Dr. L R Chary, former executive director of the Shipping Corporation of India, a Ph.D. in Control Systems Engineering and Automation, has straddled the two distinct worlds of academic research and corporate responsibility for over three and a half decades with equal ease. He has to his credit over thirty research publications, has presented papers at various conferences, worldwide and has published a book on management science. A recipient of several awards, Dr. Chary is a maritime consultant and a distinguished maritime academician.