Dr. B. Janakiram, a graduate in commerce from Madras University and post graduate in Management (AIMA) and masters in Business Administration (Finance), is presently working as Professor & HOD, Department of Management Studies, M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He obtained his doctorate from School of Management, Pondicherry University. Before joining MSRIT, he had served Canara Bank for 23 years, SBI for a year and was a consultant for 6 years. He has completed the Lead Auditor course of ISO 9001-2000. His other areas of interest include teaching HRM and Quality subjects. He has published several papers in reputed journals. He has also co-authored two other books viz., International Financial Management and Total Quality Management.