About

Hema Ramachandran is an international higher educationist and management professional with over 18 years of experience in various fields including international student recruitment, strategic planning, marketing, corporate communications, operations management, stakeholder engagement, project management, entrepreneurship, non-profit governance, fundraising, donor management, and coordinating between multiple teams in the international higher education, non-profit, media as well as corporate sectors. She is known for her core strengths including self-awareness, emotional intelligence, mental agility, lower stress reactions, higher complex problem-solving capabilities, a higher sense of responsibility, integrity, strategic vision, inspiration, motivation, strong leadership, relationship management, cross-cultural and networking skills. Hema has worked in multi-cultural contexts in India, UK and the USA. She possesses excellent communication skills and is multilingual in English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Basic French. She is presently based out of Delhi NCR region, India and is currently supporting the implementation of Sheffield Hallam University's Global Engagement Strategy with a particular focus on strategizing for international student enrolments for Sheffield Hallam University. Apart from her professional work, Hema loves to read, blog, listen to music, go on cycling trips and travel across the globe. Her past experiences include working as a Manager at Pragya, where she managed the activities of the Communications & Engagement team, Research, Advocacy & Fundraising team, Design team and International field teams. She has also worked as a Director - Marketing at Genlite Engineering Pvt. Ltd., where she helped formulate and execute customized marketing strategies for the States of Tamilnadu and Kerala. Hema has a diverse educational background, including a Diploma in Victimology & Victim Assistance from Tokiwa University, an NLP Practitioner Certification from the National Federation of Neurolinguistic Psychology, USA, Final Cut Pro X Certification (Apple Pro Application Software) from Audio Media Education India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India, an MSc. Global Crime, Justice and Security from The University of Edinburgh, a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Initiative and Management from the Centre for Social Initiative & Management (CSIM), an M.A. in Criminology & Criminal Justice Sciences from the University of Madras, a Diploma in Audio Recording & Production from the Institute of Audio Research (IAR), New York City, USA, and a Bachelor’s Degree in B.Com from Stella Maris College. She also holds an Advanced Diploma in Multimedia & Web Engineering from Arena Multimedia,