Dr Ravi Jayakaran
Member Bio
Dr Ravi I. Jayakaran,
Senior Associate - Integral Missions, Lausanne Movement
Dr Ravi I. Jayakaran has over three decades of experience in poverty reduction and strategic development programs. He has worked long term in senior management positions in the Corporate sector, International NGOs , the Asian Development Bank and the UNDP.
Dr Jayakaran has lived and worked long term in India, Cambodia, China and the US, and has short term experience in over 20 countries spread over Asia, Africa and Latin America on issues of Participatory Development, Poverty reduction, impact of Regional Economic Integration(REII) , HIV-AIDS programs, Street children support programs, Trafficking prevention, Rapid needs assessments, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Evaluations and Capacity building.
Dr Jayakaran is a prolific writer and has over 18 publications to his name. His latest book ‘Empowering Children’ was published in early 2011. A full listing of publications and other work can be found at (www.ravijayakaran.com)
In January 2014, the Atlanta Business Chronicle recognized Ravi Jayakaran as being one of the top 100 leaders guiding the future of Atlanta's Health care industry.
Dr Jayakaran has developed the Holistic Worldview Analysis and several other new participatory tools to ‘measure what matters’ in community transformation and empowerment and facilitate Holistic Integrated Development for Integral Mission.
Dr Jayakaran and his wife Vimla currently live in Decatur, GA.
