Brief About Dr. M. Kandan

Brief About Me

I was born at Poolampatty, a small village in Salem District in Tamil Nadu on May 10, 1958. Born as first child in a peasant family to Muthusamy Sengoda Gounder and Kavundiammal Muthusamy. I did my early schooling in a Christian Missionary School, St. Theresa Primary school, and later joined the Government High School, Poolampatty.

Poolampatty is located on the Cavery river bank on the western border of Salem district. It is about 12 KM from Mettur Dam and may be equal distance from Idappady.

A typical scene at my village !

Mettur Dam

Being part of Cauvery river basin, Poolampatty depends heavily on agriculture. The village looks full green and very pleasant to see during November-December. Main crops are paddy, sugarcane, cotton and groundnut.

Though, it is a remote village it is well connected by private and government bus services. Thanks to the Information Technology, it is well connected by telephone and Internet as well. Poolampatty also has two good residential public schools.

I was fortune to study in some of the premier educational institutions in the country. I did my bachelors and masters in Psychology from Presidency College, Chennai and completed my Ph.D program at the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University.

Worked with nationally reputed institutions like, Hero Corporate Services, NIIT Ltd., National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), etc. I have over 20 years of experience in areas such as curriculum development, instructional design, e-learning, testing, software development, and IT enabled services training.

Currently, I live in Hyderabad and head the e-learning business at SQL STAR.