Jaikumar Raghunathan

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About Jaikumar Raghunathan

Experienced Professional with strong leadership, problem solving and communication skills. Impeccable academic record throughout graduation and double masters, including a president's gold medal in the Masters (M Tech) programme. A proven ability for planning, co-ordinating and executing organisational strategies and multiple concurrent tasks in various roles in a distinguished career of over 20 years in the Indian Navy as a Naval Architect and Computer Simulation Specialist. Vast experience and expertise in Naval Ship Design and Shipbuilding, and consequently in handling multidisciplinary processes, strategies particularly in cost estimation, resource planning and optimisation, contract formulation and negotiations and project management of several high value capital projects. A team player and a leader who leads by example, motivates, mentors and trains team members to achieve excellence. A creative and lateral thinking individual with strong ideation and problem solving skills A penchant for numbers with strong skills in analysis of a variety of data, establishing patterns and developing predictive mathematical models that aid in decision making. Accomplished communicator, with excellent written & verbal skills, developed through extensive experiences in generating technical, cost and audit reports, presentations and delivering lectures and workshops at the Indian Navy's premier training establishments. Ability to take the initiative, lead and work well on concurrent tasks under pressure to ensure strict deadlines are met, as successfully demonstrated in various leadership roles in the Indian Navy Extensive experience in simulation based ship design, engineering design and related software.