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| name = Besant C. Raj<br />
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| caption = Besant C. Raj<br />
| birth_date = {{birth-date|5 February 1933}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| death_date = {{death-date and age|12 March 2018|5 February 1933}}<ref name=IObit>{{cite web | url=https://wimwian.iima.ac.in/2018/07/19/in-fond-memory-of-dr-a-besant-raj/ | title=In fond memory of Dr. A Besant Raj – pioneer, 1st batch of PGP at IIMA | publisher=IIMA | date=June 2018 | accessdate=6 December 2018 }}</ref><br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| education = MBA, PhD<br />
| occupation = Consultant, author<br />
| spouse = Dr. Mrs. Amirtha Besant Raj<br />
| parents =<br />
| children = Irene Foster married to James Foster, Reuben Besant Raj married to Rajashri Srinivasan, Irwin Besant Raj married to Nalini Remeila Raj. Grandchildren: Medha and Manav Raj, Alisha, Maia and J.J. Foster, Nikhil and Rashmi Raj.<br />
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'''Besant C. Raj''' (5 February 1933 – 12 March 2018) was a well-known management and financial consultant in India<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/15/stories/2007091560380300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506102736/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/15/stories/2007091560380300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2008|title=‘Organisations should have a clear plan of action in order to function efficiently’|date=15 September 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=13 October 2011}}</ref> and abroad, and the founder member of ICFAI University. He was an advisor to many government and non-government organizations in the state of Chennai, Mumbai, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, India. He was closely associated with several educational institutions like the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking of IDBI and was the Chancellor of the [[ICFAI University, Dehradun]], Uttaranchal.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration, specializing in Financial Management from the [[Harvard Business School]]. He was an MBA from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] (first batch) and has a master's degree in Philosophy from [[University of Madras|Madras University]] and a master's degree in Psychology from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
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* Public Enterprise Investment Decisions in India: A Managerial Analysis, Macmillan 1977.<br />
* Corporate Financial Management: An Introduction, Tata McGraw Hill publishing company Ltd., 1978.<br />
* Unravelling the China Miracle-A comparative study with India (1950–2005), Book Surge Publishing-an Amazon.com Company, USA, 2006.<br />
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== Professional ==<br />
* Dr. Besant was a Member, Board of Governors of the [[ICFAI]] University.<br />
* Chairman of the board of The Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai.<br />
* Director of Studies at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.icfaiuniversity.in ICFAI University]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110827081607/http://www.bril-india.com/aboutus.htm Biography at Besant Raj International Ltd]<br />
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