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PGPX - Class of 2014Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives

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04 From the Director’s Desk

05 From the Programme Chair

06 From the Chairperson, Placement Committee

07 PGPX Course

08 List of Courses - Core & Electives

10 PGPX Recruiters

12 Class of 2013 - Career Decisions

14 The Recruiters Say...

16 The Faculty Say...

18 PGPX - Class of 2014 at a glance

20 Profiles

54 Our Faculty

56 How to Recruit From PGPX

58 Other Programs at IIMA

60 Contact for Placement Enquiry

Contents

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Dear Recruiter,

I am pleased to introduce to you the PGPX class of 2014.Every year, 85 of the best mid-level professionals from India and abroad are selected for a unique one-year learning experience in the PGPX programme. Selected students have demonstrated intellectual ability and rich experience; this class, for example, has an average GMAT score of 711 and an average international work experience of approximately four years.

Graduates of past batches of this programme have excelled in general management and senior positions across functions in a diverse set of industries. I am confident that in this PGPX class of 2014, you will find the highly motivated professionals with skills, temperament, and experience that will add tremendous value to your organization.

From the Director’s Desk

Professor Ashish Nanda Director, IIM Ahmedabad

Students bring rich insights and execution acumen from their past careers to classroom learning and campus activities. Learning from one another and from world class faculty in a rigourous and challenging curriculum, they develop managerial skills and subject expertise that prepare them to lead enterprises.

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From the Programme Chair

Professor Anurag AgarwalChairperson, PGPX

Dear Recruiter,

Recruitment, as you understand better than I do, is a really serious business which typically requires subjective decision making. The sheer experience and knack in picking up the right apple or cherry or candidate is the key, which surely differentiates a good recruiter from not a good recruiter; and also a good candidate from not a good candidate. The gut feeling to select or reject a candidate is not based on numbers, however, numbers do help, as a peg to hang something on. Just to present the PGPX Class of 2014 – the batch has an average GMAT score of 711 and experience of over 10 years.

The programme is designed not to give the participants an opportunity to sit idle, as an idle mind is a devil’s workshop. They are expected to channelize their time and energy in extra and co-curricular activities, comprehending the business environment – both domestic and international, and honing their skills in thinking, planning and executing; essential qualities for a leader at all levels, times and places.

We are sure that you will find them as finely cut and polished diamonds. They deserve to be studded in the best of the jewels, which you will do, understandably, with finesse.

The students often complain that they don’t get enough time to study, and truly speaking, we as faculty, in the heart of hearts, feel happy but not complacent to hear this. The rigour of the programme entails that the participants go through fire and come out with flying colours as real gold.

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I welcome you to IIM Ahmedabad’s placement services.

IIM Ahmedabad offers recruiters access to a unique bouquet of talent and experience. Our students constitute the top performers in CAT and GMAT and are selected after undergoing one of the most rigourous admission processes across B-schools in the world. While students come from diverse backgrounds with regard to age, experience and academic background, they are united in their zeal, determination and dedication to succeed in their chosen fields of activity. Our students not only aim to become world-class managers but also thought leaders across sectors and industries. Many of our alumni have attained leadership positions in corporates as well as government, NGO and social services sectors.

The Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) is a one-year full-time residential programme for executives with work experience leading to Post-Graduate Diploma in Management. The programme enables young and dynamic managers with extensive work-experience to transition into senior management roles and emerge as organizational change agents. The PGPX programme, which is widely renowned for its academic rigour and its focus on bringing contemporary industry practices to classrooms, has been immensely successful in moulding practicing managers into leaders capable of transforming the business landscape.

In addition to the PGPX programme, IIM Ahmedabad also offers you an opportunity to meet your organization’s diverse talent needs from a variety of other programmes. The Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) is a two-year full-time residential programme of IIM Ahmedabad. The programme has an interesting mix of fresh graduates and students with work experience across diverse functional and industrial sectors. The Post-graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM) offers recruiters an opportunity to source the finest talent in specific sectors related to food, agri-business, retail, microfinance, global supply chains among others. The doctoral programme, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), at IIMA produces high quality researchers and analysts in specific as well as interdisciplinary domains. In the past, our doctoral students have offered their expertise in both corporate and academic sectors and have brought new and in-depth perspectives to organizational challenges.

Professor Kirti ShardaChairperson, Placement Committee, IIM Ahmedabad

From the Chairperson, Placement Committee

The breadth of talent available at IIMA is unparalled across India, making it the campus-of-choice for its recruiters. We are sure you will benefit immensely from our placement services, as we will from your presence on campus.

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PGPX Course

No.1One Year

MBA in IndiaNo.1 Globally in

Career Progression

amongst the best in the world.

The amalgamation of rich industry experience, proven leadership potential across geographies and cultures of the participants and the IIM-A academic rigour, produces talent that is ready to hit the ground running from the very first day in complex business environment. As a result the batches that have graduated have been welcomed by corporate houses in need of management talent at the middle and senior levels – from senior managers and consultants to general managers and CXOs.

For further information, please write to pgpxplacecom@iimahd.ernet.in for a detailed program brochure.

PGPX is a one year full time Post Graduate Program in Management. The objective of the program is to transform bright and enthusiastic professionals into management leaders and change agents in the global arena.

The design of the program, developed through vigorous debate among the industry leaders and the IIM-A faculty, gives the program cutting edge superiority in creating the business leaders of tomorrow. Not surprisingly, within seven years of its launch, for the third year in a row, the PGPX program has been ranked number one in career progression in the world and ranked number one overall in India by Financial Times Global MBA Ranking.

The famed case based rigourous academic curriculum of IIM-A ensures that the PGPX students are more than adequately equipped and empowered with requisite knowledge and skill-sets to attain leadership positions and add value to their organizations. The eighth batch of students has been selected through a rigourous admission process conducted across the globe. With an average experience of more than 10 years in a variety of sectors and an average GMAT score of 711, the profile of the students in this program is

- Financial Times, Global MBA Ranking

2011, 2012, 2013

List of Courses - Core & Electives

• Leadership, Values and Ethics• Leadership Skills• Corporate Governance• Management Communication• Business Simulation Game (Capstone)• Strategic Human Resources Management• Organizational Behaviour

• Ethics in Business Management• Managing and Creating Creativity• Achieving Team Excellence• Competitive Advantage Through Design• Inspired Leadership through Personnel Mastery• Globalizing & Resurgent India through Innovative Transformation• Advance Course on Managing and Creating Creativity• Management of Commercial Contracts: Indian and International• Potential to Performance: The Journey of Self-Awareness• “Coaching and Counselling Skills for Team & Leadership Effectiveness”• Business Relationship ManagementInspired Leadership through Personal Mastery

Leadership and Management Core Course

Electives

• Financial Reporting and Analysis• Corporate Finance• Strategic Cost Management• Financial Markets• Mergers and Acquisitions• Firms and Markets• Open Economy Macroeconomics • Management Control and Metrics for Organizational Performance

• Carbon Finance• Effective Management of Financial Function• Fixed Income Markets• Financial Risk Management• Infrastructure Development & Public Private Partnerships• Urban Economy and Business Environment• Multilateral Approaches to Infrastructure Financing • Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions and Integration• Financial Statement Analysis• Venture Capital and Private Equity• Managing Energy Business

Finance and EconomicsCore Course

Electives

Business StrategyCore Course

• Modeling for Decisions• Analysis of Data• Strategic Management

• Business Analytics• Management of New and Small Firms• Strategic Thinking & Decision Making• Strategic Management of Information Systems• Strategic Marketing• Understanding and Assessing Risk• Law, Strategy and Business• Game Theory for Strategic Decision Making• Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights• Seminar on Customer Based Business Strategies• Social Entrepreneurship• Strategy and Innovation

Electives

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OperationsCore Course

• Designing Operations to Meet Demand• Setting and Delivering Service Levels• Quality Management

• Logistics Management• Waste Business Management• Business Turnaround and Organizational Transformation• Supply Chain Management

Electives

Marketing

• Assessing and Creating Customer Value• Delivering and Managing Customer Value

• International Marketing Management• Marketing Management in the World of Hi-Tech & Innovation• Strategic Business to Business Market Management• Strategies for Digital Marketing and e-Business• Hospital Management• Real Estate Management• Retail Management• Exploring the Consumer’s Mind & Heart

Electives

Core Course

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Accenture Consulting

Aditya Birla Group

Afcons

Alstom

Amazon

Apollo Hospital

Arcelor Mittal

Arthur D Little

BCG

Bharti Group

Booz Allen Hamilton

Cairn India

Capgemini

Cheers

Citigroup Inc.

Cognizant

Computer Associates

Cypress Semiconductors

Cytel

Dell

Deloitte

Deutsche Bank

PGPX Recruiters

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DLF

Dr. Reddy’s Labs

Edelweiss Capital

eShakti

Electrotherm

Ericsson Global

Essar Group

Feedback Ventures

FINO

Fortis

Goldman Sachs

Google

Hazira LNG

HCL

Hero Honda

Hero MotoCorp

Hewitt Associates

Hindustan Coca Cola

Honeywell

HSBC

IBM

ICICI

iDiscoveri Education

Ikya

Infosys

Ingersoll Rand

ITC Group

J P Morgan

Larsen & Tubro

Lear Automotives

Mahindra Group

Make My Trip

Marvel Realtors

McKinsey & Company

Microsoft

Mindtree Consulting

Multiplier Foundation

(n)Code Solutions

NECO

NEGD

NIIT

NISG

Opera Solutions

Oracle Financial Services

Philips

Philips Healthcare

Polaris

PRTM Consultants

Praj Industries

PwC

Quadio Devices

Reliance Group

Revitas

Roland Berger

RPG Group

Sears Holding India

Suzlon Infrastructure

Take Solutions

TATA Group

Wipro

WNS

YES Bank

Thermax

VBHC

Virtusa

vMukti

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Placement Statistics - Class of 2013

General Management

IT/System

Operations/ Supply Chain

Sales/Marketing

Yet to decide

Others2%2%2%7%14%44%16%12%

Finance

Consulting

2013 carreer decisions

Consulting 21%

IT 21%

Infrastructure 7%

Real Estate 7% 7% Pharmaceutical / Healthcare 2% BFSI

2% Energy 2% Conglomerate

5% Others

14% Telecom

12% Manufacturing

Industry Chosen

Functions Preferred

General Management

IT/System

Operations/ Supply Chain

Sales/Marketing

Yet to decide

Others2%2%2%7%14%44%16%12%

Finance

Consulting

2013 carreer decisions

Consulting 21%

IT 21%

Infrastructure 7%

Real Estate 7% 7% Pharmaceutical / Healthcare 2% BFSI

2% Energy 2% Conglomerate

5% Others

14% Telecom

12% Manufacturing

Locations

7%Yet to decide

7%Ahmedabad

19%Mumbai 9% Pune

21%Bangalore 2%Chennai

9%Hyderabad

2%

Kolkata

23%

National Capital Region

Locations Placed I came to PGPX with an entrepreneurial dream and to develop all-round strategic thinking to help make my dream a reality. PGPX has been the big influential catalyst in my entrepreneurial success. It really helped bring out the entrepreneur in me. Strong business strategy planning developed at PGPX helped me identify the opportunities in various industries and develop a vision for my venture. Consolidating the holistic learning with my previous experience was key. Practical perspectives learnt through the case method of learning went a long way in developing a vision for the business.

– Piyush Singhal (Class of 2009)Founder Director, Global Achievers 13

General Management

IT/System

Operations/ Supply Chain

Sales/Marketing

Yet to decide

Others2%2%2%7%14%44%16%12%

Finance

Consulting

2013 carreer decisions

Consulting 21%

IT 21%

Infrastructure 7%

Real Estate 7% 7% Pharmaceutical / Healthcare 2% BFSI

2% Energy 2% Conglomerate

5% Others

14% Telecom

12% Manufacturing

Class of 2013 Placement Track Record : http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/iprs/gallery/PXplacementreport2013.pdf

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The Recruiters Say...

IIMs have always been the hallmark of excellence. The 1 year residential PGPX program at IIMA has a rich and varied pool of candidates and Ericsson Global Services has recruited great talent from the program last year. This partnership has created a win-win situation for EGI and the students and we at EGI look forward to strengthening it further.

Priyanka AnandVice President & Head, Human Resources & Organisation, Ericsson India Global Services Private Limited

We have been meeting PGPX students over last nearly six years. We find them scholastically very bright, often with unique experiences in global environment. In addition, they display great deal of maturity in their people skills, leadership style as well as high level of pragmatism in pursuing appropriate career choices. Over the years, this has helped us hire several of them to fill up our unique senior management positions in RPG across our varied businesses.

Dr. Arvind N AgrawalManagement Board Member, President - Corporate Development & Human Resources, RPG Enterprises

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We found an excellent pool of people available with the right technology and business background. We found people with the right mix of skills, attitude and values which is required for any senior lateral hire. It seems the 1 year full-time residential PGPX program at IIMA has managed to package the best of their successful 2 year program for experienced managers. We look forward to recruit from the PGPX talent pool going ahead.

Vineet GuptaGeneral Manager, Enterprise Solutions Consulting Group, MindTree

PGPX candidates come with the right set of attitude, skills and expertise and can prove to be an ideal fit for senior roles in any organisation. The graduate we hired has adapted rapidly to a new industry and has proven himself in multiple roles within the organization. This flexibility is invaluable in a startup environment. I recommend hiring from this program for candidates who are able to run the gamut from hands-on work to strategic thought and leadership.

Kiran GopinathFounder and CEO, Ozone Media Solutions Pvt Ltd

The PGPX program has been one of the top programs that we have recruited from. For our Commercial Leadership Program at Philips, we are looking for talent who bring the intellectual horsepower needed to build high growth businesses and yet combine the maturity and interpersonal skills needed to connect with the team, ease into the organization’s DNA and perform/grow into positions of leadership. We have found this in the talent pool we have recruited from PGPX.

Krishna KumarVice President & Business Head, Philips Healthcare

The Faculty Say...

The PGPX has been growing year after year, since its first offer in 2006-07. The program offers solid grounding for those high achievers who wish to accelerate their career and/or switch tracks. Selecting the participants was a pleasure, though tough, given the choice in quality. Engaging them in class is a pleasure, given their sheer hunger for learning. I believe recruiting them will be a pleasure, though tough…..

Prof G RaghuramFounder Chair, PGPX, IIMA

“Teaching the PGPX class, for over four years now, has been a stimulating and challenging experience. They prepare for classes, stay engaged and alert, and apply their minds to the topics under discussion. The diversity of the class – students come from fields of technology, manufacturing, services, medicine, and the armed forces – enlivens discussion and exploration of ideas. I believe PGPX graduates will be valuable assets to organisations they join.”

Prof V.N.Bhattacharya Visiting Faculty, Business & Corporate Strategy, IIMA

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I have enjoyed interacting with the PGPX batches over the past 3 years. They bring a wealth of experience across functions, geographies and industries. The classes are thus engaging and intense and I look forward to the discussions. I have no doubt they will have valuable and impactful contributions in the organizations they wish to join post completion of the course.

Prof Prakash BagriVisiting Faculty, Business Marketing and Strategy, IIMA

Teaching PGPX Participants has been and continues to be a pleasure. With an average of 10 years of experience prior to PGPX, the participants bring in lot of perspective into the classroom that is unavailable with a younger audience. They are highly engaged; the opportunity cost to them of the program is quite high and there is higher desire to extract value from the sessions, which in turn makes them better prepared for future challenges. I am 200% sure that they will make outstanding middle and top level managers. I have taught in more than 15 countries over the last 20 years. On a composite basis, I would unhesitatingly recommend them as being in the top 5 percentile of all the students that I have taught in places as varied as London Business School, University of Texas at Austin, Indian School of Business, College of William and Mary, etc.

Prof Arvind SahayMarketing and International Business area, IIMA

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PGPX - Class of 2014

6%< 30 years

21%30-32 years

25%32-34 years

18%34-36 years

30%> 36 years

13%Female

87%Male

34+ Years

Average Age

14 % International

Students

711 Average

GMAT Score

45% Students

Master’s or Higher

3.75 Years Average International Experience

90 % Worked

Internationally

10.75 Years Average

Work Experience

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PGPX - Class of 2014 at a glance

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Industry Experience

Functional Experience

IT & IT Services 29

Hospitality Services 1Shipping 1

Financial Services 11

Management Consultancy 6

Manufacturing Eng. 5

1 Healthcare1 BPO

4 Defence4 Energy & Power

4 Govt. Services

4 Telecom3 Manufacturing Process

3 NGOs2 Airline & Travel2 Infrastructure

2 Media2 Retail

General Mgmt.

MarketingOperations

R&D

HR4%2%9%12% 7%20%28%

Finance

Project Mgmt.4%5%9%

Business AnalysisProduct Dev.

Consulting

IT & IT Services 29

Hospitality Services 1Shipping 1

Financial Services 11

Management Consultancy 6

Manufacturing Eng. 5

1 Healthcare1 BPO

4 Defence4 Energy & Power

4 Govt. Services

4 Telecom3 Manufacturing Process

3 NGOs2 Airline & Travel2 Infrastructure

2 Media2 Retail

General Mgmt.

MarketingOperations

R&D

HR4%2%9%12% 7%20%28%

Finance

Project Mgmt.4%5%9%

Business AnalysisProduct Dev.

Consulting

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ProfilesPGPX - The Batch of 2014

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Abhinav Kumar Sinha

B. Tech. (Mechanical), IIT Kanpur

IT Engineer and entrepreneur with 8+ years of experience in Financial Services and e-commerce

Co-founder & Vice President (IT), BundleBaazi.com, India• Performed end-to-end research, evaluation and implementation of IT infrastructure and applications• Built analytics capability to execute marketing strategy• Introduced ‘Play-n-Shop’ feature that increased client engagement on the portal

IT Consultant, Open Systems Technologies, USACoordinated with teams responsible for risk reporting, upstream feeds, development, and support to ensure timely reporting of risk at Morgan Stanley

Technology Lead, Infosys Technologies Ltd, USA• Led frontline support team and coordinated support activities globally for Market Risk department at Goldman Sachs • Incubated and led the production parallel team at Goldman Sachs

Achievements• BundleBaazi.com awarded as India’s top-12 hottest ecommerce startups in 2011 by Esparks• BundleBaazi.com and ‘Play and Shop’ got featured in several entrepreneurship blogs such as pluggd.in, yourstory.in, siliconindia.in, techcircle.in• Received awards for ‘pillar of the project’ and ‘best team player’ in Infosys

12+ years of global experience in IT project management, pre-sales and consulting in Financial Services domain

Senior Project Manager, IRIS Software,India • Managed the fixed income trading and the trade capture systems for investment bank from offshore, which resulted in annual savings of more than $5 mn• Played an instrumental role as a member of the pre-sales team in winning multimillion dollar accounts ($3+ mn)• Provided domain consulting to business units and conceptualized the Centre Of Excellence for fixed income trading at offshore

Vice President, Royal Bank of Scotland, India• Led efforts in Derivatives-Settlement process resulting in annual savings of $50 mn• Managed team of 40 people across UK and Asia Pacific that implemented the trading solutions for various markets

Assistant Vice President, Barclays Capital, Singapore• Led team of 20 people that supported the trading operations worldwide and created savings of around $5mn• Managed a $14+ mn Vendor Collaboration program

10 years of global experience in IT Services - Program Management, Client Engagement, Strategy Implementation and Presales Activities

Project Manager, Infosys, Netherlands • Managed $1.5 mn BPM IT Transformation initiative in 2 critical areas – Investments and Savings• Managed $8 mn IT Integration programs for merger of 2 major European banks• Led the innovation team and delivered 3 solutions to increase the team productivity by 17%• Spearheaded Operational Excellence initiatives to improve key performance metrics by 6% • Led pre-sales activities to secure multiple business deals averaging $4 mn• Managed $1 mn IT program implementing banking regulatory compliance system

Project Lead, Infosys, India • Achieved $85K annual savings in a critical program by designing a new test-automation framework (Patent No.-US8239835)• Pioneered and anchored Software Testing Knowledge Management Forum to increase re-usability by 12%

Achievements• Innovator of patent “Automated software testing framework using independent test scripts”• Received “Most Valuable Player” award in Infosys• Published a paper on “Efficient Preparation and Utilization of Test Data”

Abhishek Goel

B. Tech., (Electronics and Communication), NIT Kurukshetra PMP, Project Management Institute, USA

Abhishek ShankerB. E. (Computer Science), Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka

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Achal AroraB.E. (Mechanical),Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh

11+ Years of Program Management, Business Development & Technology Consulting experience across US, UK, Germany & India

Program Manager, TCS, USA• Led a 50 member, multi-vendor team for agile product development, and managed a strategic program for a global banking client, achieving 100% customer satisfaction index• Spearheaded a mobile app development project to help a leading global bank conduct usability study for its retail banking app• Crafted business development proposals, and managed resourcing & contracts for a $10 mn program• Analyzed demand drivers & opportunity pipeline to help create annual sales plan for a $100 mn account

Technical Delivery Manager, TCS, UK• Led cross functional teams to deliver key technology projects for Europe’s largest banking integration program, which resulted in £2 bn savings for the customer• Managed multiple parallel projects with end to end responsibility for design, development, implementation and financials • Spearheaded product demos and formulated technology product selection strategy to help increase process efficiency of client’s custody business

7 years of experience in Product Management and Business Development (Middle East) of Electrical products

Electrical Standard Products, Larsen and Toubro, International Business Development Manager• Responsible for Business Development in UAE, Oman, Kuwait and Yemen• Secured approvals from top engineering consultants that had a project pipeline of over 25 high rise buildings in the UAE • Developed the distribution network by partnering with one of the largest distributors in the UAE, M/S Al Zubair General Trading • Surpassed $4 mn in sales for the Middle East region in FY 12• Key project wins included JW Mariott Marquis Hotel -Dubai ($ 500K), The Liwan Development Project- Dubai ($200K) and the Emirates City Project - Ajman ($200K) • Outstanding performer (top 5%) 2006-12, Management Leadership Program

Asst. Manager Marketing- Controlgear and Reactive Power Management Products• Led the team responsible for marketing products with annual sales of $100 mn.• Launched the Reactive Power Management products business for L&T from ground up, achieving annual sales of $10 mn

13 years in Telecom and Finance sectors and 2+ years in infrastructure / real-estate projects as an entrepreneur.

Managing Partner, Zorin Infrastructures LLP, Akaltara, CG, India• Experienced in project identification, kick-off, mobilization of men & material and execution. Managed the project for installation of Turbine, Generator and Condenser at a 3600 MW power plant

Partner, Harivillu Properties Pvt Ltd, Kakinada, AP, India• Started a real estate project from the ground up; it involved land use conversion, getting approvals from government authorities and getting plans made by architect and structural engineers

Manager, Webster Capital, Chicago, IL, USA• Built an electronic trading platform for trading commodities on CBOT from scratch; recruited a new team for implementation of the project

Architect, TD Securities, Chicago, IL, USA• Merged 3 different trading platforms into one, reducing the development times for new features and made improvements towards reducing transaction times significantly

Lead Engineer, Motorola, Arlington Heights, IL, USA• Worked with teams in US, Australia and India for the parallel development of telecom solutions

Aditya Kiran ParanjpeB.E. (Electrical), Mumbai UniversityFirst Rank in Mumbai University

Ajay BodduM. S. (Computer Science), University of Texas at ArlingtonB. E. (Civil & Environmental), Andhra University, Vizag

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Ajit SengarM. Tech. (Thermal & Fluids Engineer), IIT Bombay, IndiaB. Tech. (Mechanical), IIT Bombay, IndiaGE certified Six Sigma Green Belt

8 years’ experience in strategic planning, systematic innovations, techno-commercial contracting and engineering in Energy domain

Engineering Function Manager, Alstom• Responsible for strategic planning, product development and commercialization activities• Identified growth potential, conceived product strategy and led the development of a niche product that resulted in an exclusive access to €40 mn steam-turbine service market. • Conceived and implemented business processes that resulted in 20% productivity gains and 100% on-time delivery of critical engineering activities.

Lead Engineer, Alstom• Responsible for techno commercial aspects of sales strategy formulation, project appraisals, bids preparation and negotiations• Led all efforts from capture-strategy, product selection, engineering to negotiations for steam-turbine bids that resulted in €35 mn orders Design Engineer, GE• Responsible for systematic innovation, competitive assessments & development of new products• Led strategic technology and new product development efforts that resulted in 10 patents and increased contribution margin by $28 mn • Won ‘Best Young Engineer of the Year’ in 2007 and ‘GE Innovation Award’ in 2008 for creating and facilitating systematic innovations

7+ years in Operations Engineering including 2+ years of international experience in VVIP Operations

Flight Operations Engineer, Amiri Flight, Qatar• Set up and led the Operations Engineering team for entire fleet of aircraft of his Royal Highness, the Emir of Qatar• Flight tested new aircraft at Boeing (Seattle, USA) and Airbus (Toulouse, France).• Was part of the 7 member aircraft acceptance team for the first ever Boeing 747-8 VIP aircraft delivery in Everett, USA. This aircraft is the world’s longest and most expensive corporate jet ($350 mn). This was a milestone event for the Boeing company and was widely covered in international media• Trained and certified in advanced Operations Engineering at Boeing (USA) and Airbus (France)

Performance Engineer, Jet Airways, India• Visited airports in France, Philippines, and Saudi Arabia to meet with State Authorities to discuss feasibility of Operations before the airline commenced operations to these airports• Increased passenger load capacity at seven critical airports in India by meeting key officials there

Akshay Kashinath

B. Tech. (Aerospace), IIT Bombay

The rich and diverse experience of my PGPX batch mates accentuates

my learning when I get different perspectives on analyzing and solving

a business problem- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Amarjyoti DindaB. Tech. (Electronics & Communication), Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India

8+ years of international experience in bid governance, project management and operations in Europe and Asia

Bid Manager and Presales consultant, TCS, India• Owned bids of $60 mn and achieved 43% higher win ratio by closely coordinating with sales team to dynamically drive win themes• Partnered entry into new strategic business area by winning first major deal of $7.2 mn• Streamlined bid management process to achieve 50% higher proposal handling capacity by identifying and widening bottlenecks• Established proposal-specific response team of 12 senior subject matter experts to align technical with commercial value propositions

Project Manager, TCS, UK & Ireland• Established strategic advantage for a European PPI Insurer by unifying their operating platform• Lead a globally integrated team across 3 continents to launch $10 mn per annum client product portfolio• Created incremental business of $125K per annum on top of existing continuous revenue stream

AchievementsRecommended for “Living the TCS values” recognition in 2010 for outstanding contribution to sustainability initiatives

11 years of diverse experience in Leadership, IT Operations, Program Management and Relationship Management

Senior Project Manager, Infosys Limited, US & India• Managed Client Engagement worth $3 mn annually with the world’s leading professional services firm; Achieved highest Engagement Feedback consistently• Handled account operations worth $40 mn; Achieved highest revenue collection in the geography and 0% revenue-at-risk consistently • Managed SAP implementation projects across Services, Retail and Utilities domains for clients from North America and Europe• Led the integration unit of business transformation program for global FMCG company; Realized 10% efficiency improvement in sales and distribution • Contributed in pre-sales activities for IT project proposals of global clients - financial planning for new projects and finalizing terms of engagement• Spearheaded an internal venture to transform an idea into a value-added service offering from Infosys • Performed the role of location anchor for practice unit; Contributed to growing local practice strength from 2 to 20 within a year

Amit DingorkarB.E. (Mechanical Sandwich), Pune UniversitySAP Certified Technical Consultant

7+ years of experience in design consulting (CAE), business development, account management in Automotive and Aerospace Sectors

Automotive Sector Manager, CD-adapco India• Spearheaded automotive business development to penetrate into Indian Automotive sector and displaced competitor from its 5 key accounts• Led technology/method development of high-end applications to expand into top 10 existing automotive accounts• Played an instrumental role in CD-adapco India’s 25x growth in 5 years

Manager, Pre-sales & post-sales Operations, CD-adapco India• Implemented a post-sales service model - average revenues from 5 key accounts increased by 300% • Managed 80% of CD-adapco India’s business leading a team of 10 engineers• Started a pre-sales team of 3 engineers• Led pre-sales team of 6 and assisted Sales managers to shorten sales cycle by 50%• Diversified client base by penetrating into Railways, Appliances & Gas-turbine industries

Application Engineer, CD-adapco USAManaged business worth $800K for Automotive & Aerospace clients and delivered 12% growth

EntrepreneurshipCo-founded a tea-based Café in Bangalore with an annual turnover of `30 lakh

Amit KasliwalM. S. (Aerospace), University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA B. Tech. (Aerospace), IIT Kanpur

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Aniruddha Mukherjee

B. E. (Civil), National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

11.5 years in Project Delivery, Operations, Client Engagement & Consulting for technology in Financial Markets

Worked in multiple leadership roles across functionalities; delivered projects and managed cross-functional teams at diverse locations

Service Delivery, Thomson Reuters, IndiaManaged Service Delivery and CRM Operations for Financial Markets business worth $7.19 bn

Technology Consulting, Infosys, Canada• Developed solutions worth $2.1 mn in technology transformation in financial services• Delivered change control framework solution worth $1.5 mn for Goldman Sachs

Project Management, Infosys, USA and India• Delivered over 85 technical and business implementation projects• Headed the Environment Management and System Operations of a $44 mn business

Achievements• Won a deal worth $4 mn, as subject matter expert in release management solution• Award winning solution using proprietary technology for a major banking client • Best Project Award under my leadership for innovation, execution and transformation

8+ years global experience in IT Strategy,Operations, Product Development, Governance, Business Solutions and Program Management

VP(IT), ICSIL• Built strategic long term partnerships and centers of excellence with SAP, IBM, CISCO, Honeywell and others• Spearheaded development of innovative software products and business ideas for consumers• Headed various verticals within IT ranging from Software Development, Hardware Management, Software Consultancy and Brand Management

Product Manager, FNC• Designed, Developed and Managed financial software in Mortgage, Collateral and Appraisal domains • Expert in Agile methodologies using Scrum techniques• Rich experience in Software development and end-to-end process management• Led software team in building automation processes for FANNIE Mae, FREDDIE MAC saving more than $1 mn/month• Catalyzed business unit into Capital Markets Segment, increasing revenues by 55%

Achievements• Instrumental in leading FNC to top 100 innovative companies in the world • Considered Subject Matter Expert in FNC for technology, SW Development

Anshul SaxenaM. S. (Comp. Sc.), University of Mississippi, USAB. Tech. (Comp. Sc.), GGSIPU, Delhi

Arun Soumya Mukherjee

PGDBM, IIM-CalcuttaB. E. (Printing), Jadavpur University

9+ years in marketing, analytic consulting and manufacturing of consumer goods

Senior Manager, Client Solutions, NIELSEN India Pvt Ltd• Led `50 mn portfolio and grew it at 20% CAGR• Recommended marketing mix to the CXOs of some of India’s largest FMCG companies• Spearheaded analytic research on marketing elements for growth of leading FMCG brand portfolio of `3000 Cr+• Developed Visual Merchandising compliance metrics for client’s sales force and managed the audit at Retail POS

Deputy Manager, ‘The Telegraph’ Brand, ABP (P) Ltd• Achieved `1 mn+ revenue and 10% circulation growth through marketing and promotion drives• Developed product plan through consumer research and readership analysis

Deputy Manager, Operations, ABP (P) Ltd• Production Manager of 1.5 mn copies of daily newspaper, the fastest moving consumer good

Achievements• Nielsen ‘Emerging Product Ideas’ award (2011, 2010) across 5 countries• Nielsen Silver Award (2011) for ‘Category Snapshots’ on 35 FMCG categories• Part of Nielsen India Leadership Forum(2012, 2011) for outstanding management talent

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8+ years of experience in delivering technology solutions and managing stakeholder engagement across India, US & Ireland

Project Manager, Fidelity Investments, US• Increased portfolio size from $1 to $5.5 mn in 1.5 years through project and relationship management • Spearheaded enterprise wide strategic initiatives to streamline Fixed Income Research platform that resulted in 40% process-time improvement• Managed the relationship with customers and captive owners in India and Ireland for 32-member cross-functional team• Owned project planning and tracking, resource allocation and utilization, effort estimation, team management, and risk assessment and mitigation

Team Lead, Fidelity Investments, India• Led the development of $2.4 mn product to gauge real time exposure that reduced manual reporting by 79%• Saved $800K annually by taking an initiative to increase the stability of non-productive environments• Practiced Agile Methodology that increased quality, consistent delivery and product stability

Achievements• Rated in the top 1% performers across the organization for two years• Received excellence awards based on customer recommendations consecutively for four years

8 years experience in Consumer Research & Consulting, Client Servicing & Project Management in the Consumer Goods domain

Insights Director, IMRB International, India• In charge of research engagements from the South Korea account, a key market of strategic importance to an international cigarette major & managed revenue growth from `14 mn to `30 mn in 2012• Led a series of researches while working closely with the client insights team in South Korea to develop a competitive product & revive a key brand• Played a key role in piloting a first-of-its kind research methodology for a domestic FMCG client to map unmet consumer needs with new product & marketing ideas

Previous organisation: The Nielsen Company, India

Achievements• ART Award at The Nielsen Company for excellence in performance• Cycle Time Award at The Nielsen Company for best improvement in project turnaround time as part of the Kolkata unit• ‘Inner Circle Champion’ for the Eastern Region for The Nielsen Company’s Brand Equity Measurement model Winning BrandsTM

Ayush RastogiB. Tech. (Information Technology), Uttar Pradesh Technical University

Chandan Kumar GhoshMBA (Marketing), Army Institute of Management, KolkataB. Sc. (Statistics), University of Calcutta

Personal transformation was clichéd until I came to PGPX; the course widens one’s fundamental approach towards business- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Chandramauli Sharma

PGDBM Som Lalit Institute of Management Studies, AhmedabadMCA M. K. University, MaduraiB. A. Gujarat University

12 Years of experience in IT Strategy Formulation, Program Management, Contract & Vendor Management, Business Development in Government & Energy Sector

Manager- IT, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (GSPC Group)• Led IT Strategy formulation & implementation for an `20 Cr government’s utility project with customer-base of 4 Lakh with team size 45• Formulated strategy and managed the end to end ERP implementation of value `10 Cr and team size of 40 • Conceptualized Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Plan and managed team of 9 vendors to build site in 10 weeks

Manager- Projects, Guj Info Petro Ltd. (GIPL)• Led GIPL’s turnaround resulting into 100% YoY growth from `6 Cr to `12 Cr• Spearheaded critical `150 Cr ITMS (Integrated Transport Management System) project planning and auditing for BRTS, Ahmedabad• Managed 70+ members team for Value Added Tax (VAT) e-implementation for Government of Gujarat

AchievementsReceived ‘Best Run Award’ in User Adoption Initiatives at SAP ACE 2012 and Best Run Business in Services Industry at SAP ACE 2011

8 years of diverse international experience in building and managing world-class telecom networks

Engineering Program Manager, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), USA• Developed network improvement strategies with customer leadership team in HQ and steered department heads and regional directors for execution• Built trust based relationships and instilled global best practices in a cross-cultural team of 60+ members across 8 countries • Negotiated scope, pricing and timelines for 2G/3G global projects as a part of NSN’s first Multi-vendor Managed Services team

Regional Manager – Access Engineering, NSN, USA• Spearheaded 15+ engineers to design NSN’s first 4G network for Mid-Atlantic region• Delivered high quality services worth $5 mn+ under stringent timelines resulting in quick revenue recognition• Pioneered the restructuring of regional engineering team resulting in cost reduction of $200K+ per month

Senior RF Engineer/Consultant, NSN, USA• Led teams to troubleshoot high visibility network issues that had a potential to delay NSN’s 3G roll-out in priority markets• Executed technical trials, network planning and optimization projects across USA, France and Canada

Chetan GoyalM. S. (Electrical Engg.), University of Southern California, USAB. E. (Electronics & Telecom), Amravati University, (College Rank: 1st in Department)

Chetankumar KrishnamurthyM. S. (Electrical and Computer), University of Arizona, USAB. E. (Electronics and Communication), University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore

10 years of experience in product/program management, customer relationship management and solution architecture in automotive, consumer electronics and healthcare

Systems Architect, Philips, India• Led on-time delivery of system architecture for a medical imaging enterprise product in collaboration with a multi-geography cross-functional team• Introduced breakthrough product features as an agile product owner that increased productivity of users. Executed initiatives that reduced system defects by over 60%• Conducted innovation drives and conceptualized feature ideas, which are now a part of the product roadmap

Package Owner, Nokia, India• Formulated strategy and led the execution for the adoption of an open-source platform. This led to 30% time-savings and 35% performance improvement• Led a team of 10+ engineers as an architect and agile product owner to develop mobile applications such as video editor and interactive eBook

Achievements• Outstanding performance for inventing 3 multimedia enhancements and patenting the ideas at Nokia• “Living Behaviour Award” for on-time delivery of system architecture at Philips

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Debsona Sinha Roy

B. E. (IT), North Bengal UniversityTOGAF9 certified (The Open Group)

Seasoned retail and consumer industry professional with deep experience in strategy, consulting and technology

Strategy, J Sainsburys, UK• Formulated strategy for a 3-year £65 mn program to enable unified management of multi-channel systems and to reduce business process change cycle from 120 to 45 days• Created capability driven roadmap as Part of CTO’s taskforce; aligned technology vision with 2020 business vision• Designed and piloted in-store customer self shopping on mobile technology. The project reduced peak checkout queue length by 10%

Consulting, Infosys, India, Germany, UK• Developed systems integration strategy for Tesco’s expansion into online market-place. The £50 mn program transformed customer’s online shopping journey and after sales experience• Anchored programme to build resuable assets and products. The products created new revenue stream for projects and offered cost advantage to customers

Entrepreneurship• Ideated and launched in2iit, an online tutoring service for IIT-JEE• Founder of Spark Salon & Spa - a chain of beauty salons

11+ years of global experience in Business Development, Thought Leadership, Customer Relationship Management, and Engagement Management

Engagement Manager, Global Account Manager, and Business Finance Manager – TCS India, US, UK

Business Development and Business Finance Management • Built Strategic $12+ mn relationship with a Fortune 200 manufacturing client and achieved 150% wallet share growth over one year• Worked as member of core team responsible for Annual Business Planning and Competitive Strategy for Fortune 500 clients• Managed finance function of a $40+ mn relationship and reduced sales outstanding from 60+ to 45+ days

Thought Leadership• Led Customer Centric Business Transformation (CCBT) Initiative and achieved $250K+ saving over a year• Advised customers on Systems Integration Strategy • Led TCS Technology Center of excellence (COE) for Fortune 5 conglomerate client and leveraged best practices in 10+ proposals

Engagement Management • Managed global engagement of 100+ members with less than 5% attrition • Sustained $5+ mn account in peak recession time and achieved second highest customer satisfaction score of 90%

15 years of diverse international experience in Business Development, Product Development and IT Services, primarily in telecom and media domains

Account Director - Cognizant• Managed a $15 mn offshore account. Grew revenues by 28% and margins by 31%• Turned around delivery of 170+ member team within 6 months• Renewed the contract for another 5 year period with a value of $80 mn

Practice Leader - Application Services, Fujitsu Sweden• Established Application Services practice in Sweden.Signed deals worth $12 mn in 18 months• Led applications services segment in Fujitsu’s largest outsourcing win ($175 mn) in the Nordics

Program Manager-IBM Sweden• Led delivery of $5 mn program. Reduced time-to-market for acquired products by 30%• Saved $40 mn for client by reducing IT systems by 63%

Business Analyst - IBM India/US• Enabled client to market new offerings based on emerging technologies• Founding member of the telecom technology group in IBM India

Team Lead - TCS, India/Finland- Team lead for Intelligent Network and F&O platform projects

Deepak Maheshwari

B. Tech. (Chemical), IIT KanpurPMP, Project Management Institute, USA

Divya GargB. Tech. (Electrical) - IIT, Roorkee

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13 years-Military Leadership, Sporting Excellence

Combat Leadership• Led a combat unit of 120 men in war scenario - ‘Operation Parakram 2002’• Commanded 36 soldiers in counter insurgency operations over 450 sq km, secured civilian lives and property

Technical Leadership• Delivered excellence in 4000 men Brigade logistical and supply chain operations for $250 mn equipment• Designed the first Mobile Rocket Launcher Range for a 15000 men force in record time and budget

Management• Trained junior leadership for selection in prestigious foreign courses, UN missions – validated as outstanding commander • COO of an online start up, involved in raising venture capital

Non Profit space Officer in charge of Army ‘Asha School’ for spastic and disabled children

Sports• Won Awards for national level Squash, Sailing and Army Tennis championships as best sportsman• Organised and trained teams for Basketball, Handball and Soccer championships for 4000 to 15000 men

Gaurav BhandariB. Tech. (Mechanical), JNUB. Sc. (Maths and Physics)

CA Harsha MundhadaCA Institute of Chartered Accountants of India38th Rank in CA Final B. Com. Nagpur University

7+ years of experience in providing Transaction Advisory Services and Financial Consulting

Manager, TS Practice, Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu • Managed due diligence assignment for multiple targets with $1 mn to $500 mn in revenues from Media, Power and Financial services sectors• Developed client relationships and assisted in business development activities

Senior Associate, TAS Practice, EY • Conducted due diligence including vendor due diligence assignment on 25+ targets primarily in Media, Manufacturing and Services sector• Involved in implementing global due diligence report templates and internal tools used for report preparation• Mentored new team members and guided them to scale from Auditing to Financial consulting• Key member involved in financial diligence for several complex M&A transactions

Branch Manager (Mumbai), Shah Baheti Chandak & Co • Helped liaison with key clients in Mumbai• Assisted on VAT consulting assignment for one of the largest FMCG players in India

IIM Ahmedabad’s case based pedagogy is very rich in learning and provides exposure to advanced concepts. With diverse backgrounds and an average work experience of 10 years, participants of PGPX considerably enhance level of class discussion and with it group learning. PGPX has substantially increased my business intuition and business practice. PGPX is a world class program which provides rich opportunities to participants for all round growth.

Vivek N. JoshiAssociate Director, Kotak Investment Advisors LtdPGPX - Class of 2007

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Hitesh Kumar BansalB. Tech. (Computer)NIT, Jaipur

10 years of global experience in IT Program Management, Client Relationship Management and Technology Consulting

Program Manager, Infosys Ltd.• Spearheaded a program of 5 projects for a large European bank leading to a three-fold increase in revenue in 2 years• Managed delivery, financials and client relationship for two global Fortune 500 banks with consistent high customer satisfaction scores

Project Manager, Infosys Ltd.• Led a team of 35 associates located in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific region to deliver a project worth $2.5 mn for a large MNC bank• Steered pre-sales and delivery engagements worth $2 mn for multiple global clients in varied domains - BFSI, Energy and Utilities• Delivered consulting services for a large US bank that generated additional revenue worth $1.3 mn

Achievements• Conceptualized a global ERP solution for an Oil Major, leading to a revenue stream worth $20 mn for Infosys• Received Best Innovative Idea Award for a content management solution at Infosys in 2009

10+ years of international experience in product design, R&D, rapid prototyping and supplier management in hi-tech industry

Lead Staff Engineer, Blackberry, USA• Led a team to perform early-stage design robustness evaluation, delivering annual business impact of $800K throughout the product life cycle • Created state-of-the-art test facility worth $2 mn, reducing time to production ramp by 20%• Integral member of a cross-disciplinary team that developed mobile touch screen specifications, responsible for improving product reliability by 50%• Liaised with four international design centers; identified and implemented best design practices for future products

Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Motorola, USA • Developed industry benchmark tests and trained several suppliers in Asia, achieving 100% improvement in quality of incoming parts• Mitigated a critical product stop-ship issue by employing six sigma methodology of problem solving, avoiding $4 mn penalty

Achievements• Received the title of Subject-Matter-Expert in the field of product design analysis at Blackberry • Received Motorola Quality Star award, conferred to only top 0.5% of engineers, for significant improvement in component quality

8+ years experience in Sales & Marketing, International Business, Institutional Sales and Business Development

Regional Sales Manager – North India, Ford India Pvt. Ltd., India • Managed annual business of `2700 mn in parts of North India and Nepal, contributing 25% of Northern region business • Implemented sales and customer satisfaction processes at new dealerships, improving sales satisfactions index from 32 to 60 in 2012-13

Assistant Country Manager, Tata Motors Ltd., Sri Lanka• Managed business worth $90 mn per annum, contributing 20% of International business• Enhanced commercial vehicle market share from 16% to 42%, annual sales increased from 1800 to 19000 vehicles in 2010-2011• Conceptualized and implemented strategic alliance of Micro Leasing with Central Finance Company for SCV business• Led “Project Blue Ocean” for strategic business development in MCV Buses, increasing market share from 5% to 26%

Business Development Lead, Tata Motors Thailand Ltd., BangkokIdentified new business opportunities for High end picks-up, doubling sales volume

Jignesh ShardaM. S. (Structural Mechanics), Arizona State University, USAB. E. (Civil), NIT Rourkela, IndiaSix Sigma Black Belt (Motorola University)

Jitesh JainB. Tech. (Mechanical - P&M), NIT CalicutForeign Language: Spanish (Basic)

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Kamya JaiswalM.A. (English Literature), Delhi University

6 years experience in print media product development. Launched two national products. Covered over 100 corporate and financial analyses

Assistant Editor, The Economic Times• Formulated and executed strategy from ground up for two new national products, ET Wealth and ET Magazine, as part of core launch team. ET Wealth achieved `150 mn revenue, 350K circulation in one year. ET Magazine grew to `140 mn revenue, 250K circulation• Led and managed content development for 30% of the new products, ET Wealth and ET Magazine• Researched and analysed corporate strategy of technology, FMCG, retail, e-commerce, telecom and hospitality companies. Analysed new trends in corporate leadership, marketing, ethics, finance and entrepreneurship

Consultant, India Today• Conceived online content plan and aligned it with design and IT capabilities for new digital product (to be launched)• Value added with data-analysis based content and innovative data presentation across online and print publications

Achievements• Youngest in Indian print media to be part of core team of two national product launches• Handpicked by COO/executive editor for launch strategy and execution

10+ Years of IT experience as a service provider and as a client

Project Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland: • Led and managed strategic, business-as-usual, and regulatory information technology projects with average annual budget of $1.1 mn• Led and managed a cross functional team of 20 people including suppliers and permanent staff from India and UK

Assistant Consultant, Tata Consultancy ServicesLed TCS teams to deliver information technology projects for clients such as GE and Citigroup in India, UK, and USA

Achievements • Silver Excellence Award by RBS in 2010• Outstanding Commitment Award by GE Capital UK in 2004

Kapil GahlotB. Tech. (Chemical), IIT (BHU), VaranasiPMP, Project Management Institute, USA

PGPX has been the most defining and elevating education experience of my

life. The beauty is that it transforms you from inside and will stay for life.

- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Karthik MB. E. (Industrial Engineering & Management)PMP, Project Management Institute, USA

11 years of experience in areas of Project Management, Manufacturing Operations, Sourcing & Procurement, Process & Quality management

DGM (Projects & Engineering), Raymond Group• Set up 5 large scale diverse manufacturing facilities from concept-to-commissioning basis• Led operations of a large scale manufacturing company with a turnover of close to `50 Cr• Implemented Lean principles, Process control methodologies & Process automation which improved productivity by upto 5%• Set up an inhouse automation division & trained personnel to design & engineer machinery & production equipments• Designed & refurbished more than 50 machines to help improve ROCE by 1%• Implemented VMI & other supply chain innovations to reduce overall inventory by more than `50 lakhs annually• Identified & developed vendors & sub contractors for procurement & outsourcing of organizational requirements. Implemented innovative SCM methodologies such as VMI & WMS

Achievements• Conferred “Most valued contributor award for the year 2010-11” for outstanding individual contribution in helping improve the overall manufacturing business• Fast tracked career growth - from Industrial Engineer to DGM in 6 years with 5 promotions

9.5 years of international experience in IT Business Development, Customer Relationship Management and Project Management functions

Account Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Singapore• Led the business account of a private banking customer, generating annual revenues of $7 mn• Increased sales and customer satisfaction scores by building and sustaining long-term relationships with customers and alliance partners• Spearheaded operational improvements to increase accuracy in revenue forecasting to 99%, and reduce overdue receivables by 80%

Engagement Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Singapore• Delivered large projects on time and within budget, with teams based across Switzerland, India and Singapore• Steered pre-sales activities and developed new commercial frameworks, resulting in an increase in sales by $1.5 mn

Software Engineer, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Zurich, Switzerland and Pune, India• Supervised a project aimed at repositioning a bank’s online channel and improving web-access for the visually impaired• Led the development of an interactive application providing information about 5000+ mutual funds• Co-developed a framework to standardize and accelerate web enablement of banking systems

Killol BuchB. E. (Computer Science),The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

PGPX was an extremely enriching and out-of-body experience. Looking back at my decision to take a break from work, I could not have asked for a more rewarding and enjoyable process of sharpening my intellect, applying my experience and honing complimentary skills towards grooming myself for a future leadership role. I’m blown away by the quality and diversity of experience in the classroom. PGPX gave me the opportunity to shift industries from Technology Consulting to Finance Services.

Rajesh Premchandran, Vice President- Operations, Goldman Sachs, IndiaPGPX- Class of 2011

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Kuljeet KaurB. Tech. (Computer Science), Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (GGSIPU), Delhi Silver Medallist

7 years’ of experience in Oil and Gas Industry in managing ERP implementation

Assistant Manager – Indian Oil Corporation• Spearheaded project to streamline processes from hiring to retiring of employees; Implemented SAP HR for 36,000+ employees at 1,400 locations, leading to increased productivity and operational cost saving of 30%• Ideated, conceptualized and developed state of the art HR Dashboard, acclaimed and used by the top management for Human Capital Management• Initiated Knowledge Management programs leading to reduction of resource ramp-up time by over 20%• Member organizing committee Petrotech-2009, Asia’s largest Oil & Gas Meet

Associate Technology – Sapient CorporationSuccessfully managed a team of experienced associates, as a track lead, in first year of job

Achievements• Spearheaded branding exercise for Impact of IT in IOC through “CBTC Awards Nite “, an organization wide event• Authored award winning paper highlighting how IT boosts productivity at IOC – “Smart Offices – Economic times”• Nominated by top management to represent organization in National Competition for Young Managers and National Competition for Business management -AIMA

10+ years of experience in managing strategic IT projects and business partners in Insurance, Healthcare and Energy industry

Technology Manager, Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, New York, USA• Managed agency compensation and field management applications having an annual budget of $1.5 mn and plugged compensation leakages, resulting in cost savings of $700K in first year of operation• Managed projects worth $1 mn+ for a strategic initiative aimed at modernizing sales and channel management• Played a key role in technology strategy and roadmap formulation, vendor selection, technical and business proof of concept for $30 mn+ agency compensation intiative• Lead technical design and development of new Life and Disability Insurance products of strategic importance

Associate Project Manager – Consultant, CIGNA Healthcare / Mahindra Satyam, USA• Managed CIGNA/Satyam relationship for claims processing worth $1 mn+ annually• Awarded ‘Star Performer’ for two consecutive years for revitalizing team performance and development efforts• Led a multi-cultural team of 20+ developers for CIGNA’s claims processing division

Mahendra Kumar GuptaB. E. Hon’s (Electrical) Jai Narain Vyas University, JodhpurPMP, Project Management Institute, USA

Mandar BhedasgaonkarM. Des. (Industrial Design) IIT BombayB. E. (Production), Shivaji University

12+ years of experience in User Experience (UX) Design Consulting for Fortune 200 companies and Product Design Development

Group Lead, Human Factors International • Managed UX design consultancy projects for clients across the globe that focused on increasing customer engagement, conversion rates, basket value and reducing drop outs• Led qualitative customer research in various markets to understand customer values• Designed digital strategies to offer innovative services that matched customer needs• Established and led the Project Management Office for India operations that managed profitability, quality, schedule and utilization metrics for projects worth $2 mn annually• Instructor for public courses in Usability Engineering offered by Human Factors International

Sr. Design Engineer, LK India Pvt. Ltd. (Schneider Electric) Led the design of company’s first range of wiring accessories exclusively for Indian market

Graduate Engineer Trainee, TATA Motors Involved in the prototype planning and building of ‘Indica’ project

AchievementsSpearheaded the ground breaking development of “Metrics Based UX Reviews and Scorecards” that became a new service offering for the company

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13+ years of experience in Delivery and Operations Management in Telecom and IT domains

Client Delivery Manager, Onmobile Global, India• Managed delivery and operations of $10 mn revenue generating mobile VAS services for Vodafone and Idea• Led multi-site cross-functional team of 30+ members and mentored team members to take up leadership roles• Successfully migrated $0.2 mn daily billing platform for 23 sites in a month• Created solutions for complex integration of products and services in operator network

Project Manager, Sasken, India • Managed $1 mn Motorola Handset software development program, with 15 member multi-site cross-functional team• Led a team of 10 members in development and maintenance of telecom network software for Nortel Networks, France

Technical Lead, Wipro Technologies, India • Led a team of 3 members in development of telecom network software for Alcatel, China and achieved zero defect deliveries• Developed high quality network software and testing suite for Alcatel, Belgium

AchievementsReceived several awards for leadership and technical excellence at Wipro and Onmobile

9 years of experience in strategic planning, project execution and network management in telecom sector

Tata Teleservices, Deputy Manager• Led a team of 45 to plan and deploy assets worth $13 mn for Tata’s network roll-out in 2 states• Worked closely with sales, marketing, technology partners and CEO’s office to formulate asset and product deployment plans to establish Tata as a leading player in 3G• Negotiated with CXO’s of Videocon Mobile to design Tata’s first Intra Circle Roaming network• Led the initiative to redesign the process of handling network complaints thereby improving first call resolution by 10%

Ericsson, Senior EngineerLed a cross cultural team across 12 geographies in USA, to upgrade the radio network of Sprint

Achievements• Business plan selected from 140,000 entries worldwide for presentation to senior leadership of Tata Sons• Awarded Maestro Award-“highest honour in TTSL” for exemplary managerial and technical abilities• Certified under “Tata Innovative Theme Leadership Initiative” for `12 mn per annum cost saving

Maulik GandhiB.E. (Computer Science), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of BarodaGold Medalist

Maulik MehtaB. E. (Electronics and communication), DDIT, Nadiad

Now I take a 360 degree view to any situation on hand, all thanks to the rigourous world class learning, both in the classroom and from peers.- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Mayank KhirwadkarB. E. (Chemical),B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore,Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka

10 years of experience in Project/Program Management and Client Engagement in IT Services

Project Manager, Infosys Limited• Led a 10 member team for $1.5 mn IT application support season at client location, with a strong focus on Quality and Customer Service. Season entailed managing $500 mn in rebates to client’s customers across US and Canada• Led $1.0 mn technology migrations of key set of applications at client location. Exercise involved managing multiple stakeholders across 5 countries• Led a company sponsored initiative to achieve an overall 12% improvement in project service-level productivity by applying LEAN framework principles

Technology Lead, Infosys Limited • Led the transition of Client’s R&D application for scientific proposal management from their regional vendor• Achieved 15% time savings for Customer Sales Reps on online Equipment Inspection process, through better design efficiencies

Achievements• Received Spot award from Infosys for contribution towards platform upgrade• Received awards from Client’s IT group for contributions to various technology migrations

10+ years in management consulting, strategic research and corporate strategy

Regional Engagement Manager, Evalueserve Singapore• Developed and managed from scratch a portfolio of over 15+ blue-chip clients ~ over $1.5 mn revenue contribution• Led a market sizing & assessment study, for one of the world’s largest internet technology firms, to assess the “SME advertising opportunity” across 15 countries

Account Manager, J.D Power & Associates, Singapore• Managed research & consulting projects for clients in financial services and automotive sector, across Singapore & India• Spearheaded a new product development – “quality assessment & benchmarking” study, for a leading automotive OEM’s MUV prototype, that led to one of its most successful product launches for the Indian market

Research Analyst, McKinsey & Co• Provided research & strategic analysis support for client engagements on host of issues that concern top management such as: Innovation, Growth Strategy, New Product Development, Diversification, M&A amongst others, in diverse industries - Online Media, Financial Services, FMCG/Luxury Goods and Retail

Mohit KapoorPG Diploma in Global Business Operations, SRCC, Delhi University.B. Sc. St Stephen’s College, Delhi University.

Namita JainM. S. (Computer Science), Arizona State University, USAB. E. (Computer Science), NIT, India

Management consultant of business and IT strategy to FT500 CXOs, for 8 years

Associate Director (Research & Consulting), Corporate Executive Board, India/USA• Developed multi-year IT strategic plans to help optimize 10-15% of total IT costs (~$20 mn)• Spearheaded firm’s India market strategy; brought initial new business of $1 mn from Indian MNCs and government• Created advanced qualitative and quantitative models on future-state IT organizations (2015 & beyond)• Designed pan-industry best-practices, economic models, and toolkits on IT and business strategy alignment• Led executive workshops (1-2 day) for cross-functional leadership teams of Indian clients• Led global teams (of ~20) on IT and business strategy planning projects for FT500 companies• Awarded firmwide recognition for talent development and retention.

Software Engineer, Wipro Technologies, India• Programmed an end-to-end information security solution for enterprise application integration software projects • Managed project feasibility, requirements, and scoping with global clients• Standardized coding processes that reduced team handover time by 150%

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Neeresh Kumar Jain

B. Tech. (Textile), IIT DelhiPMP, Project Management Institute, USA

12+ years of diversified leadership experience in product management, multi-channel strategy and pre-sales in channel banking

Senior Project Manager, Infosys• Spearheaded global support operations for Finacle e-Banking for a portfolio of 44+ clients spread across Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Carribean • Managed a multi-cultural team of 50+ members distributed globally across 8 locations• Worked across 10+ major releases of the product with delivery of several sub-releases and emergency patches to the clients across the globe• Led strategic planning of critical core and custom modules for Finacle channel banking• Managed efforts for design, devlopment and implementation of innovative mobile based two-factor authentication system

Channel Banking Consultant, Infosys• Instrumental in winning one of the largest Finacle deals valued $100 mn+ from a leading Indian PSU• Successfully opened up unique emerging market Mongolia, for channel banking product• Expertise in multi-channel strategy and implementation for banks across Retail and Corporate segments

Module Leader, InfosysCustomised, implemented and deployed Finacle e-Banking in Banks around the World

11 Years of General, Operation & Crisis management experience with world’s leading shipping companies

Senior Marine Officer, Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd, Greece• Managed Energy transportation operation (Crude oil, Petroleum products) worth AUM $325 mn including petroleum cargoes worth $200 mn • Optimally executed shipboard oil transfer operations in more than 30 countries under stringent environmental regulations (set by European Commission, USA)• Safely Navigated Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) across world’s most hazardous routes, requiring meticulous planning & crisis handling strategy• Led multinational teams from Britain, Russia, Korea, China & Philippines for challenging tasks at sea in harsh conditions

Achievements• Significantly reduced sailing time and bunker cost, up to $0 .6 mn per year, through optimal route planning of the vessel for oceanic voyage• Received commendations for successfully leading team to complete vetting inspections for oil majors such as BP, Shell,Chevron and for clearing United State Coast Guard InspectionCrisis Management: Averted grounding and Collision of the ship, piracy attack in Indian Ocean

9+ years of leadership experience in Business Development and Project Management of Renewable Energy & Power Infrastructure Projects.

Senior Manager, Mahindra EPC India• Led Business Development of new Channels in the solar rooftop segment resulting in 3 breakthrough orders from large clients in IT and education sector• Strategically developed a portfolio of 7 projects across India to uniquely position Mahindra as a leading solution provider in the solar rooftop segment• Led the processes of gradation and established Mahindra as Tier-1 channel partner of MNRE, Govt. of India

Project Manager, Areva T&D India• Implemented Strategic Vendor Management Processes in a large-scale utility project leading to a cost improvement of more than `250 mn• Implemented effective client management processes, leading to a gross margin improvement of 2% for a `7500 mn power transmission project• Mitigated risk of `20 mn in a `200 mn balance of plant project with a Central PSU Steel Plant

Project Manager, ABB IndiaDelivered the first batch of Projects in the country under the APDRP Scheme

Nikesh SinghB.Sc. (Nautical Science),T. S. Chanakya (IIT JEE intake), Mumbai

Nikhil DashB.E. (Electrical), NIT Durgapur

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7 years global experience in executive management, strategic planning and business development in e-commerce, IT and social enterprise sectors

Head of Strategy & Business Development, SBU, Piramal foundation• Spearheaded client acquisition & transition; designed training programs and grew the rural BPO by 70%• Established strategic alliances with government agencies across India, creating an ecosystem for infrastructure development and global process delivery in 5 future centers

Country Head, CRA Inc, USAGraphic Design and IT solutions• Managed P&L, sales, marketing and global delivery; achieving a growth of 140% in 4 years• Led a cross functional team of 80, with 12 direct reports in USA, UK and India• Launched 3 new products in digital media, design and promotional merchandise markets• Developed 30 new B2B clients who accounted for 50% of total revenue• Designed innovative digital marketing strategy and loyalty programs to service 12,000 online customers• Created sustainable systems for effective operations & quality management, minimizing costs by 20%• Introduced web based metrics dashboard to manage vendor delivery in real time

Nikhil ParuchuriM. S. (Electrical), University of Kansas, USA (GPA – 4.0)B. E. (Electronics and Communication), Osmania University, Hyderabad

Nitin BarmanB.Tech. (MME), IIT Kanpur

12 years of Technology, Operations and Entrepreneurship experience in E-Commerce and Web Services Industry

Deputy General Manager – Technology, AmericanSwanLed Technology, Product Management and Operations of the company’s B2C and B2B Portals

Associate Director – Technology, Jabong• Led the technology & product management team• Successfully built architecture to handle traffic growth to 3 mn pageviews in just 5 months

Head of Technology – SME, Times Internet• Headed Product Management for online business and marketing solutions for SME division• Launched 4 new products, boosting revenues by 100% in 6 months

Vice President – Technology, Compare Infobase Managed the Development Centre in Gurgaon, consisting of 200 + PHP & Java Programmers, Designers and Game Developers

Chief Executive Officer, Turnkey Software Projects• Responsible for company diversification into International markets like US, South Africa etc.• Grew company revenues from `1.55 Cr to `4.25 Cr in 2006 – 2007

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Messiah LabsFounded a web-services company offering portal development solutions

“IIMA’s PGPX is very well designed to aid the experienced professionals elevate the trajectory of their career progression. The program offers a great blend of hard and soft skills that make it possible to achieve a quantum leap in one’s performance.”

Vinayak BhatCountry manager, FactSet, IndiaPGPX - Class of 2011

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Pankaj Sahu

B. Tech. (Civil), IIT BHU PMP, Project Management Institute, USA

13+ years of experience in IT Services and Consulting in Retail Technology, Business Intelligence and Datawarehousing

Project Manager, Target India • Steering committee member for $2 mn+ worth Outsourcing (GATR) program, managed portfolio of 16 projects with vendor team of 25• Managed portfolio worth $500K+ and team of 21, in Retail technology, Guest Analytics, Merchandising, Vendor, Order Mgmt• Managed projects in Retail Property worth $200K+ and team of 9• Founding member of Business Intelligence Project Management COE

Deputy Consultant, CSC India• Presented Global Data Archiving Offering with sales team for US based account• Managed ERP project worth $300K with team of 20, responsible for delivery, resource, client satisfaction

Assistant Manager, Keane Inc.• Provided IT consulting for US State Education BI and Datawarehouse projects• Managed Application outsourcing for US based Account in order managment and logistics

Achievements• Target EBI Directors Award for Innovative planning and delivery of Merchant Analytics prototype• CSC Certificate of Achievement for Oracle Archiving Solution offering

Over 9 years experience in investment management and financial services in New York and London

Treasury Director & Portfolio Manager, N5 Funding LLC, Detroit• Co-managed portfolios (AUM > $1.1 bn) across Trusts, Charities and Ultra High Net Worth individuals• Beat benchmarks for equity portfolios by over 500 basis points• Developed equity portfolios with collared returns, attracting over $50 mn of capital • Significantly reduced portfolio volatility for Insurance companies using equity options• Responsible for investments into public securities, including foreign exchange and global fixed income. Sourced and analyzed alternative investments

Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York & London• Set up and led Bank of America’s Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage desk for the European market• Drove a shift to revenue generation strategies that were client independent, which resulted in higher client retention rates and increased revenues by over 20%• Developed the 5-year business plan with client acquisition strategies and performance goals for presentation to Line of Business heads

7+ years experience in strategy and analytics consulting in BFSI, telecom and retail industries

Analytics Consultant, SAS India Pvt Ltd• Advised clients across industries on a wide range of strategic issues • Deployed a novel fraud detection process for India’s major Stock Exchanges• Developed strategies to curb churn by 60% for one of India’s leading telecom providers• Built models to forecast energy demand for New Delhi region within an accuracy of 2%

Business Analytics Manager, Credit Card Marketing, JPMorgan Chase Canada• Provided executive decision support in areas of Marketing, Product Development and Portfolio Management • Achieved yearly increment revenues of approx $3 mn by developing marketing strategies to increase increase marketshare • Managed a team of 4 high calibre professionals

Team Lead, Marketing & Financial Analytics for Small & Medium Businesses, Dell Inc. USAConducted analysis on a wide range of strategic issues for Dell’s Financial Services, leading to annual savings of approx $ 5 mn. Extensively used advanced analytical techniques. Led a team of 5

Parag Toley, CFACFA Charterholder, CFA Institute, USAB. E. (Electronics & Telecommunications), University of Pune

Paulami DasB. Tech. (Electrical Engineer), IIT Kanpur

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Pranav SharmaM.S. (Security and Mobile Computing)Technical University of DenmarkB. Tech. (Computer Science)IET, Lucknow

10 years of experience in product innovation, R&D and business development in IT industry

Solution Architect, Alcatel-Lucent (Bell Labs), Belgium • Led R&D team to incubate 2 product lines in Network Analytics, building a product portfolio worth €10 mn in 2 years• Created early stage intellectual property rights strategy for the R&D, resulting in 5 patent filings in first 18 months of the project• Devised research-to-market strategy for Business Unit heads, leading to novel offerings in video QoE analytics and traffic optimization• Supervised product launches (revenue €4 mn/yr) in collaboration with QA, sales and customers• Managed simultaneous feature releases across geographies through agile methodologies, and cloud and big data technologies

Technical Leader, Aricent, India Led an offshore team of 6 to deliver network access and billing solutions, increasing year-on-year revenue by 50%

Achievements• Inventor of 3 patents (pending for grant) in the Internet traffic analytics• Awarded 6 month internship in Grid Computing at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Masters studies in Europe

9+ years in Financial Services with global experience in delivering pricing and risk management solutions for Investment Banks and Hedge Funds

Vice President, Non Linear Trading Technology, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), London• Managed development projects to support new collateralization based pricing methodologies. This enabled traders to more accurately quote prices in the London inter dealer market • Led the IT implementation for trading of new financial products for the emerging markets desk. This increased revenues by 5 – 6% in LATAM for RBS• Designed and implemented the technical strategy for integration of exotic derivatives trading platform of RBS with ABN-AMRO. Led to annual cost savings in excess of £6 mn

Associate Technology, Sapient, New Delhi, ChicagoDeveloped a Derivatives trade capture system for Citadel Investment Group. This facilitated the early decommissioning of a third party trading system

Assistant Systems Engineer, TCS, New DelhiManaged the roll-out of the supply chain management system at 22 Indian Air Force Stations. This helped TCS gain repeat business worth $20 mn for 106 more stations

Pulkit VermaB. E. (Civil) Delhi College of Engineering

The interactive process makes you learn by debating, explaining and being

corrected by others. The perspectives you gain makes you look back at your past

experience in a new light- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Rachit YadavM. S. (Chemical) , Kansas State University, U.S.AB. E. (Chemical), Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

9+ years of diverse experience as project / process / utility engineer in EPC field for gasification, power and utilities projects

Sr. Process Engineer, Technip, USA• Sub-lead for Ammonia FEED project (client / licensor engagement for setting up ‘Basis of Design’ per client requirements• Proposal development of fractionation trains to fetch new projects • Developed standards for project definition to improve ramp up rates for future projects

Project Engineer, KBR, Japan• Developed technical bid package for Combined Cycle Power Plant (worth $500 mn+) by leading/coordinating with cross functional teams, clients and major equipment vendors e.g. GE, Siemens • Led multi-cultural team for scheduling of subcontracted Power Plant and developing performance guarantees in accordance to LNG plant• Systems lead: Significant cost savings achieved by - completing the deliverables within half the budgeted time, through design improvements and reduction in number of major equipment

Process Engineer, Black & Veatch, USA • Invited, evaluated, managed and recommended bids to client for contracts related to mixers, tanks, vessels• Single point of contact for developing feasibility report on installing SCR in oil wells for Shell

10+ years of experience in Technology Consulting, Project management, Strategy and Pre-Sales

Technical Manager, Headstrong (A Genpact Company), India

IT Consulting and Project Management• Managed a portfolio of healthcare IT products for a large US based client with cross functional teams of 30+ people• Drove technology innovations generating savings worth $500K• Handled a cross functional engagement at US single handedly for 1 year. Turned around the distress project into a 5 year contract worth $2.5 mn• Nominated as process champion for multiple initiatives - Agile, CMMi and SAS 70 audits

Strategy and Business Development• Spear headed the first Mobile Application development group under the healthcare domain• Handpicked by region head to drive an engagement program for 130 campus hires - redefined the methodology of training and assimilation across the organization• Consulted to pre-sales team for multiple million dollar RFPs for US based clients

Achievements• Youngest awardee of the ‘Headstrong Certified Project Manager’ title• Awarded ‘Team of the year’ for 2011 and 2012 as Project Manager

Radhika Sachdev

B. E. (Computer Technology), Nagpur UniversityCertification from America’s Health Insurance Plans – AHIP, USA

My sole reason for joining the PGPX was to get ready for the corporate world. The rigour of the course and the contributions from the faculty and peers ensured that. In retrospect, however, I feel that the more important value adds were in terms of developing a sensibility to learn to live with ambiguities and a structured approach of making decision based on reasonable assumptions and validating those assumptions, during and after implementation.

Vineet SharmaDirector HRIndus Valley PartnersPGPX-Class of 2009

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Rahul TewariM. Sc. (Defence and Strategic Studies), Madras University B. Tech. (Electrical), Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityB. Sc. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Over 18 years of army experience in Strategy, Operations, HR, Education, Logistics and Administration

Colonel, Indian Army• Led a Multi-disciplinary Engineering Force of 1200 personnel and assets worth `500 Cr; strong engagement in strategy formulation, operations, logistics, project and human resource management• Led a United Nations Team comprising 45 officers from 23 nationalities in South Sudan; initiated and executed operational, human resource development, health care and logistic plans• Designed and implemented transformational processes for resource optimization and synergy between 50 programs for 6000 personnel as Chief Training Coordinator of a Training Institute• Instructor and intrinsic team member of the first computer based Army War Game Simulation Centre• Pivotal role in coordinating administration and ensuring vigilance of all forces in Kashmir • Undertook humanitarian ’life altering’ initiatives as part of Operation Sadbhavna in Ladakh• Staff support functions in strategy formulation, operations and logistics management

9 years’ executive management experience in business development, strategy, project management and entrepreneurship

Director, Shree Builders, IndiaA real estate investments and construction management company • Involved in due diligence and valuation of investment proposals, and supervision of asset transfer process; handled projects worth `115 Cr over a period of 6 years • Managed relationships with stakeholders including investors, regulators and government institutions for business development and project approval• Executed civil construction contract for developing 250 residential apartments, project size `20 Cr • Implemented PWD construction contract for submersible bridge, project size `4 Cr• Streamlined procedures for financial reporting and analysis

Founding partner, Touch-Line Project Consultants, India • Delivered project management services for `6.95 cr city roads project for Indore Municipal Corporation

Career Track Engineer, R. G. Griffith – American Infrastructure, USA• Implemented construction planning, job-cost analysis for land development projects in Virginia, USA; total value of contracts exceeded $10 mn• Implemented high-productivity construction operations based on lean construction concepts

Rajat SurekaM. S. (Construction Engineering & Management), Virginia Tech, USAB. E. (Civil-Construction Technology), CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Rajiv SambhooB. E. (Electronics), K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai University

15 years of experience in Consulting for Technology Services, Program Management and Client Relationship Management

Principal Consultant, Infosys Limited, Netherlands and India• Led a team of 50 in a strategic program worth $3 mn for a large multi-national for capturing cross-functional business processes• Managed a multi-channel business transformation program worth $5 mn for the retail banking division of a large European bank • Delivered a competency development program on Business Process Management for Director level employees for a large multinational

Lead Consultant, Infosys Limited, Germany & India• Handled client relationship and provided consulting for a sales support implementation program worth €4 mn, for improving sales productivity and reducing non-compliance risks• Anchored several unit level pre-sales activities - including proposal creation, supporting sales pitches and deal pricing

Technology Lead, Cisco Systems IndiaLed development and support of Sales Applications including Opportunity Management, Deal Support Automation

AchievementsReceived Attitude, Contribution & Excellence (RACE) award and individual achievement awards in Cisco

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13+ Years of IT experience in Corporate Strategy, Leadership and Operations and Execution

Director, Titanium Interactive Pvt. Ltd. • Spearheaded setting up the Infrastructure, Processes, Team, and development practices• Identified the need, and set-up the recruitment processes through campus and lateral recruitments• Set up performance measurement matrices, and talent evaluation• Managed vendors to provide infrastructure support• Implemented current best development practices (Agile, and open source), groomed team to be self-organising, and built the leadership pipeline• Led and coached the Marketing and Sales teams on value proposition of combination of our services, experiences, and competencies

Director, Sancus Technologies Pvt. Ltd.Provided consultancy on portfolio risk measurement and management to London based Hedge Fund

Associate Director, UBS, London• Successfully delivered strategically important application to revaluate financial securities• Managed teams located across continents (New York, London, Kiev, India)

Others• Diversity of experience in working with Global Investment banks, Hedge Fund, Start Up, & Indian IT• Served Essex Police as Special Constable

9+ years of international experience in technology consulting and product management

Senior Consultant, IBM (formerly Curam Software), Australia• Led Curam product implementations at Smarter Cities government customers • Identified and pursued opportunities leading to over $1 mn growth in consulting revenues• Recruited as the youngest lead in the group in India and played a major role in hiring, mentoring and training a new 50+ member team• Collaborated with technical, QA, integration, release and training teams across various countries to manage development and global rollout of a product• Published white papers and case studies for product enchantments and marketing initiatives

Project Lead, Manhattan Associates, IndiaLed integration of cross-functional and cross-platform supply chain management products from ideation to roll-out; nominated by the project director for President’s Club (highest honour at the company)

Co-founder, India Karnival, AustraliaSuccessfully launched an apparel import startup and achieved annual revenues of $15,000 with-in one year

Rajkumar LalwaniB. E. (Production), Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University

Rajneesh KumarB. E. (Electronics & Communication), Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala

Deeply rooted insights from experienced batch mates andthe world class infrastructure have resulted in a collaborative learning atmosphere that is unparalleled globally.- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Ramya RajagopalMCA, Thiagarajar College of Engineering

B. Sc. (Physics), Madurai Kamaraj University

10+ years of diverse international experience in IT Project and Customer Management

Sub-Capability Lead, IBM, India• Managed a 25 member mainframe development team across India, US and Philippines• Managed Client and IBM US and India teams’ involvement for entire life cycle• Led Process Excellence, Compliance; Reporting status to Account Management for the team• Increased Client engagement feedback scores over a year

Functional Lead, IBM, USA• Led a 15 member cross-functional team across 4 locations in India and the US• Successfully transitioned System Testing core functionality to IBM India• Client processes to be compliant with CMM-Level 5

Technical Consultant, IBM, South Africa• Led the team that reviewed the architecture of two core applications of a leading Bank• Involved in Customer briefing and final recommendation presentation

Achievements• Identified as Top Talent in IBM for 2 years• IBM Certified Senior Quality Practitioner• Presented a Paper on Credit Cards Processing during IBM India FSS Meet

7 years of experience across diverse functions including Business Operations, supply chain, partner management and customer management

Supply chain Manager, ABB Limited• Led forecasting, sourcing and logistics of materials with annual spend of $11 mn• Spearheaded low cost country sourcing and vendor development. Led initiative to achieve 20% saving per product line• Managed partnerships and negotiated contract worth $2 mn with key supplier• Optimized transport and logistics process for inbound materials and achieved 15% cost savings• Managed cross functional team to optimize the supply chain for two product lines and saved $0.1 mn• Led supplier audits and risk assessments and formulated policies for supplier quality improvements

Engineering and projects• Lead design engineer and led commissioning for plant automation for Zinc smelters• Managed key customer accounts in public and private sector • Led coordination between global R&D team and operations to optimize product design and achieved 15% cost reduction

Achievements• Consecutive Best performance award from Business unit• One of the youngest supply chain managers in ABB

Remya PB. Tech. (Electrical and Electronics), College of Engineering TrivandrumPMP, Project Management Institute, USACSCP, APICS, USA

Rohan Lakhaiyar, FRMMBA, Infinity Business School, CiticorpB.A. (Hospitality Management), University of Huddersfield, U.K., TajFinancial Risk Management (GARP)

9 years of experience in business development, underwriting operations, risk management and product management in the consumer assets business

Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Product, Citibank & CitiFinancial • Led cross functional teams to devise and execute strategies to boost fee based income by 25% and trim acquisition cost by 30 bps• Executed sale of mortgage assets amounting to $30 mn and managed investor relations for $100 mn securitized mortgage portfolio• Rationalized incentive structure for Mortgage origination team to mirror organizational goals• Liaised with RBI on an ongoing basis to ensure regulatory business compliance

Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Risk, CitiFinancial • Monitored portfolio performance of $750 mn mortgage book to minimize credit loss • Executed risk mitigation programs and monitored their effectiveness to optimize portfolio quality

State Credit Underwriting Head • Led a team of CA’s to manage credit, operational and documentation risk for mortgage transactions

Location Head• Led a team of Relationship Managers to build mortgage portfolio of $30 mn with highest ROTA amongst mortgages locations

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Roxanne DaruwallaM. A. (International Economics and Finance), Brandeis University, USAB.A. (Economics), St. Xavier’s College, MumbaiCFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) – Level 1

8 years of global experience in Business Planning, Product Management and Equity Analysis in Financial Services

Product Manager, Janalakshmi Financial Services (Microfinance Institution), Bangalore, India

Product Management• Conceptualized and launched financial inclusion products that resulted in a 10 fold increase in revenues from third-parties • Designed and implemented a financial advisory program for customers which helped acheive a 25% increase in their year-on-year savings• Championed and implemented a policy to provide financial advice to all individual loan customers to help mitigate default riskCorporate Planning• Built business plans as part of the annual budgeting process, balancing inputs from multiple stakeholders• Developed a branch performance model that was used to optimize expansion plans and identify profitability drivers

Equity Analyst, Aetos Capital Management Asia, Hong Kong Analysed and recommended investments in Asian Real Estate securities for a $150 mn Hedge Fund

Equity Analyst, Merrill Lynch - Global Research, New York, USA Published reports using Technical Analysis to make investment recommendations to clients

9 years of Leadership experience in General Management and Operations in Oil & Gas and Chemical manufacturing

Indian Ordnance Factory Services Officer, Ordnance Factories• Led a 197 member cross functional team in Chemical Production units with annual turnover of $9.6 mn and assets worth $55 mn • Managed operations, procurement, project evaluation, human resources and industrial relations• Devised strategic plans and supply chain schemes • Achieved 26% production growth through process modernization, resource optimization and First-Time-Right production • Reduced inventory cost by 9% by optimizing the material estimates and utilizing the non-moving items • Achieved 5% increase in Labour productivity by rationalizing the manpower estimates

Engineer, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited• Planned and monitored Refinery production, worth $ 300 mn per month based on transfer pricing • Evaluated and recommended exports of Petroleum products worth $ 23 mn • Achieved 7% reduction in variation of Actual Vs Planned Refining Margin through daily stringent production monitoring

AchievementsBest Performer-2012, for effective management of Men and Material at Cordite Factory-Government of India

14+ years of IT Product Management, Strategy execution, Partner and Customer Engagement experience in Enterprise solutions

Development Manager, SAP Labs, India

Product Management• Managed development and delivery of Enterprise solutions generating annual revenues of $10mn• Championed the Lean transformation for the product development organization that resulted in reduction of go-to-market time by 25%• Conceptualized improvements in product development and support processes leading up to 20% productivity gains

People Leadership• Built a strong 30+ member team of Product Managers, Project Managers, Architects and Developers that outperformed the targets for 5 consecutive years• Drove several initiatives that improved my team’s satisfaction index from 77% to 90% within 1 year

Partner ManagementManaged partnership with Microsoft that led to successful delivery and adoption of a joint product

Customer Engagement• Led the transition of critical modules having customer escalations from SAP Germany and reduced the escalations by 90% within 3 months• Received top 5 percentile customer feedback ratings from Fortune 500 customers for the continuous support provided in the ERP solution

Sachin S BarahateB. Tech. (Chemical Technology), L.IT Nagpur

Sachin Gupta

B. Tech. (Chemical), IIT DelhiPMP, Project Management Institute, USAForeign Language: German (Basic)

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13+ years of Financial Statement Analysis, Project Finance and Management, ERP-Implementation in Development & Poverty Alleviation including MicroFinance and Manufacturing

Financial Controller, Hivos India• Overall responsibility of Finance & Accounts, legal compliance including audit, taxation etc., Financial Planning, Analysis of Financial Statements, Due diligence. Budget under direct control `25 mn• Contributed to projects across in India in the area of Financial Accounting, Internal Controls and Financial Accountability. Contributed in Developing variety of high-end micro loan and insurance products. Implemented Accounting Manuals, Financial Governance process and documentation • Led a motivated team through an implementation process of Compeire ERP system at Hivos.Was a key team member in setting up of Value Chain Finance Fund for farmer producer companies • Traveling on site at frequent intervals to monitor Financial Health and Project progress. Co-ordinating donor reporting• Contributed & influenced major decisions in Fair Trade India project Pro-sustain• Managed internal resistance to change, helped in key negotiations between Workers Council and Management• Awarded letter of commendation by CEO Hivos Netherlands

Salim Vali

B. Com.Bangalore University

Sameer Giridhar NayakExecutive MBA, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, PuneB. E. (Mechanical), University of Mumbai

14 years of experience in Program/Customer Relationship Management, Strategy, IT Services/Consulting and Engineering Consultancy

Account Manager, Infosys Limited • Led a strategic outsourcing program ($2 mn) for a new Australian client (Insurance major) achieving 100% growth in 8 months• Managed client senior management relationships (USA/Australian clients)• Anchored the Data Management/Governance program for a Fortune-500 Auto-Finance major (USA), achieving revenue growth of 80% YOY by securing additional business• Consistently maintained low employee turnover in multiple projects

Project Manager, Infosys Limited • Led diverse multi-year projects ($2-3 mn annually) for fortune 500 companies in BFSI and Retail/Telecom sectors• Successfully turned around a project, which had risked BASEL compliance for a major USA bank• Led cross-functional pre-sales teams for bids ranging from $2-8 mn• Managed offshore project operations (100+ people) involving complex infrastructure, audit & business continuity requirements• Spearheaded an innovative performance evaluation program saving ~50% of management effort (~$40 k annually). Won the ‘Most Spirited Team’ award for this effort

I have taught students and senior executives in Asia, Europe, N. America and elsewhere, and I must say that the experience of teaching the PGP-X students is a unique pleasure. The students are experienced, mature, intensely committed and smart. The class discussions that result are truly memorable. In teaching them I also learn. I also try and encourage PGP-X students to choose the entrepreneurial path and many of them have done so over the years.

Prof Shailendra MehtaBusiness Policy area, IIMA

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Sameer Kumar

B. Tech. (Mechanical), Thapar University, Patiala

10+ years of global leadership experience in strategy, operations and account management in IT services

Account Manager, Infosys, India• Spearheaded a strategic tie-up to implement Dodd Frank regulatory program for a major European bank• Doubled account revenue within an year to €2.8 mn while maintaining a proposal conversion rate of 80%• Anchored the creation and operationalization of Center of Excellence for data governance practice• Conceptualized and implemented Knowledge Management initiative leading to reduction of resource onboarding time and effort by 50% and quality improvement by 25%

Project Manager, Infosys, USA & India• Provided process consultancy to a leading US Bank to streamline customer issue resolution process by enhancing operational effectiveness• Led and developed Data Management project for a major US based bank from $1 mn to $2 mn in 1.5 years• Handled client engagement, financial & vendor management for account worth $64 mn

Achievements• Received Most valuable player award at Infosys• Received Center of Excellence award for implementing a critical project

14+ Years of total Experience including 5+ years in SAP Consulting and 9 years in Supply Chain Management of Heavy Electrical equipments

Lead Consultant, Infosys• Led cross functional teams of SAP consultants and managed delivery of a $4 mn project• Worked as SAP consultant in the automotive domain with a global leader• Managed implementation of SAP based Sales and Distribution template in one of largest automobile market in Central Europe• Provided consultancy and helped re-engineer the global sales and logistics processes• Worked closely in Central Europe and proposed solutions to intricate local legal regulations• Created business opportunity by demonstrating strong consulting skills and help grow project account from $3 mn to $5 mn• Re-designed pricing model for an auto major to cater to changed business environment

Dy. Manager (Purchase), BHELLed Procurement division , handled Revenue Planning, P&L Management and responsible for generating turnover of $6 mn

Awards• Productivity improvement award (BHEL) for saving $0.3 mn by conducting E-auction• Infosys excellence award for for best implementation Project

11 years’ of dynamic experience in planning and execution of decisions of strategic importance

Indian Navy• Led a team of 13 men to successfully design and install 3 indigenized spares for three radars, leading towards indigenisation of critical weapon spares• Led a team of 40 people to successfully restore damaged missile systems to optimum performance, with 100% in-house resources• Restored a critical weapon system, which was defective for over a decade due to non-availability of support from Russian OEM• Successfully designed and installed an indigenous missile simulator at zero cost, and thus increased operational life of original Russian simulator• Achieved 100% success record in 12 Surface to Air Missile firings through advance planning and quick decision making• Worked in close collaboration with professionals of different nationalities, and achieved on time installation of 2 communication systems and 2 weapon systems

Sanjay Kumar TripathiB. Tech. (Electrical), IIT-BHU,Varanasi, India

Sanjiva Pratap SinghPGDBA (Marketing) Symbiosis Centre for Distance LearningB. Sc. (Electronic Technology), Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

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Sarathi NathMCA, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (Gold Medalist)B. Sc. (Physics), Jadavpur University, Kolkata (5th Rank)

9 years of experience in managing IT product, project and customer relation

Associate Project Manager, HCL TechnologiesProject Management / Consulting• Spearheaded charting of cloud adoption strategy for a Japanese technology company to cater to the SMB market• Coordinated 25-member cross-functional globally distributed teams for multi-phase transformation project on global HR system of US-based Fortune-500 CompanyProduct Management• Led crafting of product roadmap for HCL Private Cloud to cut cycle time and improve resource control• Designed conversion of technology stack of legacy ERP software resulting in 60% cost savings and 50% reduction in time to marketCustomer Relationship Management• Managed customer relationships from India and customer locations such as North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific with high customer satisfaction (CSAT) index • Expanded relationships with existing client and won new project increasing business from the client by 50%

Achievements• O2-League of Extraordinary, Bravo Awards from HCL Technologies and Top Gun award from customer • National merit based scholarship by Ministry of HRD, India for post-graduate study

14 years of diverse global experience in managing IT Infrastructure and Application Software delivery

Project Manager, IBM• Managed internal projects portfolio worth $10 mn• Managed 30-member virtual global team to deliver multiple business-critical projects in the infrastructure hardware space • Directed vendor, sub-contractor selection, contract-negotiation processes and managed vendor performance• Established customer confidence in the Global Delivery team resulting in project cost saving of approximately 75% • Augmented the Project Manager team size by 200% in 2 years

Project Manager, MphasiS• Managed complete project life cycle from scope management, to activity-sequencing, effort & cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management• Transitioned the maintenance lifecycles of several projects to India resulting in immensely successful business relationships • Led Resource and Knowledge Management initiative for new joinees in the account resulting in reducing onboarding duration by 60%

Achievements• IBM Means Service Award - Hall of Fame for achieving 100% Customer Satisfaction Rating in all projects• Team, SPOT Awards for Delivery Excellence

Sayoni DattaB.E. (Chemical), Jadavpur University, IndiaBronze MedallistPMP, Project Management Institute, USAITIL V3 (Foundation) Certified

PGPX is a journey that transforms one from an

executive to a leader;revitalizing skills, courage and

integrity!!- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Shankar Raman D.PGDBA, HIM-NMIMS, Delhi NCRB. Tech. (Textile), A.C.Tech. Guindy, Anna University

18 years of experience in Marketing (International & Domestic), Marketing Strategy and General Management.

Vice President (Marketing), Vardhman Textiles Ltd., HP, India • Managed a business of `175 crores (`1.75 bn)• Designed & implemented segment level marketing strategies to initiate & sustain business with International Brands & Garment exporters• Managed a marketing team of 10 executives / managers and co-ordinated with cross functional teams of design, planning and logistics• International exposure - Led the marketing team for conferences, exhibitions & sales negotiations with customers across 30 countries spanning 5 continents

Achievements• Started the Direct-Export segment and increased the customer base from nil to 60 fabric distributors / garment manufacturers across 30 countries• Increased the customer base from 30 to 70 brands – Vans, Nordstrom, Tesco, M&S, Esprit, S.Oliver, Tommy Hilfiger etc.• Increased the customer base of Indian Garment Exporters from 40 to 75

10+ years in General Management and IT Consulting

Director, Decision Automation and Analytics Solutions Limited (DAASL)• Co-Founder of a boutique consulting startup in Business Rules Management(BRMS), BPM, Analytics and Technology, working with 15 Fortune-500 clients• Part of the management team. Led BRMS Delivery with 45-member team in USA, India, Thailand and South Africa• Responsible for Business Development, Account Management, Delivery (60 successful projects), Recruitment and Operations• Doubled revenues to over $2 mn in the second year and managed a team budget of $.75 mn• Managed consulting engagements in BFSI, Retail, Healthcare, Automotive, Logistics, Telecom and Hospital Management

Solution Integration Consultant, FICO• Managed multiple multi-million dollar end-to-end Decision Management consulting assignments in varied domains• Worked on Precision Marketing and Macro Space Planning consulting assignments for Retail giants• Was awarded Multiple Spot Awards for individual contribution and also part of a Healthcare project nominated for innovation award by Singapore government

Shivananda R MallyaB. E. (Mechanical), B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka

Teaching the PGPX class comprising 85 students with collective work experience of 850 -900 years has been a pleasure. This highly diverse group is focused, conscientious, engaged and energized. With an enriched experience and enhanced skill set in the one year stint at IIMA, the class of PGPX 2013-14, is sure to be an invaluable asset to the corporate world. With feet firm on the ground and eyes riveted to the goal, the batch is poised for flight.

Prof Asha KaulCommunications area, IIMA

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Siddhartha Sankar GhoshB. E. (Electronics & Telecommunications), Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University), Shibpur

11+ years of leadership and client engagement experience in Business Intelligence, Enterprise Resource Planning and Financial Reporting Systems

Finance BI Functional Lead, TCS, USA: Client – Cummins Inc, USA• Led and turned around a $2 mn business analytics program, across 4 business units, in 6 months• Presented business value addition plan to CFO, Cummins leading to 3-fold increase in the allocated program budget • Bridged 3 different finance function areas with the systems group reducing IT rework cost significantly• Pioneered Agile in a multi-vendor environment reducing turnaround time by 6 times• Trained 45-50 business users resulting in a cross-company acceptance of the IT solution

Operations Lead, TCS, USA: Client - Alcoa Inc, USALed IT operations worth $1 mn per year across 4 functions, with a team of 13 spread across US and India

Achievements• Received “High Performance Team ” award from TCS• Identified in top 5% employees, TCS• Received 7 quarterly recognition awards from Alcoa for excellence in solution delivery and customer service

Chartered Engineer with 8 years experience of working on Metro and Mainline Railway projects in Europe

Senior Project Engineer, Network Rail, UK• Evaluated and scored tender submissions for Network Rail’s £2 bn Crossrail Portfolio against cost, contractor’s competence and technical submission • Achieved 6% cost savings by value engineering £12.7 mn project meant to provide railway connectivity to Lafarge’s cement import handling terminal • Reduced maintenance cost by 13% by introducing a novel product with higher reliability and longer maintenance cycle

Signalling Project Engineer , Serco Docklands, London• Worked on the £450 mn multidisciplinary and multistage project to increase capacity of Dockland Light Railway by 50%• Led and managed introduction of novel fibre based train control and communication system for the first time in UK leading to increased system reliability and reduction in maintenance cost by 21% • Managed option development, feasibility study and construction of 6 kms extension of Dockland Light Railway to Stratford International and Olympic 2012 sites

Siddhartha ShekharM. Sc. (Communications and Signal Processing), Imperial College LondonB.E. (Telecommunication), Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka

Sreedhar GanjiB. Tech. (Electrical and Electronics) Jawaharlal Nehru Technologi-cal University Hyderabad

9 years of experience in Business Intelligence and Information Management across diverse business domains

Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer, Sony Online Entertainment, San Diego, USA• Delivered key analytics models like customer segmentation, funnel analysis, click-stream analysis that improved marketing campaign effectiveness by more than 25%• Drove successful collaboration initiatives between IT and brand management teams during planning and implementation of digital marketing promotions• Led big data implementation initiatives to facilitate real-time reporting• Designed and implemented management dashboards and standardized reporting on key performance indicators• Managed roll out of mobile Business Intelligence (BI) ; increased BI penetration by 30%

Business Intelligence Architect, American International Group (AIG), Jersey City, USA• Led cross-functional team of information technology and finance managers to optimize financial reconciliation process; reduced the processing time by 20%• Spearheaded Business Intelligence platform upgrade for the organization to facilitate improved management reporting• Conceptualized and developed an in-house data security framework, resulting in cost savings of $600K

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8 years’ experience in Sales, Service, and Operations Management across Infrastructure, Mining, and Energy

Senior Consultant - Operations, PricewaterhouseCoopers• Initiated and executed throughput improvement, asset optimisation and cost reduction projects in Thermal power plant, Coal and Metal mines• 23% manpower cost reduction in India’s leading auto ancillary using Lean techniques• TPM auditing and implementation at bottling plants of world’s largest beverage company

Manager Key Industry Segment: Infrastructure, Stanley Black & Decker• As head of Infrastructure SBU, developed and led the product entry strategy to achieve sales of $4 mn in 2 years across Infrastructure and Mining• Developed organisational capabilities in sales and marketing, distribution channel and product management Branch Service Manager, TATA-Hitachi Construction Machinery• Managed service and spare parts for large part of Northern India • Led a team of 45 engineers, supervisors and fitters to execute a full maintenance contract of excavators worth more than `60 Cr in open cast coal mine• Improved customer satisfaction through dealer development and smoothing of warranty and spare parts management processes

9 years of experience in project management, strategy development, PLM, manufacturing process and R&D

Senior Technical Lead, Mercedes-Benz R&D India• Successfully managed 8 projects comprising a team of 18 R&D and IT engineers, starting as a €50K project and growing it into a €1.16 mn program by facilitating high customer engagement• Headed ‘Vision, Mission and Strategy 2015 roadmap’ team, envisaging revenue CAGR of 35% and headcount increase of 300%, towards enhancing the global IT reach of Mercedes-Benz R&D India• Delivered innovative R&D solutions in ‘Production Oriented Product Validation’ to improve prototype manufacturing process and minimize the number of prototype models thereby reducing costs• Steered the ‘Engineering Systems’ team towards operational excellence by implementing balanced scorecard for key performance indicators in quality, process compliance, technical know-how and domain knowledge

Senior Software Engineer, SAFRAN Aerospace IndiaDelivered independent customization services which aided in tyre design and manufacturing

Software Engineer, DELMIA Solutions Private LimitedCollaborated with the French team and delivered product requirement analysis for team inception in India

Subhashis BasuB. Tech. (Mining Machinery Engg), Indian School of Mines, DhanbadSix Sigma - Green Belt

Sudhir PadalaB. Tech., IIT MadrasPMP, Project Management Institute, USA

The batch diversity opens your mind to new ideas, thoughts, areas and domains. PGPX course helps you explore and understand the far bigger world beyond- Student, Current Batch of PGPX

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Sumanth Kapoor, CFACFA Charterholder, CFA Institute, USADiploma (Revenue Management), IATA, CanadaB. Com. Punjab University, Chandigarh

11+ years of experience in Strategic Planning, Business Development and Corporate Finance

Dy. Vice President, Khanna Enterprises (Travel Engineers), Chandigarh, India Travel and Aviation Management Company (Annual Turnover – `100 Cr) • Redesigned the business model, achieving 12x growth in sales and 5x growth in profits over 9 years • Realized cost savings of 30% by implementing a cash management system• Achieved 40% increase in productivity of front line staff by introducing an incentive policy • Streamlined corporate wide financial plans and budgets leading to increased efficiency of reporting structure • Introduced hedging strategy to manage exchange rate risk, leading to reduction in forex tracking error by 70%• Pioneered industry’s first airfare benchmark index tradable in the futures market

Executive Director, Travel Craft Travel Management Institute (P) Ltd., Chandigarh, India • Co-Promoted a travel management institute, negotiated strategic tie up with University of Central Lancashire, UK for student exchange program • Successfully exited the investment after two years, realizing an ROCE of 155%

13+ years of leadership experience in B2B and B2C Sales & Marketing, Brand Management and Key Accounts Management in the Energy sector

Deputy Manager, Marketing, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd• Led B2B sales worth `350 Cr annually, of refinery products to the Government (Railways, Indian Army, PWD) as well as the commercial sector• Designed and implemented strategies for new product launch, sales promotion and expanded market share by 4% for SERVO brand of lubricants (B2C) • Managed Dealer Development, Channel Management and Supply Chain Management of lubricants and LPG• Managed the sales & distribution of kitchen-gas (brand INDANE) to 12 lakh customers (B2C) • Gained expertise in handling government-business interface by securing NOCs, permits, explosive-licenses, pollution-control certificates and handling litigations/RTIs for setting up retail outlets

Achievements• Increase in sales by 2% due to launch of chain of branded SERVOXPRESS service centres • Price rationalization achieved by setting up new retail channel (bazaar) for SERVO brand of lubricants • Consistent top 5% performer with average sales growth of 9% • Bagged high-volume lubricants tie-ups with Maruti Suzuki OEMs worth `28 Cr

Swaraj MisraMBA ( Marketing) - Pune University (Deptt Of Mgmt Sciences)B.Sc. (Physics, Maths) Lucknow University

Tarun Vir Singh Rana

B.E. (Mechanical), Army Institute of Technology, Pune University

8 years of experience in business management, technical consulting, business to market strategy and development

Technical Manager, Hilti • Planned and executed turnaround strategy for Maharashtra across multifunctional teams improving revenues from `24 mn to `105 mn per year (2009-2012)• Led a team of 21 consultants and sales engineers, developing team competence on communication, sales and technology dimensions, and outperforming targets for 5 successive years• Managed customer engagement across sectors including infrastructure, energy & petrochemicals, IT, automobile, pharmaceutical and real estate achieving sustained repeat business• Selected among top 1% talent pool in the country for the prestigious leadership development program - “Intent 2 Impact”

Business Development Engineer – Saint-Gobain • Managed P&L of `40 mn progressively for southern, eastern and western India• Negotiated business agreements across value chain and streamlined processes for operations, finance and marketing achieving highest profit contribution and lowest accounts receivables in division

Achievements• “Specification Consultant of the Year” for the second highest target achievement pan-India, Hilti• “Firestop Champion” for highest sales of SBU pan-India, Hilti

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Uttam ChandrakarB. Tech. (IT), Anna UniversityPMP, Project Management Institute, USATOGAF 9 practitionerIBM Certified Architect- Cloud Computing

Program Manager with 9+ years of experience in Enterprise IT Transformation & Strategy Consulting, Business Development and People Management

Program Manager – Business Transformation (US & APAC countries), IBM India• Managed a cross functional team of 85, which included 25 project managers and architects for strategic IT programs worth $100 mn • Pre-sales and Business Development experience in developing cloud based services• Formulated and executed IT strategy with the CTO’s office for a 5-year technology roadmap

Technical Services Manager, IBM India• Delivered 25% reduction in total cost of ownership for banking, retail and telecom customers• Client management and delivery of 45 successful projects worth $80 mn

Lead Product Consultant – Infosys US• Managed a 20-member team to execute projects on lean and agile frameworks at client location• End-to-end ownership of product implementation for a large US Bank

Achievements• IBM ‘Hall of Fame’for implementing Tech Remediation Framework which resulted in $10 mn savings• Best People Manager Award 2010 for Retention Management

8 years of leadership experience in Operations, Human Resource and General Management

Senior HR Manager (North & East), Randstad India• Led HR operations for Northern and Eastern India to manage complete HR life cycle of all the employees in that region• Designed, implemented and reviewed a new onboarding process for the entire organization to reduce attrition

Captain, Indian Army• Led a battery of 120 men for counter-terrorism operations in high-risk and vulnerable environment in J&K• As quartermaster for a regiment of 540 people, managed end-to-end Supply Chain for ammunition, FOL and 1200+ SKUs, and managed logistics for the entire regiment operations• Led social initiatives in villages near Line-of-Control in J&K under Operation Sadbhavna; projects included building schools, community centres

AchievementYoungest Officer to be selected for a 12-member strategic group in a combat exercise (2007), which involved 30,000 troops and was reviewed by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

13 years’ experience in Product, Innovation and Project Management for Supply Chain, ERP technologies

Senior Functional Architect, JDA• Led the Supply Chain Technology platform, JDA Enterprise Architecture (JEA) team in JDA’s Global Release Leaders Board, coordinating global product teams• Led a 12 member JEA R&D team• Managed 14 global releases of JEA in 4 years• Built an R&D team ab initio in Hyderabad, to transition entire QA activities from US• Played pivotal role in JDA’s Cloud Computing strategy• Responsible for design of Master Data Management (MDM)• Managed the “Distributed computing” initiative• Filed for a patent on “A Distributed Architecture for solving inherently Parallel Algorithms”

Project Lead, Cordys India (formerly, Vanenburg Business Solutions)• Led 22-member QA team for the first global launch of Business Process Modelling platform• Designed the ANN based framework for a website classification engine• Member of the R&D team that developedthe the first ERP product for Construction Industry in Western Europe

Varun KumarM. Sc. (Applied Psychology), Annamalai UniversityBBA, Jammu University, India

Venkata Rahul SatluriPGSSP, (Soft-Computing and Artificial Neural-Networks (ANN)), IIIT HyderabadM. Sc. (Electronics), Hyderabad Central UniversityB. Sc. MPC, Andhra University

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12+ years of research, project management, and consulting experience in developing technology for aerospace, automotive, and defense industry

Research Scientist, HRL Laboratories (Boeing and General Motors), USA• Performed Technology Intelligence, Risk Analysis, Marketing, and Proposal Development to enable capture of +$45 mn of new contracts in 2011-12• Led capture and execution of technology research projects of +$10 mn during 2001-11; consistently delivered exceptional performance with emphasis on intellectual property development and technology transition to industry and U.S. Government Agencies

Achievements• 20+ research publications in international journals and conferences; four issued U.S. patents with eight patents pending review by USPTO, and two defensive publications• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA• Medal of Merit by the Institution of Engineers, India, and one Gold Medal by the Gujarat University, India, for consistent Academic Excellence during B.E. degree• Two Gold Medals by Gujarat University, India, for standing FIRST among students of 11 Engineering disciplines in the First and Fourth Years of B.E. degree

Vikas KukshyaM. S. (EE), Virginia Tech, USA (graduated Summa Cum Laude)B.E. (ECE), Gujarat University(University Rank: 1)

Vivek Kumar TripathiB. Tech. (Chemical), IIT BHU, Varanasi

13 years of experience in business development and program management in IT services (USA, UK, Australia, India)

Account Manager, Mindtree, Australia• Worked as a core member of strategy team• Spearheaded the IT business development (Superannuation and Credit Card domain) in Australia• Increased Australia revenue from $1 mn to $5.5 mn in 1.5 years• Increased profitability by 10% by curtailing attrition in 150-member team from 25% to 5%

Relationship Manager, Infosys, UK• Established Infosys as preferred vendor partner among 5 vendors• Increased revenue 3 times in 1 year with above average profit margins

Program Manager, Infosys, UK• Managed the 12 mn roll out of chip and pin credit cards in 17 European countries • Led 90 member culturally diverse multi-vendor teams spanning across 6 countries

Achievements • Outstanding Performer award at Mindtree for business development• Role Model Manager award at Mindtree for people management• Most valuable player award at Infosys for client relationship management

Yasuhiro MaseCertified Public Accountant (CPA), JapanB. A. University of Shinshu, JapanCitizen: Japan

14 years experience with professional accounting firm in India and in Japan and govenment services in Japan

Business Desk Manager, KPMG, India• Built and developed India Japan Business desk from the ground up• Provided tax efficient structuring advisory about international transactions and FDI for major Japanese Companies including TOYOTA group companies• Provided tax and financial feasibility study and business planning advisory services to Japanese companies aspiring to enter India• Assisted incorporation and business start-up procedures in India for 15 companies• Acquired 56 new Japanese clients with total revenue of `85 mn in 2 years

Audit In charge, KPMG AZSA LLC, Japan• Provided audit services for major Japanese international companies including NTT group and NEC group• Consulted for SOX (Internal control audit) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) implementation

Achievements• Gave lectures at 6 international seminars in last 2 years• Wrote 13 articles about accounting and international taxation for professional magazines and reports during 2010-12

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The FacultyBusiness Policy

Anurag K AgarwalLLM (Harvard), LLD (Lucknow)

Ajeet Mathur NarainPh.D. (IIS, Bangalore)

Karthik DFellow (IIMA)

M R DixitPh.D. (IIT, Kanpur)

T V RaoPh.D. Psychology (SPU)

Shailendra MehtaPh.D. (Harvard University)

N VenkiteswaranACA

Sunil Sharma FPM (Business Policy), IIM Ahmedabad

Communications

Asha KaulPhD (IIT, Kanpur)

M M MonippallyPhD (Manchester)

Meenakshi SharmaMA, PhD (Queensland Uni)

Computers andInformation SecurityGroup

Rekha Rani JainPhD (IIT, Delhi)

SC BhatnagarFellow (IIMA)

Economics

Errol D’souzaPhD (JNU)

Samar DattaPh.D (Uni. of Rochester)

Sebastian Morris Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (Economics)

Finance & Accounting

Shailesh GandhiFellow (IIMA)

Rajendra PatelAICWA, ACA, PGDM (IIMA)

Prem ChanderFellow (IIMA)

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

Mahendra GujarathiFellow (IIMA)

Ajay Pandey(Dean, Faculty)Fellow (IIMA)

Joshy Jacob FPM, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Sidharth SinhaPh.D. (University of California, Berkeley)

Marketing

Arindam BanerjeePh.D. (SUNY at Buffalo)

Abraham KoshyFellow (IIMA)

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

Piyush Kumar SinhaPhD (SP Uni)

Dheeraj Sharmadoctoral degree Louisiana Tech University, USA

OrganizationalBehaviour

Kirti ShardaFellow (IIMC)

Deepti BhatnagarFellow (IIMA)

Parvinder GuptaPhD (IIT, Kanpur)

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Pradyumana KhokleFellow (IIMA)

NeharikaVohraPhD (Manitoba)

Personnel &Industrial Relations

Biju VarkkeyFellow (NIBM, Pune)

Production &QuantitativeMethods

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

Goutam DuttaPhD (NorthwesternUni)

A K LahaPhD (ISI, Calcutta)

Saral MukherjeeFellow (IIMC)

Bandyopadhyay TathagataPhD(Uniof Calcutta)

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

Debjit RoyPh.D., (Uni. of Wisconsin-Madison)

Karthik SriramFellow Programme in Management from IIMBangalore

Apratim Guha Ph. D. (University of California, Berkeley)

Sachin Jayaswal Ph.D. , Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada

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)

Ankur SarinPh.D. (Uni. of Chicago)Faculty

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 of Cost and Works Accountants of India

Jerry RaoFormer Citi India head,Mphasis Founder

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

Sushil VachaniProfessor, Strategy and Innovation, Boston University

Hari MundraEx. Director (Finance), Essar Group

S MalatheshFormer MD, Alytaus Textiles, Lithuania

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

Atanu GhoshPGDM (IIMA)

Rama BijapurkarPGDM (IIMA)

N BalasubramanianPh.D. (Uni. of Mumbai)

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Placement Process

At IIMA, placements are handled by the Student Placement Committee under the supervision of the faculty through a process that optimizes the interests of both the students and the companies. The student committee gets involved in the process right from corporate interactions (throughout the year), to pre-placement talks, to coordinating activities during placement process.

There are two main placement activities on campus:

How to Recruit From PGPX

1. Pre-placement Talks (Corporate Presentations)

Pre-placement presentations (up to 2 rounds) enable organizations to inform students about company’s business, work culture, organizational structure, career, and growth opportunities. We recommend a 30-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A session. Presence of senior executives and alumni helps create a better impact.• This year companies can plan to visit IIMA for delivering pre-placements talk starting 05-Oct-2013. For scheduling the talks, Student Placement Committee should be approached at least 7 days in advance.

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05-10-13Placement starts from 18-11-13

2. On-Campus Recruitment

Companies can plan a visit to the IIMA campus for conducting placement interviews and making job offers to suitable student candidates during the placement season. • This year the placement season commences on 18th November 2013 and continues till 31st March 2014. Companies can approach Student Placement Committee about 2 weeks in advance for scheduling an on-campus placement session. The committee members can also be approached for guidance on the transport and lodging facilities on campus.

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1. Student Placement Committee is the single point of contact: Companies interested in conducting recruitment activities at IIMA must contact a student placement committee member for placements. Companies are discouraged to directly approach the students.

2. Grade Non-Disclosure Policy: PGPX class of 2014 as well as the placement process at IIMA PGPX program follows a grade non-disclosure policy.

3. Offer Negotiations: Compensation and other terms of employment should be negotiated directly between the company and the candidate.

4. Offer Communication: Offer to the selected candidates should be communicated through student placement committee.

5. Reporting Standards Compliance: Companies are required to provide the final offer details as per the reporting standards followed

by IIMA. Details can be sought from a placement committee member.

6. Recruitment FeesThere is a fee for the recruitment process, levied as a charge per successful hire (amounts will be informed by the placement committee member). Placement Fees will be waived for firms that fall under our waiver criteria. To know more about this policy, please contact your Relationship Manager.

Key Recruitment Policies and Guidelines

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Other Programs at IIMAFPM

The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is the doctoral programme of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The objective of the programme is to provide students with necessary skills to identify and research complex issues in the field of management. FPM seeks candidates with outstanding academic backgrounds, intellectual curiosity and discipline needed to make scholarly contribution. For the students selected, IIMA provides an excellent environment for carrying out advanced research, thus creating highly committed researchers trained in the most recent methodologies and engaged in producing original research work. IIMA’s doctoral programme provides a diverse set of opportunities for interdisciplinary education and research. The small entering class ensures close interaction with the faculty, where students can determine their own directions under the guidance of their thesis advisory committees. The student becomes part of one of the ten functional/ sectoral groups and acquires the basic theoretical knowledge and practical aspects of the area. This allows close interaction with faculty members, who provide the intellectual stimulation and help develop the student’s own research interests and professional goals. The programme is strongly committed to preparing thought leaders

PGP

Selected through the most rigourous admission procedure, the participants of IIMA’s PGP go through a thoroughly challenging and enriching academic experience during their two years on campus. The PGP constantly strives to remain on the cutting edge of modern management education, instilling teamwork, a global focus, an ability to innovate and above all, an unflinching stress on excellence in its students. The curriculum exposes the students to a number of real life situations and contemporary tools of analysis that have been perfected through the case method of pedagogy. The PGP class represents a rich gamut of socio-cultural and educational backgrounds, in addition to a healthy mix of fresh graduates and candidates with prior work experience. The participants of IIMA’s PGP display great clarity and focus when it comes to charting their career path despite the fact that the average age of IIMA graduates is below that of foreign B-schools. They choose diverse career interests ranging from Finance, Marketing, Consulting, Technology, General Management, Policy Making and even Non-Profit Sectors. Recent years have also seen a surge in the entrepreneurial spirit with a growing number of graduates deciding to pursue their own dreams.

both for the academic and corporate world. Students spend generally a little over four years that includes two years of rigourous course work. Course work in the first year provides a general management overview and develops basic skillsfor analysing managerial problems. In the second year, students take advanced doctoral level courses in their areas of specialization. The doctoral dissertation, for the next couple of years, provides them with an opportunity to make original contribution to an area of management or to one of its source disciplines. IIMA’s faculty have studied and worked in the best of institutions within India and around the world. Their involvement with public and private organizations internationally allows them to bring relevant managerial issues into the classroom and in their research. This creates an exceptional environment for developing a research programme that can build sound theory for analysing complex managerial problems.

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PGP - ABM

IIMA’s commitment and expertise in agribusiness sector dates back to its inception when the institute had accepted managerial issues related to under-managed but socially important sectors – particularly food and agribusiness - as part of its thrust area since its inception in 1961. IIMA is one of the few management schools in the world which offers a two-year full-time Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM). What makes this sector-specific programme special compared to many other agribusiness programmes is that the programme curriculum has a leading-edge managerial foundation firmly rooted in IIMA’s “management” culture and proficiency with focus on food and agribusiness. A key element of the programme is its complete perspective of the sector rather than approaching sector areas e.g. agricultural production, input supply, agro-processing, marketing, and support services, as separate and distinct activities. The program is well known for its academic rigour. The first year imparts the basic fundamentals of marketing, finance, operations, economics, communication and human resources management, the building blocks of managerial aptitude. Building on this strong foundation in general management, the second year courses equip students with specialized multifunctional knowledge and skills that are required by the agri-business sector managers for excellence in planning and decision-making. Students choose from courses including Agricultural Finance, Strategic Food Marketing, Public Policy,

Agribusiness and Energy Markets, Management of Micro Finance, Carbon Finance and more. The Logistics, Supply Chain and Infrastructure Management in Agribusiness course is highly appreciated by the business world. The course also orients students to the global agribusiness scenario, and has a student exchange program with ESSEC, France.The programme has been consistently ranked Number One in Agribusiness and Food Industry Management programmes in the World by Eduniversal, France. The program has evolved to become a leader in agribusiness management and goal is to remain a premier programme in educating the sector’s decision-makers. The programme provides comprehensive exposure to the managerial concepts, tools, and techniques required by the food and agribusiness sector and prepare students for management positions in this increasingly complex field. The programme also exposes students to the rural environment, society and institutions through an innovative Rural Immersion module in which students spend about 4 weeks in typical rural areas and undertake live projects. Rural immersion component not only brings students closer to ground realities and constraints in vast rural market, but also gives them an exposure and firm base on which they could base their future decisions. PGP-ABM is specifically tailored to produce the high calibre of managerial talent that this vital sector requires and will lead India’s food and agribusiness industries in the challenging environment.

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Distinguished Speakers @ PGPX - Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, Ms Kumud Srinivasan, Dr Kiran Bedi, Mr Ronnie Screwvala (clockwise from top left)

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Aditya Bansal received gold medal from Shri L. N. Mittal Chief Guest of the forty-eighth convocation held on March 23, 2013

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Contact for Placement Enquiry

Placements

pgpxplacecom@iimahd.ernet.in Chetan Goyal x13chetan@iimahd.ernet.in 99099 27824 . 82380 86017

Deepak Maheshwari x13deepak@iimahd.ernet.in 99099 27822 . 82380 86021

Kuljeet Kaur x13kuljeet@iimahd.ernet.in 99099 27823 . 82380 86032

Parag Toley x13parag@iimahd.ernet.in 99099 27820 . 82380 86046

Shivananda R Mallya x13shivananda@iimahd.ernet.in 99090 17891 . 82380 86171 Varun Kumar x13varun@iimahd.ernet.in 99099 27831 . 82380 86081

Vivek Tripathi x13vivek@iimahd.ernet.in 99099 27825 . 82380 86114

Chairperson, Placement Committee

Professor Kirti Shardaplacechair@iimahd.ernet.in 079 6632 4922

Placement Officer

Mr Victor Pereiraplacementofficer@iimahd.ernet.in,Phone: 079 6632 4666Fax: 079 6632 4665

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