Employment

• Jun 2010  - Present       Asscociate Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
• Dec 2005 - Jun 2010    Assistant Professor, Department of Managment Studies, IIT Madras
• Aug 2002 - Dec 2005   Operations Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited
• Jan 2000  - Aug 2002   Manager, IL&FS Investment Managers
• Jun 1999  - Dec 1999   Assistant Manager, IL&FS Limited
• Aug 1994 - Jun 1995    Sales Engineer, Thermax Limited

Other Appointments

• Senior Fulbright Fellow, Centre for Business and Government, Harvard University, Jan – Jun 2010
• Visiting Fellow, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney, May – June 2008
• Chevening Gurukul Fellow, London School of Economics, Sep – Dec 2005
• Visiting faculty, Project Analysis and Finance, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, 2004 – 2009
• Visiting faculty, Corporate Finance, T.A. Pai Management Institute, Oct-Dec 2000

Recent Honours and Awards

• Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellowhsip 2009-10
• PK DAS Memorial Best Faculty Award 2010
• Endeavour Executive Award, 2008 , Department of Education, Science and Training, Government of Australia
• Outstanding Young Management Teacher Award, The Association of Indian Management Scholars' International, 2009
• Young Faculty Recognition Award, IIT Madras 2008
• Ramaswamy P. Aiyar Best Young Teacher Award, Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), 2007

Recent Publications

• Sriram Siddhartha and Thillai Rajan A. (2010). Merchant Power Plants in India: Risk analysis using Simulation. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 4 (1): 87 – 112.
• Thillai Rajan A., Mukund, S.P., and Siddharth, R. (2010). PPP’s in road renovation and maintenance: A case study of the East Coast Road Project. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 15 (1): 21 - 40
• Thillai Rajan A. (2009). Value Creation from Venture Capital and Private Equity Investments: The Indian context. Journal of Private Equity, 13 (2): 67 - 75
• Thillai Rajan A. (2008). Software service providers: A comparative analysis of an Indian and a European corporation. IIMB Management Review. 20(4): 392 – 404.
• Thillai Rajan A. (2004). Observations on project structures for privately funded infrastructure projects. Journal of Structured and Project Finance. Vol. 10 (1), Spring issue: 39-45

Courses Taught

• Financial Management
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Venture Capital and Private Equity
• Infrastructure and Project Finance