The initiation of the Centre for Data Analytics & Research (CEDAAR) as an online organization was an outcome of realizing the growing need to democratize access to data literacy, research capabilities, and analytical tools in an increasingly data-centric world. With vast amounts of data being generated across industries, there is a critical demand for a centralized, accessible space where students, researchers, and professionals can develop practical skills, collaborate on real-world problems, and engage in meaningful research regardless of geographical constraints. CEDAAR functions as a hub for advancing data-driven innovation, research, and skill development by integrating academic knowledge with real-world applications.
CEDAAR is headed by Dr. Chandrasekharan Rajendran, Former Chair Professor of RAGS Family Foundation Institute Chair, IIT Madras, with a Doctorate Honoris Causa (Dr.rer.pol.h.c.) from the University of Passau, recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (post-doctoral) Research Fellowship, and DAAD Fellowship of Germany and Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE).
CEDAAR operates through two dynamic wings: CEDAAR Inspires and CEDAAR Excels. CEDAAR Inspires focuses on motivation, awareness, and personal growth, aiming to ignite curiosity and encourage students to explore their potential through talks, workshops, and mentoring initiatives. CEDAAR Excels, on the other hand, is dedicated to performance and achievement, providing structured guidance, skill development, and academic support to help students reach excellence in their chosen fields.
Our Mission is to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world application by
Dr. Kuldeep Baishya, Ph.D.
(IITM Shillong)
Assistant Professor,
School of Business,
IIT Guwahati
Dr. Rupashree Baral, Ph.D.
(IIT Bombay)
Professor,
Department of Management Studies,
IIT Madras
Dr. Sujatha Bhan, Ph.D.
(SDNT Women’s University)
Sr. Professor & Head (Rtd.)
Department of Special Education,
SDNT Women’s University, Mumbai
Mr. Vinod Chacko, B.Tech.
(Kannur University)
Founder & CEO,
Flexicloud Hasting, Cochin
Dr. Vaibhav Chawla, FPM
(IIM Kozhikode)
Associate Professor,
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. Kiran Lata Dangwal, Ph.D.
(University of Lucknow)
Associate Professor,
Department of Education,
University of Lucknow, Lucknow
Mr. TND Tulsi Dashsharma, MS
(IIT Madras)
Data Science Analyst,
Cisco Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Dr. Mayuri Duggirala, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Senior Scientist,
Applied Behavioral Sciences Research, TCS Research & Innovation, Bangalore
Dr. Lata Dyaram, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Professor,
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. Ameeta Fernando, Ph.D.
(LIBA)
Assistant Professor (Business Analytics),
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
Dr. L.S. Ganesh, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Former Vice-Chancellor, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad & Professor, IIT Madras
Dr. M.P. Ganesh, Ph.D.
(IIT Bombay)
Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, IIT Hyderabad & Affiliated Faculty at the Department of Climate Change
Dr. Sampurna Guha, Ph.D.
(Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute)
Assistant Professor, Amity University, Uttarpradesh
Dr. Abraham Cyril Issac, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras-Swinburne University of Technology)
Assistant Professor, School of Business, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Akanksha Jaiswal, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Assistant Professor Human Resources, Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
Dr. Kanak Kalita, Ph.D.
(IIEST Shibpur)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, Avadi, Chennai
Dr. Ramesh Krishnan, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras & UTS)
Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode
Mrs. M. Lakshmi Supriya, B.Arch.
(SRM University)
Content Writer & Graphic Designer, NPTEL, IIT Madras
Dr. Antony Paulraj, Ph.D.
(Cleveland State University)
Professor, NEOMA Business School, Paris, France
Dr. P. Arun Prasad, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Executive Director, Whiteblue.ai Founder - Bullziai.com Adj / Visiting Professor - SKEMA Business School , IMT and University of Dubai
Dr. Kaushik Raghavan, Ph.D.
(IIIT D&M)
Assistant Vice-President Product Research & Testing, Rasileo Labs, Chennai
Dr. Suchithra Rajendran, Ph.D.
(Penn State University, USA)
Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Dr. R. Ramanathan, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Professor, CoBA, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Preethi K.M. Ramanujam, Ph.D.
(NTU Singapore)
Data Scientist, Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre Singapore
Dr. Ananthavalli Ramesh, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Associate Faculty, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Begaluru
Dr. M. Ramasubramaniam, Ph.D.
(IISc)
Professor, Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
Dr. Rajan Ranjith Kumar Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Instructor, Business Data Management, Online Degree Programme in Data Science, IIT Madras
Dr. Ranjana Ruhela, Ph.D.
Principal, DIET Rajindar Nagar, State Council for Educational Research (SCERT), New Delhi
Dr. Santhosh Kumar Selvam, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Principal Data Scientist, o9 Solutions, Bangalore
Dr. Adya Shakti, Ph.D.
(Banaras Hindu University)
Associate Professor & Head, Department of Visual Impairment, Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow
Dr. Devi Soumyaja, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Cochin
Dr. S. Srinivasan, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. J. Sujatha Malini, Ph.D.
(Alagappa University)
Professor & Head, Dean Faculty of Special Edcation, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Dr. G.S. Sureshchandar, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Director, Operational Excellence Academy, Chennai
Dr. Krithika Venkatraman, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Manager People Development, Tiger Analytics, Chennai
Dr. Vishnu Vijay Kumar, Ph.D.
(IITM-NUS)
Research Staff, New York University, Aby Dhabi
Dr. B. Vipin, Ph.D.
(IIT Madras)
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Prof. Akanksha Jaiswal
LIBA, Chennai
Prof. Ananthavalli Ramesh
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India,Bengaluru, Karnataka
Prof. L.S. Ganesh
Formally with IIT Madras
Mr. Rajan Ranjith Kumar
Instructor, IIT Madras
Dr. Santhosh Kumar Selvam
O9 Solutions, Chennai
Dr. Mayuri Duggirala
TCS, Chennai
Prof. Lata Dyaram
IIT Madras
Prof. Rupashree Baral
IIT Madras
Prof. M.P. Ganesh
IIT Hyderabad
Prof. Vaibhav Chawla
IIT Madras
Prof. Abraham Cyril Issac
IIT Guwahati
Prof. Suchithra Rajendran
University of Missouri, USA
Prof. Antany Paulraj
NEOMA Business School, Paris, France
Prof. Ramesh Krishnan
IIM, Kozhikode
Prof. R. Ramanathan
Formerly with University of Essex, UK
Dr. G.S. Sureshchandar
Director, Operational Excellence Academy, Chennai
Prof. S. Srinivasan
IIT Madras
Ms. V. Gayathri, PG Asst.
Narayana School, Chennai
Ms. H. Revathi, PGT,
The Schram Academy, Chennai
Ms. S. Dhanakodi Ambal, PG Asst.
Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Chennai
Dr. Krithika Venkatraman, Manager
People Development Tiger Analytics, Chennai
Prof. P. Arun Prasad
SKEMA Business School, Dubai
Dr. Kaushik Raghavan
Rasileo Labs, Chennai
Dr. Vishnu Vijay Kumar
New York University, Abu Dubai
Prof. B. Vipin
IIT Madras
Prof. Kuldeep Baishya
IIT Guwahati
Mr. TND Tulsi Dashsharma
Cisco Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Dr. Saravanan Balachandran
Educational Consultant, VIT Vellore & Chennai
Prof. Devi Soumyaja
School of Management Studies, Cochin
Dr. Dixon Prem Daniel
National University of Singapore
Dr. Preethi K.M. Ramanujam
NTU, Singapore
Prof. Kanak Kalita
RIT, Chennai
Mrs. Lakshmi Supriya
NPTEL, IIT Madras
Prof. J. Sujathamalini
Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Prof. Anamika Choudhary
National Rehabilitation University, Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Sujata Bhan
SDNT Women’s University, Mumbai
Prof. Sampurna Guha
Amity University, Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Kiran Lata Dangwal
University of Lucknow
Dr. Ranjana Ruhela
SCERT, New Delhi
Prof. Ramasubramaniam
LIBA, Chennai
Dr. Ameeta Fernando
LIBA, Chennai
Dr. Kuldeep Baishya, Ph.D. (IITM Shillong)
Assistant Professor,
School of Business,
IIT Guwahati
Dr. Rupashree Baral, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay)
Professor,
Department of Management Studies,
IIT Madras
Dr. Sujatha Bhan, Ph.D. (SDNT Women’s University)
Sr. Professor & Head (Rtd.)
Department of Special Education,
SDNT Women’s University, Mumbai
Mr. Vinod Chacko, B.Tech. (Kannur University)
Founder & CEO,
Flexicloud Hasting, Cochin
Dr. Vaibhav Chawla, FPM (IIM Kozhikode)
Associate Professor,
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. Kiran Lata Dangwal, Ph.D. (University of Lucknow)
Associate Professor,
Department of Education,
University of Lucknow, Lucknow
Mr. TND Tulsi Dashsharma, MS (IIT Madras)
Data Science Analyst,
Cisco Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Dr. Mayuri Duggirala, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Senior Scientist,
Applied Behavioral Sciences Research, TCS Research & Innovation, Bangalore
Dr. Lata Dyaram, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Professor,
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. Ameeta Fernando, Ph.D. (LIBA)
Assistant Professor (Business Analytics),
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
Prof. L.S. Ganesh, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Formerly Vice-Chancellor, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad & Professor, IIT Madras
Dr. M.P. Ganesh, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay)
Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, IIT Hyderabad & Affiliated Faculty at the Department of Climate Change
Dr. Sampurna Guha, Ph.D. (Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute)
Assistant Professor, Amity University, Uttarpradesh
Dr. Abraham Cyril Issac, Ph.D. (IIT Madras-Swinburne University of Technology)
Assistant Professor, School of Business, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Akanksha Jaiswal, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Assistant Professor Human Resources, Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
Dr. Kanak Kalita, Ph.D. (IIEST Shibpur)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, Avadi, Chennai
Dr. Ramesh Krishnan, Ph.D. (IIT Madras & UTS)
Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode
Mrs. M. Lakshmi Supriya, B.Arch. (SRM University)
Content Writer & Graphic Designer, NPTEL, IIT Madras
Dr. Antony Paulraj, Ph.D. (Cleveland State University)
Professor, NEOMA Business School, Paris, France
Dr. P. Arun Prasad, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Adjunct/Visiting Professor, SKEMA Business School, Dubai, Emirates, Aviation University, Dubai, Executive Director & Relationship Head-WhiteBlue IT Solutions, Founder & CEO Bullseyeexperts.com Bullziai.com
Dr. Kaushik Raghavan, Ph.D. (IIIT D&M)
Assistant Vice-President Product Research & Testing, Rasileo Labs, Chennai
Dr. Suchithra Rajendran, Ph.D. (Penn State University, USA)
Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Dr. R. Ramanathan, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Professor, CoBA, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Preethi K.M. Ramanujam, Ph.D. (NTU Singapore)
Data Scientist, Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre Singapore
Dr. Ananthavalli Ramesh, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Associate Faculty, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Begaluru
Prof. M. Ramasubramaniam, Ph.D. (IISc)
Professor, Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
Dr. Rajan Ranjith Kumar Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Instructor, Business Data Management, Online Degree Programme in Data Science, IIT Madras
Dr. Ranjana Ruhela, Ph.D.
Principal, DIET Rajindar Nagar, State Council for Educational Research (SCERT), New Delhi
Dr. Santhosh Kumar Selvam, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Principal Data Scientist, o9 Solutions, Bangalore
Dr. Adya Shakti, Ph.D. (Banaras Hindu University)
Associate Professor & Head, Department of Visual Impairment, Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow
Dr. Devi Soumyaja, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Cochin
Dr. S. Srinivasan, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. J. Sujatha Malini, Ph.D. (Alagappa University)
Professor & Head, Dean Faculty of Special Edcation, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Dr. G.S. Sureshchandar, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Director, Operational Excellence Academy, Chennai
Dr. Krithika Venkatraman, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Manager People Development, Tiger Analytics, Chennai
Dr. Vishnu Vijay Kumar, Ph.D. (IITM-NUS)
Research Staff, New York University, Aby Dhabi
Dr. B. Vipin, Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras