Prof. T. T. Srinath

Adjunct Faculty - Organizational Development & Leadership

T.T Srinath has been an entrepreneur from 1980 to 2000 and a ‘Personal Growth and Organisation Consultant’ from the year 2000. As a qualified sensitivity trainer from India’s most recognized body for applied behavioural science (the ‘Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science, [ISABS.org], an associate of National Training Laboratory, USA), his experience spans across a wealth of industries.

He has done his Post-Graduate degree in Human Resource Management from one of India’s most well-known institutes for Human Resource Management, namely Xavier Labour Relations Institute, XLRI (Jamshedpur). He received his Ph.D. in ‘Behaviour of the Small-Scale Entrepreneur’, from one of India’s leading universities namely the Anna University, Chennai, India.

Born into a large business family based in South India, Dr. T.T Srinath, was exposed to organisational behaviour at an early age. After his post-graduate degree in XLRI he went on to resuscitate several ailing companies before setting up his own manufacturing plant.

During his transition from Manufacturing to Training, he has undergone intensive training in centres across the world.

He is a certificate holder in Sociodrama & Action Methods, issued by MPV / SAM Sociodrama & Action Methods Training, accredited by the British Psychodrama Association. He has been a student of ‘Psychodrama’, having trained extensively with members of the British Psychodrama Association. He is a student of Gestalt, trained by the Northern Rivers Institute of Gestalt, Australia; an accredited Master Coach, accredited by Dr. Suzzane Skiffington from Australia and a serious participant in the Tavistock Model of Group Facilitation.

Further, his Ph.D. in ‘Entrepreneurial Development’ has allowed him to refine his own training technique as well as explore new areas within entrepreneurial development. His unique models and interactive psychodrama tools have been tremendously successful.

Over the last 4 decades he has worked with CEOs, Managers, Middle level Managers, Executives and down the line, numbering more than 35,000 individuals across India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Middle East, and Indonesia ranging from manufacturing industries, service industries, educational institutions, government undertaking public sector and NGO sector.

He is currently Managing Director of a successful medium sized travel agency in Chennai, a firm that he started with associates from the travel trade, in 1990.

He is a stage actor and model. He has been on stage for 50 years (since 1975), has acted and performed in Chennai and across India, being part of the cast of over 20 plays and innumerable performances; has co-directed a commercial theatre performance; has acted in a successful commercial Hindi language film titled ‘Guru’; has contributed to a social cause by featuring significantly in a film production for ‘Schizophrenic Society of India’; has acted in bio-pictures featuring the eminent south Indian director and producer K.Subramaniam and also about the erstwhile Indian President Honourable R.Venkataraman. He is an Executive Committee member of The Madras Players, the oldest English Theatre in India, now in its 70^th year of continued existence.

Papers published in journals

• Study on the ‘Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Potential of Post Graduate Engineering Students of Anna University,’ Chennai. [Published by SEDME – Govt. of India- Vol 29, November, 2002]
• Study on ‘Perception of Small Scale Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu’ regarding ‘Successful and Unsuccessful Qualities of Entrepreneurs’ [Published by SEDME – Govt. of India- Vol 30, September, 2003]
• Presented a paper titled ‘The Entrepreneurial Personality: The Human Side of Small Scale Business’ along with Dr.T.G.Vijaya Ph.D. at AIMS International Conference held between 29^th of March 1^st of April 2009 at Dubai.
• Published a researched article ‘The New Leader- An Emerging Butterfly’ – on Leader’s role on exercising influence on the organisation’s environment and the key behaviours that efficient leaders need to exhibit. [NHRD Network Journal- April 2009]
• Published a research paper titled ‘Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Bheaviour Demonstration – A Comparative Study between Small-Scale Manufacturing Entrepreneurs and Service Entrepreneurs’ along with Dr.M.V.Supriya Ph.D. [Asia-Pacific Business Review, Vol. V, No.1, January – March 2009 pp. 56-60. ISSN 0973-2470]
• Study on Impact of Entrepreneurial Characteristics Between Service and Manufacturing Sector Entrepreneurs [Published by Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management: Volume 1 Issue 3 October 2012]

Articles

• Published an article on ‘Theatre: Its Relevance in Corporate Training and Spiritual Growth’ [The British Journal of Psychodrama and Sociodrama, Vol.17, No.1, 2002]
• Published an article on ‘Creative Action Methods’ [HRD News Letter, Vol.20, Issue 2, May, 2004]
• Published an article ‘Tipping the Scales’- becoming aware of what it takes to positively impact organisation and personal growth – [The Hindu-Business Line ‘Catalyst,’ March 2005]
• Published an article titled ‘Leadership Approach- A Paradigm Shift’ [Teletronic Magazine- published by British Psychodrama Association, Vol. 7 No.3- September 2018]
• Published an article titled ‘Employing Doubling to Reveal the Unsaid’ -[Teletronic Magazine- published by British Psychodrama Association, Vol. 9 No.1- February 2020]
• Published an article titled ‘Zoom and the Possibility of Working with Role Taking’ -[Teletronic Magazine- published by British Psychodrama Association, Vol. 10 No.2- April 2021]
• Published an article titled ‘Decision Making Using Creative Action Methods’ [Teletronic Magazine- published by British Psychodrama Association, Vol. 11 No.1- February 2022]
• Published an article titled ‘Using Creative Action Method to Workthrough and Management of Conflict’ -[Teletronic Magazine- published by British Psychodrama Association, Vol. 12 No.1- March 2023]
• Published an article titled ‘Igniting a Sense of Ownership: Building an Inclusive Workplace’ -[Beyond Tomorrow – A New Age People Process- published by NHRD, Kolkata Chapter, April 2024]

He is a regular contributor to ‘The Hindu BusinessLine’ newspaper and ‘The Hindu-Metro Plus’, writing articles for them since 2002. Over 250 articles of his have been published so far.

To access his articles you may click on the following link: https://www.ttsrinath.com/relatedArticles.html

Books

• Edited a book titled ‘Team Development and Team Effectiveness: A Facilitator’s Handbook,’ published by ‘The ICFAI University Press,’ Hyderabad, India. [ISBN: 81-314-0143-X].
• Authored a book titled ‘All the World is a Stage’ - Drama and its evidence in the Corporate World’ Published by: Productivity Press (India) Ltd; ISBN-10: 8185984794 and ISBN-13: 978-8185984797.
• Authored a booked titled: Creating Winning Relationships Through Conversations with Self’ Published by Notion Press, Inc; ISBN-10: 1947349899 and ISBN-13: 978-1947349896.
• Authored a book titled: Facing My Mirror, published by: Shakthi Forms, Trichy ISBN: 978-8194363729 and ISBN: 978-8194363729.

Book Reviews

• Book Review of the book ‘If you feel good, you work good’ [Author: Sankarasubramanyan Ramamoorthy] published in The Hindu – BusinessLine Newspaper; issue dated: 4^th May 2021.
• Book Review of the book ‘The Daily Laws: ‘366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature,’ [Author-Robert Greene] published in The Hindu – BusinessLine Newspaper; issue dated: 30^th November 2021.
• Book Review of the book ‘The Tools: 5 life-changing techniques to unlock your potential’ [Authors: Phil Stutz and Barry Michels] published in The Hindu – BusinessLine Newspaper; issue dated: 6^th April 2023
• Book Review of the book ‘Why do I need to matter: A process of Action, Emotion and Cognition’ [Author: Nagendra P Singh] published in The Hindu – BusinessLine Newspaper; issue dated: 1^st December 2023.
• Book Review of the book ‘The Tao of Strategy: How Seven Eastern Philosophies Help Solve Twenty-First-Century Business Challenges’ [Authors: Kanokrat Namasondhi, L. J. Bourgeois, and Serge Eygenson] published in The Hindu – BusinessLine Newspaper; issue dated: 23^rd January 2025.