T. V. Rao is currently the Chairman of T. V. Rao Learning Systems Pvt.Ltd, Ahmedabad. He was a Professor at Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabad (IIMA) between 1973 and 1994 and, subsequently, Adjunct/Visiting Professor until 2014. He is the Founder President of the NationalHRD Network (NHRDN), and the First Honorary Director of the Academyof HRD, India. He was also the President of the Indian Society for AppliedBehavioral Science (ISABS). Dr Rao has worked as an HRD Advisor to theReserve Bank of India, has assisted the Administrative Reforms Commissionin reviewing the personnel management practices for civil services, and has alsoserved as a member of the HRM Review Committee of Nationalised Banksset up by the Ministry of Finance. Dr Rao has worked as a short-term consultantto UNESCO, Ministry of Health, Indonesia; National EntrepreneurialDevelopment Association, Malaysia; and the Commonwealth Secretariat,London. Dr Rao has over 50 books to his credit, of which 15 are authoredjointly with Dr Udai Pareek.