Dr Shashidharan K Kutty
Life Mission : Self Discovery and contribution through Education for Transformation
Dr Shashidaran K Kutty is one of the first PHD s in India who specialised in the area of LifeInsurance Fundamentals. He is associated with Insurance Institute of India [III], the premier body for Insurance education in India, as a Consultant and Resource Person, since 2010. At III, he helped in setting up a Knowledge Management Centre. I was in charge of developing a comprehensive course in Insurance Marketing [named CPAIM] involving end to end development of coursework for fifteen papers at three levels. He was also involved in preparation of other courses including IC 33 [licensing course for life insurance agents] and as a co author for IC 34 [for general insurance agents]. He is a key member of the editorial team of the Institute’s prestigious Research Journal and faculty in the College of Insurance. He is a PHD guide in Finance for Mumbai University and has been a major facilitator in III ‘s research and other national and international level Thought Leadership Initiatives.
He has been associated for many years with FLYJAC Logistics as a Management Consultant. FLYJAC is a member of the Hitachi Group and one of India’s leading logistics companies. He has been a mentor and facilitator in developing its strategic initiatives and in house learnig for capacity building. He is a part of their national level core management team. At FLYJAC, he was also responsible for production of three books : (1) Journey within – the FLYJAC way; (2) Logistics – Inspire the next, The FLYJAC - Hitachi way; and (3) Social and Spiritual Innovation – the FLYJAC Hitachi way. These books went beyond brand building and sought to educate customers, agent partners across the globe and other stakeholders about a whole new way of viewing an enterprise and its role in society.
Dr. Kutty was, till 2015, Professor [Insurance and Finance] and Director of Aicar Business School near Mumbai, where he mentored and developed over seven hundred students. Ten batches of students graduated under my tutelage and currently occupy various positions in industry. At AICAR, he developed a pedagogy that defined Management Eduction as principally a process of awakening in four dimensions – (1) The Domain; (2) Marketing and Customer Relations ; (3) General Management; and (4) Leadership and Personal Mastery. The core of this approach was “Learning by Doing’.
Dr Kutty served with the Life Insurance Corporation of India for nearly two decades as a Manager. As a member of the Organisation Improvement Cell (OIC), a Special Task Force set up by LIC to work with international consultants Booz Allen & Hamilton on the strategic transformation of LIC, he played a key role in its diagnostic phase and in blueprinting strategies for implementation and in educating the various constituents of the organisation towards pioneering many of its Organisational Transformation Programmes
He is the author of a well known book “Managing Life Insurance”, published by Prentice Hall. His second book “The Barefoot Wealth Manager,” published by Vikas Publishers, deals with the nuances of building a champion salesman. He has also authored several papers presented at both national and international platforms.
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