Rev. Dr. Francis Sebastian CMI is the Assistant Director of the Rajagiri Business School and Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Valley Campus). Fr. Francis received his PhD in neuromarketing and completed MBA from VIT Business School. He is an engineering graduate in Bio-informatics. He has completed FDP from IIM-A, and ESP from Catholic 
University Lille, France. He is  a well-known resource person in the field of education, entrepreneurship, SDG and social marketing. 
He has been a visiting international scholar at Padua University, Italy; Vives University, Belgium; Catholic  University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany; Western Michigan University, USA; Nazareth College, Maryland, USA; and Pontifical Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador, NCKU, Taiwan. He has presented papers in various International Management conferences as well as  in the international think-tank forum KIEP (Seoul). He has published many research articles and case studies in various reputed peer-reviewed journals. Fr. Francis has domain expert in the areas of Neuromarketing, social marketing  and consumer engagement. He has undertaken various consultancy projects for CHAI and many other organizations.

Education

• Ph.D
• MBA
• B. Ph
• B. Th
• B. Tech (Bio-Informatics)

Research Projects

• Conducted various leadership training programs for youth and teenagers

Journal Publication

• Minimol M.C., Sebastian, F. (2023). Young people's awareness, perception, and attitude towards Sustainable Development Goals in India. Visions for Sustainability, 21, 8415,1-20.
• Sebastian., F. (2024). Role of self-help groups in knowledge economy diffusion for better social and economic life. Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 28(2), 1-13.
• Presented a Paper in the International Conference on Bounds of Ethics in a Globalized World, Conducted by Christ University, Bangalore
• Training Attended / Seminar / Workshop / Refresher
• Attended two day workshop on Bio-informatics in IISc. Bangalore.  Attended 3 day international workshop in BITS, Jaipur