Rev Dr. C. Joe Arun. Mobile:(+91)

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1 EDUCATION : Rev Dr. C. Joe Arun Mobile:(+91) cjarun@gmail.com : D. Phil (PhD) (Anthropology) from Oxford University, United Kingdom : MBA (Master of Business Administration) (Marketing), IIBM Delhi : M.A (Anthropology) from University of Madras, Chennai, India : B.A (Philosophy) from Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, India : B.A (Economics) from St. Joseph s College, Trichy, India D.Phil (PhD) Dissertation: Conflict Management and Identity Construction (at Oxford University, UK) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Built up single-handedly an Institute that researched into issues of conflict in religions and cultures and evolved conflict resolutions. Now it is a research institute affiliated to Madras University and in it there are many PhD students writing their theses. It is: Institute of Dialogue with Cultures and Religions (IDCR) Played a key role in founding an engineering college by negotiating with a French group, ICAM. Now the college is successfully run by Loyola College, Loyola-ICAM college of Engineering and Technology (LICET) Built up a MBA school in Palayamkottai, it is called Xavier Institute of Business Administration (XIBA) Wrote the Master Plan for Loyola College envisioning a future for Loyola. Founding member of a group called, Knowledge Xchange, that remains a platform for exchanging ideas and strategies on education. PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE : Mapping Competencies of employees in institutions and evolve ways of building competencies for specific jobs Conducting consumer research to assist in the process of starting businesses and reviewing already running enterprises Assisting NGOs in their programmes of empowerment by conducting evaluation and assessment: Measuring Empowerment Motivating and Training Personnel by planning, preparing & presenting Packaged Programs on Source and Power and management of Emotions, Setting and Reaching Goals, and managing Crisis Situations.

2 Preparing the Dynamics, exercises, questionnaires, and assignments for various Organizations for Planning, Evaluation and Revamping. Designing Mission Statements for Corporate and working out Strategies for realizing the same. Assisting & counselling Personnel in various aspects of their career path. Coordinating for keeping up to date with Market, Social and Cultural changes and Concomitant Personality changes. Meeting with Corporate Team or Heads of Educational Institution to help implement a special Corporate or educational program. Giving youth and adults motivational speech on improving their Personality to achieve best results in life. Facilitating Personnel on Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Social Intelligence (SQ) and Spiritual Intelligence. Providing Orientation Programs for the Teachers, Professors, Administrators and Students. Serving as a Corporate Consultant in the areas of Organizational Behaviour, Planning, Risk taking, Goal setting, Goal Striving and Goal Research Skills Serving as resource person in the area of Leadership Dynamics, Marketing Power of Emotions and Crisis and Stress Management for Corporate, Business Schools and Higher Educational Institutions in Tamil Nadu. CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS : Executive Director, Xavier Institute of Business Administration (XIBA), St Xavier s College, Palayamkottai, India Director of Research, Institute of Dialogue with Cultures and Religions (IDCR), Loyola College Campus, Chennai, India FORMERLY HELD ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Lecturer, Department of Visual Communication, Loyola College, Chennai, India Lecturer, Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Loyola College, Chennai, India FORMERLY HELD ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: Secretary & Correspondent, Loyola College, Chennai, Indian Dean of External Affairs & Development, Loyola College, Chennai, India Director, Loyola Development Office, Loyola College, Chennai,

3 Executive Director, Institute of Dialogue with Cultures and Religions (IDCR), Loyola College, Chennai, India. Deputy Director, Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET), Chennai, India Director, Culture and Communication, Loyola College, Chennai TEACHING POSITIONS : Visiting Faculty at XLRI Business School, Jamshedpur, India (Consumer Behaviour) Visiting Faculty, Chennai Business School, Chennai, India (Consumer Behaviour) Visiting Faculty, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India (Perspectives in Social Sciences) Visiting Faculty at Jnana Deepa Vidya Peeth, Pune, India (Symbols and Religions, Postmodernism, Violence and Sacred) Visiting Faculty, IESEG School of Management, Lille, France (Crosscultural Management) Visiting Faculty, Rajagiri School of Business, Cochin (Competence Mapping & Consumer Behaviour) Visiting Faculty, Ingolstadt School of Management, Ingolstadt, Germany (Crosscultural Management) Associate Research Scholar at Department of Anthropology, Oxford University, UK Reviewer of Articles, Open Sociology Journal, Bentham Science Publishers TEACHING EXPERIENCE : : Theatre Arts. Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, India : Personality Development and Spirituality, Senthalir Institute, Suranam, India : Culture, Media and Society. Visual Communication Department, Loyola College, Chennai India : World Religions and Inter religious dialogue. Aikiya Alayam Institute, Chennai, India : Conflict Management University of Chicago, USA & Loyola University, Chicago, USA Symbols in Religions, Vidya Jyoti College, Delhi, India and JDV, Pune Emotions and Consumer Behaviour. Marketing power of emotions, Xavier Labour Relations Institute, (XLRI) Jamshedpur, India Personality Development, Social Analysis, at Loyola College, Chennai, India Media Research Tools, Media Management. Dept of Visual Communication, at Loyola College, Chennai, India Symbols and Religions, Postmodernism and Religions in India, JDV College, Pune

4 Consumer Behaviour, Cross Cultural Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Loyola Institute of Business Management, Loyola College, Chennai, India Perspectives in Social Sciences, IIT, Chennai, India RESEARCH EXPERIENCE : Research Assistant, Measuring Empowerment by Community Development Projects, Project by World Bank Individual research on Religion and Rituals of Kannikkars of Trinelveli district in Tamil Nadu, India Research Co-ordinator, Micro Trends among the youth, project for Aylesbury Parish Council, UK PhD research on Identity construction by Dalits of Tamil Nadu Research Co-ordinator, Conflict between religious communities in Coimbatore city in India, project by IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai, funded by MISSIO Aachen, Germany Research Analyst, Voting Patterns in Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu, Funded by Goodwill Communications, Chennai Research co-ordinator, Caste violence in Tamil Nadu, India, by IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai, India, funded by Missio, Aachen, Germany Research Coordinator, Consumer Culture: A Study of Mall culture in Chennai city, IIT-Madras, Humanity and Social Sciences Regional Research Co-ordinator, Role of Religion in Development by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Principal Investigator, in India, Consumer Cultures of India: Study of Buying Behaviour of India. JASOS, Oxford, UK Principal investigator of Opinion Poll during Assembly and Parliament elections. Coordinated a big team of investigators Professor of Crosscultural Management, at Xavier Institute of Business Administration (XIBA), St Xavier s College, Palayankottai , Tirunelveli Dt Tamil Nadu, India RESEARCH INTERESTS : Core Areas: In Particular: CULTURE, COMMUNICATION, MANAGEMENT Cultures of Consumption Consumer Behaviour Cross cultural management

5 Social Entrepreneurship Human Development and Empowerment In India Contemporary Debates on Poverty In India Media Management Emotions and Consumer Behaviour Leadership Styles Competence Building Conflict Resolutions and Conflict Management Organisational Behaviour Communal Violence Identity Construction Culture and Society Subaltern Groups and Social Change Media Culture Postmodernism and Social Change Globalisation Myths and Symbols Research Methods and methodology in anthropology, communication and management PUBLICATIONS : Books: IN ENGLISH : o Personality Development, Ways of discovering Self, IDCR Publications 2005 o Religions: An Introduction, IDCR Publications 2005 o Constructing Dalit Identity, Rawat Publications 2006 o Interculturation of Religion. ATC Publications 2007 o Theories of Social Change, Manohar Publications (forthcoming) o Tools of Socio-cultural Analysis IDCR Publications (forthcoming) o Business Moves: Eight Energies of Leadership Competence, (forthcoming) o Ethnography of Violence: Hindu-Muslim Conflict in South India, IDCR Publications (forthcoming) IN TAMIL : Thisaiyum Visaiyum (Power of Movements), Vaigarai Publications 2002

6 Nee Velvai (You can win) by Vaigarai Publications, Thamil Panpaadu Satheeyapanpaada? (Is Tamil Culture a caste culture?) edited volume Thaakam (Impact of your thoughts) IDCR publications (forthcoming) ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS : 2009: Postmodern God. In VJTR, Vol. 73, No.8. August : Emotional Intelligence and Formation of Personality. In Jnanodaya, Journal of Philosophy. Issue No.16, June : Conflict as Source of Identity Making. In Journal of Culture and Religion. Vol.3 No.1,pp : Introduction: Revisiting de Nobili s Mission to Tamil Nadu. In Interculturation of Religion. Critical Perspectives on Robert de Nobili s Mission in India. Bangalore: ATC, Publications. Pp : Religion as Culture: Anthropological Critique of de Nobili s Approach to Religion and Culture. In Interculturation of Religion. Critical Perspectives on Robert de Nobili s Mission in India. Bangalore: ATC, Publications. Pp : Parai: From stigma to self-assertion. Paraiyars and the symbolism of the parai drum. Contributions to Indian Sociology, Vol. 41, No. 1, : Death of Representation: A Post-modern Challenge. In VJTR April 2007, Vol 71, No 4. pp : Mediat-ed Culture. In Culture & Communications, Indian Media Research Journal, April 2006, No. 15 Vol : Eliyavarin Thagam (Poor Peoples Thirst for Liberation) in Dinamani daily 2006: Therthale oru Poraaga (Election as War) In Silambam, (June 2006) 2006: Dignifying Communications for Enhancing Humanity. In Culture & Communications, August 2006, No. 16, Vol : Cultural Communication and De-ethicising Identity. In Culture & Communication, November, No. 17, Vol : aha alagum muga alagum (internal and external beauty) in Munnetrathin Mugavari (book) 2005, Vaigairai Publishers. 2005: karka kasadara (learn faultlessly) in Dinamani daily 2005: Ithuvum thiruvilaiyadal (this too divine play) in Dinamani daily 2004: The Other as Alien : Myths in Identity Making. In Vidyjyoti, April 2004, pp : Anthropology of Conflict, Review Article (forthcoming). In Journal of Anthropology Society of Oxford.

7 2002: Taming the Global Demagogue: A Spirituality for Globalisation. In Vidyajyoti, part I in June 2002 issue and part II in July 2002 issue. 2002: Global Culture versus Local Culture: A Cultural Perspective of Globalisation. In Leonard Fernando (ed.) Seeking New Horizons. Delhi: ISPCK, pp : Historiography and Ethnography. In Felix Wilfred & Jose D. Maliekal (ed.) The Struggle for the Past Historiography Today. Chennai: Department of Christian Studies, University of Madras. 2002: Ethnographic Construction of Historiography: A Case Study of Dalits in Kanchipuram district, South India. In Jeevadhara, January 2002, pp SCHOLARLY PAPERS AT CONFERENCES : 2012: Working with People Across Cultures. At a seminar on Culture and Leadership, AUDI institute, Ingolstadt, Germany 2011: Global Culture versus Local Culture. At a seminar on Culture and Management, Ingolstadt Business School, Ingolstadt, Germany 2010: The role of Culture in consumption: an Indian Case. At Conference on World Market and its Dynamics IESEG School of Management 2010: Managing People Across Cultures, Seminar on Making Global Engineers at ICAM Lille, France 2009: Consumer Cultures in India, at Seminar in Xavier Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, India 2009: Poverty and Globalisation, at International Conference on Globalisation, Department of Economics, Loyola College, Chennai India 2008: Schooling in Emotions. At Conference on Philosophy and Formation, at Philosophy Centre, The Retreat, Yercaud, India. 2008: Quality and Access: Crisis of Higher Education, Carlos Memorial Lecture, at St Theresa College, Eluru, Andhrapradesh, India. 2008: Conflict of Identity: A Case Study of Religional Politics in Tamil Nadu, at Philosophy Symposium, Sacred Heart College, Poonamalee, Chennai, India 2008: Leadership Competence and Social Change. At Seminar on Leading India Today, Organised by Self Help Groups (SHG) of Tamil Nadu at International Centre, St Thomas Mount, Chennai, India (February 11-14). 2007: Mission Impossible: Doing Ministry in Postmodern Space. At the Annual Clergy Conference of Mar Thoma Cyrian Church, on Parish in the Changing Social Space at Christian Education Centre in Charakunnu, Thiruvalla, Kerala (27-30 November 2007) 2006: Violent Practices and Imaginaries: Understanding Communal Violence. At seminar on Communal Violence and Conflict-resolutions at IDCR Loyola College, Chennai India (March)

8 2006: Pentacostal Movements: An Anthropological Perspective. At the Symposium on Social Movements at Poonamalee Seminary, Chennai India. 2006: Cultural Roots of Vatican II: A Critique. At Intercultural Theology Symposium, St Paul s Seminary, Trichy, India. 2005: Religion as Culture: An Anthropological Perspective. At a seminar on Religion and Culture, at IDCR, Loyola College Chennai India (August). 2005: Globalising Poverty. At International seminar on Globalisation and Poverty, at Economics Department, Loyola College, Chennai India (February). 2005: The Power-full Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the Power-less Subalterns. At National Seminar on ICT with Human Face in Stella Maris College, Chennai, India (February). 2003: Conversion Debate and the Rise of Hindu Fundamentalism in Tamil Nadu. At South Asian Conference at Oxford University, UK (September). 2002: From Symbols of Pollution to Symbols of Identity. At Seminar, Queen Elizabeth Studies Centre, Oxford University (November). 2002: The use of Symbols and Myths in the Construction of Identity. At Departmental Seminar, London School of Economics, London, UK. 2001: Parai: From Pollution to Identity. At South Asian Conference, Edinburgh, UK (September). 1994: Religion and Beliefs of Kanikkars in Tamil Nadu. At National Seminar AWARDS : Gold Medal in M.A (Anthropology) for being a Rank holder Gold Medal in M.A (Anthropology) for being the best student of the year Research Fellow, ESRC, UK Adjunct Fellow, Loyola University, Chicago (2003) Overseas Fellowship, Campion Hall, Oxford University ( ) Research Associate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University ( ) Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Religion & Culture in Asia (IRSA), Oxford, UK. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES : Member, European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Member, The Board of Studies, Holy Cross College, Trichy Member, Anthropological Society of Oxford Member, Knowledge Xchange Foundation, Chennai India Member of Research Team, Goodwill Communications

9 Member, Ethics Committee, ICMR, Medical Council of India Member, Board of Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of Madras CONFERENCE / SEMINAR / TALKS :- CONFERENCES : Caste Out of Development: Civil Society Activist & Transformational Advocacy on Dalit Right & Development - Dhyna Ashram, Chennai Religions & Culture for Canisius College students from Buffalo, IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai The Rhetoric & Rituals of Death - Winchester University students from UK, IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai th Teachers Training Program for the Community Colleges in India at St. Thomas International Centre, Chennai Self Help Group Social Entrepreneurship at Trichy National Conference on Consumer Culture at Loyola College, Chennai International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Youth & Inclusive Development for Brand India SEMINARS : Family & Friends - National Seminar, Ethiraj College, Chennai Conflict & Identity for Students of Theology Jnana- Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune Melody of Joy - Celebrating the Dignity of Differences organized by IDCR and V Trust, Loyola College, Chennai Peace of Art -Sketching the Dignity of Differences, Loyola College, Chennai Breaking Differences - Lead the Change, IDCR, Caritas India and Buds of Christ, Chennai Peace Cultural - Art is a powerful force for healing and change, IDCR, CSIM and CIOSA, Chennai Peace Education, Seminar for College Lecturers, Chennai Competence Building & Leadership styles, Bellary Good Governance, Sustainable Development & Societal Happiness, Loyola College, Chennai Caste Politics for Deepening Democracy, National Consultation on Caste & Politics: The Role of Caste in Politics and Governance in India at IDCR Family & Friends - National Seminar, Ethiraj College, Chennai International Seminar on Research Methodology at Loyola - Chennai

10 International Seminar on Popular Religiosity at Sathya Nilayam Chennai Workshop on Communication Skills at VIT Vellore Seminar on Ideological Conflicts in Society (Culture, Conflict & Development) at Arul Anandar College, Karmathur Seminar on Global Warming and Relativity at Loyola Chennai Seminar on opportunities for Life Science graduates in Food Processing Sector at Loyola Chennai Seminar on Social Exclusion and Strategy for Inclusion at Loyola Chennai Indian culture & Indian Identity, Canisius College from Buffalo, IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai Workshop on Crosscultural Management, at Audi, Ingolstadt, Germany 2012 Taste Cultures in India, for research scholars, Loyola College TALKS : Building Leadership Competencies for students Chennai Transition from child to parent Psycho Development Ethiraj College Building Competencies Ethiraj College, Chennai Competencies Building NSSW Chennai Building Competencies - Goa Time Management - Loyola College of Education, Chennai Education in Today s Conflict - AICUF - Chennai Inter Cultural Competence - Bangalore Knowledge Exchange - Chennai Cross Cultural Management - NUS, Singapore Leadership Styles - Srilanka Approach to Energy Sustainability - Loyola College, Chennai Consumer Behaviour Rajagiri School of Management, Cochin "Family : The Seedbed of Vocation" - Trichy 2010 Building Competencies in Higher Education - PB College of Engineering & Technology, Chennai Emotional Quotient, Himatsingka Training programme, Bangalore Let My People Live - Rocking for Liberation, by IDCR Peace Rangers & NAAM, Chennai Way of Peace against Way to Terrorism, Trekking for Peace at Velliangiri, Coimbatore Emotional Intelligence DMI Engineering College Time Management Loyola College of Education, Chennai Social Enterpreneurship An address to the youth at Trichy

11 Designing your Future - INDEV Group Workshop on Building Strategies for Higher Education at Pachamuthu College of Art and Science, Dharmapuri Talk on Education for all at St. Britto s Academy Women s Rights at Loyola Chennai Ethics in Medical Research at ICMR Orientation Program for Teaching Staff (Communication Skills) at Loyola Chennai Trends in Higher Education at Annai Group of Institutions- Kumbakkonam Competence Building at St. Joseph of Cluny Hr. Sec. School Consumer Behaviour for PGDM Students Youth for Tomorrow at District Rotary Club Leadership Skills at NSS Intercollegiate Pudhiyadhor Kavignan Seivom at Raj TV Education as Formation at Villupuram Engineering College Competence Mapping at DMI Convent - Chennai Technical Education and Career Opportunities at Crescent Engineering College (B S Abdur Rahman University) Trends of Anthropology at University of Madras EQ for Co-ordinators, Calcutta Culture & Competence, Middle Level Managers, Madurai on Bull fight & ethnic Culture in a radio discussion (Hello FM) Chennai Crosscultural management, for French Engineers working in Chennai 2012 Consumption and Culture in South India, PhD students in Loyola College, Chennai