Dr Sutheeshna Babu. S

Dr Sutheeshna Babu. S, Nodal Officer of the Institute holds MPhil and PhD degrees in tourism from Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi . Dr Babu had been a Research Fellow of UGC/CISR during 1990-95. Through a joint Fellowship programme of the Govt. of India and the Republic of Cyprus , he has attended an FDP/ Training programme in Tourism Planning and Development in Cyprus . For last 13 years, he has been lecturing for the post-graduation level programme in tourism. Many MDP’s/EDP’s were also conducted on the topics of tourism statistics, visitor management, and customer care systems.  

Dr Babu is specialized in the Beach Tourism planning and development. The title of PhD thesis “Development of Beach Tourism in the West Coast of India : A case study of selected beach resorts from the states of Goa and Keralam” stands witness to his deep involvement in understanding the tourism development process in coastal areas. His other research interests include the tourism policy, transport management and SMTE development. Of late, he is working on the developmental aspects of watersports in India and few studies in the related themes have already been completed.

Dr Babu is a serious researcher and has many publications. Recent being an edited book titled Tourism Development Re-visited: Concepts, issues and paradigms published by Response Books, a division of Sage Publishers. Besides this, many presentations have been made/ chaired technical sessions in the national and international conferences/ seminars/ symposiums/ workshops; which include some key note presentations.