Prof. P. Ramakrishna Chadaga holds a Masters degree in Aero Space Engineering from IIT Madras, and a Masters in Management from Kerala University, specializing in HRM and Operations Management. His areas of interest are HRM, OB, Leadership, Teams, Learning & Development, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship and TQM. Prof. Chadaga has more than 130 technical papers to his credit and has presented papers in national and international conferences. He is a Corporate Trainer and has worked in different capacities at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum, such as Head, Aerodynamics Test Facilities, Head, HRD and Project Director, Test Vehicle and Sounding Rockets. He has conducted several institute based/in-house training programs for various companies throughout India. Prior to taking charge as Director, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal he worked as a professor at SIT, NMAMIT and TAPMI, Manipal for more than a decade.

Areas of specialization :
Aerospace Engineering, Aerodynamics, Quality, General Management, HRM, TQM, Teams.

Areas of research interests :
Leadership, Teams, Stress Management, TQM, HRM, EI etc.

Papers presented :

• “Better Business & HR Practices for sustainable Corporate growth in modern organizations” by Prof. P.R. Chadaga presented at the International Conference on Better Business Practices for sustainable social change held at JKSHIM, Nitte December 2008.
• “Bench Marking for Total Quality in Technical Educational Institutions”– Some related methods, issues, concerns by P.R. Chadaga presented in the National Conference on Strategies for Effective Quality Management in Technical Education (AICTE sponsored), held at NMAMIT, Nitte 3rd & 4th December 2004.
• Emotional Intelligence & Emotional Management by P.R. Chadaga a paper presented at the National Conference of ISTD held at Bombay 1998.
• Theoretical & Experimental performance of a Rod bundle in cross flow type of an Aircooler for an Intermittant Hypersonic wind tunnel by P.R. Chadaga and K.A. Damodaran presented at the annual General conference of the Aeronautical Society of India 1973 held at IIT Madras.

Papers published :

• “Bench Marking for Total Quality in Technical Educational Institutions”– Some related methods, issues, concerns by P.R. Chadaga published in the proceedings of the National Conference on Strategies for Effective Quality Management in Technical Education, held at NMAMIT, Nitte 3rd & 4th December 2004.
• Emotional Intelligence & Emotional Management by P.R. Chadaga a published in the proceedings of the National Conference of ISTD held at Bombay 1998.
• Theoretical methods of estimation of Drag co-efficient for Rocket bodies by P.R. Chadaga et.al. published in the Journal of Indian Rocket Society, 1980.
• Theoretical & Experimental performance of a Rod bundle in cross flow type of an Aircooler for an Intermittant Hypersonic wind tunnel by P.R. Chadaga and K.A. Damodaran published in the Journal of the Indian Heat & Mass Transfer Society 1978.