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EXECUTIVE POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME - PLACEMENTS 2011

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALOREBannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560076, India

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ContentsDear Recruiter,

Greetings!

It has been our constant endeavour to understand the challenges and avenues in the business world. We equip our programmes, pedagogy, and students with the most cutting edge business tools and perspectives suiting the needs of the ever changing business environment. In light of this, our Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) programme has been created with the intention of preparing experienced professionals for senior management roles who can lead organisations in increasingly complex and conflicting situations. At the same time, as the world becomes increasingly global and emerging markets measure up to the developed economies, the dynamics of organisations and demands made on them change. In these shifting times, IIMB's EPGP has been created as a programme that enables students to derive the best from both the worlds.

Our EPGP programme has been received with acclaim by the industry for its innovative course content, batch of bright students, and maturity of thought that they bring. While our very first batch students received a splendid placement, we are emphatic that the next batch of students will surpass the expectations of the recruiters with their keenness, skill, wisdom, spontaneity, and leadership traits.

With my best wishes, and hope that these professionals will be the torchbearers of India, I present to you the second batch of EPGP students.

Prof Pankaj Chandra Director, IIMB

Message from the Chairperson Career Development Services

Message from the EPGP Chairperson

Dear Recruiter,

With immense pride and satisfaction, I present to you the second batch of Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) - IIM Bangalore's one year fully residential programme in management, designed specifically for professionals with remarkable track records and a minimum of seven years of experience.

The present batch of EPGP has been selected using rigorous criteria like an excellent GMAT score, a proven professional record commanding respect, and a thoroughly incisive interview which explored various dimensions of a student's personality. Thus we have assembled a group of sixty five bright future managers, drawn from all parts of the country and encompassing a wide spectrum of sectors.

The EPGP course has been purposefully designed to be rigorous, demanding and fast paced so that students are taken out of their comfort zones, and are incessantly challenged to reflect deeply.

The course is a journey in self-discovery as students are constantly made to delve deeper, and push themselves harder, exhorted by an experienced Faculty, on critical and challenging problems from the business arena. Thus gradually, the course carves out leaders who think like individuals of action and act like individuals of thought.

The present batch of EPGP has been equipped with all the keenness and tools required to confront the challenges of middle and senior management roles. I am confident that as visionaries and leaders of the future, they will accelerate your businesses and propel the momentum of a vibrant economy like ours.

I wish them the very best in their endeavours!

Prof L Prasad Chairperson, EPGP

Dear Recruiter,

The Executive Post Graduate Program (EPGP) at IIM Bangalore has in a very short time established itself as a strong program for post-experience management education. The exceptional quality of the program as well as the students was endorsed by the organizations that recruited from the EPGP program for several middle and senior level positions last year.

This year too we have the privilege of presenting before you a graduating batch with an exceptionally rich experience in several areas including engineering, finance, retail, and manufacturing, with an average work experience of about 10 years. Prior to joining IIMB, several EPGP participants have already held senior management/leadership positions in their organizations in areas such as finance, consulting & strategy, engineering, product and project management, marketing, and HRM.

With their extensive industry experience, complemented by the academic inputs from renowned faculty, we are confident that these candidates will indeed be a very valuable resource for your organization. The fact that they have forgone exciting opportunities in their work situations to complete this program is itself a validation of their initiative and risk taking abilities.

As in the past, we hope to welcome you once again to visit IIM Bangalore to engage with these candidates. Given the specific requirements of the batch as well as recruiters, the placements for the EPGP are organized on a rolling basis, beginning November 2010.

Thank you in advance for your continued support to IIM Bangalore, and we look forward to welcoming you to the institute.

Sapna Agarwal Head

Career Development Services

Prof. PD Jose Chairperson Career Development Services



The Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) offered by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), fulfils a vital need of the corporate sector by providing world class management education to experienced managers. The pace of economic development and resulting competitive dynamics have caused firms to seek competent senior and mid level executives. Specifically, there is a rapidly growing demand for executives with the breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise essential for sustaining growth and enhancing competitiveness. This is a global phenomenon and the EPGP is designed to cater to this very need.

Corporations across the world are grappling with the forces of globalization and change. The environmental complexity is deepened by the expanding influence of technology evolution and shifting socio-political equations. Firms which are attuned to these realities are acutely aware of the need to reinforce their capabilities in order to effectively tackle the challenges and remain competitive. The frontlines of these battlefields are increasingly being manned by both mid and senior level executives. Undoubtedly, organizational sustenance and survival is directly dependent on the caliber, competence and capabilities of these executives. Essentially, while deep functional expertise is a prerequisite for such executives, their effectiveness is contingent upon the ability to perceive and understand a situation from multiple perspectives. The EPGP bridges this gap by virtue of its selection criteria, curriculum design and delivery.

The Executive Post Graduate Program (EPGP) is a fully residential one year post graduate program which prepares students for mid and senior level management roles. The program offers general management education imparted by a remarkable faculty. The experience profile of the current batch of sixty five students ranges from seven to twenty four years who have substantial functional experience and domain knowledge. The learning experience is significantly enhanced by peer learning enabled both by formal and informal mechanisms. The mix of experienced managers, remarkable faculty and superior curriculum is a potent combination that equips the student with knowledge and skills needed to excel in an increasingly complex business environment.

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has long stood as one of the hallmark institutes of management in India and the world, and has created a stellar galaxy of performers who have lent their shine to organizations throughout the world.

Established in 1973 the institute has since then made rapid strides up the stairs of excellence in pedagogy, consulting, and research, generating a vast legion of students instrumental in the growth of companies across a wide spectrum of sectors.

A 100-acre oasis in south Bangalore, IIMB with its all-stone architecture, lush verdant woods and landscaped gardens provides an idyllic environment to engage in learning. IIMB has world-class infrastructure that facilitates excellence in teaching, research, consulting and other professional activities.

IIMB strives to achieve excellence through partnerships with industry, and leading academic institutions, the world over. IIMB's mission is to "build leaders through holistic, transformative and innovative education."

The culture of the institute is that of imparting learning while complementing students with all manner of extra-curricular activities like sports, music, photography to cite only a few, which makes the campus a complete personality discovery and development workshop.

Lead the World, Leave a Trail

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then becomes a habit!

~ Socrates ~



I found the EPGP Class of

2010-11 to be highly self-

motivated, capable of working

under pressure and

psychologically secure and well-

grounded. I enjoyed interacting

with them both inside and outside

the class. I am sure they will

translate the valuable insights

gained from their studies at IIMB

into tangible assets for the

organizations they choose to work

with.

Prof. Shyamal Roy Economics and Social Sciences

The EPGP Class of 2010-11 comes from a variety of backgrounds, such as

IT services, consulting, operations, and even defence. Almost everyone has

considerable international exposure. I would rate this Class high on analytical

ability. The students worked extremely hard on case presentations and projects.

The understanding and insights they have acquired in the Programme, e.g.,

making sense of financial statements, budgets and costs, should enable them to

appreciate and resolve the conflicting pressures on a business enterprise. I believe

that the students will be able to contribute to their prospective employers in a

superior way by combining their new learnings with their past organizational

experience.

Prof. R. Narayanaswamy Finance and Control



The faculty body of the institute comprises of academicians highly regarded in their fraternity and are, arguably some of the best minds of the country. The institute has departments of Economics, Strategy, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations Management, Information Systems, Quantitative Methods, Public Policy, Public Systems, and Entrepreneurship, encompassing the entire gamut of management education.

The faculty members maintain strong industry connections by virtue of their research orientation supplemented with consulting assignments. As a result, the curriculum design is closely aligned to needs of the industry. Many professors from various departments in IIMB are authors of popular management books and have collaborated with world renowned authorities on numerous articles and publications.

The Faculty

The Students

I found the EPGP Class of

2010-11 extremely inquisitive,

energetic and hard working. Their

level of involvement in the course,

preparation and intellectually

stimulating interaction in the class

was a delight.

Prof. Mithileshwar Jha Marketing

I very much enjoyed interacting with

EPGP Class of 2010-11. The group has rich

experience and it makes the dialogue and

learning process in the class highly enriching. I

am convinced that the participants have the

competencies to handle senior management

responsibilities in global organizations.

Prof. N M Agrawal Organisation Behaviour and Human Resources Management

The vibrant & diverse student community is the life blood of IIMB. The students chosen for EPGP have made splendid contributions in their respective sectors prior to arriving in IIMB and are gifted with leadership skills to be at the forefront of business. A high GMAT score, a remarkable professional experience of minimum seven years, a persuasive statement of purpose, and a drilling interview ascertain that the students chosen are well equipped for the rigour of the programme, and the challenges of the future.

The students represent a range of sectors including manufacturing, automobile, banking, IT, retail, health care, media, consulting, the defence forces and PSUs. The diversity of experience enriches the discussion and learning in the class. The faculty finds interaction with EPGP students absorbing, energetic, and collaborative.


EPGP Course Design: An International Curriculum

Seminars: A Realm Beyond Management

International Immersion

The defining feature of the program is its exhaustive curriculum. The content is customized to the needs of experienced managers and is highly relevant while being challenging. The faculty regularly revises the curriculum to reflect industry & environmental trends.

In addition to the core courses, there is a broad array of electives to choose from. There is ample opportunity to select function specific electives based on one's preferences. The subject area departments have multiple faculty with specialized focus; thus providing the opportunity to gain deep functional knowledge.

The method of instruction is primarily case based, supplemented with exhaustive subject matter literature and texts. The cases help students immerse in the realities of business and feel its dilemmas, challenges and risks. The combination of expert faculty, students, and superior curriculum design provides the basis for rich and rewarding learning experiences.

Most learning activities are group-based and include project work. Thus, there is a judicious mix of theoretical rigour and application orientation which help in laying a firm foundation of knowledge gained through "learning by doing".

The seminar series provides a platform for interfacing with practitioners from diverse sectors including corporate, non-profit, regulatory agencies as well as accomplished speakers from the fields of science, arts, spirituality, medicine, etc. The aim is to provide exposure to a variety of perspectives and inculcate an appreciation for all realms of education, business, and life. In addition to enhancing classroom instruction, the seminars make students sensitive to the prevailing trends in different sectors.


The international study course is the last of the core terms and includes a 15 day tour of a major economy. The visit schedule is customized by IIMB in partnership with one of the leading business schools in the country to be visited. During the week preceding the tour, subject matter experts and industry captains are invited to provide a multi-dimensional overview; this provides the context for the visit. The schedule is so designed as to provide holistic exposure to the economic, political, socio-cultural and business environment of the country visited.

The present batch of EPGP visited South Korea for its international immersion which was organized by KAIST Business School, Seoul. As part of the programme, the students visited the plants of LG, Doosan, GM Daewoo, SK Telecom, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and interacted with the top level executives of these companies. The visits to plants were augmented by the classroom sessions conducted by faculty of KAIST, and professionals from firms like McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, Korean Exchange Bank, and LG.

The level of intellect and

enthusiasm among the students

was truly energizing for me. I

appreciated the quality of

discussion and questioning that

occurred during my recent lecture

and look forward to more of the

same in the future.

Brad Gambill EVP and Chief Strategy Officer LG Electronics

IIMB EPGP students were

well-prepared for all the meetings

with senior executives and had

some very good questions to ask

them. I was impressed by how

much they had grasped of the

economic, cultural and political

status of Korea in the short two

weeks they spent here.

Prof. Ravi Kumar Dean KAIST College of Business

Great energy! It was really

energizing to be with students

who exhibit so much curiosity and

drive to learn about Korea and

East Asia

Jae Choi Chief Strategy Officer Doosan Construction Equipment



Comprehensive Project Batch Profile

EPGP Courses: Core and Electives

• Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Managerial Economics

• Quantitative Analysis & Methods

• Designing Organisations

• International Business Communication

• Macroeconomics

• Operations Management

• Cost Management

• Leadership for Change

• Managing People and Performance in Organisations

• Corporate Finance

• Corporate Governance and Business Ethics

• Strategic Marketing

• Competition & Strategy

Corporate Strategy & Policy• Strategic Leadership

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Multi-business Strategy

• Strategic Thinking Using Game Theory

• Strategies for the Media and the Entertainment Industry

• Carbon Strategies & Carbon Finance

• Understanding Corporate Failures

• Strategy and Sustainable Enterprise

Marketing• Consumer Behaviour

• Brand Management

• Retail Strategy

• New Product Development and Management

• Business to Business Market Management

• Strategies and Tactics of Going to Business Markets

• Market Oriented Innovation Management

• Advertising

Finance & Control• Financial Derivatives

• New Enterprise Financing

• Management of Commercial Contracts

• The Business Environment in Emerging Markets

• Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

• Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation

• Real Options

• Corporate Finance, Governance and Control

• Management Control Systems

OB & HRM• Managing Across Cultures

• Creativity in Arts, Design and Science

• International Negotiating Skills

• Corporate Restructuring-Human Dimensions of Managing Change

Economics• International Finance

• Decision Making

• Global Markets

• Current Economic Scenario

Production & Operations Management• Operations Strategy

• Service Operations Management

• Supply Chain Management

Public Policy and Systems• Managing Public Private

Partnership

• Management of Urban Infrastructure

Entrepreneurship• Reinvention through

Entrepreneurial / Intrapreneurial Leadership

• Social Entrepreneurship

Quantitative Methods & Information Systems• Qualitative Research Methods

• Strategic Information Systems

• Business Analytics and Intelligence

• Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks

Core Courses

Electives

The comprehensive project provides an opportunity to integrate learning from the program and apply it to a real management problem or an impending opportunity in a business sector. The project is executed under the guidance of a faculty member and is executed over a period of six

months. The project can also be themed upon bridging the social divide, researching public policy schemes like NREGA, recommending strategies for inclusive growth of India, and various other social challenges.

Work Experience

Educational Background Pre-MBA Industry

Functional Experience

Operations 54%

R&D 1%

Health Care 2%

Consulting 8%

Entrepreneur 3%

Finance 8%

General Mgmt. 19%

Marketing & Sales 5%

IT Services 43%

Mgmt. Consulting 9%

Manufacturing 3%

Political Research 2%

Semiconductor 3%

Telecom 9%

Textiles 2%

Supply-Chain 3%

Retail 2%

Aerospace 2%

Automobile 2%

Finance/Insurance 8%

Defense 8%

Energy 1%

Industrial Automation 3%

7-10 years 55%

10-15 years 38%

15-20 years 4%

> 20 years 3%

Engineering 86%

Science 11%

Commerce 3%

Total Number of Students 65

Number of Female Students 8

Number of Male Students 57

Work Experience (as on 1-Apr-2010)

Average 10.5 years

GMAT Score

Range 630 to 770

Middle 80% GMAT Range 640 to 750

Average 700



Recruitment Process Placement 2010 - SnapshotP

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ks The Pre-placement talk is a platform for interaction between the company and the students. The representatives of the company share the profile of the company, key aspects of its business, work environment, and opportunities available to students. The presentation is followed by a Q&A session where students interact with company officials to get a better understanding of the company and potential roles.

A typical pre-placement session is scheduled for 90 minutes. In view of the academic calendar of the students, the sessions are scheduled between 4pm to 6pm on weekdays, and between 8am and 8pm hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

Interested students apply to the company through the placement committee. A detailed resume is submitted by the student as part of the application process.

EPGP students have substantial work experience and have been inducted through a rigorous selection process. We therefore follow a grade and GMAT score non-disclosure policy.

Fina

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interview gives the company and the student an opportunity to discuss the role in detail and make the right choice. The final placement process is conducted over an extended period of time beginning in the first week of November. This gives the companies ample time for customized selection processes that may be required, given the lateral hiring process. Companies are requested to schedule their final placement interviews at least 3 weeks after their pre-placement talk.

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e The company can make an offer to the student after the final interview. The offer should include details of role, location, remuneration, and other relevant terms and conditions required by the candidate to make a decision. The acceptance of offer is governed by placement rules of the institute. At the end of the process the decision of the student is conveyed to the company by the placement committee.

With this process, our intent is to make the placement process conducive to both the companies and the students. We will consider any additional company specific requirements over and above the process outlined.

Write to [email protected], [email protected]

Important Placement Related Dates

Pre-placement Talks October 1, 2010 onwards

Final Placements November 1, 2010 onwards

Placement committee contact details

Mr. N G Lakshminarayana Rao - Administrative Officer +91-80-26993165/26993301 Career Development Services

EPGP Placement Committee

Ankur Chadha +91 95919 70806 Pankaj Jain +91 95919 70832 Parveen Khokher +91 95919 70833 Pralhad Deshpande +91 95919 70836 Sandeep Karyotakalam +91 96327 11994 Somya Sheel +91 89719 07257 Vishnuprasad B G +91 95919 70868

Number of International Offers 12

Percentage of Students Switching Sectors 43%

Percentage of Students Switching Functions 59%

Incoming Industry

IT Services 44%

IT Products 11%

Telecom 9%

Defence 6%

Auto 4%

Retail 1%

Marine 6%

Textile 1%

Entrepreneur 1%

Infrastructure 3%

Manufacturing 3%

Medicine 4%

Banking 3%

Pharma 1%

Energy 1%

Metals 1%

Investment banking 1%

Outgoing Industry

IT Services 42%

Telecom 10%

Consulting 2%

Education 2%

Retail 7%

Marine 2%

Financial Services 7%

Supply Chain 2%

Infrastructure 3%

Manufacturing 7%

Energy 2%

IT Consulting 5%

Pharma 5%

Energy 2%

Investment banking 2%

Incoming Function

Project Management 23%

General management 1%

Delivery 14%

Consulting 10%

Business Development 10%

Operations 26%

Product development 6%

Service 1%

Sales & Marketing 9%

Outgoing Function

Program Management 19%

Consulting 10%

Business Development 23%

Operations 48%



CORPORATE STRATEGY & POLICY

Deepak Kumar Sinha PhD (MIT) Chairperson, Corporate Strategy and Policy Area

Ganesh N Prabhu Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

J Ramachandran Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad) BOC Chair Professor of Business Policy

Murli Patibandla PhD (JNU)

P D Jose Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad) Chairperson, Career Development Services

Rejie George Pallathitta PhD (Tilburg) Young Faculty Research Chair

Rishikesha T Krishnan Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad) Jamuna Raghavan Chair Professor of Entrepreneurship Chairperson, Committee on Disability

R Srinivasan Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

S Chandrashekar PGDM (IIM Calcutta)

S Raghunath PhD (Gujarat)

S Rajeev* MBA (Stanford)

ECONOMICS & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Anubha Dhasmana PhD (Johns Hopkins)

Chiranjib Sen PhD (Stanford)

Gopal Naik PhD (Urbana-Champaign) Chairperson, Fellow Programme in Management Chairperson, Centre for Public Policy

Manaswini Bhalla PhD (Pennsylvania State)

Prakash G Apte PhD (Columbia) UTI Chair Professor in Finance & Research Chairperson, Centre for Capital Market & Risk Management

Rajeev Gowda MV PhD (Pennsylvania)

Ramnath Narayanswamy PhD (EHESS, Paris)

Ranganathan V Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad) RBI Chair Professor in Infrastructure Management

Rupa Chanda PhD (Columbia) Chairperson, Economics & Social Sciences Area

Shyamal Roy PhD (Missouri)

Soumyanetra Munshi PhD (Rutgers)

Subhashish Gupta PhD (Iowa) Chairperson, Admissions & Financial Aid

Vandana Singhvi Patel* PhD (NYU)

Vivek Moorthy PhD (UCLA)

FINANCE & CONTROL

Anindya Sen PhD (Chicago)

Ashok Thampy PhD (Purdue)

Jayadev M PhD (Osmania)

Krishnamurthy S* FCA

Narasimhan M S PhD (Madras) Chairperson, Centre for Financial Markets and Institutions

Narayan PC* PGDM, (XLRI)

Padmini Srinivasan PhD (NLSIU)

R Narayanaswamy PhD (New South Wales)

R Srinivasan Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

R Vaidyanathan Fellow (IIM Calcutta), UTI Chair in Capital Market Studies Chairperson, Centre for Insurance Research & Education Chairperson, Centre for Capital Market & Risk Management

Sabarinathan G PhD (NLSIU) Chairperson, Office of International Affairs

Sankarshan Basu PhD (LSE) Chairperson, Alumni Chairperson, Finance & Control Area

Shashidhar Murthy PhD (Columbia)

V Ravi Anshuman PhD (Utah) Chairperson, IIMB Management Review

Vijaya B Marisetty PhD (Monash)

MARKETING

Ashis Mishra PhD (Utkal)

Avinash G Mulky PhD (IIT Bombay) Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Management

Mithileshwar Jha Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal PhD (UT Dallas)

Pradip H Sadarangani PhD (IIT Bombay)

S Ramesh Kumar PhD (Madras)

Seema Gupta PhD (Udaipur)

Seshadri DVR* Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Shainesh G Fellow (IIM Bangalore)

Srinivas Prakhya PhD (Carnegie Mellon) Chairperson, Marketing Area

Thirunarayana PN* PGDM (IIM Ahmedabad)

Y L R Moorthi PhD (Bharathidasan)

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR & HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Abhoy K Ojha PhD (Alberta) Chairperson, Executive Education Programme

Amit Gupta PhD (Maryland)

Anand Ram V Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

L Prasad PhD (Northwestern)

Manohar Reddy C Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Mathew J Manimala Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Mukta Kulkarni PhD (UT San Antonio) Young Faculty Research Chair

Narendra M Agrawal Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad) Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management

Ravi Kumar R PhD (Andhra)

Sourav Mukherji Fellow (IIM Bangalore)

Vasanthi Srinivasan Fellow (IIM Bangalore) Chairperson, Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management Area Chairperson, Centre for Corporate Governance & Citizenship

PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

B Mahadevan PhD (IIT Madras) Dean (Administration)

D Krishna Sundar PhD (IIT Kharagpur) Chairperson, Centre for Enterprise Resource Planning

Devanath Tirupati PhD (MIT) EADS-SMI Chair Professor of Sourcing and Supply Management

Haritha Saranga PhD (Exeter) Chairperson, Library Committee

Janat Shah Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad) Chairperson, Centre for Supply Chain Management

Jishnu Hazra PhD (Rochester) Chairperson, Production & Operations Management Area

L S Murty Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Pankaj Chandra PhD (Pennsylvania) Director

Siddharth Mahajan PhD (Pennsylvania)

PUBLIC SYSTEMS

Malathi Somaiah PhD (Minnesota)

Nayana Tara S PhD (Bangalore)

Ramanayya T V PhD (Kakatiya)

QUANTITATIVE METHODS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Amar Sapra PhD (Cornell)

Arnab Basu PhD (TIFR) Young Faculty Research Chair

B Shekar PhD (IISc)

Dinesh Kumar U PhD (IIT Bombay) Chairperson, Research & Publications & C-DOCTA

Ishwar Murthy PhD (Texas A&M)

Malay Bhattacharyya PhD (LSE) Chairperson, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management

Nagadevara V PhD (Iowa State) Chairperson, Public Systems

Pulak Ghosh PhD (Oakland)

Rahul De' PhD (Pittsburgh) Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor

Rajendra K Bandi PhD (Georgia State)

Rajluxmi Murthy PhD (Southern Methodist) Chairperson, Quantitative Methods & Information Systems Area

S Krishna PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Shankar Venkatagiri PhD (Georgia Tech)

Shubhabrata Das PhD (UNC Chapel Hill)

Trilochan Sastry PhD (MIT) Dean (Academic)

COMMUNICATION

Amarnath Krishnaswamy* PGDM (IIM Calcutta)

CENTRE FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & CITIZENSHIP

N Balasubramanian* PhD (Bombay)

CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY

Anil B Suraj* LLM (NLSIU)

Arnab Mukherji PhD (Pardee RAND)

Ashwin Mahesh** PhD (Washington)

A Damodaran PhD (Kerala) IPR Chair Professor on IP Management Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management

A Ravindra** PhD (Mysore)

Deepak Malghan PhD (Maryland)

G Ramesh Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Gita Sen PhD (Stanford)

Hema Swaminathan* PhD (Penn State)

Rajalaxmi Kamath PhD (Michigan State)

CENTRE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Roger Moser* PhD (European Business School)

NADATHUR S RAGHAVAN CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING

K Kumar Fellow (IIM Bangalore) Chairperson, NSRCEL

Suresh Bhagavatula* PhD (Amsterdam)

INDIAN RAILWAY ACCOUNTS SERVICE PLATINUM JUBILEE CHAIR IN RAILWAY FINANCE

Anand K Sharma* PhD (Jamnalal Bajaj) Chair Professor, Railway Finance

*Visiting Faculty

** Senior Research Fellow

Faculty

A.T. Kearney

ABG

Accenture

Actis

Aditya Birla Group

Agility Logistics

Agrotech

Al Ghanim

Aloe Group

Alvarez and Marshal

Ambit

American Express

Anand Rathi

Arabcal Group

Arthur D Little

Arvin Meritor

Asian Paints

AT&T

Audax Group

Avasthagen

Avendus Capital

Aviva

Axis Bank

Bahwan Cyber Tek

Bain & Co.

Bank of America

Bank of Muscat

Barclays

Baring Private Equity Partners

BASF

Bates Pan Gulf

Benetton

Bharti

Biocon

Bloomberg

BNP Paribas

Booz & Co.

Bosch

Boston Consulting Group

BPCL

Brigade Group

Britannia Industries

British Petroleum

Cadbury

Capital One

Castrol

CHEP

ChrysCapital

Citigroup

Clear Capital

Coca-Cola

Cognizant

Colgate Palmolive

Colpal

ConnectM

Cowell & Lee

Credit Suisse

Cypress

Dabur

Deloitte Consulting

Depfa Bank

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Post World Net

Development Bank of Singapore

Diageo

Diamond Consulting

Directi

Dr Reddy's Labs

Edelweiss

Emergent Ventures India

ENAM Securities

Enzen Global

Eplanet ventures

Ernst & Young

Essar

Franchisee India

Franklin Templeton

Freudenberg

Frost & Sullivan

Future

GAIL

Gaja Capital

GE Commercial Finance

Glaxo Smithkline

Global E-procure

Goldman Sachs

Google

Governation

Greater Pacific Capital

GSK Consumer

GSK Pharma

Hay Group

Heinz

Hinduja

Hindustan Unilever Ltd,

HSBC

HT-Media

Hunt Partner

IBM

ICRA

IDG Ventures

iNautix

Indian Oil Corporation

Infosys

Infosys BPO

ING

Intuit

J&J Consumer

Jaypee Capital

Jindal

John Deere

Jones Lang Lasalle

JP Morgan

JSW

KC Securities

Kotak

Kotak Mahindra Bank

KPMG

L&T Power

Larsen & Toubro

lCICI Securities

lClCI Bank

Lebua Hotels

lFMR Trust

lMarketing Advantage

lnfoEdge

Lodha Group

Loreal

Lotus Forex

lTC

Macquarie Rank

Magma Finance

Mahindra & Mahindra

Mahindra Satyam

Managing Emissions Pvt Ltd

Manhattan .Associates

MARG

Marico

McKinsey & Co.

Mercer HR

Merrill Lynch

Microsoft

Miebach

Milestone Ecofirst

Mindswork Consulting

Modi Group

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley Advantage Services

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Fund

NDTV

NetApp

New World Consultancy

NISG

Noble

Nomura

O3 Capital

Ocwen

Oliver Wyman

ONGC

OWS

Ozone Media

Peek India

Philips

Pochiraju

Power Exchange of India

Pragnya PE

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Procter & Gamble

Puma

Punj Lloyd

PWC

Q-Equip Associates

RBS

Reckitt Benckiser

Rediff

Reliance

Reliance Communications

Result

Rothschild

Roulac

Royal Bank of Scotland

RPG Enterprises

Sabre Capital

Saint Gobain

Samsonite

Sapient

SBI Capital

SEBI

Shapoorji Pallonji

Shell

Shining Consulting

Siemens

Signout

SingTel

Societe Generale

Standard Chartered Bank

Starcorn Mediavest

Tata Administrative Services

Tata Motors

Tata Trent

Tech Mahindra

Temasek Holdings

The Blackstone Group

Thinksoft Global

Thoughtworks

Titan

Trilogy

TSMG

TVS Capital

UAE Exchange

UBS

Vidyatech

Walt Disney

Wipro Technologies

Yahoo

Zephyr Peacock

Zinnov Consulting

List of Past Recruiters at IIMB (EPGP & PGP)

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STUDENT PROFILESEPGP 2010-11

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* Profiles extracted from resumes provided by students

Lieutenant Colonel Akash Sachan

Education: M.Tech.(Power Systems) IIT Delhi, B.Tech. (Electrical), B.Sc.

Past Employers: Indian Army, Military Engineering Service, Director General of Quality Assurance (Vehicles)

Experience: 23 Years

Experience in complex project and operations management, quality assurance and contract management. Demonstrated competence and continued preference for novel/start-up assignments

Career Highlights:

• Conceptualizing, designing, planning, tendering and execution of projects in power, water, civil, public health engineering, utilities, lighting etc including preparation and evaluation of all aspects of contracts to the tune of Rs.2000 Million.

• Risked successfully incorporating technologies never attempted earlier.

• Heading organizations involved in: • Quality Assurance in auto sector. • Construction.

• Presented research papers on power in international conferences.

• Instructor in Nuclear and Power technologies.

• Awarded Army Commander's commendation (Bomb-disposal) and National Team Sailing Champion

• Travelled around the world and comfortable working in diverse environments

Interests:

• Business development, Operations, Project Management preferably in Nuclear/Energy/Infrastructure/Engineering/Auto

Anil Sangesapu

Education: M.S. (Software Engineering) BITS Pilani, Certified PMP

Past Employers: Microsoft, Wipro

Experience: 8 Years

Experience in Program Management, Product Development, and building enterprise applications

Career Highlights:

Project Manager, Microsoft Services

• Developed international markets, managed initiatives & projects worth $3 million

• Designed Windows 7 application compatibility GD offerings & responded to multiple RFQs

• Program managed mobile application development for #1 telecom provider in Europe

Program Manager & Developer Lead, Microsoft

• Led a team of 18+ in US, China and India to develop a complex, high-performance, scalable Microsoft extranet portal platform

• 2+ years of international experience in client-management skills in a diverse, multi-cultural consulting environment

• Received cross group collaboration, star & ship-it awards for execution excellence

Interests:

• Business Development, Product Management, Strategy, Consulting

Anish Uppal

Education: PG Diploma (Information technology) IIIT Bangalore, B.E. (Electronics and Communication) Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, ITIL Foundation Certified

Past Employers: EMC Corporation, General Electric, Oracle


Experience in global program /project management and in client facing roles in IT industry

Career Highlights:

Senior Manager- Software Engineering, EMC Corporation, India

• Managed teams (20+) and set up engineering operations from ground up.

• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing diverse stakeholders and customers in the delivery of mission critical enterprise solutions.

Six Sigma Black Belt, General Electric, India

• Consulted to CXOs to increase productivity and reduce costs.

Senior Systems Analyst, General Electric, India, USA

• Managed multiple full life-cycle projects from conception to delivery.

• Received global nomination for quarterly award for outstanding performance in a project.

MTS, Oracle, India

• Designed and developed enterprise software products.

Interests:

• General Management, Business development, Consulting

Anirban Kundu

Education: B.Tech. (Chemical) IIT, Bombay

Past Employers: SAP, i2 Technologies


Experience in Product Management and Corporate Strategy

Career Highlights:

• Managed team of 30 people across Germany and India with a budget responsibility of USD 400 K for a US DoD certification project and saved USD 20 Mil.

• Member of product strategy team at SAP AG, Germany

• Integration of acquired solution in Manufacturing and Retail portfolio of SAP

• Selected from top 2% of SAP global workforce to participate in "Fellowship" program at SAP AG, Germany

• Received Values Award for Co-Innovation, 2006 at SAP, Top Contributor in the Business Process Expert (BPX) community at SAP, 2007

• Personally recognized by SAP Board member, in 2005, for exceptional contribution to Analytics solution portfolio

Ankur Chadha

Education: B.E. (Computer Science), Certified PMP

Past Employers: TATA Consultancy Services Limited

Experience: 8.5 Years

Rich international experience in Project Management, Pre-Sales and Business Solutions

Career Highlights:

• 4+ years of international experience (US and EU) serving Fortune500 clients in HiTech and Pharma verticals

• Grew a focal account from its infancy into a multimillion dollar relationship as onsite Program Manager

• Led various winning bids as Pre Sales consultant (Business Intelligence Solutions) in Central Europe

• Formulated Business Intelligence strategy for a complex transformation program involving a big-ticket merger

• Delivered markedly enhanced efficiencies in sales force effectiveness for a strategic US Pharma client

• Received the prestigious 'External Collaborator Award' from EliLilly & Co. and Award of Excellence from CIO, Numonyx B.V

• University Gold Medalist

Interests:

• Consulting, Business Development and Corporate Strategy

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Colonel Ajay Ahooja

Education: MSc (Defence & Strategic Studies), B Tech (civil), BSc

Past Employers: Indian Army (Colonel), National Security Guard(Colonel), UN Mission in Ethiopia-Eritrea(Lt Colonel)


Vast experience (diversified in terms of Tasks, Terrains and Domains) in leading people, managing large projects, and directing training programmes

Career Highlights:

• Executed civil works, involving a regiment(1000 personnel), in difficult and challenging terrain of J&K

• Directed improvised-explosive-device management training of 1500 professionals from Defence and Police( Central/State)

• Executed civil works in conflict-stricken, resource-impoverished environments in UN Mission in Ethiopia-Eritrea

• Ensured continuous Hydel power generation during crisis

• Coordinated strategically sensitive move of Men/Material/Equipment to widely-separated geographies through road/rail(220 trains)

• Recipient of Chief of Army Staff Commendation

• Held challenging positions (Commanding Officer, Director of National Security Guard's National Bomb Data Centre, Chief of Engineering Cell, and Operational Logistics Staff Officer) that honed project management, people management, strategic planning and problem-solving skills

Ashutosh Raut

Education: B.E. (Electrical Engineering)

Past Employers: Wipro Technologies (Wipro Ltd.)


Experienced in managing Products, Practices and Services in IT along with Business Development

Career Highlights:

Practice Manager, Wipro Technologies

• Managed the Business Process Management (BPM) practice within Wipro carrying a multi-million dollar revenue target

• Pursued several multi-million dollar business opportunities through their entire sales cycles across the globe

• Managed the Customer Relationships and Vendor Alliances as part of the BPM Practice

Product Manager, Wipro Technologies

• Managed Wipro's Business Process Management (BPM) product- Flow-briX™

• Involved in the conceptualization, incubation and go-to-market strategy of the product

• Chalked out the product roadmap and guided the product development team

Interests:

• Management of Product, Practices and Services in IT

• Business Development and strategic initiatives

Balajikasiram Sundararajan

Education: B.E. (Electronics and Instrumentation)

Past Employers: Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions, Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Ltd


In depth experience in Project management, Engineering, and commissioning functions in Power, Industrial Automation, and Machine building industries

Career Highlights:

• Effectively managed crisis situations (Industrial Accidents) requiring damage control exigencies

• Led multicultural teams to execute turnkey power projects globally

• Managed projects for building complex Assembly lines and Special purpose machines

• Played a key role in developing competencies and setting up the Industrial automation business

• Executed a consulting project resulting in additional business worth USD 10 million

• Designed critical control systems for one-touch start and ramp-up of power-boilers that substantially increased operational safety

• University Gold Medalist (B.E.)

Interests:

• Strategy, General Management, Consulting, Operations

Deepak Vasu Nair

Education: B.E. (Medical Electronics)

Past Employers: Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions

Experience: 7 Years

IT Product Development and Management in Aerospace and Automotive domains

Career Highlights:

• Managed innovative embedded software solutions for enhanced aviation display products

• Led multiple customer engagements working with teams spread across multiple geographies

• Implemented software solutions for enhancing vehicle performance for the Daimler Chrysler platform

• International work experience with leading Fortune 500 companies in US and Europe

• Awarded technical innovation excellence award in 2008 for facilitating the first ever commercial certification of “Synthetic Vision Software” for business jets

• Member of Editorial Board in Honeywell Cultural and Display Domain magazines

Interests:

• Business Development, Marketing and Strategy

Dheeraj Kumar Srivastava

Education: B.Tech. (Electronics & Telecommunications) IT BHU Certified PMP

Past Employers: Infosys, Capgemini, Queens Information Systems Ltd, BHEL


Experience of managing large programs, client relationship, large global teams, diversified delivery portfolios

Career Highlights:

• Managed large transformational program of banking product implementation for a client in Mexico.

• Experience of managing large team (70+ members including Mexican team members) spread across 7 geographical locations in India and Mexico.

• Managed client relationship and was instrumental in increasing the business from 1 M USD to 10 M USD

• Involved in presales and planning of many other opportunities in Latin America. Key contributor in winning another large deal in Mexico

• Implementation of strategic initiatives towards Operational Excellence, People Engagement, Knowledge Management and Business Continuity

• Received Certification of Appreciation from COO of Client (HSBC Technology Services, USA)

Interests:

• Strategy, Business Development & General management



Ashis Patwary

Education: B.E. (Instrumentation & Electronics)

Past Employers: Patsons Creations, Patsons Overseas (P) Ltd, Computer Factory (Software Division)

Experience: 9 Years

Entrepreneur, Expertise in Business Administration, Marketing, and Operations Management

Career Highlights:

• Founder of Patsons Creations. Established the production unit from the initial stage till the final commissioning

• Grew business from Rs. 0.7 million to Rs. 5 million in a period of five years. Drove strategic initiatives that doubled the production capacity

• Created innovative designs that received acclaim at international exhibitions like HEIMTEX and TEXWORLD

• Acquired clients which include top notch silk export houses like UTM, Globe (India) Ltd and Textile Opus(New York)

• Introduced quality control measures which led to the reduction in rejection by 20 percent

• Succeeded in developing excellent rapport with employees and maintained one of the lowest attrition levels in the industry

Bidipta Das

Education: MS (TSE) - Illinois Institute of Technology, B.E. (Electrical) Bengal Engineering College, Shibpore

Past Employers: Huawei Technologies, Hughes Software System (Aricent), Wipro Technologies


A seasoned professional with rich and diverse international experience in Telecom product management and technology development

Career Highlights:

• Involved in business development, supporting pre-sales and marketing teams in Europe & India (Telefonica, BSNL) during multi-million dollar deals

• Strong product management experience handling end-to-end responsibilities, representing organization in various global forums (3GPP-LTE, TMF etc)

• Mentoring and handling various organization level cross-functional activities including strategy to optimize software development process reducing effort by 15% and cost by 30%

• Expertise in managing and leading R&D, Product and Release management activities (>$2million) across geographical locations for top global OEMs (Huawei, Lucent, Nortel) and setting up teams

• Recipient of several patents and awards at organization and international level

Interests:

• Business Development, Strategy, General Management

Govindji Nigam

Education: M.Tech (IIT Delhi), B.E.(MNNIT Allahabad)

Past Employers: Indian Oil Corporation

Experience: 8 Years

Experience in Construction, operation and maintenance of crude oil and petroleum product pipelines

Career Highlights:

• Planning, pumping & delivery of petroleum products viz. Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), High Speed Diesel (HSD), Motor Spirit (MS), Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO),

• Planning and pumping of various grades of crude oil such as Bombay High, High Sulphur & Low Sulphur from Jamnagar & Mundra ports.

• Preparation of yearly Capital & Revenue budgets for the installation involving forecasting of activities under various financial heads for the year

• Disbursement of funds under Corporate Social Responsibility scheme of the Corporation by implementation of various Community Development programmes

Interests:

• Infrastructure, energy and power sector

Girish Chhabra

Education: PGDBA (Finance), B.E. (Computer Science)

Past Employers: Infosys Technologies Ltd.


Experience IT project management with exposure to handling contract negotiations of IT outsourcing contracts for Financial Institutions

Career Highlights:

• Managed legal separation initiative for a European Bank, involving setup of IT processes and systems and building a new team

• Spearheaded strategic outsourcing project for a European Asset Management Company. The project was presented as "Showcase of outsourcing success" in client's organization

• Contributed towards defining pricing, service levels and vendor collaboration agreements in complex multi-vendor IT contracts

• Won "Knowledge Management Champion" award for contribution towards knowledge sharing activities at organization level

Interests:

• IT Outsourcing, Banking and Financial Services

Kavitha Veeraraghavan

Education: B.E. (ECE) College of Engg., Guindy, Anna Univ. MS (MIS and Finance) - SUNY Stony Brook, New York

Past Employers: Sungard VPM, Financial Software Systems India


Project Management Experience in IT Products in Finance, Process Streamlining and Business Development

Career Highlights:

Project Manager, Sungard VPM, New York• Managed VPM Implementations at top US Hedge Funds• Architected and developed Pricing, Corporate Action,

Reconciliations and Portfolio management Interfaces• Experience in handling wide range of asset types

including equities, fixed income, options and other derivatives

Vice President, FSS (India), Hyderabad• Instrumental in Establishing FSS (India), aiding growth

from 3 people to 35• Hired and Trained members of Professional Services and

Development, who now head their respective departments

• Streamlined Client Relationships doubling support revenue in 2 years

Interests:

• Financial Services, Product Management, Consulting, General Management

Hariprasad NG Subramaniyan

Education: B.E. (Electronics) NIT Allahabad

Past Employers: TATA Consultancy Services


International experience in customer relationship management, technology consulting and presales

Career Highlights:

Client Engagement Manager• Managed a USD 11 million engagement in the insurance

vertical with team size of 80 consultants

Solution Architect• Extensive experience in designing service-oriented

architecture solutions and defining IT architecture roadmap

• Key role in designing the enterprise data model which won the "Innovative Implementation Award" by ACORD (US Insurance Standards Body) in 2007

Presales consultant • Experienced in joint bidding involving external partners and

performed pricing for large multi-year deals

• Managed a winning bid worth USD 10 million with a large BFSI customer in the US

Interests

• Strategy Consulting, Business Development



Hemant Bhakuni

Education: B.E.(Electronics & Power), VNIT, Nagpur Certified PMP, ITIL Foundation

Past Employers: Wipro, Kanbay (Cap Gemini)


Experience in IT Consulting, Presales, Project Management, Operations

Career Highlights:

• More than 4+ years of international experience (US, UK, Thailand)

• Initiated and developed Cost & Efficiency Practice in Wipro addressed at reducing costs and improving IT efficiencies of Insurance companies

• As part of the pre-sales team, generated new business worth $10+ million

• Set up and managed multi-location cross functional team (40+ members) generating more than £2 million in annual revenue

• Designed and developed hands-on project for fresher learning program for induction of new recruits

• Awarded "Star Performer" & "Best Team member" for exceptional performance in Kanbay & Wipro

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, General Management, Relationship Management

Devdutt Shastri

Education: M.S. (Computer Science), University of Southern California B.E. (Electrical) Mumbai University

Past Employers: Megaware (India & US), Thomson Multimedia (US), Wipro (India)

Experience: 9 Years

9 years of experience in product based startup companies doing presales, business development and project management roles

Career Highlights:

• Marketed a new Life Sciences product for the Generics Pharma market and closed two early deals worth USD $100K

• Took initiatives across all product related activities including Innovation, Marketing and Sales support, Invoice tracking and Customer Satisfaction

• Relationship Management - Assisted in managing key customer accounts at SUN Pharmaceuticals and Watson Pharma, India. Managed strategic partnerships with 3rd party vendors such as Oracle, Thermo and BioEnable

• Direct report to CEO and assisting Senior Management in executing strategy and product rollout

Lokesh Kumar

Education: B.E. (E&CE), M.S. (Software Systems) BITS Pilani

Past Employers: MindTree Ltd, Misys Healthcare Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd


Experience in Product Development and Management; Pre-Sales; Project/Program Management across Healthcare and Capital Market domain

Career Highlights:

• Account Manager for a 25+ people, $3 million business portfolio for a multi tiered mid-sized Japanese bank

• Designed and implemented risk mitigation initiatives to manage business critical operations of trading desk

• Led large scale IT transformation projects and successfully managed complex vendor relationships

• Built offshore product development team from scratch to 15 member team.

• Anchored product management of enterprise level multi specialty hospital solution spanning across 350+ facilities in US

• Liaised with Product Marketing team in US for evolving functional requirements in healthcare domain

• Role Manager Award, 2009, Team Award, 2009

Interests:

• Business Development, Product & Program Management, Strategy

Kumar Ramakrishna Tirupati

Education: B.Tech. (Chemical)

Past Employers: Infosys Technologies Ltd.


Experience in IT Project / Program Management, Account Management, Pre-Sales support

Experience in Product Development and Management, Project/Program Management across Healthcare and Capital Market domain

Career Highlights:

• Business Intelligence Roadmap creation and execution for a Transportation client

• Program Management Experience in an Online Transformation Program for a Telecom client

• Experience in Transition Management, post-acquisition integration and application rationalization

• Functional experience in Transportation & Logistics and Banking & Finance - was part of the core IT team for new product launch initiative of one of the Transportation customers, involved in ideation and estimation activities at a program level

• Cross-cultural experience having worked with clients from different regions - Canada, US, UK, Malaysia, Australia

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, General Management, Business Development

Mahesh Srivastava

Education: B.E. (Electronics and Communication) R.V. College of Engineering Bangalore

Past Employers: SunGard Technology Services, India


Experience in Project Management and Managing Client Relationships using a Global Delivery Model

Career Highlights:

• Grew product teams from scratch and cultivated successful business relationships.

• Single-handedly helped SunGard qualify as a preferred vendor for ICT Services for Olympics 2012.

• Pitched SunGard's products for opportunities with the Kolkata and Delhi Police, as part of the core business development team.

• Authored whitepapers in areas of technology and release engineering accredited by the Global Architecture group. Published on SunGard's knowledge base and technology forums.

• Won several awards for outstanding performance conferred upon select SunGard employees world-wide.

• Innovative project "Smart Homes", executed at IISc Bangalore, featured in leading news dailies & journals world-wide.

Interests:

• General Management, Corporate Strategy, Business Development



Narayanan Venkataraman

Education: B.E. (Electronics & Communication)

Past Employers: Nokia Siemens Networks, Sasken Communication Technologies, Sutherland Global Services


Experience in Telecommunications R&D - Wireless Networks - Mobile and Network Sides - Products and Services Businesses

Career Highlights:

• Won accolades for technical management of cross-cultural R&D teams in Nokia Siemens Networks

• Led a team to take a critical part of Sasken's UMTS stack from conception, design to inter-operability testing and finally to qualify it for mass production

• Was rated as one of the best employees and was awarded special lot of stock options by Sasken's Nortel BU for my contributions and their criticality and value-add

• Excellent performance in school and collegiate studies

Milind Bhansali

Education: B.E. (Industrial Engineering)

Past Employers: Siemens Ltd., Varsa Industries


7+ years in Manufacturing with experience in Lean Manufacturing, Material Management, Shop Floor and Vendor Management, Production Planning and Control

Career Highlights:

• Received Special Recognition and Monetary award in Oct '08 in Siemens for contribution towards achieving the stretched turnover targets

• Member of LEAN Manufacturing Programme in Siemens.

• Set up assembly lines for MV Panels production in Siemens.

• Nominated for "MOST" training by Siemens. Topped exam with 95% and then implemented MOST for the assembly lines.

• Initiated outsourcing activities in Varsa Industries.

• School and University basketball team captain.

Interests:

• Consulting, Operations and Strategy

Kiran Awate

Education: B.E. (Electronics & Telecom) COEP Pune, CFA Level II candidate

Past Employers: First Data, Infosys, Capgemini


Experience in Client Relationship Management, IT Consulting (Fin Services), Project Management

Career Highlights:

• Responsible for managing relationship with 8 leading banks across 6 countries in the Middle East.

• Consulting in Payment Solutions space (US, UK)

• Implemented Industry First B2B Cards product in US for world's leading plastic cards issuer

• Led a cross-functional team of 30+ members in US, UK, Italy, Switzerland and India, to transform the 2m worth 'Cards Promotion Strategy' for a leading Credit Card Issuer

• Around 5 years of international experience spanning across 6 countries

• 'President Recognition' and 'Star Performer' award

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, Consulting, Business Process Reengineering

Nimish Cherian

Education: B.Tech. (Electronics)

Past Employers: Robert Bosch

Experience: 7 Years

Expertise in Project Management and Delivery of Embedded software products

Career Highlights:

• Managed various product development teams and delivery of embedded control software products for automakers across multiple geographies

• Chosen to develop and deliver critical and complex automotive embedded software solutions

• Co-ordinated various global cross functional teams enabling the India development team move up the value chain

• Conceived and implemented a business unit level process for efficient hardware resource allocation leading to significant productivity improvements

• Led a taskforce to create a new training package for project managers across the business unit to bridge competency gaps

Interests:

• Product management, Business Development and Strategy, Marketing

Neeraj Kumar Verma

Education: A.D.M., B.Tech. (Production)

Past Employers: Mahindra and Mahindra, JCB Ltd.

Experience: 9 Years

Expertise in Operations, Project Management and Manufacturing Strategy

Career Highlights:

• Set up all new Assembly facilities for "Loaders", an Earth Moving Vehicle.

• Increased productivity of Engine Assembly & Testing division by 20 % at M/s M&M ltd.

• Lead auditor for auditing 5 Auto Sector plants for M&M for Manufacturing Excellence.

• Led a team of 40+ people for producing world class vehicles with global quality standards

• Awarded "Expectation Surpassed" rating in annual appraisal for all the years of employment in M&M Ltd.

• Created employment opportunities for Villagers in "Lady Bamford Charitable Trust", an NGO

Interests:

• General Management, Corporate Strategy & Business Development

Pankaj Jain

Education: MSEE (University of Texas), B.E (Electrical)

Past Employers: Qualcomm Inc (USA), Kyocera Wireless (USA), TATA Steel


Experience in Telecom R&D, Innovation and Product Development

Career Highlights:

Engineer Senior, Qualcomm • Incubated a business idea focused on mobile product

development for various industries• Product champion and patents holder – won

organizational level business plan competition and received seed funding of $2 Million

• Open source evangelist – Promoted organizational level open source initiative resulting in savings of $2 Million

• Received several awards for outstanding contribution in R&D of wireless technologies

Product Engineer, Kyocera Wireless• Led cross-functional global product development teams

to launch wireless products in USA, India, and Mexico to lead annual revenue growth of $15 Million

• Innovated in test process automation leading to organization wide deployment and savings of $5 Million

Nisha T.N

Education: B.E. (Electronics and Communication), Certified Six Sigma green belt

Past Employers: Motorola and Infosys


Experience in Program Management, Business Development, Product Start-up, Customer Relationship Management

Career Highlights:

Motorola, Bangalore, Product and Project Management

• Managed customer engagements of $10M with global team of 25 for Fortune 50 telecom clients

• Led pilot launches of Motorola's Next-Gen-Switching-Platform and client management for large telecom operators in US, Japan enabling revenues of $5M

• Member of global team specializing in post merger integration issues like interoperability, nonlinear-growth

• Cost savings to the tune of $200,000- automation, 6-sigma initiatives

Infosys, Bangalore/Dallas, Program Analyst

• Led 15-member cross functional team giving live demos (Nortel's DMS) to service-providers in USA.

• Identified new-business in FCAPS - billing $200,000

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, Business-development, General Management, M&A Valuations



Nitin Gupta

Education: B.E. (Electronics and Communication) NSIT - Delhi University

Past Employers: Aricent, HCL Technologies


Experience in Customer Relationship Management, Program & Project Management

Career Highlights:

• Led multiple presales activities and RFP responses for $4.5M worth of global telecom business deals

• Responsible for Aricent’s foray into Location Based Services (Telecom), leading to annualised $3M revenues

• Conducted business planning and forecasting to ensure continuous revenue stream from engagements in Telecom and Embedded space

• Managed IPR development program at Aricent in the Wireless domain

• Spearheaded Aricent’s global delivery model for Polycom’s IP phone product lines program

• Expertise in Project Management and Quality Assurance activities resulting in high Net Promoter and Customer Satisfaction Scores

Interests:

• Business Development, Strategy and Program Management

NC Bopanna

Education: B.E. (Electronics & Communication), PGDMS (Navy) - JBIMS (Mumbai)

Past Employers: Indian Navy


Vast experience in Operations and General Management with exposure to Contracts, Negotiations & IR issues

Career Highlights:

• Steered Project Management and equipment integration aspects in construction of warships.

• Led cross functional teams in technical and price negotiations for procurement of equipment from Indian and foreign vendors.

• Headed department with 11 work centres and 500 workers at naval dockyard (with a unionized workforce of 8000+). Ensured synergy between other dept. to maximise productivity in an IR sensitive environment.

• Initiated & implemented rate contracts for repairs of equipment onboard 50 operational ships, through trade.

• Trained 300 officer cadets in leadership & moral ethics.

• Ensured optimum performance and 24x7 availability of state of the art electrical, communication & weapon systems on different warships

• Avid Golfer

Piyush Deogirikar

Education: PG N I F T B Sc (Electronics)

Past Employers: Landmark Retail UAE, S. Kumars Group, Piramyd Retail Ltd, India


Experience in Senior Management -Retail and Brands

Career Highlights:

Head: Merchandise Planning/ Buying-Landmark Retail- UAE

• Set up the merchandise planning department to ensure compliance with best retail practices

• Spearheaded the turnaround plan of transforming people-driven to process-driven organization

• Initiated business of Accessories Kiosk

Vice President : Buying & Merchandising - S. Kumars - India

• Led buying & merchandising functions of 3 SBUs: Brands, Corporate uniform, School uniform

• Special recognition, Promoted from General Manager to Vice President in 8 months

• Published articles in "Images Retail/Fashion" Magazine

• Visiting faculty at MBA institutes -NMIMS, ITM, Mumbai

Interests:

• Senior Management - Retail/Telecom, Corporate Strategy

Pinaki Pal

Education: B. Tech. (Electronics), PMP certified, Six Sigma Green Belt



Experience in Program management, Client and Stakeholder Relationship management, IT Validation Services and Pre-sales

Career Highlights:

Program Manager - TCS - USA

• Led 3 implementations of third party enterprise solutions on CRM, MRM (Marketing Resource Management) and Price Analytics platforms.

• Managed a peak team size of 32, spread across 6 projects executed under the Agile methodology.

• Recipient of Shining Star award and two Customer Appreciation certificates for commendable performance.

Project Manager - TCS - India

• Built a team of 21 from scratch, generating annual revenues of USD 1.1 million.

• Participated in and also led multiple proposal preparations and RFI responses mostly in the IT Validation Services space, for deals ranging from 1.5 to 4 million USD

Priti Raj

Education: B.E(Electronics & Electrical Communication) Punjab Engineering College

Past Employers: Peepal Software Solutions Pvt Ltd, Wipro Technologies

Experience: 8 Years

Experience in Project Delivery and Product Management for IT Mobile and Telecommunication

Career Highlights:

Cofounder, Peepal Software Solutions• Conceptualized and launched mobile based service in

healthcare Project Lead, Wipro Technologies• Managed project execution, delivery and customer

relations for leading handset manufacturers- Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HP & Motorola

• Awarded 'Feather in my cap' and 'Best Project Delivery' for Quality Assurance role in the US launch of Samsung's first 3G handset

• Exposure to multicultural work environments at US, South Korea, China & Japan

Management Programme for Women Entrepreneurs, IIMB • Participated in short term management programme on

business planning

Interests

• Product Management, Business Development, Marketing

Pralhad Deshpande

Education: PGDBM in (Operations) XLRI, B.E. (Mechanical)

Past Employers: Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Indian Navy


Experience in Operations, Project Management, Strategy and Marketing

Career Highlights:

• Formulated 'Annual Operating plan and Long Range Planning for sector considering Market Growth Analysis, Profitability Analysis, Demand forecasting, New customer acquiring plan etc.

• Identified core areas for business growth, devised & implemented plans to increase sales and market share

• Identified and Shortlisted suitable firms for JVs / Collaborations after product portfolio analysis and initiated preliminary discussions

• Was instrumental in generating sales worth Rs 50 Million in the first year for the sector

• As part of technical advisory team to Chief of Western Naval Command, was responsible for policy formulation, Planning, administration and monitoring operations of 10 warships

Interests:

• Strategy, Marketing and Sales



Prashant Devadiga

Education: B.E. (Computers)

Past Employers: Tata Consultancy Services


Experience in Project Management, Pre-Sales and Consulting for Global Engagements

Career Highlights:

• Program Management: Awarded the certificate of client appreciation for maintaining the relationship and delivery of multi-million dollar projects for Warner Bros

• Consulting: Architected the PLM processes for new media products (Blu-ray, BD-Java, Digital Copy) for Warner Bros.

• Pre-sales Solutions Architect: Led several pre-sales engagements and generated sales collaterals for the TCS website.

• Awarded the 'Outstanding Performance Certificate' twice for going beyond the call of duty in TCS.

• Awarded the Rata Tata Scholarship in B.E. for excellent performance

• SAP Certified Functional Consultant and APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional

Interests:

• Consulting, Business Development and Corporate Strategy

Parveen Singh Khokher

Education: B.E. (Mechanical), TIET, Patiala

Past Employers: General Motors, Hyundai Motor India, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd


Experience in Automotive industry in Customer Service, Service Engineering, Service Parts and Network Development functions

Career Highlights:

Readiness & Parts Cataloguing Manager, GMAP

• Introduced Global EPC in major markets in the Asia Pacific like India, Korea and Australia.

• Shifted major markets in Asia Pacific to the Global form of deliverables resulting in huge cost savings.

Department Head-Service Support, HMIL

• Established North as No 1 region in customer satisfaction study for the year 2006

• Turned around the company owned workshop into profits and got it to top 15 workshops in India.

• Key role in developing and implementing Dealer Management System.

• Handled Parts & Accessory business of more than 120 crore pa.

Rajneesh Ahuja

Education: B. Tech (MME) IIT Kanpur

Past Employers: Product Startups, Infosys Technologies Ltd


Client Relationship Management, Large Program Management, Business Development & Business Process Reengineering in IT Services - Banking & Insurance, Retail and Automotive

Career Highlights:

• Entrepreneurial experience in launching a start up (A Private Limited Software Company)

• Created and led large teams focused on delivering all-round results and sustained success

• Complete SDLC experience managing very large teams and multiple projects in a global distributed model

• Considerable international client relationship, managing stakeholders and project management exposure

• Setting up offshore support facility for the client and deployment of the software out of India

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, New Business Development & Business Process Reengineering

Rajesh Kumar Gunasekaran

Education: B.Tech. MIT-Anna University

Past Employers: TATA Consultancy Services Limited


Business Transformation, Technology Consulting, Program and Vendor Management

Career Highlights:

• Pre-sales consultant for winning bids: - SigmaIP-India: Rs.4.25 Crores - Cable and Wireless-TESCO UK: Rs 10.8 Crores

• Generated Marketing and Sales collaterals for TCS's "Telecom non-linear initiative"

• Won the best project at TeleManagement Forum-France • Managed a Greenfield implementation for Rs.7.5 Crore

client relationship and generated 48% profit• Handled global vendors from China, USA, and India on

contract clauses, price negotiations and joint bidding• Led cross-cultural teams across US and Nepal on various

fronts including budgeting, implementation, billing, and HR

Interests:

• Consulting, Business Development, Sales

Sandeep Karyotakalam

Education: B.E

Past Employers: Infosys, Maersk, MICO Bosch


Experience in Sales and Marketing, Owning Client Relationships/ P&L, Integrating Multiple Business Units and Selling, Large Deals

Career Highlights:

• Built up a pipeline of $30Mn. over 6 months in Infosys• Laid Foundation for the Offshore Sales Team in Infosys -

for Germany and France• Started the first MS-Dynamics account in Infosys -

generated over $12 Mn in revenue• Opened marquee clients like BMW and MAN Trucks in

Germany• Countrywide responsibilities for Automotive Lighting in

MICO Bosch - growth of 70% over 2 years• Launched Blaupunkt Car stereos in India

Ramamurthy Prakash Bhamidipati

Education: B.E (Mechanical), Osmania University

Past Employers: Broadridge Financial Solutions Ltd, GSS America Inc, Wipro Technologies Ltd, TATA Consultancy Services Ltd


9+ years of experience in managing IT projects in fast-paced, consulting environments

Career Highlights:

• Built & maintained robust trading & reconciliation platforms for UBS

• Led large techno-functional, multi-geographic teams

• Quality champion - Specializes in Statistical Process Control and Quantitative Project Management

• Innovator - Developed a popular Google app "Justborrow" (http://justborrow.appspot.com)

• Winner of "Outstanding Performer Award" at TCS and numerous "Feather In My Cap" awards at Wipro

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, General management, Consulting & IT products



Raviraj Penakacherla

Education: B.Tech. (Computer Science)

Past Employers: Cognizant Technology Solutions, L&T Infotech


Experience in leading Business Unit with P&L, Client Management, Business Development and Delivery responsibilities

Career Highlights:

• Diverse International working experience of over 4 years in UK, 4 years in USA and 3 years in Japan

• As Head, Japan Insurance BU, developed Go-To market strategy and achieved YOY growth of 50% achieving $7Mn revenue in 2009

• Built the Japan Operations from scratch to 13 member strong management team

• Led associate development activities for 500+ India offshore team and championed 360 degree feedback system

• Setup Policy Admin Center of Excellence at MetLife, USA account which helped win $10M incremental revenues

• Rated in the top "Exceeds All Expectations" category in Cognizant for 4 out of last 5 years

Rahul Pandey

Education: BTech (Mechanical) IIT Kanpur

Past Employers: Viplav Communications (P) Ltd, Centurion Data Strategies (P) Ltd, Infosys Technologies Ltd


Experience in setting up business in new territories, Business Development, Client Relationship Management and Operations

Career Highlights:

• Led a medium sized team at a start-up company and generated annual revenues of INR 20 million

• Performed multi-faceted roles in Business Development, HR policies and Sales for a start-up

• Strategic Advisor - Election Campaign to President of Sri Lanka during 2010 Presidential Election

• Partnered with Election commission in identifying core issues in duplication of voter names, provided a solution roadmap and led its implementation (“Duplicate Voter Identification” program)

• Consultant at “Enterprise Solutions” business unit in Infosys dealing with Account Receivables module of a global financial solutions provider

Interests:

• Marketing, Business Development, Account Management, Operations

Shailendra Jain

Education: M.S. (Instrumentation), M.Sc.(Electronics)

Past Employers: Oracle, Wipro, Tata-Honeywell


Experience in New Venture Creation, Project Management and IP Development in IT Industry, Industrial Automation and Control

Career Highlights:

• Actively involved in establishing an Information Services Venture

• Demonstrated Expertise in Project Management for Software Services Industry and Presales Support

• Managed multiple releases of one of the most popular products from Oracle

• Significantly contributed in the growth of Industrial Automation business of an Indian IT major

• Played an instrumental role in establishing a CoE for IP development in an IT company

• Anchored the development of India's most widely used Terminal Automation Product for Petroleum Industry resulting in yearly savings of Rs 120 million per terminal

Saurabh Anil Kumar Agrawal

Education: B.E. (Electronics and Communication) NIT Allahabad

Past Employers: Infosys Technologies Ltd


Rich experience in Pre-Sales, Product Development and Project Management

Career Highlights:

• Developed IT roadmap for winning large scale 5 year deal worth $150M for US publishing major

• Product manager and transition lead for complex legal research product

• Initiated first time offshore product development for key account in US Gaming industry

• Played cross-functional roles in pre-sales, project delivery and business development leading to annual $2M revenues

• Successful re-launch of storage product for Japanese Fortune 100 Company

• Knowledge Management award (2007) at Infosys for design initiatives in Media and Publishing domain

• Adjudged “Most Valuable Player” (2005) in Product Engineering horizontal

Interests:

• Consulting, Business Development and Sustainable Initiatives

Shikha Khurana

Education: Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), B Com

Past Employers: Export Import Bank Of India, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd, Yes Bank


Corporate banking experience in business development, relationship management, corporate risk assessment and loan account management

Career Highlights:

• Built the local large corporate business in Tamil Nadu for HSBC

• Lead the corporate banking team at Chennai for Yes Bank. Established core banking relationship with leading corporate groups

• Assessed credit proposals of over 60 Indian companies for project financing, working capital and structured financing solutions in diverse industries including automobile, auto-components, bio-technology, chemicals, engineering, oil refining, pharmaceuticals, paper, software and textiles & garments

• Coordinated a joint program with US ExIm Bank for offering suppliers credit guarantees to Indian companies

Interests:

• Private equity, investment banking, business consulting

Shruti Sharma

Education: B Tech. (Electrical) Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

Past Employers: Marc'n Architectural Art Glass, AWWA (NGO)

Experience: 7 Years

Entrepreneurship, General management, Operations

Career Highlights:

• Founded and successfully ran Marc'n Architectural Art Glass, a manufacturing and design company in the field of architectural glass

• Headed the General management and Operations of the venture

• Director, Family Welfare organization under the banner of AWWA- a not for profit NGO and was in direct touch with around 350 families

• Secretary, Division Vocational Training Centre for women



Shreepal Shrinivas Deshpande

Education: B.E. (Computer Engineering), University of Pune

Past Employers: Mahindra-Satyam, Accenture, PwC Consulting (Hong Kong), ALLTEL (Hong Kong)


Consulting, Information Technology (Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Utilities, Banking), Pan Asian Experience

Career Highlights:

• Senior management roles (AVP at Mahindra Satyam)

• Experience spanning Pre Sales, Client Servicing, Management Consulting, IT Service Delivery Management and Product Development with premier Fortune 500 companies.

• Pan Asian experience (10 Asian countries - 11 years outside India)

• Developing Organizations - Processes & Competencies

• Setup of offshore delivery capability at client captives.

• IT program management

Interests:

• General Management, Corporate Strategy, Business Development

Sanjay Kumar Singh

Education: B.E. (Electronics & Telecommunications), NIT Trichy

Past Employers: BFSI Consulting Private Limited, Accenture Services Private Limited, Oracle Financial Services Solution

Experience: 9 Years

Expertise in Consulting, IT Products, Implementation of Core Banking Solutions

Career Highlights:

• Successfully handled implementation of Flexcube, a core banking product, for banks like Citibank and Ecobank.

• Designated as Project Manager with just 4.5 years of experience and was acclaimed as the youngest Project Manager in I-Flex in 2005.

• Led the Skye Bank implementation in Africa which was mired in controversy due to delays. Delivered the project in record two months and won accolades for my company.

• Extensive experience of managing onsite projects, particularly in Africa and Europe.

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, General Management, Consulting

Srinivas Addala

Education: B.E., Certified PMP

Past Employers: CSC India, Infosys, Polaris, SAIL


Business Unit management & strategy, Pre-Sales & Business-development

Career Highlights:

• Led small to medium business units and large programs in IT Services/Solutions space in multi-cultural and global environments

• Established and managed global development centres for large clients in Insurance and Utilities domain

• Experience in Manufacturing, Materials management and Supply Chain management domains. Exposure to Banking, Insurance and Utilities domains.

• P & L management, budgeting/finance, customer service, staff training, supervision and mentoring.

• Consistently maintained 34% operating margin

• President's medal for exceptional achievement for saving a critical account and turning it around from negative to positive margin in 6 months time

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, Business Unit Management, Consulting

Somya Sheel

Education: B.Tech. (Metallurgy) IT-BHU

Past Employers: Infosys Technologies


Client Management, Program and Delivery Management in IT Services ( ERP-SAP)

Career Highlights:

• Incubated aerospace vertical within SAP practice at Infosys and transformed it into a $3 million practice over 2 years

• P&L responsibility for a $17 million portfolio comprising of marquee manufacturing clients spread across US, Europe and Asia

• Defined IT roadmaps and led global transformation programs for large automotive companies

• Developed rolling annual plan for key ‘go-to-market’ business solutions built on ERP platform

• Strategic business planning for Enterprise Solutions business unit at Infosys

• Led large scale pursuits and organizational wide non-linear initiatives in consulting space

Interests:

• Business Development, Strategy and General Management

Srividya Viswanathan

Education: B.E. (Computer Science) Madras University, Diploma in Systems Management NIIT (Gold Medalist)

Past Employers: Spectrum Consulting India, Thomson Reuters, SRA Systems, BEL


Rich experience in Software Product Development, Strategic Initiatives, Project Management and Team Design & Mentoring

Career Highlights:

• Proven success in designing and deploying high-quality innovative application solutions and processes across operations in short time-frames that provide competitive advantage and increase profit margins

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence multi-cultural and cross-functional teams to excel goals and meet critical deadlines in high-pressure multi-stakeholder environments

• 10 years US experience

• Focus has been on complex software products providing tax compliance solutions for major US corporations

• Direct report to CEO; Involved in strategy formulation and execution for recruitment management product rollout

• Recognised by Plano City Council, USA for rendering valuable community services

Interests:

• Strategy, General Management, Business Development

Sumat K Tomar

Education: B E (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) NIT Surathkal

Past Employers: SAP, ANZ IT

Experience: 9 Years

ERP, Procurement, SCM, Product Management and Consulting

Career Highlights:

• Setup a product development team in Bangalore and managed large project teams across geographies.

• Product Management (Procurement and Supplier Relationship Management)

• As a ramp up coach, engaged in consulting and customer relationship management.

• Engaged with Large customers like BHP Billiton and Nokia for business process transformation in the areas of Procurement and SCM.

• Represented SAP in various forums both nationally and internationally as a business speaker.

• Recognized as a "Top-Talent" for the year 2007 and 2008 at SAP AG.

• Received a value award for "High Performance" for successful delivery of a Strategic Development Project at SAP



Sudhendu Bajpayee

Education: B Tech (MME) IIT - Kanpur

Past Employers: Mu Sigma, Manhattan Associates, Infosys Technologies Ltd


Analytics, IT, Delivery Management, Client Management, Supply Chain, High Tech

Career Highlights:

• Focus on helping global organizations generate value by providing solutions to high impact business problems using Analytics and Technology.

• Exposure to and excellence at delivery management, client relationship management, product development, pre-sales and consulting roles

• The varied experience has provided the necessary foundation to appreciate the entire value chain and structure the customer engagements and supporting organization structures appropriately

• Significant contributions at organization level as Director for Technology Media Telecommunication domain in Mu Sigma and Senior Manager for Emerging Products for Manhattan Associates

• Received multiple delivery and client relationship awards at Infosys and Manhattan Associates

Shylender Ramamurthy

Education: B.E. (University of Madras)

Past Employers: Infosys Technologies Ltd, Mahindra Satyam


Delivery Manager experienced in Global delivery model with panache for Client facing roles

Career Highlights:

• Managed a team of 100+ in offshore during the Satyam restructuring and delivered results

• Influenced and ensured US$ 8 million multi-year contract with Oil major as Engagement Manager

• Achieved stretch objectives and North Star status as FLCL (Full Life Cycle Leader) for the business

• Displayed cultural sensitivity in leading multicultural teams in US (2.5 years) and Australia (2 years)

• Orchestrated cross functional teams in RFP response and contract negotiations

Interests:

• Corporate Strategy, Business Development and General Management

Swathy Kamal

Education: BTech, (Computer Engineering) Govt. Model Engg. College, Cochin

Past Employers: Cognizant Technologies


Experience in IT services - Technology Consulting, Client Relationship Management, Ecommerce, Billing and Payment Systems, DBMS

Career Highlights:

• Successfully delivered projects with complex technologies and tight deadlines

• Worked in strategic projects and played phenomenal role in winning customer confidence

• Awarded "Above and Beyond Award" of Cognizant Technology Solutions in 2006, given to only 3% employees in a Quarter for exceptional performance beyond the call of duty.

• Received best team award for never say die attitude and excellent team dynamics

• Worked in multiple domains - new technology, media and entertainment and telecom billing

Interests:

• Retail, Brand Management, Marketing, Indian Handloom, handicrafts, sustainability and Eco Friendly Initiatives

Sushant Devarachetty

Education: B Sc (Osmania University)

Past Employers: Retail Engines, Azri Solutions Pvt Ltd, Indian Army


Experience in HRM, Operations

Career Highlights:

• Team building & leading, HR management, Operations & Administration

• Co-founded Retail Engines, a software solutions company, which builds retail automation solutions. Key responsibilities: strategy, marketing & HRM.

• Headed the development center & established the HR function at Azri Solutions

• Army (Artillery): Commanded subunits and detachments during military operations; designed & implemented training programs during instructional tenure at a soldier training establishment

• Alumnus of world's largest student run organization, AIESEC

Interests:

• Strategy, General Management, Marketing

Umang Varma

Education: B.E. (Electronics & Communication)

Past Employers: Oracle India, Tavant Technologies, Wipro Technologies


Experience in Sales, business development, new market creation & key account management.

Career Highlights:

• Set up Oracle's Business Intelligence product sales for southern and eastern India.

• Created and grew Tavant's India focused IT services business unit to multi-million dollar revenues

• Managed one of Tavant's fastest growing accounts with one of the world's largest web technologies companies, resulting in multi-million dollar business for the company

• Delivered projects for marquee clients in manufacturing and financial services domains

• Won the IIMB - Vista business case competition sponsored by Nokia

Vandana Balakrishna

Education: B.E. (Computers) University of Pune

Past Employers: Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd, Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.


Global experience in Technology Consulting and Project Management for clients in the Insurance and Life Sciences domains

Career Highlights:

• Handled client engagement services and managed multimillion dollar projects from pre-sales through maintenance

• Retained a $4 million account by developing a business roadmap in collaboration with all stakeholders

• Managed cross-functional teams across geographies to redesign an ecommerce portal. Increased sales revenues and customer base by 40% each

• Conceptualized and implemented a flexible support model for a multiphase project to reduce cost by 50%

• Initiated and led programs for the Women's Initiative (WIN) and mentoring forums at Deloitte

Interests:

• Consulting, Strategy, General Management



Utsav Pandey

Education: Masters in Physics, IIT Delhi



Rich experience in Program Management, Project Management, IT consultancy and Enterprise Architecture

Career Highlights:

• Initiated and managed a large program involving transition of 500+ Applications from over 50 countries for a fortune 500 customer.

• Led a large multi-cultural team of 100+ associates comprising of 6 nationalities.

• Conceived, created and published multiple models and methodologies for large transitioning projects.

• As member of Bid team contributed to multiple winning proposals

• Rich Experience in customer management, product design& development, contract Negotiation and enterprise architecture.

• Successfully completed Leadership development Program "Pragati" at TCS.

• Involved in Multiple IT consulting assignments.

• Member of Architects and Mentor community at TCS

• Gold Medal recipient during Undergrad

Sumit Sinha

Education: BSc. Engg. (Computer Science & Engg) & Aeronautical Engg (IAF), PMP, PMI USA

Past Employers: Mahindra Satyam, Infosys Technologies Limited, GECIS, Indian Air force


Experience in General Management, Consultancy, Project & Program Management, Business Development

Career Highlights:

• Engaged, led and developed business (Fortune 100 customer) from ~100k USD to ~3.5 MUSD in ~1 year

• Ranked always among the top 10% leaders, while with last employer

• Was among the selected employees for "Shadow Board" nominations (Couldn't make it to last 9)

• Successfully played leadership roles to sustain our business, drive and manage change during the grave organization crisis

• Ranked as the best Indian Air Force officer among the peer groups from 1994 to 1998

• Youngest technical officer to be selected for the IAF Elite group of Electronic intelligence officer

Interests:

• Business Development, Corporate Strategy, General Management

Vishnuprasad B G

Education: B Com (Mumbai University), Chartered Accountant (Rank Holder)

Past Employers: Intelenet Global Services Ltd, YES Bank Ltd, HDFC Bank Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Primus Ltd


Expertise in Retail Banking Risk Management, Retail Banking Business set-up and Banking Process Consulting

Career Highlights:

• Extensive and in-depth experience of managing line and staff responsibilities across different geographies in Retail Risk Management in HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Primus.

• Managed the business start up responsibilities as a core team member in the Retail Business Banking division of Yes Bank. Managed end to end business start up and BAU responsibilities as a Regional Credit Head.

• Worked as a Sr. Banking Process Consultant managing offshoring process discovery and Operations Set-up projects as well as pre-sales support for MNC Banks and Credit Bureau clients of Intelenet Global

Interests:

• Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Financial Services

Vikas Bansal

Education: B.E. (Electronics & Comm.), DIT/NSIT, Univ of Delhi; PMP, PMI USA

Past Employers: Conexant Systems (Rockwell spinoff), HCL Technologies


International experience of Product Management, Marketing, Strategy, Program Management in Software, Telecom, Networking, Semiconductor, Embedded Systems domains

Career Highlights:

• Defined and executed software strategy for $100mn broadband product line while managing multiple stakeholders in US, Europe and APAC

• Marketing & relationship management with global tier-1 customers, service providers and standards bodies

• Built and led 60+ member engineering team in matrix organization to deliver innovative software products

• Turned-around a $20mn business opportunity through close engagement with clients and partners

• Special award from company's president for enabling $10mn international business against strong competition

• Spearheaded Innovation Incubation Initiative, ISO 9001 Certification, Employee Engagement and Social Responsibility

Interests:

• Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, General Management

Vishwanathan Rajagopalan

Education: B.E (Electronics & Power) - NIT Nagpur

Past Employers: Intel, L&T infotech, Patni Computer Systems


Experience in IT technology consulting, Project Management and Vendor Account management for Business Intelligence and web solutions

Career Highlights:

• Led a cross-geographic team in India and US in implementing a Business Intelligence(BI) solution stack for B2B and B2C programs in Intel using in-house and vendor project teams

• Managed software projects using the Agile Software Methodology, leading a 10-member team in an iterative and fast turn-around model through 16 project releases

• Led a 12-member cross-geographic team in US, Russia, Israel and India to deliver a $0.75M web-based solution for Intel cost center managers

• Ideation to Implementation of "Virtual Devbox" innovation project at Intel

• Divisional Award at Intel for transforming business intelligence for Intel B2B programs and department recognitions for driving technological innovations

Interests

• Strategy, Consulting and Product Management



Yogesh Kumar Singh

Education: B.E. (Computer Science), NIT Allahabad, MA (English Literature) IGNOU

Past Employers: Sasken, Motorola, Synopsys, ARM, Yahoo


Rich experience in product development, R&D in diverse fields, leading and building global teams, and cross-cultural client relationship

Career Highlights:

• Led cross-functional and global product development teams to develop cutting edge products for Yahoo, Motorola, Synopsys, ARM, and Sasken displaying passionate leadership and vision

• Rich experience in design, development, delivery, risk management, planning of software products in the realm of compilers, VLSI, multimedia, and internet applications

• Instrumental in designing several state-of-art software solutions working with global technical and marketing teams, winning key customers for companies.

• Accomplished process improvements in various MNCs for their key products halving time to market

• Motorola: Received Best Performer Award thrice for innovative design, leadership, vision and dynamism

• Sasken: Awarded the Best Engineer Award 2000

Interests

• Marketing, Business Development, Strategy

Vicky Varun Sharma

Education: B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) NIT Allahabad

Past Employers: Infosys Technologies Ltd, Illinois Tools Work (ITW)-Signode

Experience: 8 Years

Rich international experience of around 5 years in Business Development, Consulting, Program Management, Client Relationship Management

Career Highlights:

Business Development-USA

• Managed business planning, budgeting and forecasting for portfolio greater than $10 million annual revenue

• Ensured continued business by proposing new solutions and identifying new opportunities

• Received Client Recognition from Ameriprise Financial

Consulting and Program Management-USA-India

• Program managed re-engineering projects that increased the client system service availability from 87% to 99.5%

• Developed IT roadmap for Ameriprise Financial during the multi-billion dollar spin-off from AMEX

• Improved "Time-to-Deliver" of projects by almost 30% by executing projects at multi-geographical locations

• "PRIMA" in Customer Delight-awarded to top 0.01% employees

• "Extra Miler" for contribution towards knowledge sharing initiatives

Alumni Speak

Student Speak

One of the major learnings has been the ability to work with ambiguity. Working is business development wherein I have to take a view on market as well as market participants, being comfortable with ambiguity has really been helpful.

Kapil Dev EPGP 2009 Manager (Business Development) at Power Exchange India Limited

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Be it leadership, crisis management, people management, or technical aspects of the job, I find myself dealing the issues with a different approach and in a more structured manner. It is definitely helping me to do my job in much better and productive way. If I look myself two years back and now I see a lot of difference to my approach to work and life in general.

Amit Aggarwal EPGP 2009 Vice President at JP Morgan Chase

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Moving from IT to the Treasury of a bank would not have been possible without the knowledge that I gained from all the finance courses at IIMB as a part of the EPGP. The course content was very contemporary and I could

directly co-relate what I had learnt with the work requirements

Hasan Sabuwala EPGP 2009 Vice President - Treasury BSG at Kotak Mahindra Bank

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My experience at IIMB changed my business outlook and structured my thinking. The strong business background and analytical skills I acquired here have expanded my career possibilities. The campus atmosphere, faculty assistance and participative discussions, all made the experience an invaluable learning process.

Vasim Khan EPGP 2009 Assistant General Manager Reliance Communications

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My key take away from EPGP is the "world view" I developed. This is helping me consider all dimensions and bring in an organization view in my decision making.

Sunil Prasad EPGP 2009 Delivery Head at Wipro Technologies Limited

EPGP is not about just equipping you with management skills but helping you develop holistic perspective of life. It is the professors who are among the best, passionate in what they teach, always willing to give you time, stimulate your thoughts which helps make all this difference. With contemporary subjects such as corporate ethics, social entrepreneurship etc as part of course, aim sure EPGPians will make the socially responsible leaders who are needed in today's business world.

Raviraj Penakacherla Student EPGP 2010-11

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The course structure & quality of instruction is such that there are numerous occasions when concepts

across subject areas coalesce & provide deep insights. The result is heightened confidence about what you learn as also a growing inquisitiveness & yearning to gain knowledge.

Sushant Devarachetty Student EPGP 2010-11

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One of the biggest learning experiences in IIMB is from the rigour that it puts you through. One needs to constantly challenge oneself both physically as well as intellectually and learn through this experience. Ultimately this is what leaves that unique mark that only an IIMB can give you.

Vishnuprasad Balu Student EPGP 2010-11

This course is about transformation. It not only imparts us education, but reinforces in us the spirit of creative action. One is repeatedly pitted against hard questions and challenges which have no easy answers and a deep reflection ensues. Thus it awakes us to our own possibilities and potential of thought, creativity, leadership and action. The wit of the professors which keeps smoothening the strains of learning on our forehead is just the cherry topping on the cake of learning.

Yogesh Kumar Singh Student EPGP 2010-11

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Recruiter Speak"As part our Global Leadership Programme to grow future leaders, we had hired Pawan Hardikar, Mukesh Sharma, Rajesh Kataria, Ashish Sharma and Suminder Singh from IIM - B. They have done a wonderful job in aligning with the business groups and have taken up roles that are game changing, impactful and challenging in their areas, which is very commendable. During the first few weeks of their orientation they have contributed in various strategic corporate initiatives like planning for a 10x growth of the company and also a 2x growth in a given industry vertical of choice, which was reviewed by a high profile panel. We are very confident that they will grow into Group Head roles and make a significant contribution to the company and industry in the time to come."

Mukund Menon Vice President - Human Resources, Mahindra Satyam

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