Baiju Karunakaran
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Occupation | Head-WCDMA R&D at Alcatel-Lucent, India |
| Location | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Introduction | Professional leadership in technology business is my passion. My professional experience profile include: building complex product development capability in India; implementing highly effective execution models involving combinations of in-house and outsourced product development models; maintaining global standards in high tech product development and services delivery from India; building and maintaining competencies of diverse nature; structuring and maintaining large and effective R&D organization with the right business perspective; constantly maintaining an environment that is conducive for innovation; building and maintaining cohesive teams based on the principle of "respect for individuals"; maintaining binding relationships across multi-cultural/global teams. |
| Interests | Technology and R&D Management, Indian classical and light music, Literature, History, Culture, Travel, Philosophy, ... |
| Favorite movies | Gandhi, A Roman Holiday, Ten Commandments,... |
| Favorite music | Beatles, Indian Classical Music, Film songs of KJ Yesudas, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh Chand, Kishore Kumar, S. Janaki, P. Susheela, Madhuri, Vani Jayaram... but a lifetime fan of KJ Yesudas's!!! |
| Favorite books | The Executive in Action, In Search of Excellence, Good to Great, The Fifth Discipline, Anton Chekhov's stories, Oscar Wilde's stories, O. Henry's stories, Rabindranath Tagore's stories, Charles Dicken's novels, Leo Tolstoy's novels, Fyodor Dostoevsky's novels, Kazantzakis' novels, RK Narayan's novels, ... |