Speakers
 
   
 
  Dr. B S Sahay
Director, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon


Prior to joining MDI¸ he was Director of Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad for over four years. He is credited with the transformation of IMT Ghaziabad into a leading institute. Professor Sahay has served on different positions at MDI including Dean (Research & Consultancy)¸ Chairman- FPM Programme¸ Chairman – Graduate Programmes and Professor of Operations Management. He was also an Adjunct Professor at School of International Business¸ Queensland University of Technology¸ Australia and Founding Chairman of Centre for Supply Chain Management.
     
   
 
Dr.  Eileen Peacock
Vice President and Chief Officer (Asia), AACSB International


Dr. Peacock, prior to her appointment at AACSB International, served as the Dean of the Charlton College of Business and Professor of Accounting at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. As vice president, Dr. Peacock guides the association's expansion efforts within Asia.
     
   
 
Ms. Anjali Raina
Executive Director, Harvard Business School India Research Center

Anjali Raina focuses on building and maintaining relationships with senior business leaders in the region to facilitate the expanding work of the HBS Center in research, educational programs, and alumni endeavors. Under her leadership HBS IRC has facilitated the writing of over 80 case studies on Indian Business Practice. Prior to joining Harvard Business School, Ms. Raina spent 15 years at Citigroup (India), most recently as Country Training Director. Prior to Citigroup (India), Ms. Raina worked for more than a decade at ANZ Grindlays Bank PLC. She earned an MBA from the IIM Calcutta in 1981.

     
   
 
Mr. Tim Westerbeck
Internationally recognized expert, On brand marketing in the Business School sector


Tim Westerbeck is an internationally recognized expert on brand marketing in the business school sector. He is President of Management Education Enterprises, LLC, a company dedicated to brand strategy, research, product development and innovation in global management education. For 20 years he has focused on helping institutions differentiate themselves, build relationships and gain competitive advantage. His experience working with more than 30 top business schools in Asia, Australia, and the U.S., such as the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, The University of Sydney Faculty of Economics and Business, The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and also serving global industry organizations such as AACSB International and The Graduate Management Admission Council, gives him a unique perspective. He is frequently quoted on business education and marketing trends in media such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many others.
     
   
  Dr. Rajesh Shukla
Director, NCAER Center for Macro Consumer Research


Dr. Shukla is one of India's leading authorities on Research for Public Policy and Consumer behaviour. He has authored seven books, more than 25 research reports, a number of research papers and popular articles. Some of his distinctive publications includes - First India Science Report (released by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh), How India Earns, Spends and Saves (released by Sri Montek Singh Ahluwalia). He is a regular speaker at London School of Economics (LSE).
     
   
  Dr.  Rajan Saxena
Vice Chancellor, NMIMS University, Mumbai


Dr. Rajan Saxena was the Director of Indian Institute of Management, Indore, S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research and Dean of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Dr. Saxena is widely respected in the country as a Marketing Educator and a consultant. His book titled ‘Marketing Management’ by Tata McGraw- Hill is one of the widely used text books for marketing in Indian Business Schools.
     
   
 
Dr. H. Chaturvedi
Director, Birla Institute of Management Technology


Dr. Chaturvedi has more than three decades experience in teaching, research and administration. As former Director in All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, a statutory body under MHRD, Government of India, he has been associated with formulation of policies, planning, regulation and control of Management Education as well as other disciplines under technical education. While working with the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the Board of Studies in Management of AICTE, he contributed in the application of various quality concepts in Management Education.
     
   
 
Prof. J K Mitra
Prof & former Dean, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)


Prof. J.K. Mitra is the Professor-in-charge of S.P. Jain Centre of Advanced Management Research of FMS at South Campus. He was the Former Dean of FMS. He is a recipient of the First young Scientist award in Psychology and educational science from Indian Science congress Association. He has served as visiting professor for SDA Bocconi, Milan. His research interests include Cross Border Post Acquisition Management. He is the director of "Centre for applied Behavioral science and action Research, Delhi". He has conducted Organizational Diagnosis and Team building workshops For ABB., Hughes Software, HCL Consulting, NTPC, Indian Oil. Telco, Holtec Consulting etc.
     
   
 
Prof. (Dr.) Ashok S. Kolaskar
Vice Chancellor, KIIT University


Dr. Kolaskar has joined as Vice Chancellor of KIIT University. A career of over 30 years marked by numerous accomplishments in bioinformatics research, teaching, mentoring and managing large academic institutions with outstanding success acknowledged by numerous national and international awards, fellowships and recognitions. As the Vice Chancellor of the University of Pune (2001 to 2006), introduced sweeping reforms in University governance, Financial Management and Quality Management. Established industry academia nexus by bringing in industry as the knowledge partner. Introduced numerous student and staff welfare programs. Honored by IBM as the Vice Chancellor of the Year 2005. He was also the Director of Bioinformatics, American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Virginia, USA: 1999 – 2001.
     
   
 
Mr. Pradeep Kashyap
Founder & CEO, MART


Pradeep Kashyap is known as the father of rural marketing in India. He is recognized as a thought leader and is a regular speaker at CEO forums in India and abroad. In 1993 he started MART as a transparent, team based, non-hierarchical, flat organization based on ethical and spiritual principles. MART has emerged as India’s leading rural consultancy organization. He has been Marketing Advisor to MoRD and has served on Prime Minister Office and Chief Minister Committees on rural development. He co-created Project Shakti with Hindustan Lever to appoint women micro entrepreneurs among SHGs as company dealers.. He has pioneered another low cost, last mile rural distribution model using village volunteers on bicycles for Colgate, Godrej, Eveready, Heinz, Tata Tea and others.
     
   
 
Mr. Santosh Desai
Author & Brand Guru, MD & CEO, Futurebrands


Prior to this he was the president of McCann-Erickson, India. An IIM Ahemadabad post graduate with 21 years of experience in advertising. He has addressed the global management boards of several multinational including Hershey’s Microsoft, Philip's, Unilever Coke and Reckitt Benckiser. He is also the author of 'City City Bang Bang' a weekly column in Times of India.
     
     
     
   
     
     
 
     
  Key Speakers  
     
Mr. Salman Khurshid, Honorable Minister of State (Ind. Charge) for Corporate Affairs, Govt of India  
     
Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Padma Shri awardee  
     
Dr Srikant M Datar, Senior Associate Dean & Director of Research at Harvard Business School .  
     
Mr. Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, TeamLease and Member of Prime Minister’s Skill Development Mission  
     
Dr Debashis Chatterjee, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode  
     
Dr. David A Wilson,
President and CEO, GMAC
 
     
Mr. Raman Roy
CMD, Quattro BPO Solutions & ‘Father of Indian BPO Revolution’
 
     
Mr. S.Y. Siddiqui, Managing Executive Officer & Administration (HR, Finance & IT) Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.  
     
Dr N Ravichandran, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore  
     
Mr. Ramesh Nava
Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan & Africa, Prometric
 
     
     
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