M. R. SHANKAR
Skills
IT / Multimedia Training and development, Photography, Graphic designing, Sound editing, Video editing, 2D & 3D Animation,Web designing and Presentation skills. General and office administration, Vendor management, Event management. HR — interviews & procedures, Induction sessions for new employees.
Applications Expertise
Illustrator, Photoshop, In-Design, 3D Studio Max, Sound Forge, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Virtual Reality, Flash, Dreamweaver and Director. Achievements
Global winner of the 'Best Faculty Award' from APTECH Worldwide
'Certified Trainer’ in Multimedia Applications, issued by APTECH Worldwide Co-author - The Flautist of Brindaranyam - https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyam Contributing Photographer for the book ‘Madras Hues Myriad Views’ released for Madras Day 2019. One of the winners of 7th Annual Photography Exhibition conducted by Jaipur Photographers' Club, 2018.
Social Media presence
My photography page links on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Vishnumayam-1618518695089252/ https://www.facebook.com/focusonshankar/
WORK EXPERIENCE (Chronological order)
Head of VISCOM Dept (Visiting) at SAI Institutions, Chennai. (current position) Multimedia and Animation applications Trainer
Freelance Invigilator for IELTS & other U.K. Universities Examinations conducted by British Council. Multimedia Design Trainer at Tamil Nadu Skill Development. Admin Manager, Indian Excellent Pvt. School, Sharjah (Jan 2014-June 2014). IT/Admin.Manager - The Oxford School, Dubai. (Sep2012- June 2013). Main responsibilities
General office administration, Health and safety, taking care of special arrangements for school events.
Heading the transport department. facilitating children and staff for Transport, coordination with RTA for training and certification of transport department staff.
Maintaining administration records.
Vendor Management - Maintaining documents, meeting suppliers for procurement of items for the organisation.
HR department - coducting preliminary interviews for staff recruitment.
Assisting the Director during the candidates interviews, recording the interviews and maintain Permanant address: 159/19 Venkatrangam St., Triplicane, Chennai – 600 005. Telephone: +91-984**-*****
Email: **************@*****.***
Skype id: m.r.shankar
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankar-m-r-57a568a4/ the candidates profiles.
Coordination with PRO for staff approvals and visas from the Ministry of Labour, Dubai.
Maintaining staff records and other relevant records for KHDA, Govt.of Dubai inspection
Handling various correspondence of the institution and liaison between management and the staff on various matters.
Heading the IT dept, software and hardware support for the staff.
Conducting Multimedia and other IT related training for students and Teachers.
Prepare MIS reports, write up on school activities, designing work for school events and programs.
Preparing the minutes of the official meetings.
Other Employment details:
Regional Academic Head (South) - Aptech Limited, Chennai, India (2008- 2011)
Providing Academic Support for 50 centres across South India
Conducting Faculty Competency Building sessions, Certification and Approval process for Faculty members across South India, Training the Trainers of Arena Animation centres with the latest versions of Multimedia Applications. Centre Academic Head – Arena Multimedia, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2000-2006) Training students on Multimedia and Animation applications based on Aptech curriculum. Co-ordinating with all the departments of Aptech H.O, Mumbai with regard to the Centre's matters. Systems Executive – Madras Stock Exchange, Chennai, India (1989-2000)
Handled the operations of The Clearing House, Online Trading System, Automated Delivery Netting System, Trading, Delivery, Auctions, Index and generating Management Information System Reports
Systems Executive – Stop & Shop Chain Stores, Chennai, India (1988)
Applications maintenance both in shop outlets and in the administrative department Programmer – Datacons, Bangalore, India (1985-1987)
Developing Software using COBOL for Nationalised Banks and implementation of the same under RBI guidelines.
FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Arts in Economics (BA.Eco), University of Madras, Chennai Diploma in Computer Programming (BASIC, COBOL, PASCAL, Dbase III & Operating Systems)
Diploma in Hotel, Travel and Airline Management, Trade Wings, Chennai Multimedia – Basic Training at Arena Multimedia, Chennai Extensive Trainers Training given periodically by ARENA Animation, Chennai and Mumbai. Short term course in Digital Photography
Short term course in Sketching
Certification in Tally (Accounting software)
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: July 3, 1964
Passport details : T1476684 – Issued in Chennai, Tamilnadu and expires on 18 Feb 2029. Languages Known: English, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam. M.R.Shankar