Dr. K Gireesan is Professor and Director, MIT School of Government at the MIT World Peace University, Pune, India. Previously, he performed in various capacities such as Head, Dept. of Local Governance; Head, Centre for Policy and Action Research at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India, Sriperumbudur.  

He obtained Post Graduate and Doctoral degrees in Public Administration from Panjab University, Chandigarh.  He carried out number of research studies for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.  As a national evaluator, he was involved in carrying out monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment studies for the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Govt. of India in different parts of the country.  

His areas of interests are: Empowerment of Local Governments and Community Based Organisations, Mainstreaming Youth in Local Governance; and, Empowerment of Political Leadership. Presently, he is engaged in formulation of a ‘Constituency Management System’, an ICT-enabled Spatial Decision Support System, to support the political leadership.  

Dr. K Gireesan has published /edited ten books, research reports and micro-level studies.  In addition, he has published several research papers in national/ international journals and edited books.  He has participated and presented research papers in about 90 international/national/state level conferences, seminars and workshops.