Self-Regulation with Accreditation
3rd Olin International Accreditation Leadership
Award 2024 presented
to Dr V Panduranga Rao of eminent academician and one of the pioneering International accreditation champions
​The 3rd Olin Orton Oedekoven International Accreditation Leadership Award was presented to Dr V Panduranga Rao for his half a century long service to the cause of International Accreditations in India.
Dr Rao had led one of the largest teams in the history of AACSB way back in 2007 and worked hard spread idea of Benchmarking with the best in Class from around the world for excellence in Business Education. His efforts at the ICFAI School of Business (IBS) Hyderabad culminated in AACSB accreditation being awarded in the year 2020 to the school. Dr Rao had been a strong supporter of SEAA Trust's intense campaign for International Accreditation in India.
Dr Rao was conferred with the 3rd Olin Orton Oedekoven International Accreditation Leadership award in a special ceremony on the concluding day of the two day 17th International Accreditation Conference The Brand Strategist of ICFAI group, Dr Sudhakar Rao who had closely worked with Dr Panduranga Rao for decades received the award on his behalf at the hands of the Pro-Chancellor of the Chitkara University Punjab, Dr Madhu Chitkara. The University had partnered with SEAA and had hosted the 17th International Accreditation Conference at their campus near Chandigarh on November 22 and 23rd 2024.
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Dr Olin O Oedekoven Award for International Accreditation Leadership is to recognise an Indian Accreditation leader who should have worked towards getting one or more International Accreditation recognitions at their campus or one who had displayed consistently his or her passion to bring in Global Benchmarks of Quality in Business Education. The Award has been instituted in gratitude to the memory of late Dr Olin Orton Oedekoven, founder president of two decade old Peregrine Global Services (PGS) from Gillette Wyoming, The company has a footprint in over 40 countries worldwide . PGS is one of the pioneers in Business Schools Assessment & Leadership development and has been an Academic Partner to SEAA Trust, New Delhi for over a decade.
Nominations are invited for selecting the 4th International Accreditation leadership award 2025 to be presented to the selected nominee at our 18th International Accreditation in November 2025
One Nomination per individual is invited
Self nominations are also solicited.
Criteria for selection:
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The candidate should have helped raise awareness about international accreditation within the campus or outside.
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The candidate should have participated in the full accreditation process of any of the top rated accreditations of the world.
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Any other related credentials, such as trained evaluator, mentor, paper publisher or book author on quality benchmarking and accreditation.
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It would be an advantage if the candidate had undergone multiple site visits or mentored any school for any international accreditation agency of choice.
The first Recipient of the Award is Dr N R Parasuraman, the soft-spoken Finance Professor and Director of SDMIMD Mysore. a top Ranked B-school of India
Dr N R Parasuraman the erstwhile Director and Senior Professor at SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, and a Commerce and Law graduate. His Ph.D was on Capital Structure of Indian Companies. He has 37 years of experience in diverse areas of finance. His special areas of teaching and research are Strategy, Financial Derivatives, Multinational Finance and Corporate Valuation.
The second award was not presented to anyone owing to lack of suitable nomination!
Olin O Oedekoven (December 12, 1959 - October 04, 2022)
A retired Brigadier General the (Late) Dr. Olin O Oedekoven Founder and CEO Peregrine Global Services, one of largest education services companies of the world having footprint in over 50 countries worldwide. Peregrine Global is an academic partner to SEAA for over a decade. He learned and practiced leadership over a 33-year military career with the U.S. Army, the Army Reserves, and the Wyoming National Guard. He completed several advanced programs on leadership, human resource management, international affairs, conflict management, and diplomacy during that span, which helped forge his leadership path. For nearly 20 years, Dr. Oedekoven has used his extensive knowledge gained through his military career and formal education to develop values-based leaders and impact the quality of education worldwide.