An M.B.A in Marketing from MG University and Ph.D. in Management Sciences from Anna University Chennai, Dr. Thomas’s first professional degree is a Hotel Management Degree from Christ College Bangalore. He has held senior positions in corporate marketing, with services sector for about 10 years and has been in postgraduate management teaching for more than a decade now. Some of his successful stints include Pepsico restaurants, Le Meridien, Park Inn hotels, Saintgits Institute of Management, Duquesne University and K. Raheja Group of Hotels.