Rajinikkanth Selvarajah

Business Development Centre (BDC)

Trainer

Currently, Mr. S.Rajinikkanth works as a Senior Training Consultant - Tamil Medium at the Business Development Centre (Pvt.) Ltd. [BDC] & Deputy Director, Industrial Development Board at District Office, Nuwaraeliya.

1. Areas of expertise:

- Business Development Consultancy work.
- Training content Development;
- Master Trainer in Entrepreneurship/Business Start-up/Business Development;
- Facilitator in Microfinance
- Training in Personality Development, including leadership, Teamwork;

2. Educational qualifications:

- Master in Applied Economics (MAE), University of Peradeniya in 2010;
- Postgraduate Diploma in Economics, University of Peradeniya in 2007;
- Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.), University of Peradeniya in 2003;

3. Professional Qualification

- Master management consultant, American Academy of Project Management (AAPM) - 2018.
- Certificate in management consulting essentials, Institute of Charted Management
(CMI)- 2012-2013
- Trainer of Training (Microfinance Trainer), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management-
2012.
- Trainer of training (SIYB Trainer), Start and Improve Your Business Association Sri Lanka-
2017.

3. Professional Memberships:

- Member of the Institute of Consulting, 2012
- Member of the Institute of Charted Management, 2012
- Member of the National Cleaner Production Sri Lanka, 2012-current
- Member of Start and Improve Your Business Association Sri Lanka
- Member of American Academy of Project Management


4. Professional Exposure & Competence

- ED curriculum Development and rolling out consultancies: Lead Master Trainer of the Training of Trainers program conducted in respect of rolling out of the above curricula.
- Entrepreneurship Development training for different target groups: conducted about 180 ED training programs as a Senior Trainer of BDC for different target groups in Sri Lanka.
- Over 15 years’ experience as a Senior Trainer in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, soft skills, and productivity.
- Business Idea Development and Business Plan Preparations for the beneficiaries at Ampara District under livelihood development projects funded by Save the Children-Sri Lanka (SCiSL) in Ampara.
- Training needs Analysis and Mini-Project proposal Development Programs under Plantation Community Development Project (PCDP) funded by CARE International Sri Lanka.
- Business Record keepings and Analysis workshops, funded by Regional Economic Development Agency (REDA) at Kandy.
- Registered External Resource Persons for Berendina Micro Finance Development activities.
-Master Trainer for SME development and promotion programs for Industrial Development Board.
- External resource person for SME development program, conducted by Union Bank PLC.
- External resource person for Microfinance and SME development program, conducted by Alliance Finance in Northern Region.