Dr. Raju Davis Perepadan : A visionary who has founded a number of educational institutions including 2 engineering colleges, an MBA college, 2 CBSE schools apart from initiating a number of other educational institutions. He was the Vice President of All Kerala CBSE School Management Association. He served as General Secretary and Working President of the association earlier. He was the Vice President of All Kerala Engineering College Managements Association and All Kerala MBA College Managements Association. He was the General Secretary of Calicut University Management Schools Association. He is enriched with a lot of new ideas and innovations through his visit of nearly 25 countries around the world. He was a member of Kerala university senate during his college days itself.
Awards Received
Recipient of Swami Vivekananda National Award 2007 for his innovations in Academics. The award was given along with the noted personalities like the Chief Minister of J&K Shri Gulam Nabi Azad (Award for statesmanship), Former cabinet Minister Padmabhushan Dr. Mohan Dharia (for social service), Management Guru Padmashri Dr. Preetham Singh (Life Time achievement), AIIMS Director Padmashri Dr. P. Venugopal (Health Service) etc. The jury for the award consisted of the former Chief Justice of India Hon. Justice A.H. Ahamadi, Dr. P.C. Alexander, former Maharashtra Governor and Shri Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister etc. Dr. Raju Davis is also the recipient of Nehru Award and Gandhian Puraskar for his novel ideas introduced in the field of education.
