaching in NSS College, Pandalam. In 1968 he moved to San Francisco, California, USA to take up employment in Liberty National Bank.

During his stint in the USA, he obtained MBA degree from the Graduate School of Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. He later took PhD from Sagar University in 1973, Dr. Nair joined Calicut University. He continued there as Professor and Head, Department of Commerce and Management Studies till 1985. And then he shifted to the University of Kerala as Professor and Head of the Department of Commerce. He was also the founder Director of the Institute of Management in Kerala (IMK) started in 1992. Dr.C.N.P.Nair retired from the University of Kerala in 1994. Post-retirement, he founded the School of Management in Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and functioned as the director for one year. Later he took charge as Chairman of the Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) Thiruvananthapuram in which post he continued till his untimely departure from this world.

Dr.C.N.P.Nair had successfully guided the doctoral research work of several scholars. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Calicut, University of Kerala, as also Mahatma Gandhi University and had been the Chairman of the Board of Studies in several Universities in South India. Dr.Nair had published a number of research articles in reputed commerce and management related journals and also authored several books. He was also the Co-ordinator of IGNOU at Bharathiya Vicharakendram; Thiruvananthapuram.Dr.Nair is survived by his wife and three children.




Principal

Dr. J B Rajan MCom, LLB, DFM, MBA, PhD

Former Associate Professor, KILA; Honorary Executive President, Kerala Institute for Environment and Development; Think-Tank Member, HLP Foundation, Bangladesh; Coordinator, Research & Publication WG 05 of International Sociological Association, Spain

Faculty

Education Secretary Er Sanal Kumar S P

Former Senior System Analyst, Department of Future Studies, University of Kerala

HOD - Commerce Smt. Darsana Mohan MCom

Assistant Professor

HOD - Management Dr. V S Santhosh MCom,MPhil, PhD

Former Associate Professor and Head, PG and Research Department of Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum

English Smt. Jalaja MA, B.Ed

HOD In Charge

Shri. Akshay Chandran MA, M.Phil, NET

Assistant Professor

Malayalam Dr. Maya P L MA, PhD

Assistant Professor

Commerce & Management Smt. Sreedevi S M.Com, SET

Assistant Professor

Smt. Gana Anna Geome M.com, B.Ed ,SET

Assistant Professor

Smt. Soorya Chandran M.Com

Assistant Professor

Hindi Dr. Sreeja R S MA , PhD

Assistant Professor

Economics Prof. Koshy P Mathew Former Head, Department of Economics, University College, Trivandrum

Head of the Department

Ms. Akhila M A Economics, NET

Assistant Professor

Guest Faculty Shri. S Suresh Kumar Trainer, Personality Development

Thiruvananthapuram

Dr.K. Sasidharan Former Professor

TKM Institute of Management, Kollam.

Dr. Baiju Ramachandran Company Secretary and Director

Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

G. Krishna Kumar Chartered Accountant.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Shri. Suresh S K MA, MPhil, LLB, MBA

Former Managing Director, The state farming corporation of Kerala Limited

Academic Tie Ups & Publications

To improve the Employability of our graduates, we are providing a number of Industry-linked add-on courses. Some of them are:
1. Linkage with Bajaj Finserv Ltd for offering Banking, Finance and insurance add-on courses apart of the University Syllabus.
2. We have an Academic tie-up with the Institute of Analytics (IOA) UK to offer programs on Data Analytics.
3. Academic tie-up with the International Skill Development Corporation (ISDC) for skill improvement programs, is another speciality.
4. MoU with Ramanujan College, New Delhi for knowledge sharing

MANAGEMENT RESEARCHER
Management Researcher started publishing in 1994 with the doyen of management Professor C. N. Purushothaman Nair as the founder editor. Since then with its unfailing efforts of publishing articles on very ancient and most modern management topics, it encouraged scholars to publish papers on subjects as varying as Arthasastra to Artificial Intelligence. A cross-section of the Commerce and Management fraternity finds pride in publishing their article in MANAGEMENT RESEARCHER. It is a quarterly publication of the Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) based at, Cheriyakonni, Mylam, Trivandrum. The journal was started to publish research articles, based on various academic activities and consultancy. The Editorial Board consists of eminent scholars from reputed management Institutions like the Indian School of Business, and various national and international Institutes, who proved their academic brilliance in their respective areas. Management researcher abides by the best practices in publication and encourage scholars to express their creative and innovative ideas through our publication. ICAS students and teachers can publish their research papers and project reports in the Management Researcher.

Scholarships & Endowments

1. Smt. L SARASWATHYAMMA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR CMA RS 25,000/-
Every year, one student of BCom/BBA is given a Scholarship of Rs 25,000/- for studying CMA Programme. The selection is based on a written test on Accounting and an Interview. The eligibility criteria is not less than 70% marks in SSLC and Plus Two or equivalent examination.

2. Smt. SANTHAMMA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship in memory of Late Smt. SANTHAMMA K , Sudarsan, Jagathy ,TVM...Wife of Late Sri. S.Ramachandran.
Originally from Anadiyil tharavadu, Mavelikkara, she did her BA in economics from Women's college TVM. She chose to be a home maker inspite of getting a govt job. Has three sons Radhakrishnan (Engineer ), Dr.Unnikrishnan ( Physiatrist,. Tvm) Sivasankar (IT consultant).

3. Smt. Sreedevi Kumar scholarship for the best performer in BBA

4. Shri. Chandra Murali V Iyer Memorial Scholarship in order to help poor students, especially girl child, who is having a poor financial background and bright in studies.

5. Shri. Thamalam B Sreedharan Nair Memorial Scholarship in order to help poor students especially in first year.

6. Shri. K Kumaran Nair Memorial Scholarship for CMA program RS 25,000/-
Every year, one student of BCom/BBA is given a Scholarship of Rs 25,000/- for studying CMA Programme. The selection is based on a written test on Accounting and an Interview. The eligibility criteria is not less than 70% marks in SSLC and Plus Two or equivalent examination