Placement Training
Personality Development
Outbound Training

The Journey .. so far!
Consultant and Guest Faculty, IIT Madras Lt Col Jayakumar is a veteran of the Indian Army. He was an Instructor in Gunnery and a Certified Personality Assessment Professional from the Defence Institute of Psychological Research. He was a part of the Selection Committee of Services Selection Board from 1999 to 2003 as Technical Officer/Psychologist in Bhopal.
He took over the duties of Placement and Public Relations at IIT Madras in 2006 and superannuated in 2018. Since then, he is into coaching students in facing interviews, personality development, corporate training on leadership and teaching students of IIT Madras as a guest faculty.

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
Period | Experience | |
From | To | |
Until | 2004 | Indian Army at various levels |
2004 | 2006 | Entrepreneur, IMPACT, Holistic Self Improvement |
2006 | 2010 | IIT Madras |
2010 | 2012 | IIITDM Kancheepuram |
2012 | 2018 | IIT Madras |
2018 | Until now | Freelance trainer, Guest Faculty, Short Term Assignments.. |
Indian Army Experience Highlights
- Mostly along line of control, in bunkers.
- One tenure as a PSYCHOLOGIST at Services Selection Board, Bhopal, consequent to the Certification of PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT from the Defence Institute of Psychological Research, New Delhi
- Established CHINAR PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING CENTRE, Srinagar
- Conducted several motivational talks for the troops and the locals
Entrepreneur Initiative, IMPACT
- Corporate Outbound Training
- Personality Development
- Placement Training
- Soft Skills Training
At IIT Madras
- Handling Student Affairs at the O/o Dean (Students)
- Teaching Soft Skills as a part of LTAP Programme
- Teaching Life Skills as a General Course
- Conducting Outbound Training for the first year students
- Part of the Panel of Instructors for STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, an online course through NPTEL
At IIITDM Kancheepuarm
- Administrative duties as REGISTRAR
- Formulated SOPs, and established the Placement Office for the first batch students
At Chargebee: Recruitment Consultant
At KALAKSHETRA: Advisor to the RDCFA
As a Member of Panels in various roles at THE MMA Chennai, IISERs, Pune and Tirupati
Conducted Holistic Development Programmes at MILITARY SCHOOL Bangalore, SAINIK SCHOOL Bijapur
Outbound Training Programme to local offices of MNCs like ITC, HCL, ANAND, MANDO, TCL, etc.