Dr. Poornima Charantimath is a Emeritus Professor at KES’s Institute of Excellence in Management Science (IEMS) Hubli. She has been actively involved in administration, teaching, research, and consultancy in a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years. She has served as Deputy Director at the Indian Institute of Materials Management Bangalore and Director at KLS’ Institute of Management Education and Research (IMER), Belagavi. She was a Chairperson of Institution of Engineer’s,
Local Centre, Belagavi.