A graduate in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Entrepreneur Management from the Business School of Stanford University, Mr Sridharan was a co-founder, CEO & Board of Director of Mphasis – BFL Software, a global IT services company that provides infrastructure technology and application outsourcing. He was on the advisory board of a few product companies as well as for Fortune 500s CIOs in USA. His core areas of interest are Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Telecom, Banking, Airlines, Healthcare with a focus on Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence and built digital marketing for corporate companies.
A Senior Executive with more than 25 years experience in global Fortune 25, economic development, and entrepreneurial start-up organizations in the Medical Device, Medical & Pharmaceutical Distribution, Defense and Internet industries. Background includes senior management positions in Sales & Marketing, Technology, Finance, Engineering, Quality and Operations. Prof. Jordon is the President & CEO at PITTSBURGH LIFE SCIENCE GREENHOUSE ( Pittsburgh, PA) He has also served as the Distinguished Service Professor and Director, Masters of Science in Biotechnology and Management at the top world ranking American university CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY – HEINZ COLLEGE (Pittsburgh, PA).
Anusha is a top performing healthcare leader and operations expert, with 8 years of progressive experience in business development, health technology strategy, global program execution, procurement, and partnership management. She is skilled in evaluating emerging business opportunities and fostering the development of partnerships that derive innovations and insights, with a focus in digital health, IoT, AI, machine learning, blockchain, and predictive analytics. She has demonstrated success in leading a number of complex domestic and global collaborations in utilizing data, analytics and health solutions to create sustainable value in the healthcare and life science industries. Anusha received her Masters in Business, Healthcare Management from Carnegie Mellon University and her Bachelors in Science from University of California, San Diego.
Bastin is a seasoned Data Scientist who has successfully built data products for largest FMCG’s in India and handled clients in Retail, Banking, Telecom, Social, Government and deployed them successfully. He has developed products which has the combination of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural networks, Collective Intelligence & Web Intelligence. Robin was earlier associated with Gramener. He has built a startup Hash Research and frequently publishes articles and gives speeches at the conferences on IOT, Healthcare.
Sridhar hold’s MBA from IIM Bangalore and Masters in Engineering, from Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore. He co-founded an IT company in 2001, focused on providing Solutions in Supply Chain Management & Logistics domain. He has worked in TCS, IBM, and Mphasis. He was responsible for preparing Business Plans, Marketing Strategy, negotiations with VCs, and direct involvement in Sales and Marketing. He has widely traveled around the world and worked for US, Europe based clients.
Anusha is a graduate in Computer Science & Engineering. She is an active open source contributor who made significant contribution for Mozilla Firefox OS, Linux OS – RedHat. She is an hardcore programmer with experience working at some of the most interesting companies such as SignEasy, EngageSense. Her core area of interest is Data Science, Algorithimic trading, Machine Learning.
She has completed MSc in Mathematics, MBA in IIM Ahmedabad, PhD in Healthcare. She has worked in various B-Schools and top-notch universities.
An Innovative, results-driven technology executive with deep and broad experience in product management, product marketing, and global channels/partnerships for Fortune 100 and startup companies and customers such as Walmart, Microsoft, HP, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and Cisco.
Charles W has 20+ years of experience in US, specialized in IT, Legal, International Business. He has worked in Fortune clients, handling Freight, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain, outsourcing, handling operations in 150+ countries. Charles has had an impeccable careers and a wide range of close C-level relationships at Fortune 500 companies such as FedEx. He holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from University of Peradeniya. He speaks several languages including French and German.
Dr Mathews holds a PhD in Agriculture Management from IIM Ahmedabad and a Post Graduate in Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He was earlier associated with GENPACT as its AVP (Analytics). He has worked with iGATE, Symphony Marketing Solutions and Information Resources in various leadership positions. He teaches Business Analytics and has designed and launched a specialization in Analytics for MBA students and graduates. His areas of interest include – Developing & Deploying models, Optimization based solutions, Operational Analytics, Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Chandrika Kambam is a qualified Internal Medicine Consultant trained in the United States of America, and holds the position of Vice President for Clinical Services, for the Columbia Asia Group of Hospitals in India. She pursued her MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences and Saint Barnabas hospital, Bronx, New York respectively, both reputed institutions. A highly skilled doctor with over 10 years of experience in the field, she got the opportunity to start her career as a hospitalist at Brockton Hospital in Massachusetts. After her successful stint in the US she then returned to India to join Columbia Asia Group of Hospitals in Bangalore as faculty of Hospital Medicine, and with her undaunted efforts she was able to successfully implement the concept in two of their hospitals in Bangalore. To quench her desire for knowledge, she further studied and acquired a MBA, Post graduate diploma in Medical law and Ethics and is also Board Certified in Medical Quality. She has been a very successful senior manager at Columbia Asia and at her current position she shoulders several responsibilities. She oversees clinical quality, clinical records audit and is also responsible for medical aspects of International patients and other marketing initiatives. She has taken on herself the task to improve the Health Information Systems from the clinical point of view and is also involved in Consultant Recruitment, among several important roles that she plays effortlessly.
Experience of working, growing & leading in diverse roles that resulted in “Big wins” implementation of large scale solutions for some of the largest FMCG, Chemical & Retail businesses like HUL, Unilever Asia, Aditya Birla Retail & the Landmark Group CIO experience: 10 Yrs. Currently as Group CIO – Landmark India provides thought leadership at the helm of the organization & works as a business partner with CEO’s in the group across Lifestyle, Max, Home Centre, Splash & Citymax Mandated to develop & drive IT strategy, IT- Business partnering, Project Delivery, Support, Training & Bui lding & Developing the IT team at Landmark India As the CIO of Aditya Birla Retail, set up the retail grocery brands (MORE Stores) business systems & IT infrastructure from ground up on a PAN India scale Provided IT & business leadership for International Trading businesses with revenues exceeding USD 4 Billion as CIO of Aditya Birla’s Coal, Sulphur, Agri Commodities & Fertilizer Business Global & Multi- Cultural Team Management Experience: Spearheaded the set-up of the Unilever Application & Development Centre supporting all Asian countries including Japan, China & Australia; Lead a diverse team of multiple nationalities based in India & Singapore Specialization: Create synergies across the enterprise to enable cost-effective and innovative shared solutions in achievement of business goals & enable realization of organizations top line/bottom line growth Increase customer/operational efficiencies, unlock & optimize capacities, build strong IT governance framework for stronger security & compliance Expertise: IT Strategy & Road Map development for large enterprises, IT led customer experience, Customer Analytics, Warehouse optimization, Risk & Compliance, Business Partnering – Supply Chain, Finance & Customer Development, Business Intelligence, Mobile & Cloud Solutions
Dr.Sarita Iyer is an enterprising leader in the arena of education possessing a global mindset. Her strong qualitative and conceptual abilities enable her to mentor and motivate students towards achieving their dreams while adhering to industry’s best practices. She seeks to train and teach young citizens of the world how to learn, thereby nurturing game changers of the future. Her forte belongs in the sphere of communication and leadership. She is a cross-functional strategist who strongly believes in attitude mentoring and motivational development. She has the zeal to navigate uncharted territories and take calculated risks. She operates on the strength of a potent combination of strategic and operational skill set.
Dr. Iyer is an MBA in the domain of Human Resources. She subsequently did her Masters in Marketing Management, her MS in Education and completed her M.Phil and Doctorate in the arena of Marketing in Psychographics. She has more than two decades of expertise in the academic field as well as 4 years of industry experience with noted organisations. Before Krupanidhi, she had been a dean in a noted educational organisationfor 10 Years and further as the Director a business school for 6 years.
As an exceptional communicator, Dr.Sarita is widely invited as a speaker in several national and international forums. Her academic sojourn has been in the arena of Marketing, Advertising, Retailing, Consumer Behaviour, Strategic Management and Brand Equity. She has written several papers and is published in various national and international journals. She is a part of various forums including the MHRD and Learning and Development and has been honoured by the Toastmasters Group as well.At present, she is the Dean of Management Studies at the Krupanidhi School of Management, spearheading the two management programs of MBA (Affiliated to Bangalore North University) and the PGDM Program (approved by AICTE Delhi).
Prof. Ramalakshmi Vasudevan, MSC, MPHILL, MBA, PGDFM, GDOR, (PHD) with 17 years of teaching experience is working as Associate Professor of MBA at Krupanidhi Group of Institutions, Bangalore. She has published 32 Management Research papers in national and international journals and 22 conference proceedings. Awarded best paper presentation in the track during SIMSARC international conference. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified with A+ grade, life member of Operational Research Society of India. Guided 200+ MBA dissertation projects. She has professional expertise in Statistics for Management, Quantitative Techniques & Operations Research, Business Mathematics, Business Research Methodology & Marketing Research, Technology Management, Productivity Techniques & Total Quality Management, Advanced Operations Research, Computational and Optimization Techniques, Probability & Statistics, Numerical Analysis, Discrete Mathematics. She had conducted various data analysis workshops for research scholars and MBA students using MINITAB and SPSS.
Has more than 30 plus years of Experience – 23 years of industry experience and about 7+ years of Teaching Experience. Currently teaching post graduate students in B School and make students “industry-ready”. Provide students with in-sights into academic-professional business knowledge, enhance their communication skills, impart training on teamwork and leadership capabilities, inculcate critical and analytical thinking and develop entrepreneurial aptitude. Academics : Secured Ph. D in Management – specializing in marketing “Customer Relationship Management”. Post-Graduation in Business Administration. Science graduate from Bangalore North University. Also attended ETP (Executive Training Program) on “Managing Knowledge Organizations” from IIM-B Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has many papers publishedto his credit. He also published many books as well. He has attended many FDPs and MDPs and seminars.
Prof. Nivedita Jha has an experience of more than a decade in industry and academics. She has done her MBA in Human Resource Management from ITM – Mumbai and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. Prof. Nivedita Jha, a Sociology (H) graduate from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi has keen interest in research. Her areas of interest include employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, team building and innovations in organizations.She has publications in different national and international peer reviewed journals as well as conference proceedings. Her article ‘Engaging Millennial: Considering Technology as Enabler’ is published in ABDC listed journal. She has recently presented her paper on Strategies for Career Management Among Millennials at FOBE 2018 organized by IMT- Ghaziabad. Her publication on Engaging Centennials talks about the challenges of engaging the present generation (Z) workforce and strategies to be adopted to counter these challenges. She received the Most Commended Paper award for her work on Digitization of Education – a Hope or Hype.
Prof. Urmi Chakravorty is a Vidharbha Bhushan Awardee, Educationalist, Creative social activist. Her area of expertise is OB and is also a corporate trainer for past 9 years. She helps engineering and MBA students hone their soft skills and groom them in campus recruitment training. She won an award on her paper on Value education on Teaching and Training. She won the title of Iconic women: Creating a better world for all by the Women economic Forum. She represented her country at ASLC as a Guest speaker in Singapore. She also presented at Edmodocon 2018 in San Francisco, USA. She is also involved in conducting personality development workshops leveraging various creative activities. She has completed her BA English Honours from Pune University and Masters from Nagpur University specializing in Mass Communications. She is also a regular in the Education columns on the local print media. Her work has been covered by multiple renowned digital and online print media portals globally. She attended the Women Economic forum recently as the keynote speaker. She was also the Guest Speaker at AISEC’s Coca Cola Youth Speak forum & Climbers Lit Up fest recently. Along with numerous activities undertaken by her professionally and socially, shealso volunteers as a counsellor for multiple NGO’s working with kids with disabilities, kids and women and girls rescued from unsafe environments, and also was the founder of Nagpur Circle of Moms, Social group working for the upliftment of house helps and women belonging to the lower sections helping them find their inner creativity and becoming independent. You will always find her ready to help anyone in need, irrespective of whom or where they come from. She is also a stage artist. She acts in multiple stage plays English, Hindi & Bengali and has received many accolades for the same. A woman of many talents, she is also a loving mother and wife. Prof. Urmi is working as Assistant Professor in the department of MBA at Krupanidhi School of Management.
Qualification with Specialization: Ph.D., MBA-Finance, LLB, M. Com, B. Com, DCFA
Experience (years):19 Industry:1 Teaching:18
Dr Soti is an experienced Associate Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. She is Skilled in Research, Soft Skills, E-Learning, Strategic Planning, Lecturing, and Team Building. She is a strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy in Corporate Governance.
She has a Decade of experience in conducting Village empowerment programs, seminars, faculty development programs and other outbound activities. She is Tax planning & tax filing Consultant.
She has been a coordinator of AICTE compliance and ISO CERTIFICATION 9001:2008, Bangalore.
She has done various courses on research methodology, case study and strategic management for teachers from IIT, Roorkee, IIM, Bangalore and IIM, Kozhikode. Has done various NPTEL Certification courses.
Her Areas of expertise is Finance, Accounting, Legal and Corporate Governance. She has published and presented various research papers (Scopus & Web of Sciences Indexed)
She has a Professional membership of Bar Council of India Since 2002, Member of Institute of Scholars Since Nov. 2020, Council Member of (Karnataka State Education Council- India Business Council) at Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WICCI), Honorary Member of the Hon'ble Editorial Board of the IJBST Journal Group since June 2019 & Advisory Board Member for ADHYETA Institute of Management Education w.e.f. 4.05.2021 to 4.5.2024
She is Awarded for ISO Certification and acknowledged as one of the " Top 50 Most Promising Educators in higher education across India for the Year 2019 by ULEKTZ
Prof V.Sravana Kumar, Has completed B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Bapatla Engineering College in the year 2000 and M.Tech (Electrical Engineering) from IIT Madras in 2002. In the year 2000, he qualified the GATE exam with 99.82 percentile and secured All India 12th Rank in Electrical Engineering stream. He worked in the IC and Semiconductor design companies for about 10 years and worked on various softwares Cadense-Spectre, Synopsis-Astro. In the year 2008, he did his MBA (Finance) from Pondicherry University and completed ICWA (Inter) in the year 2013. He have a very good experience with the statistical packages such as R, SPSS and MS-Excel. He is pursuing his Ph.D. from Rayalaseema University, Kurnol (AP Govt University) in the Finance domain. Prior to joining Krupanidhi, he worked as GATE exam faculty, mentor at Thinkcell learning Solutions for about 8 years. At present, he is serving as an Assistant Professor (Finance & Statistics) at Krupanidhi School of Management,as a mentor in two management programs of MBA (Affiliated to Bangalore North University) and the PGDM Program (approved by AICTE Delhi) respectively.
Dr. Selva Kumar Dasarathan, an educator & researcher in the facets of research, teaching, & consultancy assignments with a decade of practice in the allied areas of Corporate Finance, Accounting, & Applied Econometrics. He is well-acquainted with the econometric applications in panel and time-series data analysis (i.e. POLS, 2SLS, 3SLS, GMM, SUR, FMOLS & DOLS) using Statistical packages such as R, STATA, E-VIEWS, SPSS, and MS-Excel respectively. Has passion and zeal to explore the avenues in the KPOs especially in Machine & Deep Learning, R-programming, Business Intelligence, & Big-data analytics.
He has completed MBA (Finance) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum with Bachelors in Accounting& Taxation from Bangalore North University. Prior to doctoral studies, he was associated with Management institutions in the domain of Finance, Economics, Accounting & Taxation. He has served in many notable institutions.He has several case studies, book chapters, international conferences, & workshops under his arsenal. He has also organized and volunteered several national and international conferences during his tenure as a doctoral student and as a faculty. His achievements include Winner of the Business Standard Quiz Competition, Certificate of Excellence in Business Economics & E- Commerce (Topper) and Best Outstanding Student [BCOM (Voc.)].
His PhD work “Practices of Capital Structure, Ownership Concentration, Business Groups, and Corporate Performance: An Empirical Indian Evidence” embellishes the verticals of Corporate Finance. Has also obtained statement of accomplishment on “Writing in the Sciences”, a free online offering of the Stanford Online. At present, he is serving as an Assistant Professor (Finance & Accounting) at Krupanidhi School of Management, Bengaluru as a Mentor in two management programs of MBA (Affiliated to Bangalore North University) and the PGDM Program (Affiliated to AICTE) respectively.
Prof. Antra Vohra is a strong willed, ethical, and opinionated individual and adept at handling dynamics at work. Technically proficient in the domain of Finance, Human Resources and Economics. She has always inculcated a passion for Excellence and endeavours to prove her mettle and showcase her innate core competencies. Prof. Antra has been associated with Krupanidhi School of Management since August 2019. At present, she is a Faculty in the Department of Management Studies and is also the product of Krupanidhi Degree College and Krupanidhi School of Management. She is a rank holder in BBA and a topper in MBA from Bangalore North University. Her Areas of interest include Accounting, International Finance and Economics. With fresh and updated knowledge, she has a forte for teaching and simultaneously updating her skills, which prove beneficial to people around her. She is an exceptional communicator. She has further honed and embellished her skills by adding on dimensions of Transaction Analysis, Tally and SPSS to her Learning Curve. Her Instrumental Values revolve around the thought- “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation”.
Prof. V. Ravichandran is a visiting and adjunct faculty in finance in leading business schools in Bangalore and is currently teaching various finance subjects viz Financial Derivatives, International Financial Management, Advanced Capital Budgeting, Investment Banking, Strategic Financial Management, Project Appraisal & Finance, Portfolio and Security Analysis, Alternative Investments and Markets, Fixed Income & Security Analysis, Advanced Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions. He has professional experience over 30 years. Prof. V. Ravichandran has completed his M.S (Inf. Tech.) from Bharathidasan University and MBA (Finance) from Anna University.
Prof.Preeti Harish is a dynamic management professional with more than 10 years’ experience in corporate (Banking & Insurance) and academics.she is UGC NET qualified and has done her MBAin Marketing. Presently she is pursuing her Doctorate Studies in Management in the field of online life insurance customer loyalty from Amity University. She has presented and published research papers in various national and international journals/ conferences of repute. Her teaching interests include subjects like Marketing management, services marketing, retail management, consumer behaviour and business research methodology. She is also engaged as an online facilitator with Various Australian universities to coach postgraduate students in the management domain.
Prof Urmi Chakravorty is a Vidharbha Bhushan Awardee, Educationalist, Creative social activist. Her area of expertise is OB and is also a corporate trainer for past 9 years. She helps engineering and MBA students hone their soft skills and groom them in Campus recruitment training. She won an award on her paper on Value education on Teaching and Training. She won the title of Iconic women: Creating a better world for all by the Women economic Forum. She represented her country at ASLC as a Guest speaker in Singapore. She also presented at Edmodocon 2018 in San Francisco, USA. She is also involved in conducting personality development workshops leveraging various creative activities. She has completed her BA English Honours from Pune University and Masters from Nagpur University specializing in Mass Communications. She is also a regular in the Education columns on the local print media. Her work has been covered by multiple renowned digital and online print media portals globally. She attended the Women Economic forum recently as the keynote speaker. She was also the Guest Speaker at AISEC’s Coca Cola Youth Speak forum & Climbers Lit Up fest recently. She was the Guest-of-Honour at the Indian International Model United Nations (IIMUN) held in Pune. Along with numerous activities undertaken by her professionally and socially, shealso volunteers as a counsellor for multiple NGO’s working with kids with disabilities, kids and women and girls rescued from unsafe environments, and also was the founder of Nagpur Circle of Moms, Social group working for the upliftment of house helps and women belonging to the lower sections helping them find their inner creativity and becoming independent. You will always find her ready to help anyone in need, irrespective of whom or where they come from. She is also a stage artist. She acts in multiple stage plays English, Hindi & Bengali and has received many accolades for the same. A woman of many talents, she is also a loving mother and wife. Prof. Urmi is working as Assistant Professor in the department of MBA at Krupanidhi School of Management.
Aninternationally qualified image consultant from the Conselle Institute of Image Management, US, Sukanya Sandeep is a SQA (Scotland) certified soft skills trainer,a NABET Certified trainer from Image Consultant Business Institute (ICBI) and a Certified Performance Appraisal Manager as well.
With her rich experience of working with corporates like Amazon and Sutherland, she specializes in Preplacement talks, Life skills, Employability skills & Personality Enhancement. She helps people with their total image, bringing out their unique personal essence. She is the Founder of Perfect Persona, an image consulting, life skills training and coaching firm based out of Bengaluru. Sukanya has a holistic approach to image consulting, life skills training for corporates and adept image makeovers, improving people’s soft skills, enriching personal growth, increasing motivation and producing wanted results in all facets of life. She excels in offering consultation to corporates, colleges, schools and individuals by educating, coaching and training in soft skills, life skills, personality development, image management, people skills, and behavioural competencies.She has identified specific competency areas which impact success in life and at work. The Competency Development title include cutting edge workshops designed to address areas of specific interest, such as personal effectiveness, personality development, professional development, and many crucial skills for a better quality of personal and professional life. Additionally, she is a JCI member and the Director for Training at JCI Hosur Lake City of zone XVI. She is also an active member at NHRD Hosur chapter and a passionate contributor of Women Empowerment wing at TPSOH.
She has successfully established herself among companies, institutions, and professionals in Bangalore, North Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Pondicherry. She has also collaborated with many organizations as consultant or trainer. Some of them include Mindmap Pvt Ltd. (Bangalore), Salvin Infosystems Ltd. (Bangalore), Mindomine Learning LLP (Pune), One Life Academy (Bangalore & Hyderabad) & SLP Agro Industries (Rajahmundry, AP), WEDOI (Chennai) and is currently associated with KSM.She believes in continuous innovation and making a positive difference in people’s lives.
An alumnus of KGI, Dr. Riju Pathak is herself the reflection of the Finishing School Program at The institution. After her graduation, she entered the corporate world as a Clinical Research Associate and Medical Scientific Liaison for a brief period with many notable companiesbefore realizing her true calling. With a doctorate degree in Pharmacy and with an artist’s soul, she embarked on her capability of empathizing with the student crowd and has hence coordinated many flagship events at KSM, both academic and cultural, in association with the student community. She relies on her ability to mingle and empathize with the young crowd to deliver training sessions that are more relatable to the student group. She is also a lifetime member of the NIMHANS Youth Pro group collectively working towards breaking all barriers related to Mental Health and Promoting Positive Psychology. She hasconducted many sessions on the quality of life and the power of Positive Psychology to young crowds at school and colleges.
Determined to give back to the society, she was a part of the HABITAT for HUMANITY program, Kathmandu and volunteered in PRISONER’S ASSOCIATION NEPAL as a tutor for the children whose parents were serving terms behind in prison. She is actively involved in the National Service Scheme programs at KSM and is also the Head of GlobalEngagement and Student Programs at Krupanidhi Group of Institutions. She is a voracious reader and an avid traveller who hasgathered many life lessons.
Uzma Nayeem, is a highly motivated and skilled professional, has demonstrated abilities in areas of handling Business Operations, Business Development, strategizing in the sectors of Telecom, Banking, Education & Service Industry. She helps individuals in building their personal brand and has about close to 2 decades of work experience.
Uzma was instrumental in the growth of business at Frankfinn institute of Airhostess training & Image consulting Business institute, handling entire business operations, leading centres for unmatched revenue growth during her tenure. She also has guided & mentored about 450 Image consultants in establishing their image consulting business & over 2000 Student to succeed in their career goals.
Uzma has conducted over 200 workshops for women entrepreneurs guiding thro’ establishing their own Image consulting and soft skills business.
She has been a beneficiary of various rewards and recognition’s, and has led the teams, with constructive results to her credit.
She was conferred with various awards and accolades for her contribution towards business growth in various sectors.
Her desire to be an entrepreneur led her to support & mentor many business entities, she is a freelance business consultant, she is a philanthropist and supports a cause for children’s education & look forward to encourage and support many more entrepreneurs.
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