Faculty

About

Prof. Mariakutty Varkey is HoD and Professor of Systems Administration. She obtained her B.S (Engg) from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, M.Tech in Electronics and Communications Systems from CUSAT, Cochin, and MBA from one of India’s Central Universities. She served as General Manager (Operations) of T&D Labs (Software) Pvt Ltd., Cochin and General Manager (Quality) with SunTech Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Technopark, TVM. She was also associated with Keltron Controls, and was deputed to West Germany for a joint software development project. She was connected with Department of IT, Kerala State as Mission Co-ordinator. She also served as a lecturer in the College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

Educational Qualification

• B Sc (Engg) – Electrical from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala.
• M Tech – Electronics and Communication systems from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin - rank holder
• MBA from Indira Gandhi National Open University

Employment History

IT industry

• General Manager (Operations) for M/s t n d labs(software) Pvt Ltd, an exclusive software testing lab in IT Park, Cochin
• General Manager(Quality) with M/s SunTec Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, Technopark, Trivandrum.
• Deputy Manager with KELTRON, Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation, Trivandrum
• Software and quality consultant for companies in Kerala
• Software expert for Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for auditing/certifying of their clients from software industry in Kerala against ISO standards
• Mission Co-ordinator in the Department of Information Technology for Kerala State reporting to the Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Kerala

Academics

• Currently working as Professor and Head of Systems &Operations in SCMS Cochin School of Business for their Post Graduate Diploma in Management course.

Teaching Interests

• Designing and Teaching IT related courses with a practical perspective
• Undertaking MDP/consultancy projects

Publications

• An Article “ERP in Management Education Institutions – the next level of IT implementation in Education sector in Kerala “ was prepared with Mr.Justin Joy, Assistant Professor, SCMS Cochin School of Business. This was presented in a National Conference on “Value creation in services – Issues and Challenges” , held in July 2013 and was published in their ISBN edited volume on the theme “Value creation in services- Issues and challenges”.
• A paper is  'A Model  For Data Management in Communicable Diseases at Primary Health Centre Level  in India' was prepared jointly with Dr.Poornima Narayanan, Associate Professor, SCMS School of Technology and Management, and presented in the National conference on 'Inclusive Innovation and Sustainable Growth: The Millenium Challenges', sponsored by UGC, held at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in August, 2013.
• A paper “Knowledge Management Practices in Indian Software Industry – A pilot study from Kerala” was jointly prepared with Ms. Hasnath Abu , Assistant Professor, SCMS School of Technology and Management and presented in the “International Conference on Knowledge Management “held at SCMS Cochin School of Business in August 2014.