Research Areas:
Elementary Education Management, HR, Literacy, Vocational Education and Skill Development

Recent Consulting:
A consultant to organizations like National Planning commission, Ministry of Welfare, Ford Foundation; USAID, National Literacy Mission, MHRD, New Delhi; UNESCO, World Bank, British High Commission, etc

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 1986-present
Visiting Faculty for MBA programme, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, Feb 1993-April 1993
Visiting Faculty, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA, Spring Semester 2004

Professional Appointments:
Associate Editor, the Journal Education 3-13 International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years of Education 21st June, 2008

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership:
1. Member, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, from September 5, 2008 to 2011
2. Appointed member of the Board of Studies in Education, Christ University, Bangalore, 2008 
3. Member, EDUSAT Technical Committee, by the Directorate of State Educational Research and Training, GOK, June 5, 2007
4. Nominated Member to the Academic Council of Anna University, Thirunelveli for a period of three years from September 2009 
5. Nominated as Member of Academic Council of Poornaprajna Institute of Faculty Improvement, Bangalore from January, 2010
6. Appointed member of Committee on School Leadership Development by MHRD, Dept. of School Education and Literacy, New Delhi, April 2010
7. Appointed member of Board of Studies in Business Administration of Visvesvaraya Technological University for the period 2010-2013
8. Appointed member of Advisory Board, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore, from July 6^th, 2010
9. Appointed member of the Committee to select the Satyen Maitra Memorial Literacy Award set up by the National Literacy Mission, Government of India, for the year 2010

Awards:
Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship 1982 - 83

Significant Publications:

Books:
1. "DPEP experiences in Tamil Nadu and Kerala: Some lessons for SSA" in DPEP Impact on Primary Education, EDCIL, New Delhi, January, 2004, pp187-190

2. Total Quality Management of Elementary Education, Allied Publishers, Chennai, September 2003

3. "Development of Management Literature in India" Sessional Report in Management Education in India, Edited by J. Philip and D. Shankara Narayan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, March 1989

4. Integrated Child Development Services  An Evaluation  Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi  July 1988

5. "Nurture of Talents" In Identification and Development of Talent edited by MK Raina, NCERT, New Delhi, October 1988

6. DPEP experiences in Tamil Nadu and Kerala: Some lessons for SSA in DPEP Impact on Primary Education, EDCIL, New Delhi, January, 2004, pp187-190

Research Papers:

1. S.. Nayana Tara; N.S. Sanath Kumar & S. Ramaswamy - "Effectiveness of academic support structures for elementary education in two southern states of India", European Journal of Management, Vol 9 (3), 2009, pp.101-107
2. Position Paper on "Teacher Education, Management System" by the National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi. December, 2008
3. "Literacy Assessment, Management Information Systems and Monitoring and Evaluation of Literacy Programs in India" sent for publication to Adult Education Quarterly, SAGE Publications (Revised manuscript based on referee comments sent on 16th October, 2008)
4. "Human Resources Development Strategies for the Public Works Department in a State", sent for publication to IIMB Management Review in August, 2008 and sent revised manuscript based on Referee comments in September, 2008
5. S. Nayana Tara, NS Sanath Kumar & S Ramaswamy - Report of the Evaluation of the Scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Published by National Literacy Mission, GOI, May, 2008
6. S. Nayana Tara - "Management of Vidyapeeths: Way Forward", Indian Journal of Adult Education, Vol. 69 (1), January-March 2008, pp. 31-39
7. S. Nayana Tara - "Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Mission (Im) Possible", University News-A Weekly Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 45 (28), July 09-15, 2007, pp 17-20