Professors of Practice
Dr. Chandrajit Pati
1.President& Chief People Officer, PI Group Industries, Sept 2021-till date
2.Head-HR & VP,Reliance Industries Ltd,Feb 2015-Aug 2021
3.Head HR & Senior VP, Essar Group, Dec 2007-Feb 2015
4.Head HR & GM-Tata Tele Services (M) Ltd, Apr 2004-June 2006
5.Circle Head HR, Bharti Tele Ventures Ltd, Apr 2002-Apr 2004
6.Unit HR-Head, Coca Cola India, Feb 1999-Apr 2002
Dr. Jitendra Mohanty
1.President& Chief People Officer, PI Group Industries, Sept 2021-till date
2.Head-HR & VP,Reliance Industries Ltd,Feb 2015-Aug 2021
3.Head HR & Senior VP, Essar Group, Dec 2007-Feb 2015
4.Head HR & GM-Tata Tele Services (M) Ltd, Apr 2004-June 2006
5.Circle Head HR, Bharti Tele Ventures Ltd, Apr 2002-Apr 2004
6.Unit HR-Head, Coca Cola India, Feb 1999-Apr 2002
Dr. R. Sriram
1. Director & Co Founder, Taltratek Solutions Ltd,Jul 2022-till date
2.Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad, Jun 2021-June 2022
3.Assistant Professor, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Dec 2017-June 2021
4.Practice Head, Tech Mahindra, Dec 2013-Feb 2016
5.Delivery Head, Wipro Ltd, Dec 2003-Nov 2013
6.Project Lead, Crimsonlogic Pte Ltd, May 2003-May 2003
7.Senior Software Engineer, Cybersource Pte Ltd, Jan 2000-Dec 2000
8.Senior Software Engineer, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Sept 1997-Dec 1999
Prof. (Dr.) Naveen Das
1.Director , ICFAI Research Centre,2004-2010
2.Founding Dean, IBS Hyderabad, 2001-2004
3.Dean, Icfai Educational Development Cell, 1999-2001
Mr. Anil Agarwal
1.Senior Vice President - HR, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt Ltd, 2017 - till date
2.Vice President, Idea Cellular Ltd, 2015 - 2017
Debashis Ghosh
Senior Vice President and Country Head Berkadia, A Berkshire Hathaway abd Jefferies Financial Services Co.
Debashish Ghosh is a senior Human Resources professional with over 20 years of experience in managing end-to-end functions in HR. Over these years, he led both global organizations and Indian conglomerates across multiple industries and locations.
His core expertise lies in organization culture transformation, change leadership, and talent management.
Debashish is currently working as the Senior Vice President and Country HR Head of Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Services Co. Prior to joining Berkadia, he was associated with GE, Genpact, and the Ramoji Group managing multiple roles in HR.
Dr. Mukul Chopra
Sr. VP & Country Head HR, Berkadia.
Debashish Ghosh is a senior Human Resources professional with over 20 years of experience in managing end-to-end functions in HR. Over these years, he led both global organizations and Indian conglomerates across multiple industries and locations.
Mr. Surjya Narayan Mohapatro
A multi-faceted professional accustomed with proven skills, targeting challenging and rewarding opportunities in Financial Management, Account & Control, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Treasury and Valuations with an organization of high repute.
Vision-oriented business leader with over 20 years of rich & extensive experience with key focus on areas like Valuation Control (IPV, VA & PT), Finance Management (Portfolio) & Control, Product Control, Financial Account Closing, LEC, Internal Audit, Credit Risk Analytics – Basel III, Capital Planning and Forecasting, Risk RWA Production Review & Control, Regulatory (FINREP, COREP), Treasury (Capital Demand and Supply), Economic Capital, Securitization, Liquidity, Leverage Exposure, FVN IFRS 13 & IFRS 9, Statutory & MIS Reporting including Finance Change Management
Mr. Arjya Kumar Mishra
Chief People Officer – RKCSL
Arjya Kumar Mishra, a seasoned professional with 24 years of experience in Human Resource Development and Strategic Management, is making waves in the industry.
A strategic and innovative HR leader with a proven ability to translate business vision into HR initiatives that drive performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. An empowering leader who partners with organizations and top executives, offering a unique perspective that recognizes human capital as the greatest asset of any organization.
A genuine influencer who thrives on tackling complex challenges and transforming visions and strategies into actionable, value-added goals.
Dr. Siddhartha Dash
Executive Vice President, UTI Mutual Funds
Mr. Siddhartha Dash, is a graduate in Economics (Hons.) from Delhi University and an MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
With a rich experience of over 26 years in the best brands in financial services such as GE Countrywide, Cholamandalam Finance and ICICI, Mr. Dash has an in-depth and hands-on experience of the financial markets both in the assets as well liabilities side.
A keen student of developmental economics, he keenly evaluates various macroeconomic issues especially those that are critical in a developing economy such as India with its immense diversity in social, cultural and economic parameters.
Mr Dash is currently Executive Vice President at UTI Asset Management Company where he has been working over the past 16 years.
Ms. Menka Sindhu
Lead-HR Business Partner
A global human capital leader, driving talent and culture strategies at innovative technology companies worldwide.
Currently, I am leading operations, human resources, expansion, finance, and ecosystem development as a Global Human Resource Business Partner at Naehas (a fintech SaaS IT product company based in California and Gurgaon). Naehas is trusted by 6 of the top 10 financial services companies, as well as innovative companies such as Pathward and First National Bank of Omaha, to grow revenue, dramatically accelerate time to market, and improve productivity while reducing compliance and operational risk. Additionally, I lead at Zenarate, the world's leading AI simulation training company.
Mr. Rajul Rastogi
Rajul Rastogi is a highly accomplished talent acquisition leader with a proven track record of building
and scaling high-performing technology teams within the BFSI and FinTech domains. With over 15
years of experience, Rajul specializes in developing and executing talent acquisition strategies that
support business growth and innovation in these rapidly evolving sectors.
Ms. Bindu Venkatesh
Head of HR, Colortoken Globally since 19/12/2022. A Result Oriented HR Leader with over two decades of experience managing large teams across the globe.
Ms. Aparna Amte
Independent HR Consultant working with clients across industries and boutique consulting companies. 17years in talent management, leadership development, organization development DEI assessments, learning program design and facilitation.
Dr. Anjan Bhowmick
Founder and Managing Partner- Whitespaces. Prof. Bhowmick has over two decaldes of Industry experience in transformational people practices in the consumer, Manufacturing and insuranec industry.
Dr. Sadashib Padhee
Independent Director: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
I'll guide in creating a highly pragmatic, academic ecosystem with my signature-contributions; mentor & guide the students and faculty. I’m an active monitor of overall management, leadership development; and sustainable competitive advantages.
Industry leader with a global exposure, I am pragmatic and tough-minded. I shall steer critical review of current, future goals of the esteemed Institute with multiple-growth mindsets with my unique acumen in academic, organisation & people culture.
Mr. Vir Bharat SPHRi
Head, HR, Business Partner, Yamaha Motor Solutions, India
Vir Bharat, SPHRi, has more than 18+ years of steep experience and currently serves as Head HR Business Partner at Yamaha Motor Solutions India and HRCI Ambassador in India. He is an expert in handling Strategic and Operational Corporate HR roles, overseeing world-Class HR Systems & Processes, and implementing various HR excellence initiatives related to various HR functions. He is a specialist in change management, implemented Organization Capabilities Improvement (OCI) initiative based on the PCMM® framework.
Mr. Amrut Medhekar
CEO, Business operations. Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Strategic & result driven business leader with a proven track record of driving business growth. With extensive experience in General Management, Sales, Marketing, and Functional Leadership within the pharmaceutical industry. Passionate for delivering results through operational efficiency, building high- performing teams and fostering organizational growth to create long-term value.
My leadership philosophy is grounded in trust, respect, and fairness, cultivating empowering environment where teams thrive and contribute meaningfully to organizational success.
Mr. Sudhir Dasamantharao
Chief Operating Officer : FourthSquare
Global Executive with 24+ years of professional experience with very strong Global shared services Operations, Transformation, Quality, Project Management and Change Management experience in industries like financial services, IT, Insurance, Banking, Manufacturing (MedTech and Chemicals) and Consulting.