S. ParthasarathyS. Parthasarathy , Head, Department of Computer Applications, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India is a B.Sc., (Mathematics), M.C.A. (Master of Computer Applications), M.Phil., (Computer Science), P.G.D.B.A. (Business Administration), PG.D.P.M. (Planning and Project Management) professional. He holds a Ph.D., in Computer Applications from Anna University, Chennai, India. A habitual rank holder, he has been teaching at the post-graduate level since 2002. He has published research papers in peer reviewed international journals, national and international conferences. He has authored several chapters in the refereed edited books of IGI, USA. He has written a textbook “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) – A Managerial and Technical Perspective”, published by The New Age International Publishers (P), Ltd., New Delhi, India, in the year 2007. He is the Principal Investigator for the research project “Requirements Management in COTS Software Projects” funded by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India. His current research interests include enterprise information systems, enterprise resource planning and software engineering. He can be reached at spcse@tce.edu and parthatce@gmail.com. Read More Read Less