Mr J. Ravikumar
Honorary Consul General
Work Experience
Mr J. Ravikumar is the Honorary Consul General of India in Cameroon since 2006. He is the recipient of the Cameroon Government‘s prestigious national award “ Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Valuer “ for eminent service rendered to Cameroon. With 28 years of stay in Cameroon, as Managing Director of business enterprises , he has firsthand experience of trade and commerce in Central and Francophone African regions . He has participated in many CII-EXIM Bank ‘India- Africa conclaves’, India-Africa forum summit , Vibrant Gujarat, Buyer –seller meets in Africa, etc. He has participated in joint business councils, trade talks and has negotiated strategic deals .
He has worked for the State trading Corporation of India for 15 years in various capacitates as Directeur, STC Paris covering countries in Europe and Africa., Regional Manager of STC Bangalore and Manager in STC Corporate office in Delhi. He has been a banker at the beginning of his career.
J. Ravikumar is an MBA with Diploma in French .He has been a visiting professor in Indian Institute of Science, IIMs, XLRI and many executive development programmes. He has presented papers in International Institute of Public Enterprises , Ljubljana. The paper which got him the best young manager award has been published as a book by the Indian Management Association.
MR J. Ravikumar is fluent in French, English, Hindi, Tamil, kannada