Joseph Menacherry

Consultant and Honorary Professor , Business Management School

Cochin, Kerala., India

A former UN Official and Civil Servant, my expertise lies in the development and drafting of research and position papers, documents etc., in skill development, child labour, education, gender, migration, Industrial Relations, Enforcement of Labour Laws, social protection etc.

I have special strengths in the design, development, drafting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
  • Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
  • Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
Professional Experience:

Twenty (20) years professional technical experience in the UN's International Labour Organization of which last 7 years was as a Chief Technical Adviser in the P 5 Grade.

Later worked as Adviser to the Government of Kerala on Migration, Skill Development, Industrial Relations, Project Financing etc.

Expertise in Design, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation of Social Projects.

Areas of expertise include School Education, Skill Development, Social Protection etc.

Excellent in drafting project documents, research papers, position papers etc.

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Education:

I hold a Masters in Human Resources Development from the University of Manchester, UK.

I am also a Masters in Solid State Physics from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kerala, India.

I am a former member of the highest Indian Civil Service, the Indian Administrative Service, IAS having got through the highly competitive Civil Services Examination conducted by the India’s Union Public Service Commission.

Of the about 500,000 candidates who write the Examinations less than a 100 make it to the IAS.

Earlier for a year I had also worked in the Indian Police Service.

I had my early University Education in the Loyola College, Chennai which is now a Deemed University.

Affiliations and Achievements:

Former Member of the Indian Administrative Service.

Former Member of the Indian Police Service.

Was District Magistrate and Collector, Ernakulam District, Kerala.

Winner of the Saha Meitrei Seva Medal awarded by the Prime Minister of Cambodia.

Winner of the Reenu Sandhu Gold Medal for the best Probationer of my batch of the
Indian Administrative Service.

Award for the Best Performing District Collector.

Citation from the Government of Kerala for my role in leading a team of the Government to the refugee camps in the Ruweished Desert on the Iraq-Jordan border during Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and establishing orderly refugee camps and ensuring the safe return of over 100,000 Indian migrants-refugees in Kuwait back to India.

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Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

More than 20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, French, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Khmer

Nationality:

India

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