| Personal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bachelor Degree from Delhi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MA (English) Party I from Punjabi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diploma in Radio &Television Technology from Delhi Institute of Management Studies (DIMS). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workstation Operator Training conducted by INTERGRAPH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Management Retrieval System (DMRS) conducted by INTERGRAPH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to COBOL Programming: conducted by KFUPM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to BASIC Programming: conducted by KFUPM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal Computers & Their Applications: conducted by; KFUPM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Programming in Dbase conducted by KFUPM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Also attended a number of on the job training courses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Past Experience: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Worked in Union Public Service Commission, (UPSC) Delhi for 7 years during 1968-75. During my stay in UPSC, I had a privilege of working with Member, UPSC and was closely associated with the recruitment and selection of IAS and many senior administrative personnel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workedas PersonalAssistant to Senior Manager, Personnel & Admn., PPS&S Division, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Delhi for 6 years during 1975-81. �Involved in all the personnel and administrative functions and also did lot of public relation activities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working as Assistant to the Chairman, Information & Computer Science Dept., (ICS) College of Computer Sciences & Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from 1981. This is the best Technical; University in the entire middle-east.� The curriculum is exactly that of a very good American university.� Apart from many other routine duties, my main duties include advising the Chairman, faculty, students and staff regarding the academic and other administrative rules and regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As I was working in the Computer Science Department for more than 20 years, I have a good knowledge about most of the window programs.� Also knows BASIC, COBOL and Java. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hobbies: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Like to travel more than anything else. � While staying in Delhi, visited many places in India like Agra, Allahabad, Ambala, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bharatpur, Bombay, Calcutta, Dehradun, Gonda, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kanyakumari, Kodai Kanal, Kota, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Madras, Madurai, Mahabalipuram, Mysore, Ottacamund, Poona, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Varanasi, etc.� Also traveled the following countries, during the past 20 years: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bahrain, Cyprus (Aiya Nappa, Larnaka, Limas sol, Paphos), Egypt (Alexandria, Aswan, Cairo, Luxor), France (Paris), Greece (Athens, Myconos), Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Caw loon), Italy (Rome, Pisa, Florence, Venice), Jordan (Amman, Aqaba, Petra, Wadi Rum), Malaysia (Johar Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya), Nepal (Katmandu, Nepal Ganj), Oman (Muscat, Muthraw, Ruwi), Philippines Manila, Quezon City), Qatar (Doha), Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok, Pataya), Saudi Arabia (Al-Hassa, Dammam, Gizan, Jeddah, Riyadh), Turkey (Bursa, Istanbul, Izmir, Kusadasi), U.A.E (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharja), U.K. (London, Essex) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Also collect stamps and coins. Owns coins and currency from more than 50 countries and stamps from more than 100 countries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born in a small village in Kerala State (Kannur District, Azhikkal). Got education until school final there and then moved to Delhi. After getting into the Government service, continued part-time studies. Completed Graduation from Delhi University and also did some partial studies. Began with a job in Election Commission, UPSC and BHEL. Remained in Delhi until 1981, then moved to Saudi Arabia to join my present job in KFUPM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Have excellent command in English, Hindi, Malayalam. Can speak, read and write Arabic fairly; and can speak little French. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born on 24th December. Birth sign is Capricorn� Likes to watch good movies by renowned directors, documentary and travel show. Keep fit by strict diet, regular walk. Even though non-vegetarian, enjoys vegetarian food. Do swimming and play table tennis occasionally, though my favorite game is tennis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||