IIMA PGPX Student Profile FY11 Batch

Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives 2011 i

ii Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

PGPX – A great opportunity to recruit

Finding the right candidate who can make significant contributions in a dynamic business environment is an enormous challenge. With the right mix of demonstrated business leadership and intellectual curiosity, the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) at IIMA provides you with the right talent pool.

When rich industry experience and proven leadership potential across geographies and cultures are tempered with the famed IIMA academic rigour, you get talent that is ready to be deployed in tomorrow’s complex business environment.

We know you are looking for leaders who can hit the ground running. We are confident you will find them in the next few pages.

We look forward to enabling your recruitment objectives.

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2 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Established in 1961, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) celebrates it

Golden Jubilee this year. One of the oldest and most recognized management schools in the

country, it is acknowledged globally for excellence in management education and research. It

was the first institute in India to get the EQUIS accreditation.

This year, IIMA was ranked 8th by the Financial Times in the Masters in Management rankings.

It is the first and only Indian institute to have made it to the top ten of this ranking. IIMA

ranked 12th in the Economist’s ranking of the best business schools in Asia and Australasia.

The Economist also ranked IIMA as the 3rd best school in the world for opening new career

opportunities – ahead of prestigious schools such as Columbia, Harvard and Dartmouth.

Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives 2011 3

Dear Recruiter,

It is my pleasure to introduce to you the PGPX class of 2011.

Launched in the summer of 2006, the PGPX is a one year, full time Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives. PGPX students undergo the rigorous, broad based academic process IIMA is renowned for. The programme moulds experienced professionals into managers who fit naturally into middle and senior executive roles. The profile of this batch is comparable to those at the best business schools across the globe in terms of cross-cultural work experience, knowledge and depth of experience.

The graduates from the first four batches of this programme have been absorbed enthusiastically by industry for various C-suite and other senior level executive positions, both domestically and internationally. It is very heartening for us to note encouraging feedback from recruiters who cite an excellent combination of professional expertise and mid-career specialization in our students which is uncommon in India.

I am confident that within the PGPX class of 2011, you will find highly motivated individuals who have the right skills, temperament and experience to add maximum value to your organization.

Professor Samir K. Barua Director, IIM Ahmedabad

From the Director’s Desk


PGPX at IIMAA rigorous, demanding, and career-oriented programme that sets high standards of scholarship, PGPX integrates challenging workloads with an intensive and rigorous curriculum.

The curriculum has been developed in close conjunction with industry and it is this corporate-academia partnership that gives the programme cutting edge superiority in creating the business leaders of tomorrow.

The learning process at IIMA facilitates the acquisition of global business capabilities and outlook with a focus on developing leaders for managing firms in the global arena – leaders who can span cultures, geographies and ethnicities, leaders who can develop and implement strategies...leaders who can envision the future.

The programme consists of six distinct segments:

Induction: This segment enables the student to

• getfamiliarwiththeinfrastructure,services,cocurricular and extra curricular activities at IIMA.

• tuneintotheprogrammecontentandIIMAsys-tem of learning.

• understand the self while making the transition to the PGPX and the future.

Building Blocks: This segment crystallizes and en-hances the basic conceptual and analytical knowl-edge of the student for managerial effectiveness.

Preparing for Top Management: This segment prepares the student for leadership and change agent roles in a top management context.

International Immersion: This segment provides international exposure to the student with a view to• work effectively in an environment different

from their “home culture.”• understand macro-economic underpinnings,

and strengths and weaknesses of the host country from a business perspective.

Electives: This segment helps the student to

• explorenewanddeeperareasoflearning.

• reflect on and leverage the past experiencethrough a research project.

Capstone: This segment provides an opportunity to the student to

• integratethelearningsfromtheprogramme.

• reflectontheirownexperienceasexecutives.

• understand what it means to work in largemultidisciplinary teams against tough deadlines.


Placement Track Record

PGPX Salary Statistics

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010Average Salary INR 24.6 lakhs INR 26.8 lakhs INR 20.1 lakhs INR 26.1 lakhs

PGPX Class of 2010 Functional Breakup

Business Development 13% Consulting 19% Finance 3% General Management 9% Operations 14% Product Management 5% Sales 9% Project Management 25% Strategy & Planning 3%

PGPX Class of 2010 Industry Breakup

Conglomerates 3% Financial Services 8% Infrastructure 5% IT & ITES 58%Management Consulting 19% Manufacturing 5% Pharma, Media, Others 2%

Representative Recruiter List

Accenture Consulting

Aditya Birla Group

Amazon

Arcelor Mittal

Aricent

Arthur D Little

Bharti Group

Booz Allen Hamilton

Cairn India

Citigroup Inc.

Cognizant

Computer Associates

Cypress Semiconductors

Dell

DLF

Dr. Reddy’s Labs

Edelweiss Capital

Electrotherm

Essar Group

Feedback Ventures

FINO

Goldman Sachs

Google

Hazira LNG

HCL

Hewitt Associates

Honeywell

HSBC

IBM

ICICI Bank

Infosys Technologies

ITC Group

Larsen & Toubro

Mahindra Group

Mckinsey & Company

Microsoft

Mindtree Consulting

NIIT

NISG

Opera Solutions

Polaris

PRTM Consultants

PWC

Reliance ADA Group

Reliance Industries Limited

RPG Group

Suzlon Infrastructure

TATA Group

Tech Mahindra

Wipro

WNS

YES Bank


Dear Recruiter,I am proud to present to you the 86 meritorious professionals that constitute the PGPX class of 2011. These experienced candidates have been carefully selected from a large pool of national and international applicants on the basis of their academic profiles, analytical abilities and the quality of their previous work experiences and achievements. The average GMAT score of this class is 712 with an average total work experience of over 10 years. They have spent an average of 4 years working internationally in 13 different industries that includes banking, consulting, information technology, telecommunication, pharmaceuticals, government services and the armed forces. Their previous roles included general management, project management, HR, finance, marketing and operations.Keeping with the tradition of IIMA programmes, PGPX is a highly involved and extremely rigorous academic programme. It develops the general management capabilities of the experienced professionals in the class, with a focus on change management and on managing across borders and cultures. Facilitated by excellent support and commitment from my faculty colleagues, this unique programme involves more than 650 class hours spread across 50 to 60 core courses and electives. The pedagogy involves case discussions within and across learning groups, customized function-oriented segments, industry leader interactions, the International Immersion Programme (IIP) and an industry projects. As chairperson of the programme, I am proud of the progress made by the class of 2011. I am certain that your organization stands to gain immensely by harnessing their rich experience, commitment, integrity and the management skills acquired here at IIMA. I wish them the very best in their careers.

Professor Shailesh Gandhi PGPX Programme Chairperson IIM Ahmedabad

Message from the Programme Chairperson


PGPX Class of 2011

Functional Experience

Project Management 37%

Consulting 17%

General Management 17%

R&D 10%

Finance & Accounts 6%

Information Systems 6%

Marketing 3%

Operations 2%

Personnel & Administration 1%

Quality Assurance 1%

37%

17% 17%

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6% 6%3% 2% 1% 1%

Education

Engineering 66%

Science 20%

Finance & Accounting 8%

Others 6%

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8%6%

IT & ITeS 52%Financial Services 9%Engineering 9%Telecom 8%FMCG 5%Healthcare 5%Government Services 4%Management Consulting 3%Media 2%Shipping 2%Retail 1%

Sectoral Experience

Work Experience

< 8 years 14%

8 - 10 years 51%

11 - 13 years 27%

> 13 years 8%

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Dear Recruiter,As chairperson of the Placement Committee, it is my privilege to invite you for Placements 2011 at IIM Ahmedabad. The PGPX class of 2011 is a talented community of professionals with backgrounds in diverse industries. Their extensive real-world experience complemented by the business learning at this institute has made them highly qualified executives who can be readily absorbed directly into senior managerial to CXO positions in the corporate world. The IIMA pedagogy focuses on ethical and socially responsible leadership and strengthens their existing managerial capabilities, enabling them to aspire for leadership positions in Indian and global firms. This brochure gives you a glimpse of the breadth of talent within the class of 2011 and provides concise information about the programme and contact details.The recruitment process at IIM Ahmedabad complements the variety of programmes offered by the institute. This enables you to find the exact fit for your firm’s management talent needs. If you are on the lookout for some of the finest and brightest young management graduates in the country, you would find a fit in our students from the two year PGP programme. If you need sector specific talent in agribusiness, our PGP-ABM students would be the first to consider. If you are looking for researchers focusing on a specific functional domain, you would find the perfect match in our doctoral FPM students. If your firm is looking for seasoned campaigners who can hit the ground running and are ready to take on roles in middle, senior and top management in a variety of roles and industries, you would find them right here in the PGPX programme. This breadth of talent is perhaps unparalleled in India, making it the first stop in your recruitment process. We are confident that you would not need to look any further.

Professor Saral Mukherjee Placement Committee Chairperson, IIM Ahmedabad

Message from the Placement Committee Chairperson


Students’ Profiles


Abhinav Garg

B.Sc. Engg, Mechanical,

DEI Agra, India

12 years of experience in IT Infrastructure Engagements, Enterprise consulting and Business Development.

Account Manager, TCS USA• Account Management with cross functional team for EMC’s Fortune top

20 customers like Wal-Mart, Exxon, AT&T

• Spearheaded TCS-EMC service offerings in four European countries

• Developed Strategic Alliance and integrated solutions for industry leading Physical security solution companies

• Spearheaded development of offshore delivery model for Global Storage infrastructure services, along with onsite service revenues of $1.5 mil

• Design of Enterprise Data centers and Business continuity systems

• Recipient of Top EMC Enterprise Consultant award for 2 consecutive years

• 7 years of onsite experience at EMC

Program Manager, Tata InfoTech India• Customer relationship and delivery management at DELL with team of

50+ engineers

• Integration of Nationwide communication network for Indian Navy

Abhishek Srivastava

MSc. Integrated, Mathematics and Scientific Computing,

IIT, Kanpur

8 years of IT Consulting and Program Management experience in launching strategic products and services

Consultant, Infosys-USA• Advised a wireless communication company on establishing IT operations

for a new market initiative, resulting in a 10% increase in customer base.

• Designed an innovative web-based retail strategy reducing transaction costs by over 40%

• Facilitated a first of its kind flagship store launch for the wirelesscommunication company.

• Worked with a cable services major in selecting a new e-commerce platform for its enterprise business.

Program Manager, Infosys-USA• Led the design of web operations for a major client’s entry into the

wireless market. Managed a 31 member global design team spread across USA and multiple India locations.

• Spearheaded an internal six sigma initiative to realize a 15% efficiency gain.


Agy George

MBA, Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry, India

B.E, Electrical & Electronics,

PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI), USA

13+ years in IT Program Management, Product Development and Business Development in Banking, Insurance and Life Sciences domains

Delivery Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India• Led offshore delivery of IT projects worth $10 million in annual revenue;

Managed large offshore teams for American & European customers

• Set-up and grew offshore team to 150+ resources within a year for a large American Insurance company

• Handled pre-sales and business development activities in the Insurance and Life-sciences domain

• Managed customer relationship for a UK based company in the Life-sciences domain

• Executed IT consulting projects within the Insurance and Life Sciences domain

Associate Consultant, Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd, India• Involved in the development of FLEXCUBE – Securities module

Amit Anand

B.E. (Mechanical), Punjab Technical University, Punjab, India

10 years global experience in IT program management, client relationship management, consulting and business development

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies• Led a large multi-vendor team to rollout $160 mil re-distribution centre

project for a Fortune 75 client. Project successfully rolled-out with zero down-time to 80 subsidiaries.

• Re-engineered strategic business processes for a Fortune 75 client to expedite IT systems integration of newly acquired businesses. Achieved 40% process time improvement.

• Effectively managed portfolio of projects for largest specialty toy retailer in U.S. Increased realized margins by 7%.

• Successfully salvaged a high profile project affected by client’s internal political environment and low team morale.

• Worked closely with sales team to scope business opportunities with new and existing clients.

Achievements• Award of appreciation by CIO, Sysco Corp.

• Most Valuable player – Infosys Technologies


Amit Bhalerao

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Mumbai, India

CTP - Certified Treasury Professional (AFP), USA

PMP - Project Management Institute (PMI), USA

9 years of experience in Corporate Treasury Consulting, Program & Project Management

Corporate Treasury Management, Client: Infor Global - USA• Responsible for cash & liquidity-management for North-America region

(AUM: $20 mil)

• Consulting client on organizational processes, cost optimization strategies and policy framework for the Corporate-Treasury dept.

• Conceptualized and implemented centralized treasury infrastructure for Infor Global

• Project Manager for Strategic Treasury Initiatives: FX and Money-Market Portal (Project-Size: $4 mil)

Project Management, Western Union – USA• Assisted Corporate Treasury team during Western Union Spin-off from

First Data

Project Management, Infosys Technologies, Client: Apple Inc – USA, India• Managed multi-vendor and multi-location team on behalf of Apple-

Treasury during retail-expansion

Achievements• AFP-Pinnacle Award(2007) for “Treasury as Strategic-Partner”

• Awarded Infosys-Excellence Award(2004) for “Best Managed Team”

Amit Chaturvedi

B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering,

Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India

Open Group TOGAF 8 Certified

15 years of experience in Product Incubation, Consulting, IT Strategy, Corporate Strategic Initiatives and Technology Research

Infosys Technologies Limited – Product Innovation, Engineering and Technology Management• Instrumental in innovation and technology management for Product

Incubation and Engineering initiative and part of $6 mil strategic product acquisition bid.

• Conceptualized and led organization wide strategic initiatives implemented across 100,000 employee organization.

• Defined and implemented company’s risk management strategy along with top management for approximately $4 bil revenue.

• Led organization wide risk management team from technology perspective, saved approximately $5 mil in a financial year.

• Consultant, Architect for designing complex systems for large Investment Banks and financial institutions.

Achievements• Awarded Infosys Excellence Awards (award given to few tens out of

100,000 every year) for reducing risk provision amount significantly and creating differentiators for Organization.


Amol Nisal

MS, Mechanical Engineering,

University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

Bachelor’s degree & Diploma in Mechanical Engineering,

University of Pune, India

Certified Project Management Associate, IPMA, The Netherlands

Foreign Language: Spanish

6+ years Project Management experience in Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) industry (Biofuels sector) and 2+ years experience in Automotive industry

Project Manager, Praj Industries Ltd, India• Managed EPC projects of up to $100 mil value in India, US, Africa & Latin

America

• Performed project feasibility studies and contributed in long range planning exercise

• Developed the company wide procedure for calculating ’Customer Satisfaction Index’ under CRM program

• Developed internal quality audit procedures for company’s ISO9000 certification

• Streamlined business/SAP procedures for Project Management function

Project Engineer, Delta-T Corporation, USA• Built the mechanical design group in the organisation

Manufacturing Engineer, Tata Motors, India• Trained and supervised a team of 35 production operators.

• Led a cross-functional team of 8 engineers in KAIZEN implementation resulting in increase in productivity by 8% and decrease in operating cost by 4%

Amresh Deshpande

M.S, Civil Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, USA

B.E, Civil Engineering

University of Pune, India

LEED Accreditated Professional

8 years of experience in Design and Project Management in Construction and Real Estate Development

Senior Project Manager, C.B. Richard Ellis, India• Business Development for Mumbai region.

• Trained over fifty project managers in LEED standards.

Project Manager, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, India• Design Coordinator for a 4 million square foot mixed-use project.

• Reduced costs for the project by INR 8 million by design recommendations.

Project Engineer, Novak Construction, Chicago, USA• Estimation, tendering and project management of hypermarkets for

major U.S retail chains.

• Led on-time completion of a retail store that was 2 months behind schedule.

• Reduced cost of US $ 13 million warehouse by 8% by increasing supplier diversity.

Achievements: • Awarded Graduate Fellowship- University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, USA.


Anand Ganesan

BE (ECE), University of Madras

14+ years of International experience in Innovation, Technology Development and Project management

Senior Engineering Manager, Intel India• Developed Centre of Excellence for display signaling technology in India

• Key contributor to Intel chips for revolutionary products (Apple Macbook Air, Intel’s Netbook and Mobile Internet Device)

• Conceived/Led cross functional Emerging Markets platform work group to come up with India specific solutions

• Drove departmental Quality program, outsourcing strategy and Strategic collaboration for innovation - impacted multiple businesses

• Top Technologist for Intel India – 3 years

Other contributions• Developed $2 mil IP business for a start-up in San Jose, CA and the IP

won EDN’s “Top 100 products of the year” in 2002

• Part of first CPU (Pentium-II class) development in India (1996-97) -Invented CPU cache architecture feature and Dual density PROM architecture

Anand Prasannakumar

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering,

College of Engineering,

Trivandrum, Kerala

11 years of experience in IT Consulting, Pre-Sales and Program Management

Program Manager, IBM Global Business Services, India• Managed multiple ERP projects, with an overall team size of 50+

• Executed consulting assignments in the Telecom Industry

• Managed pre-sales, including client engagement and deal negotiation

• Signed deal worth $8 mil

Supply Chain Consultant & Project Manager, IBM Global Business Services, India• Executed consulting work in Automotive and Hi-Tech Industries

• Managed large and complex ERP projects.

Project Manager, TCS, India• Led ERP projects with team sizes around 20.

• Delivered supply chain consulting assignments in Dairy, Plastics & Textile Industries.

IT Consultant, TCS, USA• Executed IT consulting work in the Credit Card & Financial Services

Industries.

Achievements• Awarded IBM Service Excellence Award in 2009.


Anshuman Asthana

MCA,

BIT Mesra, India

B.Sc., Computer Science,

University of Allahabad, India

11 years experience in IT Strategy, Relationship Management and Business Development

Consulting Architect, Wipro, USA• Led global IT operations for a Fortune 100 company with revenue

responsibility of $5 mil and team size averaging 30 people

• Managed relationships with senior client executives at VP level

• Led strategic technology initiatives such as ‘SaaS’ and carbon accounting

• Led key Innovations in areas of Multi Channel Retail such as Mobile Point of Sale

• Spearheaded design and roll-out of Innovation awards for US employees

Senior Consultant, Prolifics, USA• Led product architecture reviews for financial & energy clients across

continental US

• Led business development, product sales and alliances in service accounts

Senior Associate, Sapient Corporation, India/Germany• Led portfolio optimization initiative for a large energy trading firm in

Netherlands

Anuj Narain Mathur

B.Tech, Industrial Engineering,

NIT, Jalandhar, India

9+ years of experience in IT Business Development, Engagement Management and Project Management

Business Development Director, TCS, USA• Led the sales effort for Manufacturing prospects (> $1 Bil annual

revenue) within 7 states

• Developed and managed relationship at Senior Executive level

Engagement Manager, Business Development Manager, TCS, USA• Managed two client relationships from delivery and sales perspective

• Managed diverse portfolio ranging from Engineering to IT project delivery

• Led the new sales in Iowa

Project Manager, TCS, India• Headed a cross-functional team of 50+ associates responsible for product

testing and maintenance

• Managed customers across USA and Japan

• Measured productivity and suggested improvements for a large (>500 associates) relationship

Achievements • One of the youngest associates in TCS to be selected for the sales

leadership program


Anuroop Talwar

B.E. (Computer Science), University of Pune, India

Certified ‘Componentware’ professional

9+ years of experience in Business Strategy & Business Development, Program & Project Management

Portfolio and Business Development, Sasken - Worldwide• Conceptualized business plan and coordinated growth strategy across

R&D, Sales and Engineering divisions for entry into consumer electronics. $13 mil target.

• Involved in acquisition and integration of Ingenient, Inc.

• Owned commercial evaluation and pricing decisions

• Business planning for foray into automotive electronics. $7mil target.

• Coordinated over $50 mil bid for Satellite phone

Program/Project Management, Sasken – USA, India, China• Helped turn around over $11mil, 130+ person program by restructuring

global delivery team, improving turnaround by 30%. Ensured additional revenue recognition.

• Managed R&D team creating software IP, for 1st Satellite phone created by Indian firm

Achievements • Qualified for the professional draw of the China Squash Open

• Awarded ‘Team of quarter’

Arjun Singh

M Tech, Mechanical Engineering,

IIT Kanpur

B Tech, Mechanical Engineering,

GBPUAT, Pantnagar

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

10 years of global experience in Risk Management Consulting, Project Management, and Research in Energy and Mechanical Industries

Senior Consultant, DNV, Norway• Specialized in providing consulting services across the complete LNG

valuechainincludingfloatingLNGbusiness

• Developed and positioned new consulting services for Oil & Gas businesses

• Managed a project team of 50+ specialists in Europe and improved the capacity of a LNG liquefaction plant from 50 to 100%

• Executed projects efficiently improving profit margin upto 40%

Mechanical Engineer, GE Global Research, India• Received the GE Management award twice and introduced to the CEO of

GE for outstanding contributions towards organizational growth

• Established cross-functional team for development and commercial launch of display optical films

• Established an image of role model for exhibiting boundary less behaviour and excelling on organizational values


Arun Awasthi

Hotel Management Graduate, Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore

Diploma in Marketing, Ahmedabad Management Association

10 years of extensive experience across FMCG and Consumer Durables in Channel Sales, Business Development and Retail operations.

Regional Manager, VIP Bags, Gujarat • Led a team of Area Sales Mangers and Sales Officers to become the

highest growing region in the year 2008-09

• Increased the market share of VIP products from 64% to 66% during the year 2008-09

Area Sales Manager, 3M India Limited, Gujarat• Conceptualized and supervised Door to Door contact program that led to

the increase in penetration in Gujarat by 2%

Senior Sales Officer, Cadbury India Limited, Gujarat• Recognized as the Highest growing Sales Employee and received

membership of Managing Director’s Club

• Selected as member of HIPO (High Potential), a revered club in Cadbury India for outstanding performance over a period of time

Atanu Roy

B.Tech (Hons.), Civil Engg.,

IIT Kharagpur

14 years of experience in IT project management and business development with TCS

Program Manager, Client: Nature Publishing Group, Boston USA• Managed all deliveries within the relationship

• Guided customer on product conceptualization

• Recommended implementation roadmap

• Managed new sales lead

BPE Lead, Client: Administrative Office of Courts, Washington USA• Developed business-process models for all levels of court.

• Conducted workshop with court administrators validating business processes

• Recommended process improvement plans

Project Manager, Client: McGraw-Hill Companies, NJ USA• Led Implementation of data warehousing solution for financial reporting

and analysis

• Managed project costing and profitability

• Maintained detailed project plan, deliverable inventory and Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

Achievements • Successful implementation of first large Web 2.0 initiatives within TCS.

• Winner of “outstanding achievement” award (as development team).


Bhavin Shukla

M.S. Software Systems,

BITS, Pilani, India

B.E. Electrical Engineering,

Govt. College of Engineering, Pune, India


SAP and Oracle Certified

Foreign Language: German (Basic)

11 years of experience in ERP/SAP Integrations Consulting, Technology Management, IT Project Management & Automation

Practice Lead SAP Integrations, Patni, 9+ yrs• Pioneered & setup SAP Integrations-Technology practice in 2007 with go-

to-market responsibilities. Built a team of 30+ integration analysts

• Managed a portfolio of $5 mil (SAP & Integration implementations) for HP, Tyco, Mosaic-Cargill, Hasbro, Fiat, & Carrier

• Led mission critical Data Centre Consolidation ($1 mil 1st year savings) & SOX IT-implementation projects for global-procurement buy-sell of HP, USA

• Spearheaded a team for global marketing research of BPM & MDM adoptions

• ERP & B2B consultant for supply-chain, logistics & financial integrations

Process Automation, Siemens & L&T, 2 yrs• Undertook automation projects for NPC, IOCL, Hot Rolling Mill in India

Achievements• Fast Tracker-Leadership in Patni

• “Excellent performance award”, 2005 & 2009

Chintan Kaushik

B.Tech (Hons), Electronics Engg,

Institute of Technology, BHU, India

9+ years of experience in General Management, Account Management, Program Management & Telecom Consulting

Principal Systems Engineer [Product Mgmt, Consulting] Sonus Networks, India• Defined new market penetration strategies and product roadmaps for

multimillion dollar product lines

• Consulting for global telecom service providers; Laid out end to end plan for AT&T’s services

Project Manager, Zansys Technologies, India• One of three members of organizational leadership team which lead

growth from inception to $3 mil in 2 years

• Responsible for Program Management and Account Management for multiple projects with total team size of 50+

• Established Offshore development center for a large Wireless OEM

Project Manager, Aricent Inc, India• Ledateamof25+forAlcatel’sflagshipproductinVoIPdomain

• Won three organization wide awards for individual excellence and team leadership


Devki Nandan CHP, IMC

Masters in Finance - London Business School, UK

BE- MERI, Kolkata

Level III certificate in investment management -CFA Society, UK

CHP (Certified Hedge Fund Professional) - Hedge Fund Group, USA

12 years of experience in managing multinational teams in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Asset Management, and Supply Chain Management.

Vice President/Senior Manager, Navig8 Group-London• Led pool Fund Accounting & Management team–P&L accounts and risk

management. Managed clients in USA and EMEA regions.

• Structured strategy for business growth and M&A activities. Team acquired projects worth $1.05bn and formed new joint-ventures in USA/Europe.

• Negotiated equity investment deals of $42m with leading hedge funds.

• Played key role in raising $110m capital for expansion.

Investment Manager, Sidharth Asset Management, India• Managed client portfolios and invested in equities, derivatives, &

commodities. Outperformed index benchmark by 27%.

• Built new business for equity-research, valuation modelling, and deal negotiations for private equity investments.

Research/ Projects• Conducted research for a leading investment bank for setting up

Investment Fund in India

Dhananjay Kumar

Indian Revenue Service, 2000 Batch

B.Tech (Computer Science & Engg), IIT Kanpur, India

9 years Taxation, Investigation of Finance & Accounts, 5 years Telecommunications, 1 .5 years Entrepreneurship

Deputy/Assistant Commissioner Income Tax: Indian Revenue Service, Government of India• Investigated and assessed corporations & firms in diverse sectors dealing

with high volume workload while meeting high tax collection targets

• Led administration and training responsibilities and handled interdepartmental liaison work

Team lead, Telecommunications: Lucent Technologies, USA • Led multicultural team of 10-12 for developing value added services for

telecom exchanges

• Secure Meter Limited, India

• Developed software for electronic energy meters

• Worked on R&D project for transmission of data through power cables

Telecommunications Software Engineer: VSNL• Worked as a part of a team responsible for setting up systems for ISP

services in India

• Entrepreneurship, Collegestreet

• Founded a chain of small format bookstores in Mumbai


Gagan Chopra

BE, Electronics and Communication,

Punjab Technical University, India

11 years of global experience in IT Program Management, Pre-Sales and Business Development across diverse business domains

Program/Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited, USA, India• Built and managed portfolio of development projects (40+ people) for

an Auto major

• Successfully led pursuit for $6 mil multi-year deal, involving pricing strategies using new engagement models

• Spearheaded strategy sales program, as Account Development Specialist, to penetrate telecom OEM major with multitude of services (from all Infosys units/subsidiaries)

• Identified, planned and managed proactive consultative opportunity pursuits including relationship management at CXO level

• Program managed $2.5 mil effort to integrate CRM processes across a leading ISV company’s recent acquisitions

• Managed 25 member global team in enhancing and maintaining a leading US healthcare company’s primary Claims application system (Attained 4% increase in automation and 15% reduction in application processing time)

Ganesh Shankar

B. Com(Delhi University)

Chartered Accountant (ICAI)

7 Years of experience in Internal Audit and Risk Management

Royal Philips Electronics- 4 Years, Cummins Inc.- 1 Year, Ballarpur Industries Ltd.- 2 years• Audit manager in three countries namely India, Netherlands and U.S.

with international experience of 3 years

• Led critical audits in diverse areas including financial reporting, new venture integration, divestment, treasury etc

• Reviewed and helped restructure global financial reporting processes on the request of the CFO with Profit & Loss impact of 300 mil

• Selected as a high potential employee in Philips

• Appointed member of the finance knowledge management team involved in mentoring, developing risk based work programmes and benchmarking processes across Philips

• Managed business performance reviews and fraud reviews in over 15 countries

• Management of the outsourced internal audit firm


Gaurav

PGD in IT

IIIT – Bangalore, India

B. E., Calcutta University, India

11 years of experience in Project Management, IT consulting and Business Development

Project Manager, Infosys (USA and India)• Managed a portfolio of transformation projects with annual revenue of

$3 mil for a Fortune 100 company

• Collaborated with pre-sales team to respond to RFPs and won deals worth more than $4 mil

• Managed delivery and relationship with key stakeholders for 2 Fortune 500 companies

• Managed globally distributed, cross functional team of 30 from US and India locations

Lead consultant ERP, Infosys (USA and India)• Streamlined financial business processes for a large US based multi-level

marketing firm; Managed solution rollout to 5 subsidiaries

• Automated financial consolidation and reporting processes for a Fortune 1000 company

• Anchored solution for ‘order capture and fulfilment’ for a Fortune 200 company

Gautam Bhuyan

B. Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering), NIT, Calicut, India

10+ years of leadership experience in product development, consulting and innovation

Team Leader, Juniper Networks• Engaged with product management, sales and system engineering to

strategize product roadmap

• Led an engineering team delivering projects worth up to $20 mil for strategic customers

• Facilitated innovation efforts leading to one internal patent proposal and several papers in internet technology

Consultant, Wipro Technologies• Participated in pre-sales efforts winning projects worth up to $3 mil each

• Managed cross-cultural teams in China, India, Russia, France and US to deliver key projects and maintained customer relationship leading to sustained business

• Set up teams for several fortune 500 clients establishing and stabilizing new accounts

• Proposed, planned and executed an internal innovation project winning the best innovation project award in Wipro


Dr. Gautam Cormoli

MS, General Surgery,

Goa Medical College, Goa, India

MBBS, Goa Medical College, Goa, India

10 years of experience in core surgical practice, administration of surgical departments, and Heading emergency care departments

Head - Emergency Medicine Learning & Care, EMRI 108 services, Goa• Key role in start-up of Emergency services in State

• Headed Training and Care (Medical Operations) departments

• Managed medical staff recruitment & Supply chain

• Responsible for coordination with stakeholders of Public-Private-Partnership

• Conceptualised, developed, and established Emergency Management rooms equipped to international standards in Govt rural hospitals – a first in India

Consultant Laparoscopic and General Surgeon• Set up and managed Surgical department in Mathew Braganza Hospital

and Medical Research Centre

• Handled networking activities for business development

• Set up self-owned consulting office

• Visiting consultant to multiple hospitals

Achievements• Selected for Leadership Development Programme conducted by

McKinsey within 3 months of joining EMRI

Gautam Modi

M.Tech. (Industrial Engineering and Management), IIT Kharagpur, India

B.E. (Mechanical), Bhilai, India

CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst), QAI, USA

German Language (DAF II,II) Certification

9 years of experience in Process Consultancy, Product Management and IT Project Management in Business applications and Automotive industry

Project Manager, Bosch-India• Developed business proposals and project estimates and coordinated

with customers for project roadmap/planning

• Managed a 11 member product development team improving customer satisfaction by 12%

• Assisted pre-sales in development and launch of automotive testing products in Indian market

Process Consultant, Blaupunkt-Germany• Spearheaded CMMiL2 and CMMiL3 process improvement initiative for

the client and successfully achieved assessment results

• Collaborated with client and developed a Supplier management relationship with India team

Software Quality Manager, Bosch-India• Led a team of 20 quality coordinators to ensure quality adherence in

projects of a 300 member department

• Published process capability baselines and developed Quality management system of the organization

• Key Internal Trainer recognition for Quality Management


Harkesh Dabas

MSc (Defence and Strategic Studies), University of Madras, India

MSc (Nautical Science and Tactical Operations), Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

BSc, National Defence Academy, India

20 years experience in Strategic Planning, Leadership, Operations and Supply Chain Management with Indian Navy

Joint Director, Naval Operations• Conceptualised and implemented strategic level policies to achieve

transformational goals

• Designed and executed systems for enhancing operational effectiveness and fiscal efficiency. Managed annual budget of over Rs 120 crores

• Established supply chain strategies and logistic plans for operational and disaster-relief missions around the globe

• Worked across cultures with diplomatic implications

Joint Director, Naval Training• Formulated and implemented Navy-wide training policies and

programmes

• Headed inter-ministerial initiative for training of foreign personnel

Commanding Officer, Anti-submarine Warfare Corvette• Commanded high value asset worth Rs 300 crores and mentored 135

personnel in high risk environment

Awards• Chief of Naval Staff Commendation for planning and conducting various

national events, including President’s Fleet Review 2006

Jatin Bakshi

B.Sc (Hons) Mathematics

Delhi University

10 years of International Sales, Services, Channels & Product Management experience in Asia Pacific

Sales & Channels Mgmt, ASEAN – NetApp (Enterprise Storage, Virtualization, Cloud Compute)• Deliver NetApp Global services revenue goals for ASEAN region,

doubled revenues in ~ 3 years

• Responsible for expanding services channel partner network

• Launched & Managed Inside sales program

• Build Due Diligence & Deployment capabilities for Cloud services

Product Launch & Management, APAC – British Telecom (On Demand & Hosted ICT Solutions, Contact Centres)•LeadthelaunchofBT’sfirstondemandvoiceCRMsolutioninAPAC

• Created an ecosystem of technology principals, vendors and delivery partners to support the product

Technical & Biz Dev – Avaya (Contact Centres, Unified Communications)• Solution design & architecture, Client Relationship Management,

Managed services & Professional Services Management


Jyothiswaroop Jayaprakash

BE, Industrial Engineering and Management,

BMS College of Engineering,

Bangalore, India


10 years of experience in Consulting and Project Management for Enterprise Solutions’ Software Products and Services

Senior Consultant, Sterling Commerce Inc., USA• Led a team of 6 to implement a supply chain management system for a

large distributor, increasing operational efficiency by 75%

• Implemented an enterprise ordering framework, facilitating a $20 mil investment decision for a leading telecom provider

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited, India• Managed a cross-functional global team for a semiconductor

manufacturer delivering a $2 mil enterprise solutions project

• Led a team of 10 to streamline a telecom manufacturer’s warehousing operations, increasing productivity by 300%

• Engaged in business development, knowledge management and human resource development

Achievements • Infosys Technologies Limited

• “Most Valuable Player” for excellence in customer delivery and organizational contributions

• “Best Thought Leadership Paper” for white paper on warehouse execution optimization

Jyoti Agrawal

BE (Electronics and Communication), Gujarat University, India

9+ years of Project Management experience

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd:• Led global deployment of mission-critical IT programs for Fortune 500

customers across USA, Europe, China and Malaysia

• Managed a cross-functional team to design, develop and launch the IT backboneforindustry’sfirstpre-paidflatrateshippingproductintheUS

• Successfully managed & coordinated a multi-vendor team through the lifecycle of SAP HR implementation & migration from PeopleSoft for Edison, Leading Energy provider in California

• Key member of a massive IT consolidation effort after acquisition of Airborne Express by DHL

• Developed deep insights into online rebate processing for retailers through coordinated sales efforts with presales & technology practices


Kalyana C Chejarla

PGDBA, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad

B.Sc (Engineering), NIT, Jamshedpur

CIRM (APICS, the Association for Operations Management)

CFA (ICFAI, Hyderabad)

14 years of Operational & Managerial experience across multiple industry value chains

Relationship Manager, TCS• Profitably managed business relationships (sized $ 40 mil) with leading

retailers in the world

• Built and developed a team of 500 associates to deliver certainty & customer delight

• Collectively envisioned, built and led supply chain consulting practice

Finance Controller, OceanWijs Maritime Services• Project contract formation and control legal & Finance risks

• JV formation and establish operating guidelines

• Financing negotiations with banks & financial institutions

Supply Chain Engineer, Tata Motors• Established and executed an integrated Procurement, Scheduling &

Logistics plans

• Optimize inventory holding rates for 2,000 parts

Achievements• Catalyzed change related to knowledge management practices in a

centre of 35,000 associates

• Established a materials store to handle 25,000 parts

Krishnakumar Varium

B. Tech (Electrical & Electronics Engg.)

REC Calicut

Certificate in Insurance from American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (AICPCU)

CSQA from QAI Global Institute

13+ years experience in Software Project Management, Operations and Presales

Senior Project Manager, Infosys (India, USA)• Anchored a large program (80+ people, $24 mil) for an Insurance major

in USA for 3 years

• Improved margins by 50% & reduced costs by 40% YOY for the customer

• Won second prize in Infosys Annual Excellence Awards 2007

• Anchored many presales activities for Insurance clients

Programmer Analyst, Rapidigm Inc. (USA)• Application developer and consultant for an entertainment major in USA

• Increased Rapidigm’s business with customer by six fold in one year

IT Analyst, TCS (India, USA)• Led a team of 14 to deliver a complex project in two months

• Contributed to the unit’s CMM 4 assessment in 1998


Kshitij Kulkarni

MS, Automotive Systems Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA

BE, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pune, India

7 years of multi-functional experience in business development, marketing, sales and technical support

Business Development Manager at Altair Engineering Inc., USA• Led global marketing campaigns that resulted in increased clientele from

15 to 120 in 2 years

• Developed a go-to-market strategy for Automotive and Aerospace clients for an engineering analysis suite of software

• Synthesized market data to align product development priorities

• Developed strategic partnerships with complementary product companies and key reference clients

Sales Engineer at Greaves Limited, Construction Equipment Division, Mumbai, India• Sold construction equipments such as BOMAG vibratory compactors and

CIFA concrete mixers

Achievements • Silver medalist at Asian Softball Championship

• Vice captain of Indian Softball team

Mahesh Kushwaha

M.Sc. (Mathematics), Mumbai University, India

Certificate of Management Studies, Universitas 21 Global

TOGAF 8 Certified

12 years of progressive experience across pre-sales, consulting, architecture for Business Intelligence and Information Management (BI & IM) domain

Senior Consultant, Wipro Technologies• Pre-Sales and Consulting for BI &IM across Manufacturing clients with run

rate of over $10 mil for last 3 years. Focused on solution based projects

• Account Farming/Mining for 5 large accounts to increase incremental revenue

• Expertise in conceptualizing, planning, handholding and stabilizing large projects

• Close to 3 years of International working experience

• Consistently rated among the top performers in the group in last 10 years

• Multiple awards from Wipro and client in areas of analytics, consulting and winning large competitive deals


Mandar Raje

MS, Computer Science,

University of California, USA

BE, Computer Engineering,

University of Mumbai

CISSP, Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA), IBM Certified Specialist, CCNA

11 years of experience managing innovative software development in high technology start-ups

Software Engineering Manager, PlaySpan, USA• Led development of PlaySpan’s micro-transaction platform designed for

the online media, games and social networks

• Key role in design of Online Payments (PayPal, Credit Card, Mobile) , Risk & Fraud Management, Online Catalogue Systems and Web UI widgets

• Ensured high customer satisfaction for a multi-million dollar account by meeting scalability and uptime targets resulting in significant upsell

Technical Delivery Lead, EDS, USA• Managed migration of over 500 internal web applications for a Fortune

500 company to EDS’s service platform. Managed cross-functional teams spread across USA, Brazil and India

• Led Product Management for EDS’s Control Centre Platform over multiple release cycles. Improved operations productivity by designing key performance optimizations

Capt. Manish Srivastava

Master Mariner, Directorate General of Shipping, Ministry of Surface Transport, India

B.Sc. (Nautical Sciences), University of Mumbai, India

15 years of international experience in operation and general management in shipping industry, including crisis management at sea

Captain, NYK Ship Management Ltd, Singapore• As Captain, commanded oil tankers trading word wide, AUM $275 mil

including petroleum cargoes valued at $150 mil

• Led multicultural teams of 30+ persons belonging to 4-5 nationalities

• Led major “Dry-dock” projects oil tankers at shipyards in Dubai,Bahrain and Portugal, achieved zero accident rate and cost reductions in budgeted repairs

• Implemented Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2000) and Environment Protection Policy (ISO 14001) on ships

• Led ship’s staff in rescuing two Chinese fishermen at high seas

Achievements• Vesselundermycommandwasrankedfirstinafleetof200oddvesselsin

year 2008, during companywide audit on safety, security and operational efficiency


Mathew Samuel

B.E, Mechanical Engineering,

Bharathiar University, India


Enterprise Architect, Sun Microsystems Inc, USA

US Green Card Holder

11+ years of international experience in Engagement Management, Development Management and Technology Consulting in IT Industry

Senior Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited (USA)• Owned and managed engagement and delivery of a $7.2 mil Line of

Business

• Led pre-sales initiatives and won strategic contracts worth $12+ mil

• Streamlined resourcing process for a $70 mil account to optimize resource utilization and availability

• Worked with senior management to define the vision and strategic transformational themes for the account to meet top-line target of $100 mil

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited (USA, India)• Led a diverse team of 35 to rollout systems for Apple Inc’s retail stores

across the globe

• Increased profitability and slashed 30% cost by re-structuring and transitioning teams to cost-effective locations

Awards: • “Most Valuable Player” - Infosys Technologies Limited

• “Most Valuable Contributor” - Apple, Inc

Mayank Joshi

M.Sc, Computer Science, Gold Medallist

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

B.Sc, Computer Science,

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

10+ years experience as Technical Lead and Architect in Software Product Development

Senior Technical Lead and Architect, VMware, USA• Conceptualized, defined and led the cross-functional team to implement

virtualized storage as a service for a product generating $500 mil in annual revenues

• Led the development of the technical framework and building of a partner ecosystem for a disaster recovery solution in a virtualized cloud computing environment

Technical Lead, EMC, USA• Led the design and implementation of database architecture for a new

product category of Continuous Data Backup

• Led a team of six to re-architect the character recognition, retention & renderingworkflowforastoragebackupproduct

Achievements • Four patents in areas of Storage, Backup and Character processing

• Six patent applications awaiting approval


Murali Krishnan Vaidyanathan

MBA, Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam, India

BSc (Hons) (Physics), Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam, India

14 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services Industry.

Channel Head – ATMs, CDMs and Call Centre, BankMuscat SOAG.• Anchored the selection process for a common integrated EMV switching

platform for cards related businesses.

• Pioneered and accelerated the deployment of automated round-the-clock instant cash/cheque deposit facility.

• Designed and launched a new line of business related to outward foreign remittances through the alternate delivery channels.

Team Manager – Customer Care Centre, ICICI Bank Ltd.• Anchored the establishment of a 1000-seater pan-India centralized

contact centre and essayed the migration of operations to this facility.

• Recruited and trained over 600 staff, and led a team of over 250 staff towards delivery of effective customer service across all retail financial products/services.

• Managed credit card payments and application processing operations.

Nagesh Shukla


Manipal University

B.E, Instrumentation Engg.

PTU, India

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

12+ years of experience in general management for IT product development and project engineering/execution for manufacturing plants.

Program Manager, Honeywell Technology Solutions Pvt. limited.• Built and led large multi-location team involved in product development

and pre-sales activities for Automation and Control business.

• Complete relocation of Industrial automation business worth $110 mil from USA to India.

• Set-up the advanced product development lab with $5 mil of capital investment.

• Product marketing initiative led to Honeywell’s re-entry in $500 mil automation market.

Project Manager, Hindalco Industries Ltd.• Design, installation and commissioning of new plants in Aluminium and

Power industry.

• Accomplished savings of $10 mil for Alumina plant expansion project.

• Multiple vendor and contractor management for advanced plant control systems.

• Devised new processes for efficient technical bid evaluation with savings more than $2 mil


Navin Rajendran

BE (Electronics and Communication),

Bangalore Institute of Technology


12 years of experience in IT Consultancy, Project Management and Account/ Delivery Management

Senior Project Manager, ITC Infotech India Limited• Managed the CRM IT systems portfolio for the company’s top client –

Denmark’s largest bank

• Implemented several process-improvements as Head-Mainframe Center of Excellence

Delivery Manager, Wipro Technologies• Handled a $2+ mil IT portfolio across multiple technologies for a Boston-

based Energy company

• Spearheaded key business initiatives like paperless billing and bill-redesign

Project Manager, Wipro Technologies• Executed a high-impact re-branding project for a major US bank,

collaborating with teams across US, UK and Canada

• Led major IT-systems restructuring for a US Energy major to meet state deregulation requirements.

Achievements • Won the I3L Business Process Innovation award for 2008

• Several awards from clients/company for outstanding contribution

Nikhil Mudaliar

MSE, Mechanical Engineering,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

BE, Mechanical Engineering,

Nagpur University, India

Six Sigma Green Belt


6 years experience in Product Development in a Global Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

Senior Algorithm Engineer & Team Lead, TRW Automotive, USA• Development and calibration of crash sensing algorithms for global

vehicle platforms.

• Led an international application team with locations in USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific, in charge of developing algorithms and calibrations for customer platforms.

• Managed crash sensing parameters, schedule and budgets in negotiation with customers.

• Supported major global automotive car makers based in USA and Asia-Pacific.

• Managed a group in a Client facing role; regularly interacted with customers in USA, Japan, South Korea and China.

Achievements• Successfully launched global vehicle models such as Hyundai Sonata,

Honda Civic and Jeep Wrangler.

• Awarded 2 patents for developments in front-side crash sensing algorithms and low cost applications.


Pankaj Srivastava

BTech (Mechanical),

IT-BHU, India

10 years experience in creating and managing strategic IT applications within Investment Banking domain

Technical Architect, Investment Banking, Tata Consultancy Services, UK• Led design and implementation teams working on multi-million global

credit risk applications for a large German investment bank

• Led Pre-Sales for 7 projects worth £10+ mil

• Received client High Performer Award in 2009 for leading a cross-geography design team from Germany, Spain, Russia and India

• Co-Led IT strategy team working on business process alignment, technology compliance, and reducing spend on delivery for IT systems

Technical Lead, Investment Banking, Tata Consultancy Services, India• Undertook pre-sales, and product implementation of treasury application

for major clients including RBI, HDFC, BOI, Allahabad Bank.

• Developed a scaled down version of Treasury application which gained positive sales in several financial institutions

Pawan K Garg

B Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering,

NIT, Kurukshetra, India

13 years of experience in IT Project Management, Business Unit Establishment, Competency Set-up in both captive and consultancy set-up

Competency Head and IT Delivery Manager, United Health Group, India• Built IT operation management business unit from scratch. Grew it to a

multi-location, multi-technology team of 250 resources with 90% SLA performance level on 24x7 support

• Led fresher talent management for the whole organization from planning, selection to training

• Developed an organizational reward and recognition system

Project Manager, InterraIT and HCL-Perot Systems, India • Instrumental in setting up IBM technology practice. The revenue grew to

$3 mil in 1.5 years.

• Automated ERP migration, resulting into 15 sales wins amounting $8 mil

• Steered CEO’s 8 member core team, formed to make organization “The employer of choice”

Achievement• Best Leader award at UHG


Prameet Jaaj

MS, Telecommunication,

Pace University, New York

BE, Electronics,

Pune University, Pune

EITM (Executive IT Management),

Columbia University, New York

ITIL V3 Foundation

12 years of experience working in a fast-paced, performance driven environment, leading cross-cultural teams across geographic locations.

Delivery Head, Verizon Data Services India (VDSI), Hyderabad, AP• Led a team of 150 professionals (India and US) in Revenue Assurance,

Program Management and Integration Testing of new services.

• Managed multi-department teams to perform fallout management and root cause analysis.

• Led development of innovative services for the Verizon FTTP (Fibre-To-The Premise) network.

Program Manager, Verizon, New York, NY• Planned and executed “iobi” (software product) rollout to 45,000 internal

employees across the US footprint.

• Orchestrated global implementation of a web-conference product, saving $1mil annually on service fee.

Assistant Manager, Escotel Mobile Communications, Sonepat, Haryana• Credited with expanding the mobile network along the Rohtak – Hissar

highway, and within the cities.

Prarthan Kaushik

Chartered Accountant,

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

M Com, Finance & Tax

Mumbai University

B Com, Audit & Accounting

Mumbai University

8+ years of experience in financial risk management consulting, public accounting, and debt syndication

Senior Manager, Risk & Financial Management - EXL Service, Noida/New York• Managed the pre-IPO ‘stand-alone financials’ project for Chartis – an AIG

subsidiary

• Led compliance projects with teams upto 15 professionals across USA, Europe & India

• Exceeded annual revenue targets of $3M – spearheading business development efforts through new service lines and client expansion

• Clients: AIG, Allianz, Pfizer, & Trimble

Assistant Manager / Senior - Assurance, Deloitte / KPMG, Mumbai • Led statutory and tax audits for Indian subsidiaries of global 500

companies

• Clients: Tata Power, Siemens, Sitel, & Total Group

Executive, Debt Syndication Money Matters India Ltd., Mumbai • Executed on two debt syndication deals exceeding INR 1,000M

• Clients: BPL Mobile & Kalyani Group


Prosenjit Ghosh

B.Tech , Manufacturing Engineering, NIFFT, India

PMP, Project Management Institute, USA

Certified SCM Professional, APICS, USA

Certified CRM Consultant, Siebel, USA

11 years of experience in managing global teams, enterprise solutions consulting and business development

Project Leader, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, USA• Led business process reengineering and automation projects leading to

reduction in quotation cycle time, better contact management, reduced AHT in contact centre and effective conservation of customers.

Senior Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services, USA• Worked in Pre Sales engagement, marketing IBM’s consulting services in

Enterprise Applications and managed service delivery.

Leadership roles at reputed IT Consulting firms: HCL America-USA, Wipro-USA and PCS-India• Worked with Sales and Pre-Sales teams for business development and

consulted Automotive, Insurance, High-Tech and Consumer-goods industries in USA, Germany, Australia and New-Zealand. Awarded client recognition letter.

Quality Engineer, AM Forge – Mahindra Automotive Steel, India• Delivered Gap analysis for ISO 9001 and recommended quality assurance

processes in manufacturing

Rahul

MS, Software Systems, BITS Pilani

BE, Electronics and Communications,

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Foreign Language: Mandarin

12 years of experience in Telecom across diverse areas including Systems Integration, Product management and Technology Management.

Head – System Integration (SI) Department, Huawei Technologies, Bangalore (8 Years ,3 years in China)• General management responsibility of SI department including Delivery,

Strategy, Alliance, Budget and Presales in BSS and VAS.

• Spearheaded the formulation and execution of Huawei’s Go-to-Market SI strategy from India. Established new alliances and managed multi-organizational operations of 120+ people.

• Delivery leader for end to end delivery of a multi-million dollar telecom product(Prepaid-IN) serving 50+ international operators with a team size of 130+ people.

Achievements/Awards• Recipient of top level company awards such as

• Huawei Individual Gold Medal, • Huawei Team Gold Medal(twice) • Huawei Innovator of the year(twice)

• Filed 7 patents

Technical Leader:Hughes Software System• Led 7+ people in the development of Soft-Switch product


Rahul Pradhan

MS, Pharmaceutical Science,

Univ of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre, OKC, USA

B.Pharm,

Nagpur University, India

Registered Pharmacist (USA)

8 years of experience across Sales, Scientific Research and Pharmacy Operations

Pharmacy Manager, Walgreen Co., USA• Achieved sales in excess of $10 mil per year through successful leadership

of a team consisting of Registered Pharmacists and Pharmacy technicians

• Key responsibilities included analyzing monthly store operating statement, loss prevention report, generic vendor buys, customer service scorecard, daily and weekly inventory reports and assessing staffing levels to identify opportunities for improvement as well as business growth

• Managed employee affairs including hiring, coaching, constructive discipline,annualreviewandconflictresolution

• Ensured compliance in accordance with Healthcare related State and Federal laws

• Achieved business growth through managing prescriber relationships, and community activities

• Prior to this, held positions as Registered Pharmacist (USA), Research Associate (USA) and Product Specialist (India).

Rahul Thappa

Post Graduate in Communications, (MICA)

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad

B.Sc. Mathematics (Honours), Delhi University

Post Graduate Diploma in Software Engineering,

DoE A-level certification

12 years experience in marketing services consulting, media negotiation, branded content creation and monetization

Managing Director, Mindshare Malaysia• Delivered double-digit top-line and bottom-line growth in a recessionary

market

• Spearheaded the integration of Mindshare’s marketing services offerings into the core business to deliver greater efficiency

Business Director Mindshare & GroupM ESP, Malaysia• Developed Team Unilever Malaysia into one of the most consistent,

profitable and awarded teams in the global network

• Led the start-up Entertainment, Sports and Partnerships (ESP) division to a profitable market-leading position

Achievements• Led the business restructuring effort of the country operations in 2009-10

• Led Team Unilever Malaysia in winning global, regional and national awards

• Led Mindshare Malaysia to a record fourth “Agency of the Year” at the Media Specialists’ Association Awards 2009


Rajesh Premchandran

MS (Software Engineering), BITS Pilani, India

B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engg), NIT Warangal, India

Foreign Language: German

10 years of Business Process & Technology Consulting, Product Development and Management of Enterprise Solutions for Manufacturing & Healthcare.

Architect & Project Manager, Compuware, USA• Drove business process re-engineering for a Big 3 automaker’s North

American Retail Network involving 4500 dealers. Reduced dealer costs by 20 % annually.

• Co-ordinated a multi-disciplinary, cross-vendor team to formulate and implement digital marketing initiative for German automaker resulting in 10% increase in sales.

• Headed team of 10 to reduce prescription error by 15% for 290,000 physicians in North America.

Architect and Lead, Wipro, China and USA• Led multi-national team to automate plant processes for global

automaker in Shanghai, China, Russelsheim, Germany and Detroit, USA. Increased manufacturing efficiency by 15%.

• Co-designed and implemented world’s first Automatic Collision Notification System for leading vehicle safety system provider, increasing emergency response effectiveness for road accidents by 40%.

Rajesh Kumar Patro

Masters in Computer Science,

IISc, Bangalore

Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering,

NIT, Trichy

9 years of experience in Product Development, Technology Product Marketing and Consulting in Telecom and Computer networking industry

Software Engineer, Cisco Systems, India• Led multi-site developmental effort of a strategic solution for enterprise

solution router segment having incremental revenues of $6 mil

• Provided technical solutioning support to worldwide sales team for enterprise routers; built technical marketing collateral for customer demos and events

• Consulted and recommended an insourcing strategy for transitioning Cisco’s network-management module from an IT-services firm, achieved operational efficiency of 9 man-hours-per-week

• Filed 2 patents and authored 4 publications

Research Engineer, C-DOT, India• Built specifications, evaluated component vendors and architected

multiple landline, fiber and wireless products

• Led delivery and technology transfer of diagnostic solutions of a turnkey switching product spearheading company’s entry into defence sector

Achievements• Team achievement awards in Cisco/C-DOT


Rajinder Sobti

Post Graduate Diploma, Project Management,

ICFAI, Hyderabad

B.Tech., Computer Science,

TIT&S, Bhiwani, Haryana, India


12 years international management experience in Product Management, Strategy, People Management and Commercialization of IT Products

Product Manager, Infosys, India• Responsible for defining vision and roadmap of the product

• Defined commercialization strategy for the product

• Influencedbusinessofapproximately$90mil

• Built and led a team of 45 people and managed a product with investment of $10 mil

Product Manager, Aithent, India, US, Japan• Led globally distributed team of 85 people with $5 mil budget to launch

new path-breaking product

• Worked with customers in US and Japan to understand their culture and needs to define product roadmap

• Assisted in pre-sales and other business development & marketing activities

Achievements • Identified for fast track growth in Aithent and was awarded double

promotion for taking initiatives and delivering high quality results

Rohit Kelkar

MS (Computer Science), James Madison University, USA

BE (Mechanical Engineering), University of Pune


9 years of Global Product and Account Management experience

Account Manager, Persistent Systems, India• Led Sales and Business Development activities for the caBIG® products

portfolio

• Managed 20+ caBIG® product customer engagements across USA, Europe and Asia

• Completed caBIG® product installations at ten adopter sites within first eight months of joining, including Persistent’s first caTissue product installation in the UK

Vendor and Project Manager, RosettaStone, USA• Setup the RosettaStone India operations in 2007 with a quick ramp up to

50 employees within 6 months.

• Designed and developed the Business Process Management (BPM) tool for the newly formed Program Management Office (PMO)

• Lead functional and technical implementer of the US sales tax and EU VAT tax modules which facilitated yearly tax collections of $5+ mil


Sachin Kamalakar Rao

PGDBM, Institute of Public Enterprise

B Com, Osmania University

10+ years of experience in driving non-linear growth in online sales, operations, advertising management, pre-sales and content management

Manager – Account Development, Google• Led thought leadership on scalable revenue programs and launched

pan-regional account development team

• Created a capacity planning model for global account development team

• Developed and coached a customer support team into a sales team

Manager – Pre-sales Support, Google• Launched a pre-sales support team (includes recruiting and training) for

US acquisitions team

• Scaledfromleadgenerationtoonlineandofflinemediasalesproposalservices

Achievements • Consistently exceeded revenue targets for account development

• Received ‘Luminary’ award – highest award for individual performance at Google

• Received ‘Online Sales & Operations VP’ award – highest award for team contribution at Google

• Received ‘consistently exceeds expectations’ in last three quarterly ratings

Salil Choudhry

B.Tech (Electronics & Communications), Delhi College of Engineering, India

10 years of experience in Program Management, Product Management and Pre Sales Support.

Engineering Manager, Freescale Semiconductors• Led a cross functional team of Marketing, Design, Manufacturing and

Sales to make an entry into dashboard display market. Reduced cost per chip by 35% and cycle time from 18 months to 11 months.

• Developed a joint product roadmap of engine control devices for two competing partner companies, Freescale and STMicroelectronics.

• Provided design leadership during pre-sales for successful entry in Japanese market. Generated new business opportunities (LTR $50 mil) after understanding end customer use cases.

• Led a group wide gross margin improvement exercise for top five selling parts. Conducted detailed competitor part review, design review and feature analysis. Generic recommendations incorporated in new designs, giving a gross margin improvement of 2-3%.


Sandeep Deshmukh

B.E. (Instrumentation), North Maharashtra University

10 years of experience in Business Development, Relationship Management & Product Development

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited, USA/India/Malaysia• Developed a new business line leading to $8 mil in annual revenues

at a Fortune 100 Mobile Devices Company account. Received Infosys Excellence Award 2008 in Customer Delight for this achievement.

• Managed Infosys relationship with a Fortune 100 Mobile Devices Company for team of 90+ engineers. Received Infosys’ Most Valuable Player award for adept handling of this relationship.

• Led cross-functional presales teams for bids ranging from $2 mil to $5 mil

• Spearheaded multinational vendor alliances for biddings to DHL, Malaysia. Led alliance teams for proposal presentations, contract negotiations and customer service.

• 3 years of core mobile product development experience at Apple.

• 4 Years of experience in Supply Chain Management at DHL.

Sandeep Malhotra

B.E., Elec. & Comm . Engg.,

Thapar University, Patiala, India


PRINCE2 Practitioner, Office of Government Commerce, UK

10+ years of experience in Management in Telecom Industry

R&D Manager, Nokia Siemens Networks, Bangalore, India• Built a world class team of engineers for 3G RNC Area

• Led, mentored and coached teams in uncertain post-merger environment

• Improved working relationship and synergy between the Finnish and Indian teams thereby improving the overall productivity

• Managed projects involving geographically distributed multi-cultural teams

• Handled feasibility studies and requirement formulation for projects in the areas of 3G RAN, 3G Femto Solution and SS7

Co-Founder, Dream School Foundation, Bangalore, India• Started an NGO, along with like minded individuals, to improve the

quality of education in govt. primary schools in Bangalore


Sanjay Gonchigar

PG Certification in Business Management, IIM-Kozhikode

B Com, Kuvempu University

Certificate in Federal Income Taxation, Devry University, US

Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification, HP

12 years of extensive experience in the BPO, ITES & Financial services sectors

AVP, Deutsche Bank GBS• Managed Process Transitions & Operational Risk Management for Global

Client Operations, HRS & Global Loan Operations.

• Achieved the distinction of migrating the maximum number of projects ‘in time’ for FY 2006.

• Designed and implemented several ORM processes.

Operations-Manager, IBM-GSI • Recognized at IBM-BTO for achieving the best client and employee

satisfaction ratings.

• Established several HR best practices which were replicated across other teams.

• Delivered $150,000+ annual savings for the client (Unilever) by streamlining several AP processes.

Assistant-Manager, Hewlett-Packard • Selected for transitioning & managing HP’s first commercial BPO

operation (Procter & Gamble)

• Recognized as one of the 300 employees globally for significant contribution to the HP-Compaq integration.

• Worked on design & implementation of a web-based alternative for the SAP front-end, resulting in savings of $250,000+ annually.

Satish Sawant

MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

BE, Chemical Engineering, University of Mumbai, India

8 years of experience in Distribution, Supply Chain and Project Management

Project Manager, NewellRubbermaid Inc, USA• Led the ERP implementation of a consolidated one million sq. ft. South

East US distribution centre (DC)

• Site Lead for SAP implementation at multiple sites

Industrial Engineer, Columbia Sportswear, USA• Led the Process improvement and engineering initiative for a $42 mil DC

• Expedited the five-year annual shipping goal (one million units) to two years

• Improved the storage efficiency of the shipping department by 32%

Business Analyst, WM, Springs Industries, USA• Implemented a new order picking method resulting in 20% labour

savings

• Sales & Operations planning lead for Distribution department

• Rollout leader for major retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, etc

• Site lead for PkMS team implementing warehouse management systems


Shankar Gajendran

MS, Computer Aided Engineering,

IIT Madras, India

B.E, Mechanical Engineering,

Madras University, India

10 years experience in Project Management and New Product Development

Product Development Manager, SIEMENS PLM Ltd, India• Created world’s leading Simulation Data Management software product

with projected annual revenue of $5 mil.

• Set up the development team for this product – hired, trained and mentored the team to deliver multiple successful, high quality releases.

• Played a critical role in managing all aspects from product definition to release.

• Important member of the leadership team that helped India development centre grow from 40 head count in 2000 to 800 in 2010.

Technical Expert, Geometric Ltd, India• Made key contributions as member of development team of a leading

CAE software product.

• Received multiple awards for technical leadership, integration and tools development over many product releases.

Shantanu Pal

B.E. (Electronics & Telecom), University of Mumbai

9+ years of Project Management, Presales, Business Development and Customer Relationship Management experience

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies, US & India• Led a 30 person team consulting a Fortune 10 US Telecom major on IT

operations.

• Improved operational efficiency, time-to-market and work force utilization.

• Increased cost savings by 58% ($22 mil).

• Recognized by client CIO for inventory optimization worth $25 mil.

• Managed client relationship in the US for 2.5 years growing revenue by 28%.

• Prepared business cases helping Infosys win new outsourcing contracts worth $5 mil.

• Selected by senior management to lead Business Unit at client location.

• Voted Star of the Business Unit amongst 25 project managers for excellence in team leadership.


Sharad Gupta

B.E. (Electronics & Communications), NIT, Jaipur, India

12 years of Program Management, Business Development and Customer Relationship Management experience

Sr. Program Manager, Infosys Technologies, EMEA & India• Managed complex business transformation and change management

programs of $40-60 mil for key accounts

• Managed relationships with senior client executives at VP and above level

• Ran cost centres for sales support & marketing for BFSI & Manufacturing verticals

• Led partner negotiations to establish Infosys presence in South Africa and Indonesia

• Prospect Management of $100+ mil transformational outsourcing deals

Project Manager, Patni Computers, USA & India • Established $15 mil account for Global Bank

• Led diverse teams for $5 mil, 100 people strategic banking customer

Achievements• Won ‘The Banker Technology Award 2008’ for Program Execution

• Awarded Patni ‘Superlative Performance Award’ by the CEO for excellence in Business and Account Development

Shoaib Mohammad

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering,

NIT Kurukshetra, India

12+ years of experience in Entrepreneurship, IT Program Management and Product Development in retail domain

Manager – Software Development, eTouch Systems, USA• Anchored new relationship with customers, set up and ramped the teams

from zero to 20-member team within a quarter

• Generated $500,000 in savings for customer by conceptualizing and implementing quality assurance tools and processes

• Managed implementation of Master data management product

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, Retive Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore• Achieved profitability in first year and revenues of S$ 2 mil in second year

• Defined vision, goals, policies, processes and recruiting strategy

• Built and led a highly productive 20-member team

• Acquired two of Singapore’s biggest retailers as clients

• Conceptualized and led development and deployment of retail IT products using thin product approach


Siddhartha Sinha

B. Tech, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

IIT Kanpur, India

10 years of cross functional experience in Supply Chain, Product Development, Manufacturing and Human Resource Management at Tata Motors.

Head Product Management, Fully Built Vehicle• Led the growth of truck applications business 20% YOY.

• Managed new product development of truck applications which included capturing of customer requirements, development of product specs and setting up of outsourced manufacturing setup.

• Developed new vendors to enhance production capacity for truck application

Head, HR & Productivity Services• Developed and executed an organisation restructuring and staffing plan

support quadrupling of plant capacity.

• Reduced wage costs by 10% through aggressive outsourcing and tier rationalization.

Quality Manager • Implemented SAP Quality Module as the Business Process Owner

Achievements • Selected for the Fast Track Selection Scheme (FTSS) of Tata Motors

• Certified Green Belt in Six Sigma

• External Assessor for Tata Business Excellence Model

Shreeya Jayaraman

MS, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology,

University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

B.Pharm. Sci., Institute of Chemical Technology,

University of Mumbai, India

Foreign Language: French (DELF B1)

5 years in Bio-Medical Research and Voluntary Service in NGO

Volunteer-Teacher Spastics’ Society of Karnataka, India• Conceptualized and implemented programs to empower children with

special needs using tools like languages (such as French), literature, art and performing arts.

Associate in Research, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, USA• Led a team to evaluate polymers as vehicles for oral gene therapy for

Hæmophila A

• Implemented cost and budgetary control as the lab manager

Research Assistant, Cardiology Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA• Studied the role of growth factors in cardiac differentiation of stem cells

Publications:• “Cardiomyocyte Derivation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells” in

Human Cell Culture Volume 6, Springer, Netherlands.

Achievements • Shri Ashwin J Desai Prize for Best All-Rounder, 2002 – 2003

• 16th in Maharashtra Talent Search Examination, 1995 – 1996


Sridharan Krithivasan

MS (Materials Science)

The George Washington University, USA

BE (Metallurgy), NIT Trichy

High-performing IT professional with 9+ years of Strategic Leadership, Project Management and Business Development experience.

Manager, Mascon Global Limited, Chennai• Established the Travel and Hospitality Centre of Excellence and New

Growth Platform at MGL – solution conception, business development and delivery

• Onsite Manager for IT transformation projects at an energy research and publishing company in NY, USA

• Managed a portfolio of products and projects for a leading provider of hotel e-commerce solutions in the US

Manager, Fannie Mae, USA• Developed and executed an enterprise-wide self-service technology

strategy to reduce support costs

• Developed and executed rollout and readiness strategy for MS Active Directory and Outlook implementation for a user base of 5000+ employees

• Developed and managed SOX compliant operations risk framework for the contact centres

• Vendor and Internal Client relationship management

Sriram Avadhani

ME, Chemical Engineering,

University Of Roorkee

B.Tech, Chemical Engineering,

Andhra University

13 years of experience in, corporate strategic planning, Oil&Gas Equity Research, Oil Price Analysis, and Refinery Operations

Associate Director, UBS ISC, Hyderabad, India• Assisting UBS Global Oil &Gas Coordinators in forecasting oil price.

• Developed World Oil Demand and Supply Models.

• Assisting UBS Global Oil &Gas Coordinators in writing Monthly oil Fundamentals note.

• Developed world LNG liquefaction, Gasification and LNG contracts Models.

Manager, Equity Research Oil&Gas, HSBC, Bangalore, India• Developed Financial Models for European Oil&Gas Companies under

coverage.

Dy Manager, Corporate Planning, Reliance Industries• Financial Modelling for Capital Expenditure projects in Oil&Gas Sector.

• Due diligence and financial modelling for evaluation of acquisition opportunities including International acquisitions.

• Preparation of Project information memorandum for Financing.

• Preparation of Annual Business Plan.

Earlier Positions are in Refinery Operations


Sudeep Gurung

MBA (Marketing)

BHU, Varanasi, India

BSc (Physics)

Pune University, Pune, India

14+ years of experience in Business Development, Relationship Management and Operations

General Manager (Exports), Siyaram’s Ltd, India• Managed international business (Textiles) worth $10 mil spread over 15

countries

• Responsible for business development, gathering market intelligence, new product development, production planning, sourcing, pricing and P&L of export division

• Modified the customer mix and the product mix, resulting in 15% increase in realisation per unit of fabric sold and 5% increase in profitability

Sr. Manager, Sutlej Industries Ltd, India• Established a network of agents and customers in Middle East, Latin

America and EU. Achieved sales of $1.5 mil in 18 months

Asst. Sales Manager, BSL Ltd, India • Successfully launched BSL fabrics in Latin American market

Sudhir Patil

M.Tech (Ind Engg and Mgmt), IIT Kharagpur

B.E. (Industrial & Production Engg), Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, Karnataka.

PMP – Project Management Institute


12 years of international experience in Operations, Program and Customer Relationship Management in IT/Finance industry

AVP, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, NY• Provided leadership on wide range of systems for in-house/offshore

developments (Budget $ 3 mil/Year)

• Handled company book closing, earning/exposure reporting and deal closing activities

• Liaised between globally located underwriting, risk, finance and IT teams

• Implemented and managed SOX controls

• Developed various Fixed Income and Insurance models

• Managed budgeting, planning and performance management for IT

Project Lead/Account Manager, iGate Global Solutions • Established iGate as a preferred vendor with an US conglomerate

• Consulted with an US finance company in offshoring IT activities and established iGate as a sole consultant

• Designed and implemented operational procedures guidelines for software development life cycles.

• Awarded “Employee of the Year” twice


Sujai Sen

BE, Chemical Engineering

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

9+ years of experience in IT Program-Management and Business-Development

Program-Manager, IBM• Played Critical Situation-Manager role and turned around a troubled

project worth $5 mil

• Strategized and managed recruitment of over 500 resources for a mission critical project

• Transitioned and Managed IBM’s foray into services for the medical devices & diagnostics industry

• Established and orchestrated a virtual offshore delivery team across US and India for a healthcare major

• Participated in the Business Development process as a SAP-SME

Consultant, PwC• Designed and Implemented SAP-HR landscapes for a major beverage

company

• AdvisedaFMCGclientontheirHRWorkflowstrategy

Achievements • Top-Talent Award (Executive Grooming Program) in IBM for 2008 and

2009

• Established technical forums for expertise building in PwC and IBM

Sujit Verma


University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

MSc (Tech), Computer Science,

BITS, Pilani, India

US Citizen / Indian

19 years of experience in Software Product Development, Technical Consulting and Developer Relations

Software Architect, Yahoo!, India• Designed performance monitoring system for online ads tracking and

video search.

• Developed technology evaluation process for server platforms and open source tools.

Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA, USA• Enabled OEM partners on NVIDIA’s next generation products, leading

sustaining efforts on Direct3D Drivers.

• Coordinated driver validation for NVIDIA’s CUDA technology for GPU computing.

Senior Technical Consulting Engineer, Intel, USA• Led enabling and optimization efforts at a major technology company,

helping launch industry changing products.

• Evangelized software products in industry and academia, assisted with pre-sales and business development.

• Managed development of performance tuning software, with teams in USA, Russia and Israel.

• Received Divisional Recognition Awards for client enabling and product development.


Sumera Hasham

Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Centre, USA

M.Sc., Hyderabad Central University, India

B.Sc., Osmania University, India

11 years of experience in Biomedical R&D, Strategy and Portfolio Management

Director & Head, Translational Research, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories • Designed and led biomarker strategy for Phase-I clinical trials of 3 new

drugs in humans

• Led drug discovery portfolio (organic/JVs) optimization process

• Devised company’s platform based drug repositioning strategy

• Designed and supervised the establishment of Proprietary Products R&D facility

• Built strategic alliances with leading hospitals in India

• Managed budgets and developed processes for providing value-based research services to 10-12 drug discovery and development projects across four therapeutic areas

Achievements • Chairman’s Team Excellence award for best innovation -Dr. Reddy’s

• President’s award for academic excellence -Univ. of Texas

• PhD research listed in ‘Top 10 discoveries of 2003’ by American Heart Association

• University Gold Medal- Univ. of Hyderabad

• Three US patents; Eight peer-reviewed publications

Tanushree Datta

PGD International Trade Law and ADR, ILI Delhi, Economics Hons., Delhi University, Information Mapping® Certified

7+ years in corporate, marketing and technical communications

Cisco Systems, India- Research, quality, auditing• Lead customer contact team monitor, XML migration taskforce for c7600

documentation

• Cisco Certificates of Achievement for Internal Auditing with TL 9000 R4.0, ISO 9001:2008

• Corporate newsletters, web content, design, templates, STC conference presentations, short documentary

Alcatel-Lucent, India - Project lead, CDMA-EVDO documentation• Project management for Network Management suite, customer

documentation pilot

• CDMA team lead for company-wide Content and Development Tools Standardization (CDTS)

Aricent, India - Technical, new-division, web and marketing communications:• Lead, Single sourcing to XML-based automated documentation system

pilot

• Certificate for demonstrating Automated Source Code Documentation on HSS Technology Day

Consulting:• Technology research, Embitel, Infinera

• Educational research, Studyplaces.com


Tushar Bhasi

BE, Mechanical Engineering,

Gujarat University, India

UK Permanent Resident/Indian

9+ years of experience in Consulting and Project Management in IT and Telecom Industry

Lead Consultant, Tech Mahindra, UK• Led a 22-member team of business analysts and consultants; based out

of multiple locations in UK and India

• Instrumental in savings over $18 mil for a leading UK telco by recommending IT strategy roadmap achieved through portfolio analysis and rationalization of 200 IT systems

• Coordinated pre-sales engagements for two key accounts in telecom business unit with collective revenue exceeding $5 mil

Consultant, Infosys Technologies, UK• Led a 12-member cross-functional team developing CRM based service

management system and securing $2 mil future business deal

• Managed a 8-member global technical team delivering innovative software programs enabling cost savings of $1.5 mil for a leading UK telco

Udit Kumar Goyal

M.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), IIT, Delhi

B.Sc Engineering (Computer Engineering), Aligarh Muslim University

10+ years of experience in strategy and general management in IT and Telecom Industry

Strategic Technology Head, MARS Telecom, India• Created and implemented strategy for mobile VAS unit generating

revenues of $ 250,000

• Operational Head for Telecom and E-governance business units

• Successfully delivered large scale projects worth $ 6M annual revenues; build teams for setting up offshore development centres

• Managed new technology initiatives, pre-sales and client relationships

• VoIP PBX Product developed for a US telecom major awarded ‘Internet Telephony Product of the Year 2007’

Technical Lead, Huawei Technologies, China • Led a multi-cultural team of eight members to develop 3G Wireless

Intelligent network solution

Achievements• Two US patents filed; Three international academic research publications

• Academic Excellence – Gold Medal (B.Tech) and First Rank (M.Tech)


Uttam Jhunjhunwala

B.Com(Hons), University of Kolkata, India

Chartered Accountant, ICAI, India

Company Secretary, ICSI, India

Six Sigma-Green Belt, IIM, Kolkata, India

11+ years of cross-functional experience in Finance, Strategy and General Management

Head Performance Management-EmiratesNBD Bank, UAE• Headed a team of 11 members to manage analytics and control incentive

cost of $30 mil

• Designed and executed the performance management strategy, which led to increased revenue and productivity

• Post merger, integrated performance management of merged entity leading to increase in performance by 30%

• Managed business planning, budgeting and forecasting with $1 bil annual revenue and $21 bil balance sheet

Manager, Reliance Communication Limited, India• Prepared business plan based on multi-billion dollar broadband business

roll out strategy

• Worked on various organisational projects to fix critical business problems

• Managed channel partner program covering 50,000 distributors across India

Various functional roles at Aditya Birla Nuvo & eServe International Limited

Vaijayanth M.K.

BE, Electrical Engineering

NIT, Allahabad



11 years of IT Product Management, Business Development, Project Management experience in Oil & Gas, Automotive Manufacturing and Enterprise Resource Optimization

Project-Manager, SAP Business Suite, SAP Labs• Led Product Management with focus on Cross-industry solutions (Oil &

Gas Upstream-Supply Chain Management)

• Steered facilitation of SAP Customer Advisory Groups for regional industry councils.

• Championed SAP Product Management and Lean development processes for 21-member team resulting in 20% productivity gain

Project-Manager, Custom Development, SAP Labs• Managed delivery of Global Programs including customer facing beta

and Presales activities for large accounts (Siemens, BHP-Billiton, AMAG & Energy Australia)

• Directed ‘Go-Live’ strategy for $11mil custom development project in the area of Resource & Portfolio Management

• Handled Strategy Consulting and Implementation responsibilities for Automotive & Resource Management business solutions

Achievements • Received “SAP Executive Council Leadership Excellence“ Award for 2008


Vandana Sinha

B Tech, Electrical

MNIT, Allahabad, India

Over 14 years with TCS in Program/General Management in IT Industry managing programs for Fortune 100 customers in Europe/US

Program Management• Managed program for the online retail banking program catering to 6mil

customers for a leading UK bank

• Managed a $50 mil, multi-year, transformation program from due diligence to contract creation to program execution and implementation planning for 6000+ stores for a US-based leading pharmacy retailer.

• Managed an end-to-end transformation project for a US-based speciality retailer service solution and chain rolled out to 1000+ stores

General Management• Engagement Management: Responsible for End of End solution, customer

relationship, sales and delivery

• Financial Management: Responsible for Contract and Program P&L management

• People Management: Created and nurtured multiple large and distributed teams for sustained high performance. The largest team managed was over 250 employees

Varun Kohli

B Com(Hons)-Delhi University Foreign Language: German (Basic)

9 years of experience in Financial Services, Project Management and Business Development

Business Consultant, XL Capital• Project Manager (Underwriting workstream) within a $400 mil global

project aimed at improving organization underwriting capabilities.

• Led the evaluation and implementation of all Business Process Reengineering and off-shoring opportunities for XL Insurance business across USA.

Transition Manager, Genpact (erstwhile GE Capital International Services)• Managed migration of Treasury Service operations of leading US bank to

India-Client savings of $2+ mil p.a.

• Led the Strategic Assessment project for Treasury Services Sales and Product solutions of leading US Bank. Opportunity size-$5 mil p.a.

• Migrated and managed a team of 30 associates for largest Automobile client of Genpact.

Achievements• Recipient of multiple individual and team awards at GE Capital.


Venkatesan Krishnachari

Chartered Accountant

ICAI, India

Cost & Works Accountant, India

Company Secretary, India

Certified Management Accountant, USA


13 years of multinational experience in financial management in diverse industries

Chief Financial Officer, Lornamead Group (USA, UK and Dubai)• Turned around a loss making $100MM consumer products business.

• Handled divestment of two consumer brands.

• Involved in many business and financial restructuring projects including £85MM debt refinancing.

• Managed risks relating to currency, interest, assets and liabilities.

Various finance managerial roles in India• Established and managed the IT Enabled Services division in TVSE Group.

• Represented a variety of companies in direct and indirect tax disputes before appellate authorities.

• Managed finance function for NBFC, IT and BPO companies.

Vikrant T. Nanda

B.S. (ECE), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA

Officer, Cornell Class of 2004 Alumni Council

CISSP Certification, (ISC)2, USA

Foreign Languages: French, Basic Malay

Over 6 years in Financial Services with specialization in Technology Risk Management, Information Security, and Privacy

Information Risk Manager, Wilmington Trust Co., USA• Managed IT Risk Program and Annual Review to the Board of Directors;

achieved highest regulatory ratings

• Created Marketing Program to articulate Information Security practices, leading to growth in client relationships

• Implemented risk policy and awareness training for more than 3,000 employees worldwide

• Influenced multi-million dollar budget and defined organizationalobjectives for 10 headcount

Associate, JPMorgan Chase & Co., USA• Managed deployment of Internet Security software on more than 500

Credit Card systems without customer impact

• Architected threat monitoring solution for more than 100,000 computing devices across US, EMEA, and APAC

• Conducted recruitment at Cornell University; mentored two summer interns who joined the firm in permanent positions


Vinayak Bhat

B.E., Electronics Engineering

NIT Surat, India

12 years of experience in P&L Management, Business Development, Program Management and IT Consulting

Business Relationship Manager at TCS for a major financial services firm, New York, USA• Managed the P&L of business unit worth $19 mil in annual revenues

• Acquired new business worth $17 mil

• Improved gross profit margin by 8%

• Led the bids for large contracts in the areas of consulting, applications, infrastructure services and BPO

• Mentored business development teams enabling them to acquire new clients

Project Manager at TCS for a major financial services firm, New Jersey, USA• Managed the strategic initiative to develop integrated product suite for

the use of financial advisers

• Liaised with business users to conceptualize requirements

• Implemented effective governance frameworks for globally distributed teams

Vinita Srivastava

BE (Mech)

SCRA, IRIMEE, Jamalpur

IMechE, UK

Institution of Engineers, Kolkata

14 years of diverse experience in leading Operations, Vendor-Development, Design, Project Appraisal, Capex & Infrastructure Planning, Administration.

Director, Engine Development at Research, Design & Standards Organization • Responsible for implementing Diesel-engine upgrades for Indian Railway

Locomotives

• Managing Projects for Alternative fuels, Electronic-Fuel-ignition systems

Divisional Railway Manager(Mechanical) at Hyderabad & Lucknow Division • Team Lead for large inter-disciplinary teams at Hyderabad & Lucknow

• Planned Capex, Operationalised maintenance centres at Hyderabad/Nizamabad/Lucknow/Varanasi.

Deputy-Chief Mechanical Engineer, South-Central Railway• Fleet management & monitoring of over 8000 freight/passenger railcars

• Improved fleet utilization by 27% with a record number of summerspecial trains.

Vendor Development at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala • Vendor Development for Indo-German collaborative technology-transfer

project


Vinod Uniyal

B.E. (Electrical), Dayalbagh University, Agra, India


PRINCE2TM Registered Practitioner, APMG/OGC, UK

Over 12 years in Program Management, Customer Relationship and Consulting in IT Industry managing complex global programs, 3 years in Manufacturing

Sr. Program Manager, TCS - Global Consulting Practice, Finland• Negotiated $15 mil strategic deal; Setup global program team of 70

consisting of 10 projects ; Managed transition

• Led cross-cultural client teams in $10 mil Integration Program spread in 100 countries and comprising of 50 vendors

• Founded TCS Finland PM Competency Development Club

Group Manager, Sopra, India• Established and managed UK Offshore delivery program, recruited a

team of 30 within 4 months

• Handled pre-sales support; Led ISO27001 certification

Onsite Project Relationship Manager, TCS, USA/UK/Taiwan/Norway/India• Consulted and managed an end-to-end $10 mil Point-of-Service

transformation program for US-based Quick-Lube chain rolled out to 1000+ Stores

Design Engineer, L&T, India• Designed and delivered Electrical Switchboard projects

Vivek R. Chudgar

M.S. (Information Networking), Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA

B.E. (Electronics), V.J.T.I (University of Mumbai)

CISSP, BS7799 Lead Auditor, PCI QSA (Inactive), GCFW

14 years experience in handling Fortune 500 client relationships, delivering on profit targets and managing large teams

Principal Consultant, McAfee, Inc., USA• Advised leading U.S. Corporations on information security strategy,

budgeting, governance and technology issues

• Lead team of auditors/consultants and managed delivery of audit/assessment services to leading U.S. Corporations. Responsibilities included staffing, profitability and client relationship management.

• Assisted sales team in acquiring new clients and responding to RFPs

Program Manager, Microland Ltd., India• Managed IT service delivery projects for Fortune 500 clients

• Performed security audits for leading corporations

Entrepreneur, Anand Infotech (Aptech Franchisee), India• Established franchise as a reputed training facility in Central-Mumbai

• Featured in Aptech’s annual report as the most promising franchisee operations

Achievements • “Employee of the Quarter” award – McAfee, Inc.

• “Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award” – Carnegie-Mellon University


Placement Policies and ProceduresPGPX 2010-11 PLACEMENTS CALENDAR OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

Corporate Presentations

On-Campus Recruiting

Guidelines for Recruiting Organizations

The PGPX placement committee and relationship managers will work with you to streamline placement processes for recruiters and participants. They will help schedule your visits for presentations and recruitment interviews.

Pre-placement presentations (up to 2 rounds) enable you to inform participants of your organization’s unique opportunities and challenges, and your culture and structure. We have found a 20-minute presentation and a 20-minute Q&A session most effective. Presence of senior executives and alumni help create a better impact.

Negotiations on compensation and other terms of employment should be held in strict confidence between you and the candidate. However, recruiters need to keep the Placement Committee informed at the following stages to ensure that all recruiters are able to hire effectively and efficiently.• When a preliminary offer is made

• When a final offer is made

• When a candidate accepts or rejects a final offer

PGPX participants have substantial work experience and are selected through a rigorous admission process. The class therefore follows a strict non-disclosure policy for course grades and GMAT scores.

Recruitment FeeThere is a fee for participating in the recruitment, and a charge per successful hire (amounts will be informed by the relationship manager). Companies headquartered in India, with turnover below `1 bn and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are exempt from the participation fee.


Programme StructureThe PGPX programme combines rigorous case-based courses, electives, individual research projects and industry sponsored projects to enable the students to absorb and apply management concepts in a business environment.

19 courses spread over 260 sessions lay the building blocks and crystallize the conceptual and analytical knowledge of the students for managerial effectiveness. Another 12 courses, spread over 145 sessions, prepare the students for top management in leadership and change agent roles. 140 sessions of elective courses allow students to explore specific areas of interest more deeply.

Marketing

• Assessing and Creating Customer Value• Delivering and Managing Customer Value• Strategic Business to Business Market

Management• Brand Management• Brand and Communication• Revenue Management and Dynamic

Pricing• Intercultural Marketing Management• Media and Society• Exploring the Consumers Mind and Heart• Strategic Marketing

Finance and Economics

• Financial Reporting and Analysis• Corporate Finance• Strategic Cost Management• Financial Markets• Mergers and Acquisitions• Firms and Markets• Open Economy Macroeconomics• International Economic and Political

Environment• Management Control Systems• Fixed Income Markets• Investments and Portfolio Management• Securities Regulation• Computational Finance• Understanding Micro Finance• Economics of Organizations• Venture Capital and Private Equity• Value Creation through Corporate

Restructuring• Effective Management of Financial

Function• Accounting Policy Choices and Financial

Statements

• Green Business Management• Managing New and Small Firms• Consulting in E-Governance – From

Vision to Implementation

Leadership and Management

• Leadership, Values and Ethics• Workshop on Leadership• Role of a General Manager• Building and Managing Corporate

Reputation• Corporate Governance• Management Communication• Organizational Behaviour• Tracking Organization Performance• Strategic Human Resources Management• Managing Negotiations• Managing Leadership in Context of

Organizational Growth• Managing and Creating Creativity• Understanding Creativity and Innovation• Achieving Team Excellence• Co-opetition• Learning What is Not Taught• Writing Managerial Reports

•CoreCourses•ElectiveCourses

Operations

• Designing Operations to Meet Demand• Setting and Delivering Service Levels• Quality Management• IT for Organizational Performance• Supply Chain and Logistics Management• Legal and Regulatory Issues in

Infrastructure• Manufacturing and Service Operations

Strategy• Environment Management• Retail Management• Managing Telecom Enterprises• Transport Infrastructure• Infrastructure Development and Public

Private Partnership

Business Strategy

• Modeling for Decisions• Analysis of Data• Competitive Strategy• Strategies for Corporate Growth• International Business• Entrepreneurship• Technology Ventures• Competitive Advantage through Design• Strategic Planning for Information

Systems• Understanding and Assessing Risk• Historical and Contemporary

Perspectives in International Business• International Business Law• Country Environments & Multinational

Strategy• Law Strategy and Business• Strategic Thinking• Consumer- based Business Strategy

Courses


ProjectsThe PGPX programme includes application of academic learning through the following projects – a faculty-guided Individual Research Project (IRP), a simulation-based Capstone Project, and an optional industry sponsored project after the academic component of the International Immersion Programme (IIP)

Individual Research Project

Under guidance of a faculty, participants study an industry or a company, using the Institute’s resources and interactions with stakeholders.

IRP provides students an opportunity to explore their passion while taking advantage of the rich and diverse experience of the IIMA faculty network. Each of these projects results in one of the following:

• A business plan

• An industry note

• A company-specific case study

• A business plan on bridging the social divide

International Immersion Programme

This enables participants to apply their learning in a different environment from their “home culture”, and to take effective business decisions in a multicultural context. This year’s students have a choice of attending National University of Singapore, Chinese University of Hongkong, Fudan University, Shanghai (China) or Warwick Business School (UK). In the three weeks following that, the participants have an option to pursue sponsored consulting projects in the areas including M&A, revenue models, financial product development and balanced score-cards across the globe.

Capstone Project

This is the culmination of the programme. During this period, participants are asked to resolve difficult business situations, working in large multidisciplinary teams against tough timelines, in a simulated business environment. This helps test and develop skills in the rational, individual and social dimensions of leadership.

Some of the projects executed by PGPX students of earlier batches are:

• Developing strategy and a complete revenue model for a mobile remittance service in the US-Mexico corridor

• Feasibility study for an international company to enter Indian markets

• Developing a framework for a company to evaluate its acquisition successes

• Devising a methodology for the implementation of activity based costing at a firm in the Middle East

• Developing a new product offering and market expansion for a financial services company


FacultyBusiness Policy

Anurag K AgarwalLLM (Harvard), LLD (Lucknow)

Atanu GhoshMTech (IIT, Delhi), PGDM (IIMA),PhD (IIT, Bombay),Fellow of Institution of Engineers

M R DixitPh.D. (IIT, Kanpur)

S ManikuttyFellow (IIMA)

Communications

Asha KaulPhD (IIT, Kanpur)

M M MonippallyPhD (Manchester)

Meenakshi SharmaMA, PhD (Queensland Uni)

Computers and Information Security Group

Rekha Rani JainPhD (IIT, Delhi)

B H JajooPhD (IIT, Kanpur)

V Venkata RaoPhD (Georgia Institute of Tech)

Economics

Errol D’souzaPhD (JNU)

Samar DattaPh.D (University of Rochester)

Finance & Accounting

Shailesh GandhiFellow (IIMA)

Ramesh GuptaPGDM (IIMC), AICWA,PhD (Berkeley)

Rajendra PatelAICWA, ACA, PGDM (IIMA)

Prem ChanderFellow (IIMA)

T T Ram MohanB Tech (IIT, Bombay), PGDM (IIMC),Ph D (Stern School, NY)

Sidharth SinhaPGDM (IIMA),PhD (Uni of California, Berkeley)

Jayanth R VarmaPGDM (IIMA), AICWA,Fellow (IIMA)

Marketing

Arindam Banerjee Ph.D. (SUNY at Buffalo)

Bibek BanerjeePhD (Purdue)

Abraham KoshyFellow (IIMA)

Arvind SahayPGDM (IIMA),PhD (Texas Uni, Austin)

Piyush Kumar SinhaPhD (SP Uni)

Organizational Behaviour

Deepti BhatnagarFellow (IIMA)

Parvinder GuptaPhD (IIT, Kanpur)

Pradyumana KhokleFellow (IIMA)

Neharika VohraPhD (Manitoba)

Personnel & Industrial Relations

Jerome JosephPhD (Madras Uni)

Biju VarkkeyFellow (NIBM, Pune)

Production & Quantitative Methods

Chetan SomanMTech (IIT, Bombay),PhD (Groningen)

Goutam DuttaPhD (Northwestern Uni)

A K LahaPhD (ISI, Calcutta)

Saral MukherjeeFellow (IIMC)

Samir K BaruaMTech (IIT, Kanpur),Fellow (IIMA)

Public Systems Group

Amit GargMTech (IIT, Roorkee),Fellow (IIMA)

Anil K GuptaPhD (Kurukshetra),Fellow (NASS)

G RaghuramPhD (Northwestern)Indian Rly Chair

P R ShuklaPh.D. (Stanford)

Visiting Faculty

Krishnesh MehtaMSc (Physics),National Institute of Design

Deenaz DamaniaDirector, Synergy Consultants &Head qualitative Research,Gallup MBA

B B ChakrabartiPhD (Jadavpur University,Department of Economics),Fellow of Indian Institute ofCost and WorksAccountants of India

Jerry RaoFormer Citi India head,Mphasis founder

D V R SeshadriFellow (IIMA),Professor (Marketing), IIMB

Sushil VachaniProfessor, Strategy and Innovation,Boston UniversityHari MundraEx. Director (Finance), Essar GroupS MalatheshFormer MD, Alytaus Textiles, Lithuania

Jean Paul LemaireProfessor, ESCP-EAP

Rajeev SreenivasanOwner, Questinet, Oklahama

Indira ParikhDirector, Foundation forLiberal and Management Education

Arun DuggalChairman of Board of Directors of Shriram Group Companies. Vice Chairman of IARC. Board of Directors of Jubilant Energy NV., Patni Computers, Fidelity Fund Management, LNG Petronet, Zuari Industries, Info Edge (India), Mundra Port & SEZ. Advisor to IMA

N VenkiteswaranACA



IIMA PGPX Student Profile FY11 Batch

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