Besant C. Raj

{{Short description|Indian management and financial consultant (1933–2018)}}

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| name = Besant C. Raj

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| birth_date = {{birth-date|5 February 1933}}

| birth_place = Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

| death_date = {{death-date and age|12 March 2018|5 February 1933}}{{cite web | url=https://wimwian.iima.ac.in/2018/07/19/in-fond-memory-of-dr-a-besant-raj/ | title=In fond memory of Dr. A Besant Raj – pioneer, 1st batch of PGP at IIMA | publisher=IIMA | date=June 2018 | accessdate=6 December 2018 }}

| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

| education = MBA, PhD

| occupation = Consultant, author

| spouse = Amirtha Besant Raj

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Besant C. Raj (5 February 1933 – 12 March 2018) was an Indian management and financial consultant.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/15/stories/2007091560380300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506102736/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/15/stories/2007091560380300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2008|title='Organisations should have a clear plan of action in order to function efficiently'|date=15 September 2007|work=The Hindu|accessdate=13 October 2011}} He was a founding member of ICFAI University. He was an advisor to many government and non-government organizations in the state of Chennai, Mumbai, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, India. He was closely associated with several educational institutions like the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking of IDBI and was the chancellor of the ICFAI University, Dehradun, Uttaranchal.