Udandrao L.

A self-made person, a Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) by qualification and a Post-Graduate in Commerce with 25 years of experience in industry plus 4+ years of Consulting, Audit, Taxation, and Advisory Held Leadership Roles as General Manager in India, Acting General Manager of a Cement Factory in an African Country in-charge of entire factory operations both technical and non-technical Worked with large Multinational Corporates and Indian Companies in industries viz., Cement, FMCG, Information Technology, Community Water Systems, Aluminium Alloy Castings and Telecom Infrastructure. Experience in Financial, Cost & Management Accounting, Business Analytics, Taxation Structured Trade Finance, Systems Implementation, Operations Management, Project Management. Experience in SAP implementation, cloud-based ERPs, Business Process Re-engineering, Six Sigma, and offshore-accounting. Passed Six Sigma Black Belt examination of WIPRO Corporation, trained SAP-FICO Consultant by Accenture Designed and developed Cost Management System for an Integrated Steel Plant, Costing Manual for a leading drip irrigation pipes manufacturer Travelled to Finland, Singapore, Bahrain, Muscat, and Ethiopia on business assignments of commercial negotiations and ERP Implementation Guest faculty at National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) Visakhapatnam, and Hyderabad Zonal Training Institutes, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Also at Regional Training Institute, Indian Audit & Accounts Department of Controller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Mumbai, and Hyderabad Guest faculty at Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Institute for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, an organization of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India Visiting faculty, NMIMS, NAAC “A+” Grade Deemed to be University, School of Commerce, Indore Guest lectures at reputed institutions, GITAM NAAC ‘A+’ Grade Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam and DAIMSR NAAC ‘A’ Grade University, Nagpur, The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Nagpur Chapters Resource person of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, authored Guidance Notes on Risk Based Internal Audit, and Internal Audit in Cement Industry Authored many articles, published in leading journals covering topics on ERP, Green Audit, Digital Manufacturing, Internet of Things, Blockchain Technology, Process Excellence, Strategic Cost Management, Value Innovation, Environmental Management Accounting “Passionate to bridge gap between Academia and Industry”A self-made person, a Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) by qua