Our Founder - TVRLS

TVRLS was set up by Dr. T. V. Rao, who is currently Chairman of T VRLS. Before setting up TVRLS, he was a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for over 20 years beginning 1973 and subsequently an Adjunct Professor until 2014. He also worked as the L&T Chair Professor of HRD at XLRI, Jamshedpur during 1983-85.

With over 40 years of extensive work in the field of HRD, he was nicknamed as one of the "Fathers of HRD in India". Some of the positions held by Dr. Rao and contributions include:

Founder and First President of the National HRD Network
Founder and the First Honorary Director of the Academy of HRD, India.
President of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS).
Worked with David McClelland of Harvard University (the initiator of the competency movement) and had joint research projects with him in seventies.
Visiting Faculty at the Indian Business School, Hyderabad and an HRD Advisor to the Reserve Bank of India.
Assisted the Administrative Reforms Commission in reviewing the personnel management practices for civil services, and also served as member of the HRM Review Committee of Nationalised Banks set up by the Ministry of Finance in 2009-2010.
Established the first dedicated department of Human Resources Development at L&T along with Dr. Udai Pareek in mid-seventies much before HRD was known.
Authored and co-authored around 60 books on various contemporary and HRD themes relating to Leadership, Managerial effectiveness, Education, Health and Population management, Behavioural Sciences and HRD.
First to start a Leadership Development methodology in India in the mid-eighties using what was later termed in the USA as '360 Degree Feedback'. The first Assessment Development Centre in India was also run by him in Gujarat.
HRD Audit methodology was the first of its kind across the world. This was later converted by him to the HRD Scorecard 2500 points.
Won several awards for his outstanding contributions to the field of HRD including the title of "Ravi Matthai National Fellow" awarded by the Association of Indian Management Schools.

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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

"At this juncture in our relationship, having experienced directly what you and your colleagues at TVRLS can deliver, let me first thank you for the outstanding job you did in terms of organizing the climate study, division of the teams, interviews spaced out as per our workload, and most importantly, bringing out the real concerns and the positive suggestions from a group of technologists and technology support colleagues, who are young, mostly with little experience, very new with the company, and attempting to do next to impossible task of developing and supporting innovative products from India which are meant for the extremely competitive market segment of the US market. The insightful and professionally presented study results have indeed provided us with a true picture of where we are and where we need to go. Your study methodology, presentations, and team leadership are excellent, and we look forward to working with you in the near future to further help us chart the implementation of a our Strategic Organizational Development Plan with your professional help."

It was certainly a great opportunity to work with TVRLS, I and the entire organizational has received great learning in the areas like Vision Mission & Values, Competency Mapping and the Appraisal, which are very most necessary for the growth of the team and company. We wish them all the very best for their future assignments.

We are taking 360 DF services since last three years from TVRLS. We appreciate interaction with you which is quite smooth and easy. We are happy to acknowledge that; TVRLS have managed Survey and feedback process within given time period and to our satisfaction level. TVRLS 360DF survey form is easy to understand by any level of employees. Dr. Rao result feedbacks workshops are quite effective. I can say that our association is quite successful for development of leadership @KHS India. We hope that our partnership will last many more years.

We benefitted immensely from the 360 DF exercise conducted by TVRLS. The expertise of Dr. TV Rao and Dr. Raju Rao threw new light on the leadership styles of managers at Linde Engineering India Pvt Ltd . Each of the participant felt enlightened about his managerial style after personally interacting with the two experts. We thank Dr. TV Rao and Dr. Raju Rao for helping us improve the overall managerial effectiveness at our organization.

TVRLS conducted a workshop on BSC for 2days for Sr. Executives of SJVN at Shimla. It gives me great pleasure to pen down on record that the content, concept, clarity, and presentations were not only appreciable, but also absolutely unparalleled. The faculty should be applauded for the way she conducted the group of such senior people, she reached out effectively to one and all and made the workshop a good interactive session.

The Assessment Center (AC) developed by TVRLS for us is being used in our Operators selection process. The tools designed are very beneficial for us to identify the prospective employees who are aligned to our company philosophy and most importantly have the desired competencies. Our internal resources who received training from TVRLS have been able to realize the importance & benefits of ACs and they enjoy conducting it every time.

TV Rao Learning System' have provided us with excellent support for conducting assessment centres. The team is exceptionally brilliant and brings to the table its extensive experience and expertise. The flexibility and openness with which they approached the assignment is also worthy of appreciation.