Speakers Profile

Profile of Dr. Ram Singh:

Dr. Ram Singh is Professor at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade with over 23 years of teaching
experience. His academic qualification is B.Com; MBA, Ph. D, UGC- NET Qualified; PGDIBO;
Certificate in Managing Global Governance from German Development Institute, Bonn,
Germany. He also holds Master Certificate in SCM & Logistics from Michigan State University,
USA. He specializes; both in training & research; in areas such as Export Import Procedure;
Trade Policy & Trade Logistics.

He has authored two text books, first on “International Trade Operations” with Excel
Publications, another on “International Trade Logistics” with Oxford University Press. His third
text book entitled “Export Management” with Oxford University Press is soon to hit the
market. He has also co-authored a book on “Exim Finance” with Vikas Publications.
Dr. Singh has done program for firms like ITC; ONGC; IOC; HPCL; Hindalco; Oliveitup (Italy; EU
commission) STC; MMTC; Brenttag India; SRF Chemical; Mitsui chemicals, Murugappa Group,
TVS Motors, Maruti Suzuki, HSBC: Yes Bank; Royal Bank of Scotland, ECGC; Almost all Export
Promotion Councils/Commodity Boards/Export Development Authorities (on need basis) CSIR;
Bank Staff College of Public Sector Banks etc.
Dr. Ram Singh is directly involved in training of Indian Trade Services (ITS) probationers,
Ministry of Commerce; GOI. He is visiting faculty NACEN (Faridabad & Bombay) for Training
Indian Revenue Services (IRS) Officials.

Profile of Dr. Surendar Singh: Dr Surendar Singh, Senior Deputy Director, Engineering Export
Promotion Council, India. He has more than 12 years of experience in teaching, research and
consultancy. His academic qualification is BA; MIB, Ph. D, UGC- NET Qualified; PGDIBO. He
specializes in international trade and policymaking. He has carried out a large number of
projects studies with USAID, US consulate, Asia Foundation, British High Commission, World
Bank, Asian Development Bank, DFID and IRU. His research interests include international
trade, trade policy, global value chains, free trade agreements and WTO related issues. He also
worked as a Consultant for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He has also co-
authored a book on “International Trade and Economics” with Vikas Publications and has done
6 Structured Contents Module Sikkim Manipal University. He has authored 20 research
publications.