MANAGEMENT DEVOTIONAL

Writers Profile

WEEK 1

IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD

Anand Mahadevan
Anand Mahadevan has been a follower of Jesus Christ since 1993 and a business journalist since 1994. He currently works as the Associate Editor - Features with The Economic Times. He sees his work as a part of God's calling on his life. He has spoken in several marketplace conferences and seminars in the country on the Purpose of Work.He is married to Ajitha and they have two children.

WEEK 2

SUPREMACY OF CHRIST IN ALL THINGS

Sunil Fernandes
Sunil Fernandes is a practising Chartered Accountant based at Bangalore. As the National President of the International Christian Chamber of Commerce (Indian Chamber) he teaches on the Supremacy of Christ, specially in the realm of economy and business, with Christian Businessmen and Professionals and also trains in livelihood means and entrepreneurship. He is also a member of 'Transforming Network', a network and movement of Christian Leaders on corruption issues. With his wife, Sneha, they counsel on family issues. They have three children.

WEEK 3

IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
Mohan Patnaik
Mohan Patnaik has over 22 years of work experience in Banking and consulting space. He is currently working as Executive Director in Cognizant based out of Hyderabad. Mohan is actively involved in market place ministry and is part of several Christian professionals and businessmen networks in the country He is married to Sonia and was blessed with three children Nikhil, Kushal and Niharika years.

WEEK 4

RETHINKING THE RAT RACE, REDEFINING SUCCESS

Vinny Alex
Currently serving as CEO of Stylus Systems, a 12 year old Bangalore based IT and finance Management services company. Vinny is passionate to see his firm take a lead role as a Business as Mission (BAM) organisation, not only living out Kingdom values, but also sharing best practices, frameworks and experiences with other Christian owned businesses. He is also a Founder member of Frontier Education Services, a non-denominational ministry that works to mobilise the Church to focus on the least reached peoples. He is married to Sophia, and has two sons.

WEEK 5

PRIORITIES IN LIFE
Shekhar Shukla
Shekhar Shukla is the National Coordinator of EQUIP INDIA, a Dr John C Maxwell organization involved in global leadership development programes. He is a soft skill Consultant with Human Dynamic India Limited, a company that provides corporate solutions. A faculty of the Indo American Society for the past decade, he has facilitated personality development for hundreds of candidates from different age groups and has a passion to help youngsters start businesses to contribute to the cause of enterprise development in our nation.

WEEK 6

ACCOUNTABILITY
Victor Jayakaran
Victor Jayakaran, is presently the Managing Director of Identive Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. He was with Wipro for more then 20 years, from 1979 starting off as their first employee (R&D Engineer), till 2000, when he was the Vice President of Engineering at EnThink, Wipros startup venture He joined SCM India as President for its India operations. Then in 2006 he stepped out of SCM to create SCOLIS Technologies which later was acquired by the Identive Group and merged with his former company SCM.

WEEK 7

THE DISCIPLINE OF PLANNING

Mark Raja
Mark Raja is a senior designer at Frog, Bangalore. He is involved with India Arts Movement, a network of Christian artists, inspiring artists to engage their culture in creating the world with more truth, goodness and beauty. He was one of the prime movers of the God@Work conferences and has been actively involved in marketplace ministries in the country.

WEEK 8

EXECUTION: FINISHING THE TASK

Paul Asveen
Mr. Paul Asveen is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He worked with Citibank, Indonesia as their Country Business Director for Credit Cards and Personal Loans. After completing his Masters in Divinity at the Trinity Theological College, Singapore, he served the Methodist Church in Singapore as a Pastor. He served CIM as the Executive Director and thereafter he joined Compassion India as the Country Director.

WEEK 9

GODLY DISCIPLINES
Bhaskar N. Venugopal
Bhaskar heads Learning & Development for an IT organization in Bangalore, India. He is also a lay preacher and enjoys preaching and teaching Gods Word. Bhaskar enjoys writing poetry and authored Contemplations of a Glad Heart SAIACS Press 2010 a collection of 20 poems. Some of his poems are also featured in other publications A present to the future Vaigarai Publications 2006 and Ikiya a magazine for Christian professionals. Bhaskar lives with his wife Anu and son Rakshith in Bangalore.

WEEK 10

MANAGING YOUR TIME

Kalpana A. Saxena
Kalpana Saxena has been a teacher for thirty-three years in a Junior College. She has been member of the International Faculty of Haggai Institute since 1995. She lectures on The Role of Woman in the Home, Church and Community, Goal Setting, Stewardship of Resources, Evangelism to and through the Family. She also teaches Creative Teaching Methods in Christian Education for Transformation at St Andrew Centre for Human Resource Development and Counselling. She has authored four books. Kalpana is married to Augustine. They have two grown-up married children, Sangana their daughter and Kshitij their son.

WEEK 11

THE ART OF DELEGATION

V.J. Wilson
V. J. Wilson is the Managing Director of the Coimbatore-based small enterprise WILSON EQUIPMENTS Pvt. Ltd. - an ISO 9001 company that manufactures and exports engineering parts and components. He has two decades of technical & managerial experience. He is dedicated to the calling for Marketplace ministry and is actively involved with the Business Mens Fellowship India as its National leader. He had spearheaded several BMFI outreach programmes, chapter planting, conventions and training programmes during the last 10 years. He is married to Regina. They have 2 sons and a daughter.

WEEK 12

PROBLEM SOLVING
Joseph Vijayam
Joseph Vijayam is the Managing Director of Olive Technology Limited, an IT company having its offices in Hyderabad, India and Colorado Springs, USA. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Biola University, CA, USA, and an MBA in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University, GA, USA. Along with his focus on global IT solutions, Joseph has years of experience in Christian ministry around the world and is an advocate in the Business as Mission movement that is striving to engage people everywhere through various business platforms. He and his wife, Suneetha, have three sons and a daughter.

WEEK 13

SYSTEM THINKING: THE BIG PICTURE

Pramod Chandrasekhar
Pramod Chandrasekhar has worked as Human Resource executive in top Indian IT firms. During his 20 years corporate experience he has worked in India, USA and Europe. He is passionate about Leadership Development. In their spare time Pramod and his wife Sheila contribute to youth ministry. He also loves teaching management among Christian leadership.

WEEK 14

FINANCIAL INTEGRITY
Manju George
Manju George is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has been in full time practice for the last 23 years. Apart from serving the Lord through her profession she is passionate about reaching believers with the message of financial integrity. She has been teaching biblical perspectives on money and personal financial management at various forums. She lives in Bangalore with her husband and two children.

WEEK 15

INTEGRITY IN THE AREA OF SEX

Jacob Ninan
Jacob Ninan served as the Programme Director for International Cooperation at Indian Space Research Organisation HQ. He is also a trained and accredited Christian counsellor. Currently he is involved in counselling, facilitating counselling training, writing, editing, speaking, and running his web site called 'Comfort & Counsel'. Apart from a master's degree in engineering, he also has a master's degree in psychotherapy and counselling. He and his wife live in Bangalore, and they have five grown up children and three grandchildren.

WEEK 16

TALENT: STEWARDING YOUR GIFTS AND CAPABILITIES

John B. Samuel
John B. Samuel is a pioneer researcher in the field of talent diagnostics. He serves as the Principal Researcher/Director at Talent Research Foundation, a non-profit research organisation based in the US. He is the author of the book "Living In Your Zone Where Work Becomes Delight" available at Amazon.com. He was born to missionary parents and his father served as a medical missionary to the Irula tribals in the Niligiri region in South India, between 1955 to 1985. He specialises in helping individual's identify their God-given talents and gifting.

WEEK 17

STEWARDSHIP OF FAMILY
Saraswathi Shyamal
Saraswathi Shyamal, worked as a financial auditor for non-profit organizations. She is a finance graduate of BITS, Pilani, and has an MBA from California State University. Shes an alumnus of the Counselling programme at United Theological College Bangalore, is passionate about using counseling to help enrich people's lives. She practices counselling in Bangalore, and also teaches at Christian institutions.

WEEK 18

HEARING GOD
Samuel Gamaliel
Samuel Johnson is an Airlines / Aviation MRO IT Consultant, working for the last 9 years in IT Consulting companies and prior to that he was working for a couple of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals manufacturing companies, based out of Chennai. His passion is to reach out to the unreached professionals in workplaces with the love of Christ by networking and equipping Christian professionals. He is part of the networking team in Chennai Corporate Fellowship (CCF-www.ccf.org.in) and supports similar networks such as Synergy in Bangalore and Interface in Hyderabad.

WEEK 19

MOTIVATION
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L. P. Nirmal Nathan
L.P. Nirmal Nathan served as Human Resource Director, EL SEIF Engineering Co, Saudi Arabia. He currently is the Director of his own institution, Santa Maria Matriculation School, Trichy, T.N. Hes a core team member and Bible teacher in Eshcol National Harvest Festival (ENHF) ministry. He is passionate about teaching and training disciples of Christ with Scriptures and motivate Christians to excel in everything they are engaged in.

WEEK 20

CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE

M. Abraham Mathew
M. Abraham Mathew is an electrical engineer from IIT Madras, and PGDM from IIM Bangalore. He spent 20 years in the medical imaging and therapy industry. He is now a visiting faculty at Christ University, Bangalore, where he teaches Strategic Management. His research interest is in Influence of Culture on Business Performance. He is involved with the Vacation Bible School classes in his church for the past 5 years. He is married to Susan, a practicing gynaecologist, and they have a daughter and a son.

WEEK 21

WISDOM OF GOD
Binu Joshua Thomas
Binu Joshua Thomas started his career in the shipping industry almost 30 years ago and has held management positions in both Indian companies (J.M Baxi and Tata NYK Ltd) and a Japanese MNC (NYK Logistics Ltd). He currently runs his own shipping company, Link Shipping South Private Limited. He was based in Kolkata for 14 years before he moved back to Chennai. He has had a short stint in Mumbai. Binu Thomas has been actively involved in Christian Professionals and Businessmens Forum in India for over 25 years.

WEEK 22

LIVING RIGHT IN A FALLEN WORLD

Duncan Watkinson
Duncan Watkinson is the Managing Director of TURBOCAM India Pvt. Ltd. as well as Shamasoft Technologies Private Ltd. He and his wife Vasanti have followed the Lord for many years, living in Australia, England, and India. They have three married children and four grandchildren. Duncan serves the Lords people in different nations with his teaching and training gifts and is also actively involved in several mercy ministries in India through The SPAN Trust. Duncan has authored several books the most recent being Making Your Mark - focused on equipping, teaching, and training Christians in their walk of faith.

WEEK 23

STABILITY IN A STRESSFUL WORLD

Dr. Jamila Koshy
Dr. Jamila Koshy is a psychiatrist working at St. Stephen's Hospital in Delhi. She writes and teaches on various aspects of mental and spiritual health in today's world. She is actively involved with university mission through UESI, and her local church (Green Park Free Church) and concerned about the church's involvement in various social issues including gender equality.

WEEK 24

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PKD Lee
PKD Lee worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the Indian Railways in various capacities for 20 years. He served for 20 years with Haggai Institute in the Alumni Relations Department which later became the International Advancement department. Has specialised in Christian Leadership and has taught the subject for 20 years with Haggai Institute and has also authored several books on Christian leadership such as Add to Your Faith Excellence, Leadership Through Serving etc. He has also been teaching on Christian Stewardship. He is now retired and settled in Hyderabad.

WEEK 25

SERVANT LEADERSHIP
Joshua Madan
Joshua Madan is the co-founder of Covenant Consultants, the fastest growing staffing firm in India accredited by ERA (Executive Recruiters Association), Joshua is the Chief Operating Officer at Covenant. An integral part of the Indian recruitment industry from 2003, Joshuas skills lie in the identification of emerging industries, setting up of new systems and scaling up organisations. He is a visiting faculty in leading management schools and also juggles time as a Radio Jockey ( RJ ) in the weekends. He was acknowledged as a TEDxChennai Star for Inspiring Achievements.

WEEK 26

FAITH THAT WORKS

Suresh John
Suresh John is a Consultant, Corporate Trainer, Motivational Speaker and an Executive Coach based in Chennai, India with specialties in Leadership Identification and Development, Performance Enhancement and Coaching. In his previous assignments, Suresh was employed with TalentPro India Pvt. Ltd, as the Head-Performance Consulting and Corporate Training. Suresh and his wife Maya Jacob have two children, Hans and Hannah. Suresh is gifted as an evangelist and teacher and is also involved in consulting and training for Church and Christian organisations in Leadership Identification and Development, Team building and Excellence.

WEEK 27

PURPOSE
Thomas Stevenson
Thomas Stevenson is an Associate with The Institute for Innovation, Integration and Impact Inc, a Silicon Valley think tank and Director for the Institute in India. Thomas has a passion to see leaders and businesses transformed by living their unique purpose and integrated life. Prior to joining The Institute, Thomas had extensive experience in the area of Human Resources and has worked in both Indian and multinational companies.

WEEK 28

INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC LIFE

C. Umashankar
C. Umashankar is a well known IAS officer based in Tamil Nadu, who has earned the reputation of pioneering several State projects including conceiving and implementing the first e-district in India, Thiruvarur (1999-2001). He was chosen by The Week magazine as the Man of the Next Millennium among all bureaucrats in India for his potential to change the face of India (January 2000). Apart from his pioneering work in e-governance, C. Umashankar is an unrelenting crusader against corruption.

WEEK 29

TRANSPARENCY
Thomas Abraham
After spending more than ten years in the IT industry at Bangalore, Thomas Abraham moved to Himachal Pradesh, where he and two friends run their own IT firm. He and his wife Benita are also involved in the student ministry.

WEEK 30

DEALING WITH EMOTIONS

Rajeev Menon
Rajeev Menon served as Vice President CRM of Lavasa Corporation, looking after all Corporate, Institutional, Retail and Residential side of the business. Prior to joining Lavasa, Rajeev Menon founded N-able Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. in Jan 2001 an offshore software application development company based in Mumbai with offshore office in Dallas, Texas. He has more than twenty five years of experience in business and financial strategy consulting.

WEEK 31

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AT WORK

Alan Goodwin
Alan Goodwin is a management professional with 25 years of rich industry experience. Till recently he was Assistant Vice President Human Resources and Head - Learning and Development with an MNC. Currently he is a senior consultant and also a faculty at the Indian Education Society, Mumbai, Institute of Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai and Bhartiya Vidyapeeth for Management, Navi Mumbai. He is a national level faculty for Haggai Institute India and is passionate about equipping leaders for evangelism.

WEEK 32

THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT AT WORK

Joseph Abraham
Joseph Abraham is a facilitator, speaker and executive coach, specializing in career coaching, performance and leadership development. He presently serves as the director of Training and Development at Life at Leadership, a learning and development organization based in Chennai, India. He is also a lay preacher and enjoys preaching and teaching Gods Word at his church and other Para-church organizations. His vision is to help people practice Christ-like leadership every day.

WEEK 33

TEAM BUILDING
Michael Brian
Serving as the Managing Director at DryWash India, a eco-friendly waterless car grooming company with technology and products from Brazil. He is also the founder of Business Seva, a group of young Christian business entrepreneurs, working towards building Kingdom Businesses and raising marketplace leaders. His desire is to build small Christian business communities in different cities of India. His greatest joy is seeing someone realize they can be used by God to reach out and assist others.

WEEK 34

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Dr. Christina Augustine
Dr. Christina Augustine is an OD specialist and currently ushers VIRTUSA as Global Strategic HR in the IT space. She has rich expertise in HR and Organizational Development initiatives and has served various industries (AIRCEL Telecom, FMCG & Health Care). She has a PhD in Applied Psychology with 13 years of experience in HR and OD domains, staffing, psychometric assessment and research. She was honoured with a National award entitled Indira Super Achiever in HR Excellence.

WEEK 35

UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Michael R. Fernandes
Michael R. Fernandes leads the HR consulting practice of an MNC, based in Mumbai. He is involved in WIN-HR, a network of Christians in HR, and is deeply interested in building Christian unity.

WEEK 36

STRATEGY
Vinod Solomon
Vinod Solomon who has significant experience working in India and Europe, presently works with the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a century old institution. His focus is on Business Strategy and strives to apply/combine Biblical principles for marketplace transformation especially through the Redemptive Gifts framework.

WEEK 37

THE ART OF MENTORING

Dr. Vinutha Silvanus
Dr. Vinutha Silvanus is a medical doctor who has specialized in Community Medicine (Public Health). Her choice of specialization was influenced by her desire to serve the under privileged in society. She has worked in State owned and Private Medical Institutions in Mumbai. She is a committed Christian who believes that the Lord has called her to serve Him in the sphere of Public Health. She is currently working in Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu and is looking to contribute in developing a sustainable Public Health system in Nepal.

WEEK 38

PERSEVERANCE
Jaya Abraham
Jaya Abraham currently serves as VP- HCM and CSR with Welspun Group an Indian company with global presence in the space of steel pipes, coils, metal sheets, oil and gas, textiles, and energy. In the last 7 years she has worked with young professionals in the ITES sector and God has used her as a catalyst to touch lives at her workplace. She has been engaged in speaking at marketplace forums stirring Christians to find their joy and mission in their work world. She is part of the God @work movement.

WEEK 39

DEPENDENCE ON GOD
Professor K. Tharu Benny
Professor K. Tharu Benny is a Professor of Marketing in the Rajagiri Business School is a Post Graduate in Business Administration (MBA) and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Bank Administration (PGDBA) and Post Graduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution from the Hamline University School of Law, USA. He is a Corporate Trainer, Business Strategist, and Professional Mentor with 32 years of professional experience in academics and industry. He has played significant role in shaping strategies and in developing systems and process to take companies closer to customers.

WEEK 40

INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
Devendra Chowdary
Devendra has 32 years of experienceassociated with DCM Data Products, SAIL, Citibank and now Infosys. His background is in sales and marketing but for the last ten years, he has been involved with behavioural and mind skills and his role in Infosys is in leadership coaching, learning and development. He has been associated with Haggai Institute and is currently involved with RZIM Academy and other Christian organisations. He has helped establish a couple of fellowships /initiatives, one of which is God@work.

WEEK 41

DECISION MAKING
Prabhu Gudavalli
Prabhu Gudavalli is a young dynamic and passionate Learning Facilitator and works with HCL Tech. LTD, trained over 5000 students and corporate professionals. He is committed to deliver high performance results in both corporate and educational institutions. Transforming and making a significant impact on peoples lives is a vision which he strives for. Coaching has been his passion. His expertise is in team building and development - using a combination of tailored activities - indoors and out, performance management and management training areas of the business.

WEEK 42

JUSTICE OF GOD
Richard Samuel
After completing BA Philosophy from MCC, Richard Samuel served with TRACI New Delhi along with Vishal Mangalwadi. He pursued M. Div. at Asbury Seminary, KY. He also served with Crown Financial Ministries and now Compass Ministries bringing Stewardship teaching to the Church in India. Currently he serves through CBMC, a Market-place ministry. He is also part of the Christ Community Ministries, a community caring for the poor and forgotten. His passion is understanding Gods Word for today.

WEEK 43

RELATIONAL DYNAMICS AT WORK

Prof. Jeyakar Chellaraj
Prof. Jeyakar Chellaraj served as the Principal of the famous Bishop Heber College, India. The All India Association for Christian Higher Education honoured him with the prestigious Fr. T.A. Mathias Award for outstanding and innovative teachers. The Au Sable Institute in Michigan, USA, honored him as a Fellow of the Au Sable Institute in recognition of his leadership and contributions to Environmental Awareness programs. Professor Chellaraj has a passion for training people and has trained many through H.I.s Faculty Development Programs. He is the author of the book titled Transformational Communication published by the India HI.

WEEK 44

ETERNAL REWARDS
J. Godwin Prem Singh
J.Godwin Prem Singh is the author of two Value Education books written for the use of Under Graduate Students of Bishop Heber College (Happy Living and Flying High). J. Godwin Prem Singh was awarded the Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award, for 2008 -09 by the New Delhi-based Global Institute for Health and Educational Growth. He is a trainer for missionaries of Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB) and Christian Institute of Management, Chennai. He is also involved in Youth/Church Ministries of Trichy based churches and a worship leader at St. Johns Church, Trichy.

WEEK 45

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Joshua Rozario
Joshua Rozario is an Entrepreneur and Personal Brand Consultant with a burning passion for People Development. He finds his calling in helping people discover, develop and promote their unique God given Purpose. He is married to Celestine and they make their home in Bangalore. www.joshuarozario.com

WEEK 46

RISK TAKING
Dr T M Joseph
Dr. T. M. Joseph first took up the position of Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon, at the "Samaritan Hospital" in Alwaye, Kerala. God enabled his team to pioneer and establish Open Heart surgery in this state in 1972. In 1976 he moved to The Medical Trust Hospital in Ernakulam. He served there first as Consultant, later as the Head of the Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery and lastly as Dean of the Division of Surgery. He has been active in the ministry both in preaching the Word since 1978, and conducting weekly Bible Studies since 1985.

WEEK 47

CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Dr P James Daniel Paul
Dr P James Daniel Paul is a Senior Expert in Investment and Technology Promotion with United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He had been the Economist with NIPFP (Ministry of Economic Affairs GOI), Confederation of Indian Industries and Murugapaa Group. He has also been associated with Academic institutions like Karunya and VIT as Academic faculty in their respective institutes of management. He has also been a consultant to World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Union, Price water house Coopers and VIT.

WEEK 48

PASSION
Loy DSouza
Loy DSouza has 23 years of work experience in the corporate world mainly assisting senior management at Merrill Lynch, Tata Communications, SNG & Partners, SC Group. He has had the opportunity to pioneer and pastor three churches in Mumbai and shares at conferences, seminars and workshops. Besides being a lawyer, he also provides coaching and does Corporate Training on soft skills. He is gifted at networking and has a desire to see Kingdom advance and leadership multiply.

WEEK 49

ALIGNMENT
Robin Paul
Robin Paul is the CEO of Breakthrough. He is a pioneer and a visionary who has worked with world class, high performers in sports. He served as the Chaplain in many International and world championship, the last being the Sydney Olympics 2000. Robin is also an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church.

WEEK 50

EMPOWERMENT
Ajit Moses
Ajit Moses has been in the IT field for more than 25 years. He has worked with HCL, Calisys and other firms. Currently, he takes care of the IT infrastructure in a IT Testing company. His passion is for reaching young people in the urban and the tribal settings. He teaches in Haggai Seminars and is a group leader in Bible Study Fellowship

WEEK 51

WITNESSING WITHOUT FEAR

Prem P. Sarkar
Prem P. Sarkar is the Founder and CEO of the Harvest Transcription Private Ltd established in 1999 providing 24/7 offshore Transcription Services to US Hospitals. He is a management graduate with over 25 years of expertise in the service industry. He is the recipient of Rashtrya Rattan Award, Pride of India Award and the Rajiv Gandhi Shiromoni Award from the Global Economic Council for his individual achievement and distinguished service to the nation. Prem is a care cell leader of his church and a member of the Gideons International in India.

WEEK 52

STEWARDSHIP
Jacob K Varghese
Jacob K Varghese is a practicing chartered accountant based in Mumbai. He is also a qualified Company Secretary. Presently, he is the Treasurer of Haggai Institute, India and co-ordinator for Haggai Institute in Mumbai City. He is also a board member of Seva Bharat, Hyderabad.