Academic Advisory Committee
Strategic Advisor
Dr Rajan Saxena is an institution builder, marketing academic and an author in marketing, corporate strategy, institution building and leadership. He held the position of Vice Chancellor of NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies), (Deemed University) Mumbai from 2009 to 2020. Prior to this position, he held the position of Director IIM Indore, IBS Gurgaon, and S.P.Jain Institute of Management Studies and Research(SPJIMR) Mumbai. He is a graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce and Ph.D. from Delhi School of Economics. Dr. Saxena started his career in academics at Delhi University and later taught at XLRI Jamshedpur, IIM Kolkata, SPJIMR,Mumbai, NMIMS, IIM Indore, University of Calgary, Canada and Pace University, NY.
He has also published over 80 articles and 24 cases in national and international journals and two books on Marketing Management (6th ed 2019) and International Marketing (1984) published by Mc Graw Hill.
Dr Saxena has advised leading Indian and multinational companies in areas of branding, marketing strategy and organization structures and leadership.
Dr Saxena was President ISTD (1992-93) and held leadership positions in Management Education and Higher Education in AMDISA, AIMS, AIMA and FICCI and was conferred awards for institution building, leadership, teaching excellence and distinguish Alumni. One of his most recent awards is AIMA’S Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education. He is/ has also been on the boards of several public and private sector companies, management institutions and universities. He was conferred Fellowship by ISTD and IMCI (Institute of Management Consulting India).
He is currently Advisor FICCI Higher Education, and Advisor to education trusts and institutions and also Chairs AIMA Vice Chancellors Council and India Case Research Centre.
Advisory Board
Name | Designation |
Mr Yugal Sikri | Managing Director – RPG LIFE SCIENCES LTD |
Dr Debashis Sanyal | Director- Great lakes |
Dr Suresh Mony | Former NMIMS Bangalore Director |
Mr Yogi Sriram | Senior Vice President – Corporate Human Resources, Larsen & Toubro Limited |
Mr Vijay Chandok | MD & CEO- ICICI securities |
Mr Rakesh Khanna | Ex-CEO Syntel/ Head of Americas & Digital – Eviden |
Mr Sailesh Chaturvedi | CEO Tommy Hilfiger |
Members of Academic Advisory Committee
| Sr. No. | Name | Designation | Organization | Specialization |
| 1 | Dr. Sunita Srivastava | Dean Management | AIMSR & ASBM | General Management |
| 2 | Mr. Sandeep Raut | Founder | Going Digital |
Marketing |
| 3 | Mr. Amit Sharma | Co-founder & CEO | M-Care | |
| 4 | Mr. Samir Vithlani | Vice President | The Max (A Tribes – DDB JV) | |
| 5 | Ms. Sonali Tipre | Founder | Margin’s view Consulting Private Ltd |
Finance |
| 6 | Mr. Joydeep Sen | Managing Partner | Wise Investor Services | |
| 7 | Mr. Mandar Gupte | Founder & MD | Bloome Business Consultants Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 8 | Mr. Rituraj Sar | VP – Learning & Development | Lupin Ltd. |
Human Resource |
| 9 | Ms. Sarita Fernandes | Senior Director – Practice Lead, Global | Capgemini Ltd | |
| 10 | Mr. Neil Sequeira | Chief Operating Officer | Head and Neck Cancer Institute of India | |
| 11 | Mr. Hemant Jog | Director | Dietz Consulting Partners Pvt. Ltd. | Operations |
| 12 | Mr. Apurva Mankad | Founder & CEO | WebXpress | |
| 13 | Mr. Amit Bansal | Co-founder & CEO | @91sqft | IT |
| 14 | Mr. Rajat Sahu | VP, marketing & Alliances | InstaSafe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
First Academic Advisory Committee Meeting
10th September, 2022
- Director’s presentation to share the recent academic and co-curricular activities of the Institute.
- HODs presentations covering the specific subjects, major course outcomes & program outcomes, events, internships & placements.
- New Topics/Case studies to be added as value addition in the existing syllabus to make it industry relevant.
- New Industry trends to be focused on during assignments or classroom sessions.
- New Internship and Placement opportunities to be discussed.
- Any other item with the permission of the Chairperson followed by lunch.
