Dr. D. Padmavathi is the Vice-Principal, Professor and Head – Department of Commerce. Her research area is Marketing and core areas of interest are Accounting, Taxation and Analytics. With 29 years of academic experience, she has been a part of Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science for Women since 1994.

She has successfully cleared UGC-National Level Lectureship Qualifying Examination in 1992. Being the First Rank holder of Bharathiar University in both UG and PG, she has also completed M.Phil., M.B.A and Ph.D.

she has been the research supervisor for 18 candidates in M.Phil. and one candidate in Ph.D. and presently guiding three research scholars in Ph.D. She has presented papers in National and International Conferences and also published 20 research papers in refereed National and International Journals. Having participated in the International Conference on Humanities, Technology and Science (ICHTS 2019) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, her research contribution was recognized with the Best Paper Award. She has also been conferred with the Best Researcher Award by Nature Science Foundation, Coimbatore for her research contribution in the area of environmental marketing. She has also completed a Minor Research Project by receiving funding assistance from UGC.

She has been a resource person and rapporteur in various seminars, workshops and conferences. Dr. Padmavathi has served as a Senate Member of Bharathiar University, Member of the Academic Councils in various colleges and also serving as Member of Board of Studies in various autonomous colleges in and around Coimbatore and other Universities in Tamilnadu.