P.K Viswanathan

With a rich and varied experience across academia, research, industry, training, and consulting, Dr.
P.K Viswanathan, currently serves as Professor Analytics at Great Lakes Institute of Management.
He teaches MBA students, Business Statistics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, Predictive
Analytics, Machine Learning Analytics, and Spreadsheet Modeling, He is the Principal Faculty in
Analytics for the Management Development Programs conducted by Great Lakes
In his industrial tenure spanning 15+ years, he has held senior management positions in Ballarpur
Industries (BILT) of the Thapar Group and the J.K. Industries of the J.K. Organization. Apart from
executing corporate consultancy assignments, Dr. P.K.Viswanathan has also designed and
conducted training programs for many leading organizations in India.
Holding degrees in MSc(Madras), MBA(FMS, Delhi), MS(Manitoba, Canada), PhD(Madras), he
has authored four book—three on Business Statistics published by Pearson Education, and one on
Marketing Research published by the British Open University Business School, U.K. As a prolific
writer, he has published research articles in reputed national and international journals and also
presented papers in national and international conferences.