DR. MENDUS JACOB, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., MIoD, the CEO of IPSR Solutions Ltd. and Valin Technologies, U.K., is an Academician and an Entrepreneur with 25 + years of teaching experience. He is also the Professor & Director of MCA Programme at Marian College, Kuttikkanam, Peermade and Former Director of School of Applicable Mathematics, M.G. University Kottayam He acted as Chairman and Member of many Academic Bodies constituted by the University and currently serving as the Member, Governing Body of Marian College & Marian International Institute of Management (MIIM), Kuttikkanam. In addition to his capacity as Director, MCA Programme, he is also the Chairman, Board of Studies of MCA Course and B.Sc. Mathematics Course at Marian College which is granted Autonomy status by the Government. He received the Best Entrepreneur Award from Chief Minister of Kerala and IT Education Excellence Award from the Defense Minister of India. IPSR Solutions Ltd. under the leadership of Dr. Mendus Jacob has bagged ‘Samman Patra’ Award from Ministry of Finance, Government of India and 22 International Awards for the Best Training Partner from Red Hat, the Global leaders in Open Source. He is a Ph.D. in Operations Research and has to his credit a number of National and International publications. He holds the International Certification of Directorship awarded by The World Council of Corporate Governance and is eligible for taking up the Directorship of any company globally. He has served as resource person for many National & International Seminars & Conferences in Mathematics, Management and Computer Applications. He has organised, conducted and served as resource person for a number of Faculty Development Programmes including UGC sponsored Refresher Courses.