Dr. G. Rajkumar – mostly known as Dr. Raj – has distinguished himself in the areas of teaching, consulting and corporate leadership roles in India and elsewhere in the world over the last two and half decades. Besides mentoring the HR Footprints team, he acts as an advisor and executive coach to several top leaders and promoters. He interacts with students of management in global business schools as an adjunct/visiting faculty. 

Before foraying into consulting, Dr. G. Raj held positions such as Senior Vice President – Human Resources, Alembic Group, Vadodara; General Manager – Learning & Organization Development, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Learning & Development Manager – Corporate HR, Infosys Technologies Ltd. 

In his academics, Dr. Raj is a Gold Medalist in B.A. from Andhra University, India in 1984 and a First Rank holder in M.Sc. (OR& SQC) from Sri Venkateswara University, India in 1986, Being a continuous learner, he continued his academic pursuit and was awarded a Doctoral degree in Operations Research in 2001. 

Dr. G. Rajkumar is the recipient of several awards and honors including “Super Achiever Award” by Indira Group and Center for Change Management in 2004 and Indira Gandhi Memorial National Award for Excellent Manager in 1999. Scientific Methods Inc., USA has certified Dr raj as an instructor (directly coached by Dr. Robert Blake) to conduct Managerial Grid Leadership Seminars. He is a certified “Appreciative Coach” from Fielding University, USA. Dr. Raj has authored several papers and cases on Leadership and HR.