The Chief Administrative Officer
The Choice Foundation
Total years of experience :30 years, 1 Months
As The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), responsible for managing and supervising the day-to-day operations and key responsibilities as below.,
# Campus Management with overall charge of PMF (property, maintenance, facility), security, visitor and staff management, vehicle tracking and House Keeping.
# Liaison with statutory bodies, government departments and media houses.
# Budgeting, Finance and Revenue & Cost analysis and management. Managing budgets, hiring and contracting, and business negotiations.
# Human Resource Management
# Compliance Management
# Marketing, Social Media marketing & Content development
# Process Control - Analyzing audit reports and formulating improvements to departmental workings. Coordinating inter-departmental activities and delegating responsibilities to team members.
# Management of green field projects
# New Project implementation like AI based security and surveillance projects, Document Digitization, Work flow management etc.,
# Event Management
# Transport Management
# Admission Management
# Working in a team with top-level executives to devise strategies and policies to meet organizational goals.
Started the career in 2003 as an Asst.
Sales&Marketing, Operations and Public Relations . Co-ordination of Sales related operational
activities of Taj Group Hotels/Restaurants., Taj outlets in entire Kerala and Southern Region.
in
charge of Co-ordination of Sales and Credit realization for their Travel & Tour Division
overall charge of Sales & Administration, with additional assignments in Personnel Department,
General Administration and Accounts
College & National
College Kalady. Subjects handled were Economics, Marketing, Banking, Planning and English.
Venu Santhakumari
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Milestones and Achievements
* Established Hindustan Entrepreneurship & Innovation Centre and Technology Business Incubator and
initiated Hindustan Innovation Challenge with over 126 ideas and 100 plus students.
* Initiated MoUs with various organisations.
* Admissions of Hindustan University were enhanced by 30% in the last two years through brand
building activities and social media and direct campaigns.
* Enhanced placement status by bringing in 128 companies to the campus with the highest International
offer of 75 lacs.
* Key role in achieving top position in various awards and rankings (Competition Success Review, The
week, Outlook, ASSOCHAM, FICCI, MMA, SAE etc to name a few)
* Organised National and International events like TEDxHindustanUniversity, Y’s men International Youth
Convocation, Young Scientist Contest etc ., to name a few.
* Revamped the campus placement process and enhanced Campus Placements at Rajagiri Centre for
Business Studies.
* Achieved Best South Indian Branch Head Award with Bharti Axa in February by doing 145% of target.
* Achieved Challenger Star Branch of the Region for the quarter July to September 2008 with Kotak Life.
* Launched Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Thrissur Branches of Bharti Axa in 2008.
* Ranked No.1 Sales Manager in the Country & Elite Gold Club Member with ING Vysya in 2006
* Singapore Grand Slam winner with ING Vysya in 2005 & Malaysia Area Managers Challenge winner in