Chandrasekharan MK

Experience

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  RCF, Mumbai

  Jan 1970 - Jan 1985

  Dy Chief Engineer
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  CMC LTD

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1996

  • Addl Gen Mgr SI SBU

    Jan 1985 - Jan 1996

  • Addl Gen Mgr SI SBU

    Jan 1985 - Jan 1996
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  CMC Limited (Then a Public Sector Enterprise)

  Aug 1985 - Apr 1996

  Addl. General Manager - System Integration SBU

  Have managed several successful projects such as setting up Indonet in the Northern Region, Fingerprint Identification & Criminal Tracking System for Indian Police, Setting up and managing the Facilities Management Team at the Supercomputer Centre at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Software Development & QA, Setting up the Software Engineering practices in the Northern Region, etc.

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  Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

  Apr 1996 - Mar 1997

  Controller, Business Solutions

  Was responsible for managing the IT infrastructure and legacy software applications. Contributed to improving the data communication network and building business case for ERP introduction and planning the future IT Applications

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  Samtel Group of Companies

  Apr 1997 - Aug 1999

  General Manager - Communications & IT

  Served as the CIO of the group and helped complete the legacy software project. Established communication network and workflow solutions.Structured the IT Department in the corporate office and units.

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  Different setup companies

  Sept 1999 - Nov 2001

  Various positions

  Worked with several startup ventures in the positions of COO & CTO. As CTO, I was instrumental in setting up the entire e-commerce infrastructure of a company offering exchange and auctioning services.

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  Self

  Dec 2001 - Apr 2005

  Consultant

  Have consulted for a number of companies in the areas of Information Security, Software Development and carrying out Audits.

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  BSI

  May 2005 - Jun 2011

  Lead Tutor & Lead Auditor

  BSI Management Systems India Pvt Limited is a leading Certification Body for British & ISO Standards. I am an external resource specialist tutoring on Implementation, Internal Auditor & Lead Auditor courses for BSI, covering ISO 27001 (Information Security), ISO 20000 (IT Service Management) and BS25999 (Business Continuity) standards

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  Inno-vision Consulting Group

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

  Director

  Strategic Planning, Process Improvements, Management Systems Implementation consulting, IS Audits, Balanced Score Card & Strategy MapsBusiness Continuity Management Systems Implementation and AuditsGovernance, Risk & ComplianceInformation Security Management & IT Service Management

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  Own venture

  Apr 2012 - Jul 2020

  Consultant

  Consulting services for Governance,Risk, Compliance (GRC), Risk Management based on ISO 31000, Information Security management Systems, IT Service Management Systems, Business Continuity Management Systems, Strategy Management & Implementation using Strategy Maps & Balanced Scorecard

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  BSI Group India Pvt. Ltd.

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2020

  Lead Tutor, Lead Auditor

  External Resource to BSI Group India engaged in training and assessments on ISO 27001:2013 based Information Security Management System. Back to association with the leading certification body!

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  Self-employed

  Jul 2020 - Jul 2020

  Senior Consultant

  Senior Professional with over 50 years of experience in IT & Management including 14 years with a premier Certification Body as Lead Auditor and Lead Tutor in Information Security Management System, Business Continuity Management System, Service Management System and Personal Information Management System including GDPR. Beginning to get involved in technical aspects of Cyber-security including Ethical Hacking.

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  Self Employed

  Jul 2020 - now

  Senior Consultant