Dr. Venkatkrishnan has been in Academic for more than 45 years in various capacities as Dean-Academics, Professor, Head of Department of Decision Sciences. He has been the recipient of Best Teacher Award (National) and Institutional. He has been teaching Mathematics, Statistics, Quantitative Techniques, Operations Research, Project Management, etc., He has held many positions at the University of Mumbai. He was on the Board of Studies with NMIMS and KJ Somaiya. He commenced his teaching career around 44 years ago having worked as Probationary Officer in a Bank. He has worked in institutions like NMIMS, K.J.Somaiya, ITM, IIPM, ICAI, HKIMSR, DSIMS. . His core competence are in Operations Research, Project Management, Statistics and Mathematics,

Dr. Vrittee Parikh holds a Doctoral Degree in Management from University of Mumbai. She has done her Masters in Human Resource Management and has a rich experience of more than a decade in academics and 2 years in Industry in recruitment and training domain. She is a Rank Holder in MMS, UGC- NET cleared. She has one Book and 13 research papers in her credit at National and International Level. Her area of Interest are Organizational Behavior, General Management, Human Resource Management, Training & Development, Soft Skills Training, Creativity and Innovation, Leadership and Motivation.

Dr. Krati Sharma holds a Doctoral degree in management from DAVV, Indore. She has done Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing. She has a work experience of 11 years. She has about 8 years of experience in teaching with institutions of repute and 3 years of corporate experience. She has published research papers in reputed journals and presented research papers at National & International Conferences. She teaches courses in Marketing and General Management. Her area of interests are Marketing Management, Product and Brand Management, Rural Marketing, Services Marketing, Managerial Economics, and Research Methodology.

Dr. Sonali Kale holds a Doctoral Degree from SNDT Women’s University of Mumbai. She has done her MBA in Financial Management, She holds M. Phil and M. Com. Degrees as well. She has a rich experience of more than a two decade in academics. She has one Book and more than 23 research papers in her credit at in prestigious platforms like UGC Care and Scopus and holds two patents that reflect innovative approach to education. Her area of Interest are Financial Management, Cost and Management Accounting, Financial Accounting.

After completing her Master’s in computer applications, she went ahead to get her Doctorate in Computer Science Her 16 years of experience in Education includes teaching Engineering, MCA and MBA students She is a Guide for 5 PhD scholars She has a long experience of handling the examination department She is the Chairperson of Flying Squad Team at Mumbai University Her core competency lies in managing websites

Parag Nivsarker is MBA with specialization in Finance. He has over 30 years of rich experience in IT industry in providing IT solutions to global clients in various industries. His experience has been in the areas of QA Consulting, IT Solution Architecting, Delivery Management, Pre-sales, Program Management, Project Management and Application Development & Maintenance. During his career, he worked with IT services companies providing solutions to many customers from North America, Europe and Australia. During this tenure, he has worked in the USA, Canada and many European countries. His teaching experience includes Corporate training sessions at L&T Infotech and Bluestar Ltd. (ISD), Guest Lectures in a few premier institutes and Visiting Faculty in premier B-school.

She has done her graduation and post graduation from Mumbai University. She is a Chartered Accountant. She has 17 years post qualification experience in the field of Chartered Accountancy (Income tax, various types of audits, etc.) She has a teaching experience of 8 years. Her areas of interest are Financial Accountancy, Cost Accountancy, Financial Management, Wealth Management, Corporate Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisition, Insolvency and Bankruptcy code, and many more.

Qualification: M.com, FCA. Exp: 1. Overall Teaching Experience of 10 Years. 5 Years’ Experience in CA Firm. 2. Taught Financial Accounting, Direct & Indirect taxation at undergraduate level & Security Analysis Portfolio Management, International Finance, Commercial Banking at Post Graduate level. 3. Appointed as Paper Setter of TYBFM for the subject ‘Portfolio Management’

Saji Thomas is a Commerce Graduate and holds a Master’s Degree in Management with specialization in Finance from Mumbai University. He has a teaching experience of over 13 years as visiting as well as full time faculty at various institutes of repute. His area of interest lies in Banking and Financial Services. He has a corporate work experience of 15 years in the BFSI industry.

Dinesh R Mehra holds Masters in Marketing Management from the University of Mumbai. He has total work experience of 21 years, having worked for 09 years in companies like CMIE Pvt Ltd, ICICI Lombard GIC and SBI Factors and Commercial Services Pvt Ltd Since the last 12 years he has been associated with academics and teaches various marketing subjects to first and second year students. He has also successfully steered placement activities in his earlier assignments.

Ajeet Mishra is MMS with specialization in Marketing and PGDORM – Operations. He is Certified Business Analytics from National Stock Exchange. He is member of Operations Research Society of India (ORSI- Mumbai Chapter). He has over 10 years of rich experience in SCM- Modern Trade Operations & Development, Shipping Operations & Freight Forwarder in India and aboard. During his tenure, he has worked with Tirumalla Oil Refinery Pvt Ltd, Supersonic International Ltd- Zambia Mars International Freight Forwarder – Bahrain, National Shipping Agency -Sudan, OSL- Mumbai, His teaching experience of over 10 years includes Business Statistics, Operational Research & Business Data Analytics. His experience with premier institutes and Visiting Faculty in premier B-School

Prof. Shweta Nigam is a highly accomplished professional with a strong educational background in Computer Science and Engineering. She holds a M.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) and Master of Computer Applications degree(MCA). With over 11 years of teaching experience in academics, she has refined her abilities in effectively conveying knowledge and providing guidance to students in their academic endeavours. She has contributed significantly to her field with the publication of five research papers in reputed journals. She was a guide of many projects for Masters Students. Her interests revolve around different aspects of Cryptography and its applications.

Prof. Rashmi Pathak holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology. With over 4 years of hands-on experience in the industry, Miss Rashmi Pathak has significantly contributed to various prominent companies. She has worked with esteemed organizations like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Tata AIG, DCB, and Convergys India, where she has showcased her proficiency in tackling complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions. She has an impressive teaching experience of more than 4 years, during which she has mentored and inspired countless students in the field of Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science. Her areas of interest lie in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.

Ramakrishnan Iyer holds a Executive MBA Post Graduate Certificate from IIM, Kozhikode and B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. He is a Senior IT professional with 30+ years’ experience with rich experience in the areas of Innovation, technology architect and delivery management and having a strong technology background, business development and people leadership. He has a good experience in various automation technologies like RPA, Chatbots, and Machine Learning to drive process and productivity improvements across the organization. His last role in Capgemini was as Financial Services Business Unit Automation Drive Lead, driving automation across various financial services business unit accounts to drive improvements in processes and productivity for Application Managed services, Application Development and Testing services thru Automation and Productivity Enhancements initiatives. He also has a Creative mindset being a part of Capgemini Innovation groups driving business results through new innovation offering developed in emerging technologies.

Pradeep Joshi has done B.E.(Production) and M.M.S (Finance) , both from University of Mumbai. He has qualified in UGC NET with 99.96 percentile. He has over 25 years of experience in Finance and IT industries, in areas of corporate finance, budgeting and cost control, export-import finance, banking, IT project delivery, Quality, PMO, ERP, Application development and maintenance. He has worked with leading IT services companies providing solutions to premier American and European clients. He worked as profit centre head handling revenue of more than 30 million US $ per annum with team size of 500+. He has worked in India, UK and USA. His teaching experience includes teaching over online platforms to international students, coaching students to ace international entrance exams like SAT in USA. He has also worked as visiting and guest faculty in premier management institutes in Mumbai. AIMSR Faculty

An influencing, enterprising leader and accomplished senior information technology director Educational Qualification: M.S in Information Systems from New York with specialization in Technology Service Operations and Information Risk Management Certified Novell Engineer Master CNE Internet/lntranet Solutions Microsoft Certified System Engineer Cisco Certified Network Associate Cisco Certified Design Associate Cisco Certified Network Professional Certified Solaris (UNIX) Administrator Check Point Firewall Security Associate Check Point Certified Security Expert Sun Certified Data Mgmt. Engineer (VERITAS) Sun Certified Net Backup Architect Sun Certified Storage Architect (SAN) Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert ITIL 3.0 Certified in Service Delivery COBIT 4.1 & VAL -IT & ISO 27001 Main Professional Experience: Director Global Technology Infrastructure, Barclays Bank Plc. 2018- 2020 Vice President – Asiapac Global Technology Infrastructure. First Data Corporation 2017- 2018 Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase 2010- 2017 Other Assignments: Merit of setting up 2 organisations from scratch in Asiapac entailing Management of technology Infrastructure & Service Delivery. Have expertise in managing 14 countries (Asia, Africa & MENA) for Technology Governance, Risk, Audit, Assurance and IT Security at Barclays. Designed and architected the in-country Technology Operating Model & technology Risk setup including Data centre, service management, Risk processes and procedures, Audits, Wintel/ Unix platforms, Networks, security, BCP & disaster recovery for Barclays India. Facilitated the infrastructure and Technology Operations setup with Application Support End to End of Non-Banking Financial Services (Barclays Finance) encompassing new product launches, Branch rollouts, ATM, payment portal, and wealth management. Rated as the Best Manager in JP Morgan Asiapac Technology & Second best manager in JP Morgan Chase Global Technology with the highest Employee Satisfaction scores for 4 years in succession. Maintaining the lowest talent attrition in Asiapac for 4 years in succession. Recommended and earned VP/Director Promotion thrice in 3 years in JP Morgan Chase for excellence in IT Infrastructure Operations, Agile, Technology Risk, Performance Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Delivery in Asiapac. Headed entire Non-Development Global Technology operations at 3 facilities in Mumbai & Hyderabad with 742 IT Professionals.

Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce Post Graduate diploma in Business Management ITIL and Certified Scrum Master Certifications Professional Experience: Assistant Vice President - Technology working in Service Operations, Service Assurance and Production management for Barclays Bank Plc. JP Morgan from January 2007 – November 2018 Other Assignments: Adjunct Professor of Management teaching for the MMS and PGDM program in London School of Economics (LSE), University of Wolverhampton

Mr. Samir V. Charania, M.M.S. (Marketing);B.Com. Prof. Samir V. Charania is an Entrepreneur & an Academician with 16 years of teaching experience, handling various domains in Management & Marketing. He has been taking lectures in his area of specialization in various management institutes across Mumbai. He has also attended several National & International Research conferences & has several Research articles published in National & International Journals.

Certified green belt and has been instrumental in using techniques like 5 S /TPM/Six Sigma Educational Qualification: · Degree in Mechanical Engineering · Materials Management with a gold medal · Certified green belt and has been instrumental in using a lot of improvement techniques like 5 S /TPM/Six Sigma to achieve quality and productivity improvements Professional Experience: Prof. Hemant Jog has over 33 years of industry experience in the areas of Sourcing and Supply Chain, project management and operations. He has a vast experience in automotive sector. He has experience of executing green field and brown field projects. He is now a management consultant in the areas of Supply Chain and Operations amd is Partner in ImproveGuru Consultancy and a Director at Dietz Consulting Partners Pvt. Ltd, a German Subsidiary of Dietz – Germany Other Assignments: Prof. Hemant has been associated with professional bodies like IIMM, CII, ACMA and has worked as Head of Manufacturing Panel for CII Aurangabad and has been a chair person for hosting many conferences on manufacturing excellence. He has participated in many panel discussions related to sourcing and Supply chain as well as logistics. He has been a facilitator for various trainings conducted on Continuous improvement, TPM, TQM etc

Educational Qualification: Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Management (2019) from Calorx Teachers’ University Advanced Programme in Strategic Management (2016) from IIM – Calcutta CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER CM (2011) from Financial Planning Standards Board PGDBM – Marketing and Finance (2005) MSRIM, Bangalore PGDM – Corporate Communication (2005) MSRIM, Bangalore M.S. University, Vadodara (2002) BBA Professional Experience: Senior Vice President and Principle Officer at 5nance.com. Regular speaker on Bloomberg Quint and CNBC. Other Assignments: Visiting Faculty and Guest Lecturer with reputed B-Schools. Practical subject command over financial and management avenues. Associated with Management schools as a member of Board of Studies. Assisting students in the academic projects.

Educational Qualification: B.E (Mechanical) PG Diploma in Foreign Trade PG Diploma in Marketing Management Professional Experience: Insights Specialist- InQognito Insights Pvt. Ltd. from Sept 2019 – Aug 2020 Associate Vice President-MarketVistas Consumer Insights Pvt. Ltd. from Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 Sr. Group Manager-GFK India Pvt. Ltd. from Feb 2012 – Nov 2018 Sr. Executive (Client Servicing)-Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd. from June 2007 -- Jan. 2012 Joint Manager- National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. from June 1996 --Jun. 2007 Other Assignments: Proficient in primary customized quantitative research across Consumer and B2B categories Specialist in Brand strategy / positioning, Business strategy, Equity tracking, Communication evaluation, Product Innovation, Segmentation, Customer / stakeholder Satisfaction, Mystery shopping, marketing analytics, etc. Client management across multiple categories - FMCG, Telecom, Mobile, Automotive, Financial, Retail, Logistics, Consumer Durables, Agri & Rural, Media, Engg & Chemicals, Electrical products, Healthcare, Real Estate, etc. Expertise in integrating business metric, data and consumer findings for an insightful presentation Ensure timely preparation of quality research reports for effective decision making. Training of resources and clients on market research topics Team management - Led a team of researcher, scripting team, Data collection team, Data processing team, etc.and drove operational efficiencies