Faculty

Prof. Nagaraj Subbarao is the Dean of the School of Commerce & Management Studies and a professor of strategy, leadership and organization theory. He is a Master Mariner with specializations in Navigation and Dredging Technology. He has an MBA, M.Phil. and PhD in Human Resource Management and Organization Behaviour with an advanced specialization in Leadership and Strategy from the University of Illinois (UC), USA.

Prof. Nagaraj Subbarao, as Captain, commanded state-of-the-art ships the world over in sometimes extremely arduous circumstances. He is passionate about team building and ethical leadership. He believes universities should define work's future and craft superior-quality human resources. He has been an academic over the last sixteen years and has developed unique pedagogical paradigms.

He consults in leadership, culture and team dynamics and has a deep interest in sports and history.

Dr. Vasudevan is an honours student in engineering from the College of Engineering-Guindy, having an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, and a Ph.D. in Marketing from Purdue University. He has 32 years of industry experience. His clients include MNC firms like Unilever, ITC Foods, Castrol, AO-Smith, Maruti Suzuki, Pepsi, GECIS, GENPACT, Fidelity, HSBC Bank, Globus retailer, Titan, Tanishq, Titan eye plus, BPL Limited, BPL MOBILE, International Cell phone operators, and international automotive customers. He served as General Manager of Marketing for a multi-product durables company, as Vice-president of Analytics with an MNC Bank, and ran a start-up for a long time. He is a professor of strategy and analytics at SCMS, Dayananda Sagar University.

Dr. Abhijit Chakraborty is a double Master in Business Administration and Commerce and has qualified UGC NET in both Management and Commerce. He is a lifetime member and Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India. He completed his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology, Silchar in Finance. He has over fifteen years of corporate experience in the Financial Industry, mostly in Banking and Insurance companies like Axis Bank, Tata AIA, and Birla Sunlife. He has published papers in ABDC, Scopus & UGC Indexed journals and presented papers at International and National Conferences. He is a reviewer of reputed journals from Springer, Emerald, and Web of Science. His research interests are related to FinTech, Insurance, Risk Management, and Economic Growth.

Dr. Chakraborty is presently working as an Associate Professor and Deputy Director (Executive Education) in the School of Commerce and Management Studies, Dayananda Sagar University and teaches courses in Finance.

Prof.Anant Pophali is a senior level executive with 28 years of experience in global IT services industry in various leadership roles. He possesses extensive experience of setting up sizable IT services units in India, transition of services and stabilizing operations to steady state. He was with AIG Inc., as “Head & Director of AIG Data Services, India” and “Global Head of IT Professional Services Governance”.

Prof. Mohan Srinivasan worked at IBM India as Practice Area Leader - Digital and Offering Manager - Cloud Modernization. He is Post graduate in Industrial Engineering and is PMP® and IBM certified Senior Project Manager. He has more than 30 years IT experience with Retail and Banking customers. He teaches courses on Operations Management, Quality Management, Project Management and Systems Management.

Prof. Shweta Tewari is Professor of Marketing and holds a DBA degree from S.P Jain school of Global management.Along with her research experience she also demonstrates 8+ years of corporate experience.

Prof. K Sanjay is an industry veteran with over two decades of experience in financial services and insurance sectors. He has served as a senior executive in some of India’s leading companies (e.g., Tatas, HDFC) for over 20 years. He brings to bear his managerial experience as well as cutting-edge knowledge from world-class training programs. He has an engineering degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA. His core competencies are in three areas: sales management, entrepreneurship, and organization behavior. His mission is to create world class managers with Indian values.

Prof.Venkata Varadarajan has spent close to 23+ years in the communications domain ranging from Media planning, buying, Advertising Management, Marketing, Content creation. He was the Co-Founder and CMO at Urban IQ an advisory start-up. He is currently working with Dayananda Sagar University as Deputy Director – Executive Education

Prof. Arvind Keshav Giri is an Independent Consultant (Fertilizers; Chemicals; Supply-Chain Management). Prior to this, he has an industry experience of over 30 years across India, Canada/USA, and the Middle-East.

He has worked with reputed Indian Corporates such as Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corporation (DFPCL), Zuari Agro Chemicals (ZACL), SIV Group, and NOCIL, and also with Global Companies such as Linde, Praxair, and Ames True Temper.

He has held responsible positions such as Executive Director, Business-Head, Commercial & Supply-Chain Head, National Sales & Business Development Head, Operations Head, and has handled Diverse Corporate functions like Supply-Chain Management (International & Domestic Procurement / Stores & Inventory Control / Logistics & Transportation, Imports-Exports, Sub-Contracting & Tolling), Operations, Sales & Marketing, Business-Head & Leadership roles.

He has University-Level teaching experience and his area of interest is International Business, Marketing, Operations Management, Logistics & Transportation, Leadership & Communication, Maritime Economics, and General Management subjects.

He is a Post-Graduate in Chemical Engineering from CIT (Bharathiar University) and a B.E in Chemical Engineering from MIT (Mangalore University). He has a MBA (International Business) from JFK University with Specialization courses undertaken at UC-Berkeley, California, USA. He underwent a 1-year Advanced Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Prof. H.N. Shankar was the former CEO of DDE:ORG Systems, Denmark and has over four decades of experience in the manufacturing, IT and ITES industries. He teaches Business Analytics. He has over three decades’ in the industry and has a deep understanding of prescriptive and predictive analytics and is accomplished data analytics professional with impressive career credentials of more than two decades

Prof. A.G. Krishnan is a professor of finance and is a practicing Chartered Accountant. He has a deep understanding of financial risk management.

Prof. M.G. Raghuraman is a former officer of the prestigious Indian Railway Engineering Service Cadre and after serving the Indian Railways, he was the CIO at Mphasis, Bengaluru. He teaches courses on Operations Management, Project Management and Systems Management.

Prof.Rajat Rashmi is a chartered accountant by profession and is a professor of the Legal Aspects of Business and International Finance. She had a successful career with Oracle before turning to being a management consultant..

Prof.Karunakara Kudupu, is an alumnus of NIT-Surthakal, Karnataka and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He served as General Manager, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru and is an expert in contracts and contract law. He is a professor of marketing and consumer behaviour.

Prof.Ramesh N has over 30 years of Industry experience, majorly in Satellite and Satellite services for developed / developing countries in AMEA across various sectors. Addressed the Satellite services market as it oscillated between Media and Data on an 8 / 10-year cycle. Presently actively involved in delivering Satellite Bandwidth to Internet hungry and IoT markets for GEO and LEO satellites. Prof. Ramesh is a faculty of marketing.

Prof.Jitendra Patri is Former CMO of Central (Future Group) and Principal Consultant – Xeno. He teaches marketing management and is an alumnus of IIM- B, Bengaluru

Professor Dr. K.N. Amarnath, is a professor of Business Analytics and Statistics. He has over three decades’ in the industry and has a deep understanding of prescriptive analytics and is accomplished data analytics professional with impressive career credentials of more than two decades. Versatile making noteworthy recommendations for strategic decision making. Senior Research Analyst with deep insight into market trends and business scenarios driving at effective market positioning. Key contributor for several product launches.

Prof.Sriramu M.S. describes himself as a technologist and entrepreneur. An alumnus of the IIT-B, Bombay he teaches Business Analytics and the course on Research Methodology at Dayananda Sagar University. He believes in high quality and that data and its interpretation is the panacea to most issues.

Prof.Ravishankar Iyer is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and the University of Kentucky, USA, both in the engineering discipline, and a Chartered Financial Analyst, USA and a SEBI RIA. His experience has been extensively in the Financial Markets, Technology, and Management Consulting. He has significant international experience having worked for Investment Banks, Management Consulting firms and Technology Services organizations for over 30+ years in the Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management segments. His core focus areas are Markets, Finance, Technology, Architecture and Process. He has experience in teaching and also developed a variety of Training Academy Models in his prior companies, and also has been a visiting faculty to other Business Schools His personal interests are travelling, sports and writing.

Dr. Hari Ambadapudi is a seasoned leader with 23+ years of experience across industry, consulting, and analytics. Holding a Master’s in Technology (IIT Kanpur) and a Ph.D. in Business Management (BITS Pilani), Dr. Hari specializes in integrating advanced analytics with strategy to deliver business transformation and growth. He is certified in APICS, PMP, and Six Sigma, and is passionate about driving impact through technology, insights, and thought leadership.

Commander Himanshu Joshi is an Indian Navy Veteran, Anti-Submarine warfare (ASW) & Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter pilot. He specialises in Naval Logistics & Administration, is a specialist assessor of Group Behaviour, a Counsellor and a Psychotherapist. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Naval Academy and teaches subjects on HR, OB and Leadership and Communication. Prof. Joshi is an Educational Entrepreneur and his organization prepares young people for a meaningful work life and a career including the Indian Armed Forces.

Prof. Anurag Jalan is professor of economics, innovation and general management He is the founder of Red Harp Consulting has a B. Tech from IIT: B, Mumbai and a management qualification from IIM, Bangalore.

Prof.Tejas Rao is professor of strategy, and general management. He has a management degree from SDA-Bocconi, Milan, Italy and an engineering degree from the Rochester Institute, New York, USA.

Dr. Amulya Panda is professor of supply chain management, operations and project management. He was at General Electric, India for over two decades. He has a Ph.D. from IIT-M, Chennai.

Prof. Sunil Bhumralkar is professor of finance. He was at Ernst & Young, India for over three decades. He is a chartered accountant

Prof Solai Baskaran PhD from IIT delhi and he obtained LLB degree and a professionally qualified lawyer as well. He has spent close to two decades in corporate as COO/Director in operations / HR in unit and in corporate. Prof Baskaran has over 10 years of teaching management in MBA. He has been guiding PhD scholars. He has travelled globally and undertaken various MDP and consultancy assignments.

Prof Diganta Saikia advises banks and Fintech companies globally in the space of quantitative risk analytics and regulations. He has put in 25 years in the space of analytics across continents.

He works in the area of Risk Management, Regulations (CCAR, IFRS9, Basel), Data Science, AI Governance, Statistical Learning, and Machine Learning models for Finance and econometrics.

He has led the CCAR modelling wing of Wells Fargo, and advised banks like Citi, Ally, PNC, and Union Bank of California (now MUFG) in US as a member of the consulting wings of KPMG and Oracle in the past in the regulatory risk divisions.

He has built and validated credit, market and operational risk models for banks and energy trading companies like NAB, ANZ, NCB, Bank of West, Emirates NBD, ADCB, Credit Suisse, Silicon Valley Bank, and British Petroleum in US, UK, Australia and Middle East.

He has written papers for journals like Australian Journal of Engineering Research, Journal of Organizational Behaviour Education (JOBE), and has also spoken at forums like World Finance Conference and Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

He has had visiting stints in some of the universities where he taught papers like Financial Modelling & Econometrics, Financial Engineering, Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, and Banking & Finance.

Prof Diganta has a Post - Graduation in Data Science from Purdue University, US; a Fellowship in Quantitative Methods in Financial Engineering from Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy and a Masters in Economics (Econometrics, International Finance) from Delhi School of Economics.

Prof. Bhakti Thatte is a Product Manager with a strong focus on AI-driven product development, digital transformation, and data science. She has led AI and Machine Learning initiatives across healthcare, telecom, energy, and agriculture, delivering high-impact solutions for global clients such as AT&T, Shell, Medtronic, Horizon Power, and Bombardier through her roles at IBM India, Siemens, BPCL, and AmberTAG Analytics. She brings expertise in Artificial Intelligence, analytics, IT consulting, and cross-functional leadership, with a strong commitment to driving innovation and business value through strategic Product and Program Management.

Prof. Tamal Das is a seasoned global leader in Supply Chain, Operations, and Digital Transformation with 22+ years of rich experience across multiple industries. He has proven track record in building and scaling high-performing practices, with end-to-end accountability for business strategy, product and solution portfolios, revenue growth, and margin expansion while leading large, multi-country transformation programs. He is an expert in end-to-end supply chain management, integrated businessplanning, and Industry 4.0 (AI/ML, IoT, ERP), including Agentic AI–enabled autonomous supply chains and decision intelligence platforms. He has strong product management experience in incubating and scaling digital solutions, defining go-to-market strategies, and driving enterprise-wide adoption. He is recognized for delivering measurable financial and operational outcomes for global enterprises, with a focus on value realization and resilience. He holds an MBA in Strategy & Operations from Hult International Business School, Boston, USA along with advanced degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and ZHAW School of Management, Switzerland.

Prof. Girish Kamplimath brings over 25 years of services operations and consulting experience in BFSI, corporate real estate, transportation, and GCCs to his teaching in operations management. Since founding his own consulting firm, Exandor, in 2017, he has led projects implementing large-scale change across global clients. His work centers on operational excellence, transitions, operating model redesign, and transformation projects across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, using behavior-focused coaching, quality management, process reengineering, and RPA/AI automation.

Prof. Reshmi Raghavachari is a senior people and culture transformation leader having partnered with CEOs, CHROs, and executive teams to build scalable organizations, future-ready leadership pipelines, and high-impact employee experiences. She operates at the intersection of business strategy, human capital, and organizational systems. Reshmi has vast experience working with global capability centers and large Indian organizations like Northern Trust, Mphasis, Barclays, Mercer, American Express and TeamLease. She has led enterprise-wide people, performance, and culture transformation, strengthened HR frameworks, policies and governance, implemented OKR-led performance systems, built integrated leadership and capability frameworks, and improved enterprise productivity and resource utilization through close partnership with senior business leaders. Reshmi consults and partners with organizations on enterprise leadership transformation, talent strategy, and culture architecture, focusing on leadership readiness, succession, and building human-centric organizations capable of sustaining long-term performance. Reshmi holds advanced qualifications in Leadership and Organizational Change (Emeritus – MIT, Columbia, Tuck), is a qualified executive coach and a psychometric assessor from British Psychological Society. She is an alumni of XLRI and Shri Ram College of Commerce.

Prof. Satish Talikota has over 25 years of experience in SAP S4 HANA Business Process Consulting and Management, Software Business Development, and Large Multinational ERP Program Delivery. He continues to build cross-functional expertise in SCM-OM Business Processes, Business/ Consumer/ Cyber law & Cyber Forensics, Organizational Behavior, and Design Thinking. He has submitted his Doctoral Research work in the area of Innovative Work Behavior. He has authored and presented research articles and received best research paper recognition from the Birla Institute of Technology and Management. His association with SAP technology, as an alumnus of IIM-C and NLSIU, brings a blend of Technology, Management, and Compliance perspectives. Prof. Satish is currently working on a research paper on compliance, creative, critical, collaborative, and circular thinking, and another research paper on measuring Internal audit effectiveness.

Prof Srinivas Iyengar has been in Information Technology and Finance space for over 25 years managing businesses across Europe, USA and India.

“Srini” has been recognized as one of ‘Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on HealthTech by a leading global platform. With 20+ years of experience in “Healthcare and Technology” catering to global market, he has been in a unique position to bring world perspective to initiatives he is involved in to get the “Outside-In” approach. He has been a thought leader and visionary in “Future of Healthcare” and consulting organizations which are working towards bringing in required change today.

An active contributor and speaker at various business schools and NASSCOM events on Healthcare and Technology, Srini has been mentoring startups in emerging deep tech, data analytics and healthcare space.

Srini is a member of Board of studies and adjunct professor at DayanandSagar university.

Prof. Anirban Paul is a senior executive in the field of Supply Chain Management and Strategy. He is an alumnus of NIT Silchar, IIM Lucknow and Harvard Kennedy School, USA. He has led large supply chain transformation programs in India, USA, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines. He also has long experience in SAP implementation programs has led P&Ls with 40 member teams.

Anirban Paul consults in the areas of Supply Chain Management and Operations Management.

Prof SaiKumar K Chandrashekar has been working in the IT industry for the past 30+ years. He has performed lead roles in the areas of Product Solutioning and Development, Project Delivery Management, Program Development, Setting up Off Shore Development Centers and building teams. He has also worked Sales, Pre-Sales, and Customer engagement. The domains he has worked are Business Analytics, Social Media Analytics, HR Analytics, Healthcare and Travel Verticals.

Currently, he been working with early stage Start-up companies helping them in product strategy, building their technical and marketing teams, and ensuring the overall process setup. He is also into teaching in the areas of Business Intelligence and Analytics and processes in educational institutions.

He has done his Bachelor Of Engineering from Mysore University and “Executive General Management Program” from Indian Institute Of Management IIM Banglore.

Prof.Srinivas Padmanabhuni was awarded the title of "Eminent Engineer" by the prestigious and renowned organization "Institution of Engineers" (IEI). The award was given 2 Dr.SrinivasPadmanabhuni in recognition of his experience and contributions to the profession of Computers at the 32nd Annual convention of IEI His vast experience in the computing field, including marquee area of Artificial Intelligence (AI), brings a unique blend of academic, research and industry orientation, a rare combination. SrinivasPadmanabhuni is a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence. SrinivasPadmanabhuni co-founded CityMandi.com a next generation AI enabled smart B2B startup in Agri Tech focused on farm to fork. He is a guest faculty in CS at IIT Tirupati. He has been the past president of ACM India, the top professional organization of computing professionals. He is the chief Mentor for Tarah technologies an AI consulting and training company. He specializes in areas of software engineering, AI and Machine Learning. Earlier, he was a Principal Research Scientist and Associate Vice President at Infosys where he overlooked the university innovation ecosystem, alongside research and innovation group in Infosys Labs. He has won several other awards including the excellence award for Innovation at Infosys, Research excellence award at University of Alberta, and Merit award at IIT Kanpur, He is a Ph.D in AI from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, specializing in AI. Prior to Ph.D. he secured his B.Tech from IIT Kanpur and M.Tech in CS from IIT Bombay. His interests: AI, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity. He has to his credit:Seven granted patents
Multiple additional patents in process
One published book by Wiley
100+ refereed international publications
400+ invited talks across eight countries
15000 + students lectured on AI, and related topics
4 + startups

Prof. Archie D’Souza is an expert in Supply Chain and Project Management, with a corporate career spanning four decades and over three decades in academics.

Among his other assignments is Subject Matter Expert for the Logistics Sector Skill Council of the National Skill Development Corporation. He’s contributed a great deal of content for them, He also teaches at Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, Amethi.

He is currently working on a book on the applications of blockchain technology on project and supply chain management.

Prof. P.N. Jairam is a Management Consultant. He provides subject matter expertise in areas of program performance and risk management, particularly for troubled projects. He worked for The MITRE Corporation in Washington D.C., a not-for-profit organization managing Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.

Jairam has successful careers in two diverse fields – Hospitality and Program Management. Lending his knowledge and expertise Jairam has successfully led P&L units, multi-million-dollar programs, and distributed teams across countries.

Jairam earned his MBA from the prestigious George Washington University in Washington DC and transitioned to a career in investment banking and subsequently to management consulting. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP).

Shashank Narendra is an accomplished professional with diverse experience in sales leadership, product and GTM strategy. He holds an MBA degree from IIM Bangalore and BE from NIE Mysore. He has gained expertise in building teams and setting robust processes by working in organizations such as Samsung, Udaan and Swiggy. Shashank is passionate about entrepreneurship and mentoring young talent.

Prof. Sridharan Narayan Armed with a BSc (Physics) from Bombay University, Sridharan Narayan acquired a post-graduate Diploma in Communication Arts from Xavier Institute of Communications, Bombay to embark on a career in Advertising.

Having worked with Film Production and a Television Serial, he went on to anchor the creative department for several advertising agencies. As a natural progression, he took on the additional responsibility of key account management and handled the branch operations for several agencies, looking after national and international brands, with exposure to leading tech brands in the bay area in California. He was also instrumental in setting up the south operations for a French Networked Agency which prompted his move to Bengaluru from Mumbai.

Prof. Sridharan Narayan has spent over three decades in the communication business, across ‘traditional’ and ‘digital marketing’ agencies and has created three business lines in rural marketing, web services and consumer retail.

As a brand consultant, he works with companies to help them create memorable brands and has handled celebrity endorsements. On the rare occasions, when he is not engaged with his students, he is often immersed in Science Fiction or intellectual conversations over a cup of tea.

Prof. Aravind Narasipur holds a degree in Engineering and a PG Diploma in Human Resource Management. He has 14 years’ experience in teaching and corporate training, that is preceded by a 16-year stint in industry. Aravind teaches Business Statistics, Quantitative Techniques, Business Analytics, HR Analytics, and Research Methodology at MBA programmes as a visiting faculty. He has been associated with Welingkar Institute of Management (BLR), Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Chennai) and Woxsen School of Business (Hyderabad) as a visiting faculty. He has conducted training programmes in Data Analysis and HR Analytics, at institutes like Beroe Consulting (Chennai, Bangalore), Ashok Leyland (Hosur), Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore. He is a technical reviewer for the books titled Modern Business Statistics (with Microsoft Excel), and Introduction to Management Science by Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran et al published by Cengage, USA. Aravind works as a freelancer.

Prof. Alagiri Govindasamy has secured 29 years of both corporate and entrepreneurial experience. He worked from 12 countries & spent more than 12 years out of India for various global entanglements spread across multiple industry segments. As a seasoned digital transformation architect, ERP expert and business consultant, he is collaborating with leading corporates as a trusted advisor.

He is the founder and CEO for PMCGS Private Limited https://pmcgs.net, a boutique Industry 4.0 consulting initiative from Chennai, India. He is the promoter of two deep tech startups (AI products) from medical https://neurosenselabs.com and Education https://simlight.ai.

His education qualification includes MS from BITS, Pilani, MBA from The University of Manchester, UK and Doctor of Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University, UK.

As passion, he is happy to share his industry experience with aspiring students to appreciate business nuances and bring real time industry examples to classroom

Abubakar Siddeeqh holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from VTU and is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance at Dayananda Sagar University, where he has also been associated as an Adjunct Professor since 2018.

He brings nearly two decades of professional experience and is presently Director and Head of Investment Operations and Fund Accounting at Evalueserve, leading multiple teams and managing global clients. Prior to this, he spent nine years with Acuity (formerly Moody’s Analytics), six years with Société Générale in fund administration services, and three years with Butterfield Fulcrum Fund Services and JP Morgan Chase.

Abubakar has delivered guest lectures at several Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and continues to integrate his corporate expertise with academic engagements.

Vinay Rao B.N, is a corporate denizen, academician, orator and an expert in imparting strategic insights on business and domain expertise. He believes that practical insights we all learn from life’s lessons add value to corporate growth.

He holds both graduate and post-graduate degrees in the field of Business Management ( Sales and Marketing), supplemented by a working knowledge of the HR function. He started his career as a market researcher/sales trainee in the ITC group of hotels, and in his ultimate role there, was an Assistant Sales Manager.

He possesses extensive project experience with Lufthansa Airlines, Germany as well as with Café Coffee Day and the TTK Prestige group, Bangalore. He has also been associated with the Bangkok School of Business on a student project.

He was employed as the Head of Customer Experience Team for Steelcase Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd, a Fortune listed organization which deals with workspace planning and associated solutions.

He was also an Advertising Analytics consultant for the Amazon Brand, primary dealing with Seattle and California regions along with a foothold in North America.

Additionally, he was an academic at the MBA level holding positions of Head of Department and Program Coordinator at institutions of repute in Bangalore City.

He believes the being curious is a stepping stone to success, and honing this mindset to perfection and has helped transform the lives of over 20,000 students into global stalwarts.

Prof. S. M. Kumail Kirmani is a marketing professor and an entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience in sales, strategic marketing, and brand building.

An alumnus of IIM Calcutta, Prof Kirmani is currently pursuing his PhD in Marketing and integrates academic rigor with practical industry insights.

He is the Founder of Wise Owl Edu, Co-Founder of Begum’s Authentic Hyderabadi Kitchen, and the visionary behind Brands of Bangalore.

As a digital marketing expert, he champions experiential learning and case-based pedagogy. Awarded by NDTV’s Icons of Bharat in 2022, he mentors aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders through education, innovation, and strategic guidance. He is also a Business Coach appointed by Business Blasters, India’s largest entrepreneurial funding program initiated by Govt of Delhi.

Prof. Karthik is a Multi talented Business Executive with extensive experience in leading Sales, Sales- Operations, Customer Service, and Inside Sales within IT and allied industries. Proven track record in guiding sizable cross functional teams in design, re-design and launch of cutting edge business solutions that drive greater efficiencies, engagement and revenues for the organization. Expert presenter, negotiator and business person; able to forge solid relationship with strategic partners and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.

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Dr. Astha Kumbhat has over 15 years of industry experience in organizations across retail, manufacturing sector with organizations such as Pantaloons, Reliance Trends etc. Her educational qualifications include B.E., MBA, M.Phil and Ph.D. She is currently associated as Adjunct Faculty. Her core competencies are in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Operations, Retail Management.

Prof Buchi Babu Muvva PhD has 30 years of diverse experience in Industry and academia. Prof Muvva has worked with customer-focused organizations spanning across different industry sectors including Pharma, Automobile, IT & Education. He has worked in various capacities like EDP Manager on projects related to IT Implementation, Product Management, Operations planning, Sourcing, and warehouse, Introduced computerization in POM area, and support Quality & Business Analytics.

He teaches courses in Business Research Methods and Analytics.

Sanjay. N is a seasoned consulting and delivery leader with over 26 years of global experience in establishing and scaling Global Capability Centres (GCCs), executing large global programs and managing multi-location delivery organizations. Sanjay has worked for enterprises such as Salesforce, KPMG, IBM, Cognizant and Mindtree, where he played leadership roles setting up practices, driving talent strategy, AI adoption, and collaboration with product and engineering teams.

Across his career, Sanjay has led multi-million-dollar P&L portfolios, scaled delivery teams, and successfully implemented large-scale SaaS, AI/ML, and digital transformation programs across diverse industries including Retail, CPG, BFSI, Healthcare, and Education. He has partnered with C-suite leaders worldwide, enabling enterprises to embed AI, automation, and future-ready capabilities into their operating models.

Beyond corporate leadership, Sanjay is passionate about leadership development, DEI advocacy, and talent transformation. He has served as faculty for multiple flagship leadership programs with his employers, shaping the next generation of consulting leaders, and has been a thought leader in AI-driven delivery models and international business strategies.

He holds a Senior Leadership Programme certification from IIM Lucknow, a PG Diploma in Business Management from Narsee Monjee Inst. of Mgmt. studies, and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Medical Electronics) from BMS College of Engineering.

Outside of work, Sanjay is a sport and fitness enthusiast. He enjoys playing lawn tennis where he represented Bangalore University and golf. Other hobbies include eating good vegetarian food and traveling!

Mr. Sandeep Raman Sharma is a global Supply Chain Management ,Logistics, Operations & Projects Management Business Leader, having spent more than three decades in leading big teams in different functions and setting up three greenfield new manufacturing projects during his stint in reputed Indian Corporates and two MNCs ,M/s Honeywell Inc (Aerospace Division) and at M/s Continental GmbH .

His last assignment was with M/s Continental Automotive India, heading Supply Chain Management /Operations for all their plants in India. He has also been practitioner of Lean Management Principles and Six Sigma methodologies during his corporate stint. He has led digitalization and transformational projects like RPAs ,Supply Chain Sustainability and Circularity projects .

Sandeep has done B.E(Mech.) with Hons. from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Advanced PG Diploma in Business Management & Finance and also completed certificates courses in “International Trade Logistics’ from IIFT, New Delhi and “Intellectual Property and Trade Laws” from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi .To pursue his passion and interest in Sustainability, he also completed PG diploma in “Environment Laws” from National Law School University, Bangalore in June , 2024.

Prof. Chandrashekar is an alumnus from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and comes with an industry experience of over 30 years in a wide range of industries. He has vast experience in FMCG, Consulting and Education sectors in sales and general management areas, both in India and abroad. He had held several senior positions in Sales & Marketing, HR and General Management in large companies, such as ITC Ltd, Aujan Group (KSA), Gallup Consulting (USA). He was an entrepreneur in the Digital Banking and Education sectors before moving full time to academics. He is a member of NHRD and HRFI and has organized and anchored many conferences and workshops. With his vast and varied industry exposure, Prof. Chandrashekar brings in the practical nuances of businesses to the classrooms.

Dr. Gopal Surya has a Ph.D in Computer Vision from StonyBrook University, NY, USA and over 30 years of industry experience in the development and deployment of broadband computer networks He has extensive experience in multi-million dollar full life cycle development of 4G, 5G, Optical, IP and WiFi broadband products. Dr. Surya has held senior level positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia, CISCO and Qualcomm in the USA and India. He is an accomplished technical leader with a proven ability to lead multi-discipline, cross organization and cross site engineering teams. He is the Co-Founder and Vice President of Wyzent Technologies and is currently working on Computer Vision and AI for Agritech and Medical Imaging applications. He has got several research papers, patents, and awards to his credit.

Ms. Soumi Mukherjee is a market research and consumer insights professional with over 12 years of experience in business analytics, strategic consulting, and data-driven decision-making. Currently associated with Kantar in a senior capacity, she has led large-scale consumer and market research studies across diverse sectors, delivering actionable insights for leading global and Indian organizations.

Her work focuses on translating complex datasets into meaningful business strategies, with extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research, consumer behaviour analysis, and market intelligence. She has also been actively involved in mentoring teams, driving capability building, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to support strategic decision-making.

In addition to her professional work, Soumi contributes to industry thought leadership initiatives, particularly in areas such as large-scale estimation studies, evolving consumer trends, and the integration of traditional research methodologies in a data-rich environment.

Soumi is passionate about teaching and aims to bridge academic concepts with real-world application.

Prof. Chaminda Hettiarachchi is a Co-Founder and a Director at FabLanka Foundation, a Social Enterprise working on Industry 4.0 technologies including 3-D Printing for socio-economic development in Sri Lanka. Chaminda is also the CEO/Managing Director at Dil Consultancy, a research and management consultancy company based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He teaches project management and e-business as a visiting lecturer for MBA programs at University of Colombo and University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka.

Chaminda has 20 years of experience in the industry, academia, research and consultancy in 20 countries. Chaminda is a B.Sc. (Engineering) graduate from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1996). He has an MBA from the Graduate School of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences (FHTE), Esslingen, Germany (2002). He is also an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School in Boston, USA, Fletcher School, Boston, USA and a DAAD Scholar at Humboldt University and University of Koblenz-Landau in Berlin, Germany.

Chaminda’s has been a pioneer in popularizing digital technology in Sri Lanka and he has actively contributed to digital technology diffusion from 2005. His latest contribution is introducing fourth industrial revolution technologies to Sri Lanka.

Dr Stephen McKenna is Associate Professor, School of Management & Marketing, Curtin University, Australia. He has had an oscillating career in both the business and academic sectors in Europe, North America and Asia. He has researched internationally mobile professionals for many years and his current areas of interest include international mobility of professionals; global human resource management and organizational development (global careers, talent management and leadership); comparative ethical human resource management; career transitions of elite athletes; management in the International Development sector and flexible working practices.

He teaches across a diverse range of areas including global human resource management, strategic HRM, organization development, international management and qualitative research methods. Steve has a doctorate from the University of Warwick in the UK and is a keen sportsman, enjoys the gym, mountain biking.He is a big follower of rugby union and cricket.

Prof. Venkatesh Raghavendra is a seasoned social entrepreneur and philanthropic strategist based in Washington DC, USA. He brings nearly four decades of experience in advising governments and building global partnerships. His expertise is in entrepreneurship training, youth development and global partnerships for social impact.

He has been an advisor to Government of India’s National Skill Development Corporation.

Previously Chief Philanthropy Officer with the New York based American India Foundation and a global team leader at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, he has built and managed partnerships with international NGOs, multilateral agencies, and grassroots organizations enhancing impact on education, public health, and livelihoods.

He has a Masters in Social Justice from USA and an International Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Prof. Golda El Khoury is a highly accomplished senior leader, former UN official, and development practitioner with over 30 years of global experience in multilateral diplomacy, public policy, women’s leadership, youth engagement, and inclusive governance. She held senior positions with UNESCO, UNICEF, and Save the Children.

As Founder and President of Higher Ground, a strategic initiative on policy, diplomacy, and sustainable development, she has a proven record of advancing change in conflict, emergency, and development contexts. She brings extensive professional experience and strong academic foundations, combining real-world insights with teaching, academic collaboration, outreach programmes and mentorship. Skilled in complex negotiations, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and global policy dialogues, she is recognized for her thought leadership, publications, and ability to bridge academia and practice. Passionate about youth empowerment, she has led large-scale initiatives and actively mentors emerging leaders.

She studied Gender and Development at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex (UK) and Philosophy at the Lebanese University (Lebanon). She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic, with working knowledge of German.

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