Indian

Institute of
Management
Ahmedabad
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Structure: Structure:
Courses Projects

Placement
Track Record

Class Profile

Student Profiles

Placement
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Programme Structure
The PGPX programme combines rigorous case-based courses,
electives, individual research projects and industry sponsored
projects to enable the students to absorb and apply management
concepts in business environments.
Area Courses
Marketing
+ Assessing and Creating Customer Value
+ Delivering and Managing Customer Value
+ Strategic Business to Business Market Management
+ Brand Management
+ Brand and Communication
+ Revenue Management and Dynamic Pricing
+ Intercultural Marketing Management
+ Media and Society
Finance and Economics
+ Financial Reporting and Analysis
+ Corporate Finance
+ Strategic Cost Management
+ Financial Markets
+ Mergers and Acquisitions
+ Firms and Markets
+ Open Economy Macroeconomics
+ International Economic and Political Environment
+ Fixed Income Markets
+ Investments and Portfolio Management
+ Securities Regulation
+ Management Control Systems
+ Computational Finance
+ Understanding Micro Finance
+ Economics of Organizations
Operations
+ Designing Operations to Meet Demand
+ Setting and Delivering Service Levels
+ Quality Management
+ IT for Organizational Performance
+ Supply Chain and Logistics Management
+ Legal and Regulatory Issues in Infrastructure
+ Manufacturing and Service Operations Strategy
+ Environment Management
+ Retail Management
+ Managing Telecom Enterprises
+ Core Courses
+ Elective Courses
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Courses
Twenty courses spread over 255 sessions lay the building blocks and
crystallize the conceptual and analytical knowledge of the students for
managerial effectiveness. Another 12 courses, spread over 145
sessions, prepare the students for top management in leadership and
change agent roles. One hundred and twenty sessions of elective
courses allow students to explore specific areas of interest more
deeply.
Area Courses
Business Strategy
+ Modeling for Decisions
+ Analysis of Data
+ Competitive Strategy
+ Strategies for Corporate Growth
+ International Business
+ Entrepreneurship
+ Technology Ventures
+ Competitive Advantage Through Design
+ Strategic Planning for Information Systems
+ Understanding and Assessing Risk
+ Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in
International Business
+ International Business Law
+ Country Environments & Multinational Strategy
Leadership and Management
+ Leadership: Meshing Theory and Practice
+ Leadership and Values
+ Role of a General Manager
+ Building and Managing Corporate Reputation
+ Corporate Governance
+ Corporate Ethics
+ Management Communication
+ Organizational Behavior
+ Tracking Organization Performance
+ Strategic Human Resources Management
+ Managing Across Cultures
+ Managing Negotiations
+ Managing Leadership in Context of
Organisational Growth
+ Managing and Creating Creativity
+ Understanding Creativity and Innovation
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Projects
PGPX consists of three project components totalling up to 135 sessions. Every student undertakes a faculty-
guided Individual Research Project (IRP) on a topic of his or her own choice. The International Immersion
Programme offers international exposure as well as an opportunity to consult on an industry-sponsored
project within or outside India. Finally, the programme culminates with the two-week Capstone Project which
places the students in simulated business environments, providing an opportunity to integrate their learnings
and experience for working in large, multidisciplinary teams under tight deadlines.

Individual Research Project

IRP provides students an opportunity to explore their passion while taking advantage of the rich and diverse
experience of the IIMA faculty network. Each of these projects results in one of the following:
• A business plan
• An industry note
• A company-specific case study
• A business plan on bridging the social divide

International Immersion Programme

The five-week International Immersion Programme (IIP) prepares students to take up challenging
assignments relevant to today's globalized business world.
During the first week of IIP, the students attend a custom designed programme at one of five reputed
international business schools which helps them understand the macro economic underpinnings of business
in that country. This year's students have a choice of attending Amsterdam Business School (Netherlands),
Chinese University of Hongkong (China), Columbia Business School (New York), Frankfurt School of Finance
and Management (Germany), or Warwick University Business School (UK).
During the next four weeks, each student undertakes a consulting assignment at a sponsoring firm around the
host country. Over the past two years, the list of sponsoring firms has grown to include Acumen Fund,
Cognizant Solutions, Delta Lloyd, Gridstone Research, IBM, Intel Capital, Kotak International, Microsoft,
naukri.com, NCDEX, OLAM, Tech Mahindra, Titan, Unilever, VSNL, Wipro Technologies, and Yes Bank. Some of
the projects executed by the first two batches of PGPX were:
• Developing strategy and a complete revenue model for a mobile remittance service in the US-Mexico
corridor
• Feasibility study for an international company to enter Indian markets
• Developing a framework for a company to evaluate its acquisition successes
• Devising a methodology for the implementation of activity based costing at a firm in the Middle East
• Developing a new product offering and market expansion for a financial services company
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Placement Track Record

Companies that Participated in Placements 2008

• Accenture Consulting • Ericsson • ITC Group • Reliance Capital

• Aditya Birla Group • Essar Group • ITC Infotech • Reliance
• Arcelor Mittal • Feedback Ventures • iMACS Communications
• Arthur D Little Inc. • FINO • iMaritime • Reliance Energy
• Bharti Group • Genpact International LLC • KPIT Cummins • Reliance Industries
• Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. • Geometric • Larsen & Toubro • RPG Group
• Cairn India • Google • Mahindra & Mahindra • Satyam
• Ceat Tyres • Hazira LNG • Mckinsey & Company • Spencer Retail
• Citigroup Inc. • HCL • Microsoft • Suzlon
• Cognizant • Hewitt Associates • Mindtree Consulting Infrastructure
• Computer Associates • Honeywell • Mustafa Sultan • Syntel
• Covansys • HSBC • NIIT • Tata Group
• Cypress Semiconductors • IBM • NISG • Tech Mahindra
• Dell • ICICI Bank • Opera Solutions • Vardhman Textiles
• DLF • ICRA Limited • Photon Infotech • VSNL
• Dr. Reddy's Labs • Inautix • Polaris • Wipro
• Edelweiss Capital • Infosys Technologies • PricewaterhouseCoopers • WNS
• Electrotherm • Infotech Limited • PRTM • YES Bank

Salary Statistics
PGPX 2006-07 PGPX 2007-08
Total Offers made 135 to 58 students 130 to 69 students
Average Domestic Salary INR 24,65,000 INR 26,81,000
Average Overseas Salary USD 135,000 USD 145,000
Minimum Domestic Salary INR 15,00,000 INR 14,00,000
Minimum Overseas Salary USD 70,000 USD 135,000
Maximum Domestic Salary INR 60,00,000 INR 51,00,000
Maximum Overseas Salary USD 250,000 USD 155,000
Number of Domestic Placements 46 62
Number of Overseas Placements 14 7
Function Statistics
PGPX 2006-07 PGPX 2007-08
General Management 26% 22%
Marketing / Business Development 26% 16%
Operations - 27%
Strategy / Planning 19% 18%
Consulting 19% 13%
Finance 11% 4%

Industry Statistics
PGPX 2006-07 PGPX 2007-08
Management Consulting 19% 6%
Financial Services / PE / VC 15% 6%
Telecommunications 13% 11%
IT / ITeS 40% 23%
Retail and Realty 4% 9%
Conglomerates - 29%
Infrastructure / Energy 9% 5%
Others - 6%
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Work Experience Age Profile

17% Up to 7 yrs. 29% 27-31

40% 7 to 10 yrs. 41% 31-35

29% 10 to 13 yrs. 21% 35-39

6% 13 to 16 yrs. 6% 39-43

8% Over 16 yrs. 3% Over 43 yrs.

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Geographical Exposure
Students with experience in* 80%
North and South America 73% 70%
Southeast Asia and ANZ 28%
60%
Europe 24%
China and Japan 13% 50%

Middle East and Africa 13% 40%

30%

20%

10%

Functional Experience
Students with experience in* 80%
Project Management 71% 70%
Business Development 42%
60%
Product Development 42%
Operations and Logistics 38% 50%
Relationship Management 37% 40%
Finance and Audit 22%
30%
Research and Academia 22%
Sales and Marketing 19% 20%
Analytics 17% 10%

Industry Experience
Students with experience in*
IT Consulting 47%
50%
Telecom / Semiconductor / Hardware 23%
IT Products 19% 40%
Finance 19%
30%
Retail / Manufacturing / Operations 15%
Infrastructure / Energy 10%
20%
Automotive / Aerospace 9%
Other (Biotech, Shipping, Media) 8% 10%
Government / Defence 8%
Management Consulting 5%

*Total exceeds 100% because each student has worked in multiple areas

Ajay Shah
INDIAN
BE (Instrumentation and Control),
L D College of Engineering,
Ahmedabad, India
18 years of experience in Coal and Gas based Power Project
Management including erection, commissioning, maintenance
and operation
Torrent Power Limited, India
• Erected and commissioned a 100 MW Combined Cycle Power Project
(comprising 2 gas turbines, 2 boilers and 1 steam turbine) as a part of
core team
• Retrofitted a 110 MW coal based thermal power plant into 120 MW
plant, which included retrofit of steam turbine, boiler and control system
• Led conversion of two gas turbines to multi fuel
• Retrofitted several obsolete plant control systems
• Headed efficiency department of thermal power station
• Operated and maintained gas turbines, steam turbines and boilers
optimally
• Trained several batches of engineers from peer companies
Contech India Pvt. Ltd, India
• Implemented ECS 10 / 100 for energy conservation in old power plants
Amit Kumar
INDIAN
BE (Electrical Engineering),
NIT, Jamshedpur, India
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI),
USA
NCFM in Financial Markets, Derivatives and
Mutual Funds, National Stock Exchange,
India
10.5 years in Business Development, Project Management and IT
Consulting in BFSI domain with 6.5 years in USA, Europe,
Singapore and Australia
Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
• Won Cognizant's largest Asia-Pacific deal 300+ position outsourcing
initiative worth $100mn+with a leading Australian bank
• Won a $12mn strategic reengineering deal in securities trading domain
with a leading global financial institution in Switzerland
• Instrumental in initiating Cognizant's BFS business in Germany
• Led multiple private and investment banking projects in Switzerland
and Singapore; annual revenues of $4mn+
• Spearheaded enterprise-wide content management system
development; $1.5mn+ cost savings for client's private banking division
(Cognizant's Project of the Year 2005)
• Conceptualized, designed and led the implementation of a $3mn credit
card dispute processing system in USA; 40% annual savings for client
(Cognizant's Project of the Year 2002)
• Established Cognizant's 'Cards & Payments' practice

Amit Sehgal
INDIAN
PGD in IT,
IIIT-Bangalore, India
BTech (Production Engineering),
GB Pant University, India
9 years of experience in Product Management, New Product
Development and Innovation in cross cultural environment
Technical Product Manager, Logica Pvt Ltd, India
• Developed strategic business proposals and coordinated with
customers for product/service conceptualization and programme
planning
• Developed innovative new product (multi-million GBP valuation) in
telecom billing; organization received NASSCOM recognition
• Managed 30 member team as customer representative to
successfully deliver £1.1mn new product development project
• Filed patent and wrote multiple whitepapers on innovative
applications of telecom to financial domain
• Received award for innovation and consistently exceeding
expectations
• Founded and headed: Logica Toastmasters, Innovation Forum
Software Analyst, Cellnext Solutions Ltd, India
• Led R&D to develop one of India’s first platforms for MMSC and
VAS applications
• Spearheaded setup and launch of audiotec services for an
international client
• Consulted with telcos on voice based services
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Ankur Sheth
INDIAN
MS (Electrical Engineering),
University of Southern California, USA
BE (Electronics and Communications),
Gujarat University, India
7 years of experience in Software Product Development and
Management in a multinational firm
Senior Manager, Ixia Inc., USA
• Initiated and led changes in Ixia’s product development cycle which led
to significant quality improvements
• Led several major projects which provided significant competitive
advantage to the company and helped achieve market share leadership
• Achieved reduction in release time of company’s flagship software
product from four months to two months
• Led geographically distributed (across three continents) team of 20
software engineers. Assumed complete HR responsibility for the team
• Developed strategic roadmap for Ixia’s flagship software product after
consultations with key customers
• Oversaw a major effort to upgrade Ixia’s flagship product’s core
infrastructure over a six-month period. Project was delivered on time
and exceeded performance requirements
 The one year at IIMA helped me widen my horizons,
develop an understanding of business from multiple
dimensions and hone leadership skills - all of which are
essential to succeed in today's dynamic global organizations
operating under complex business environments.

— Manav Yagnik (PGPX Class 2008)

Assistant Vice President - Strategy, Reliance ADAG

Anuj Bhati
Arun Agarwal
INDIAN
INDIAN
BE (Electronics Engineering),
NIT, Allahabad, India BE (Electrical), NIT, Allahabad, India

6.5 years of experience in ERP Implementation and Project 26 years in Power Sector including 4 years as an Entrepreneur
Management
BGR Energy Systems Ltd.
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd. • Constituted and managed the C&I department, held complete
• Managed 5 - 12 member multi-site teams for ERP implementations for responsibility of project execution and engineering functions
an electronic components distributor and a coffee company
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
• Involved in all the phases of development and implementation of large
• Erected and commissioned 5 units of 213 MW Oil / Gas fired power plant
ERP projects
at Alleppo, Syria, in a record one year time, saving $700K by optimum
• Mentored and trained 25 new members for a large ERP implementation
use of manpower
Programmer Analyst, Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Mitsui & Company
• Involved in requirements analysis, process and performance
• Commissioned 2x500 MW thermal power plant at Anapara in 1993-94;
improvement, and upgrade for an H&W organization
India’s first fully automatic power plant
• Improved batch scheduling for the electronic consumer product division
• O&M consultant to UP State Electricity Board for 2 units of 500 MW each
of a leading US electronic goods manufacturer
Entrepreneur
Software Engineer, Infosys Technologies Ltd.
• Undertook overhauling of 3 units of 210 MW at Anapara and retrofitting
• Designed and implemented a custom billing solution for a leading US
of one unit of 32 MW at Panki
based H&W organization

Arvind Krishnan
INDIAN
MS (Mechanical Engineering),
University of Missouri- Rolla,
Missouri, USA
BE (Mechanical Engineering),
University of Madras, Chennai, India
7.5 years of experience in Computer Aided Design and
Engineering Industry with focus on Product Management
and Marketing
Product Manager, SolidWorks Corporation, Santa Monica, USA
• Led the product management activities for $5mn a year Fluid Flow
Simulation product
• Implemented a customer centric approach to product development
by creating advisory board, regional user groups and customer visits
• Conducted win loss analysis for the design simulation suite of
products and proposed new product positioning and sales strategy
which led to 30% growth in sales
Project Engineer, SolidWorks Corporation, Santa Monica, USA
• Created technical product specifications for SolidWorks’s new
generation of mainstream design simulation tools
Project Engineer, Structural Research and Analysis Corporation,
Los Angeles, USA
• Implemented a software bug tracking system which resulted in
improved product development process and quality
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Asif Moonim
INDIAN
Bachelors in Chemical Engineering,
University Institute of Chemical Technology,
Mumbai, India
Masters in Industrial and Systems
Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, USA
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI), USA
9 years of global experience in Consulting and Product
Management in Supply Chain Management Solutions
Program Manager, i2 Technologies, Inc. India / USA
• Managed supply chain transformation program at Aditya Birla Group –
Cement Division (Mumbai)
• Led consulting services operations for Greater Asia Pacific region,
improved billability by 5% over a one year period
• Supported business development activities in excess of $3.5mn
Project Manager / Solution Architect, i2 Technologies, Inc. USA / India
• Managed supply chain transformation projects for global customers such
as Asian Paints (Mumbai), Ciba Vision (Atlanta), Grupo Modelo (Mexico
City), Lenovo (Beijing), and Tata Steel (Jamshedpur)
• Jointly created a Quality Management process for offshore project
delivery at the India Solution Center
• Transitioned Customer War Room function from US to India
• Twice recipient of i2’s Customer Satisfaction Award for solution
innovation and delivery excellence

Avinash Patel
INDIAN
BE (Electrical and Electronics),
BITS Pilani, India
MS (Finance), ICFAI, Dehradun, India
11 years of experience in Investment Services and Management
Information Systems
Branch Manager, IL & FS Investsmart Securities Ltd., Surat, India
• Successfully established new branch in Surat, managed and supervised
recruitment, client acquisition, business development and operations
• Maintained branch among top 5 branches across India in terms of turnover
• Achieved 15% month-on-month revenue increase over 6 month period
Operations Incharge Executive, Growth Avenues Ltd., India
• Successfully coordinated inter-departmental activities to streamline business
• Instrumental in developing systems, application software and MIS structure
Bhaskar Kakuturu
INDIAN
BTech (Mechanical Engineering),
NIT, Warangal, India
Project Management Professional,
PMI Inc., USA
15 years of cross-functional global experience in IT industry
Delivery Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd, India
• Led 300 people team that managed $24mn portfolio for an aerospace
client, delivering critical IT applications for transformational initiative,
won excellence awards from the client and Infosys
• Delivered IT solutions for diverse clients in aerospace, automotive,
mortgage, life insurance, pharma, hi-tech-mfg domains
• Involved in business planning, pre-sales, engagement and program
management, as program manager, account manager, project manager
for application development and maintenance, package implementation
and migration IT projects
• Achieved business results through application of six sigma tools and
techniques
• Led organizational / unit-level process and people initiatives
Engineer, Hindustan Cables Ltd, India
• Involved in R&D, software development, specification development,
QA and training
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Bhargavi Ramachandran
INDIAN
Bharath Chandrasekaran
BCom
Bangalore University, India
INDIAN
Six Sigma Green Belt Examination,
BE (Hons) (Electrical and Electronics), Hewlett-Packard Financial
BITS, Pilani, India Organisation, India

9 years in Automotive industry with 6.5 years in Account
Management, Business Development and Captive
Outsourcing
Key Account Manager, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development
India Pvt. Ltd.
• Developed and managed relationships with key customers in
Daimler AG in the areas of CAx services, PLM, IT for engineering,
EE research, co-location and business services
• Achieved two-fold increase in revenues in 2007 resulting in
40% savings for the parent organization due to cost arbitrage
• Jointly developed and implemented a redefined organization
strategy as part of high visibility project resulting in 30% increase in
resource utilization
• Successfully led downsizing operations related to Chrysler due to
shift in strategic focus subsequent to the de-merger Member of Star
Team in 2006
Senior Software Engineer, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. and
Scientist, Daimler Chrysler Research Centre India Pvt. Ltd.
• Led research and IT for engineering projects in automotive and
aerospace domains
7 years experience in Business Operations, Sales Support and
Finance Processes
India Contract Operations Manager, Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt.
Ltd, India
• Managed business operations for 45% of HP India Services business –
orders worth $40mn (34 direct reports across six cities)
• Resolved accounting/tax compliance issues by optimising invoicing
processes and initiating receivables reconciliations
• Reduced partner reimbursement turnaround time by 50% by designing
an online payment tool
• Introduced business controls in HP-Education business revenue reporting
and redesigned MIS
Finance Process Supervisor, HP Global e-Business Operations Private
Limited, India
• Managed claims processing and payments worth $150mn
(40 direct reports)
• Successfully led operations transition from Singapore, Colorado and
Cupertino offices to HP, Bangalore
• Increased productivity by 14% with six sigma projects
• Formulated business continuity plan for processing payments to 450
customers
 PGPX is as much about team excellence as it is about
individual performance. For many case studies, our study
group is required to analyze and present a unified set of
recommendations to the class. Through this experience we
have all learned to constructively debate and critique varied
viewpoints and drive consensus among a team of diverse, high
caliber individuals.
— Bhargavi Ramachandran (PGPX Class 2009)
Budhaditya Gupta
INDIAN
MS (Industrial & Systems
Engineering), Georgia Institute of
Technology, USA
BE (Production Engineering),
Jadavpur University, India
7 years of Supply Chain Management experience in diverse
industries like Automotive, Consumer Goods and High-Tech
Manager, PRTM Management Consultants, USA
• Performed high-quality and timely operational due diligence in various
private equity deals
• Achieved $11mn sustainable material cost reduction through strategic
sourcing at a diesel engine manufacturing company
• Implemented 'Sales & Operations Planning' and 'Material Requirements
Planning' for the rugged laptop product-line at a US Defense supplier
• Contributed to new business development efforts ($10mn), client
relationship management and staff development
Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting, USA
• Led the design of 'Order to Cash' and 'Procure to Pay' processes at a
$3bn pet product company (multiple business units) to implement Shared
Services
Logistics Engineer, Springs Industries, USA
• Managed the 5 member ‘Centralized Distribution Planning’ team
responsible for warehousing productivity and operations excellence
Debananda Pati
INDIAN
BE (Mechanical Engineering),
Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology,
Utkal University, India
LOMA 290 – Certificate in
Insurance company operations
9 years of experience in Engagement Management, Project
Management, Pre-Sales and Research in IT industry with a
domain focus on Life Insurance and Annuities
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India
• Managed client engagement of $550,000 with global team of 10 in
life insurance underwriting domain
• Led 15-member team on project worth $2mn to enhance qualified
plan processing of an insurance giant, client revenue increased by 12%
• Led secondary research team to provide critical market, customer and
competitor input to Insurance Solution Consulting unit
• Anchored financial and operational modeling worth $500,000 – $45mn
for outsourcing engagements of Fortune 1000 clients
Software Engineer, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., Mumbai, India
• Reverse-engineered a complex application which reduced special billing
time by 60% for a utility company
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Ganesh Balamitran
Diwakar Puri US CITIZEN / INDIAN

INDIAN MSE (Electrical Engineering),

Arizona State University, USA
BTech (Marine Engineering), M.E.R.I, BE (Electrical Engineering),
Calcutta, India Sardar Patel College of Engineering,
MEO Cl-I (Motor), Member-IMarE(I) Bombay University, India

13 years of experience in operations and general management
in shipping industry with focus on international gas tanker
trade and human resources
Superintendent / Chief Engineer, Executive Ship Management Pte.
Ltd., Singapore
• Created specialized/global Gas Fleet worth $200 mn.
• Led cross-cultural operations and supply-chain with a 100 member team
• Successfully completed acquisition/restoration of Gas Tankers
• Played key role in establishing state of the art, $25 mn, training division.
• Secured USCG/ISO9001/ISO14001/OSHAS18001/ISM & international
vetting inspection approvals
• Represented the company at Norshipping Tradefare-Norway
Engineering Faculty-Applied Research International, India
• Led a 10 member team to develop India's first indigenous $250,000
Marine Simulator
Second Engineer-Varun Shipping Pvt. Ltd, India
• Led a 30 member team for managing crisis and accomplishing a $10 mn
restoration on a fire damaged ship
• Drydocked gas tankers in Bahrain and Dubai for major conversion as per
IGC
11 years of international experience in Semiconductor
Marketing and Product Development
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Corp., USA
• Led technical marketing for the high-end Intel Xeon server chipsets,
a $200mn product line
• Managed key strategic customer SUN Microsystems on their four-way
Xeon server line
• Delivered product training and authored technical specifications for
chipsets and microprocessors
Senior Microprocessor Design Engineer, Intel Corp., USA
• Managed pre-launch product test automation for Intel Itanium 9M
microprocessor and pulled in launch schedule by three months
• Managed design methodology and automation for multiple
microprocessor design teams
Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor, USA
• Developed custom clocking solutions for system designs through strong
interaction with field engineers, sales team and customers
• Selected Best Application Engineer by Field Engineers at Cypress
Semiconductor
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Gaurav Goyal INDIAN

INDIAN MBA (Advertising and Communications)

NMIMS, Mumbai, India
BE (Electronics), BSc (Hons) Physics, KM College,
MNREC, Allahabad, India Delhi University, India

11 years of experience in IT Program Management,
IT Strategy Consulting and Stakeholder Management
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd
• Led a 30 people $3mn mission-critical program in Stock Borrow and
Lending domain for an investment banking client
• Combined strong management, process and technological focus in project
execution to win the first prize for Excellence in Project Execution from
among 160 competing programs at Infosys
• Performed portfolio analysis of 500 IT applications of major bank and
recommended IT roadmap
• Developed business process maps, evaluated technologies such as SOA
and made recommendations leading to reduction in cycle times by 60%
• Created pricing strategies for large outsourcing contracts
9 years of experience in Advertising, Media Planning and Buying
industry
Business Director, MPG, Shanghai
• Head of Shanghai office (RMB 135mn billing)
• Implemented global planning and decision support systems in China
• Hired and trained team members
• Managed transition from JV to fully owned subsidiary
Media Director, Euro RSCG, Hong Kong
• Responsible for overall quality of media planning and buying for Intel in
APAC region (10 countries, $45mn billing)
• Developed a budget allocation model for Asia
• Increased media savings by 5% in 2004

Senior Consultant, Covansys Corporation Media Manager, Euro RSCG, India

• Led on-time delivery of end-to-end migration of legacy account • Responsible for media planning / buying for Dell
reconciliation application resulting in bonus equal to 20% of project • Selected for the role of Advertising Manager for Home Small and Medium
revenue Business at Dell for five months

Gowrish Prabhu
INDIAN
BE (Electronics and Communication),
RV College of Engineering,
Bangalore University, India
8.5 years of multinational experience in IT Services and
Project Management
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India / USA
• Led Application Development and Maintenance projects for global
CPG foods and beverages major handling multi-location teams of
up to 20 people and $2mn revenue
• Anchored multiple RFPs for a CPG client relationship for projects
valued from $250,000 to $1mn, played key roles in RFPs of up to
$5mn
• Led a track of a BPR initiative for US retail pharmacy major with
development teams of 12 engineers and $1mn revenue
• Consulted as technology expert for German and Asian offices of a
global personal care products major for data migration initiative
Software Engineer, ITC Infotech India Ltd, India
• Led module of AMC based engagement for corporate offices of
ITC Ltd.
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Harish Chasmawalla
INDIAN
Master of Management Studies
Mumbai University, India
BE (Production Engineering), VJTI,
Mumbai University, India
12 years of experience in Factory Operations (FMCG) and
Project Management (FMCG and Infrastructure)
Unit Manager (Projects and Factory Operations), Seychelles Marketing
Board, Seychelles
• Operated factory as profit centre, managing assets of $4mn, workforce
of 75, sales of $5.8mn and operating profit of $454,000. Product lines
included bottled water, toilet paper, soap, snacks and pasta
• Turnkey execution of projects for
a. FMCG products (feasibility, plant layout, sourcing of machinery, raw
material and packaging, commissioning of plant and product launch)
b. Infrastructure (Multipurpose hall, Office blocks, Duty Free shop)
Project Consultant, Abhaye Valabhji Pty. Ltd, Seychelles
• Executed turnkey projects - Car Showroom and Service Workshop for
expansion of business operations
• Designed and implemented the organization structure and performance
evaluation system for a team of 50 employees
 I am extremely impressed with the PGPX programme at IIM Ahmedabad
and have been personally involved in recruiting from the initial two batches
of this program. IIM Ahmedabad selects candidates with rich experience
through rigorous selection criteria for the programme and the candidates
have walked away from successful careers to receive enriching management
education from some of the best faculty in the country. This provides the
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group with a ready talent pool of highly
motivated recruits who seamlessly fit into senior and middle management
positions and have the potential to be business leaders in the future.

— Rajeev Bhadauria
President, Group HR, Reliance ADA Group

Harpreet Hura
INDIAN Kamesh Akundi
BTech (Electrical Engineering),
INDIAN
IIT Delhi, India
Level 1: Japanese Language BE (Electronics and Communications),
Proficiency Certificate Andhra University, India

7.5 years of international experience in Product Development,
Manufacturing and Customer Relationship Management
Technical Support Engineer, DISCO Corp., Tokyo, Japan
• Led 12-member team to provide technical support for Europe and
Asia-Pacific based semiconductor manufacturers and OEMs
• Organized technical caravans to increase customer satisfaction (CS)
through knowledge sharing and identification of new business
opportunities
Product Development Engineer, Opnext Japan Inc., Yokohama, Japan
• Led 7-member, $600,000 project for development of laser device for
optical communications (Sales $2.5mn+ / year, market share 70%+)
• Achieved yield improvement (4% to 35%) and lead time reduction of a
10Gbps optical device with sales of $1mn+ / year
• Participated in cross-functional projects on continuous improvement of
CS, product yield, and inventory control using lean, JIT, and visual
management
• 6 registered (1 in US, 5 in Japan) and 3 applied for patents
11 years of experience in Product Development and R&D in the
Computer Networking industry
Software Engineer, Cisco Systems Inc., USA
• Led product development teams and liaised with the marketing
organization in design, development and deployment of solutions in
integrated network security space
• Led a cross-functional team tasked with architecting a common
framework for security features across multiple Cisco platforms
• Primary inventor of a Dual Mode Firewall solution (patented technology)
currently deployed in Cisco firewalls and intrusion prevention systems
• Involved in the evaluation of third-party solution integration with Cisco
security products
• Led the on-site team at Seiko Epson Corporation, Japan while working
for Wipro Systems
• Won ‘Teamwork Across Cisco’ award and multiple ‘Outstanding
Achievement’ awards at Cisco Systems

Kamesh Khatuja
INDIAN
BE (Industrial Electronics),
Pune University, India
PMP, Project Management
Professional (PMI), USA
9 years of international experience in IT Project
Management and Application Development for
Telecommunications industry
Senior Project Manager, Tech Mahindra Ltd., India
•Established and managed multi-site, multi-lingual service delivery
team for a major European GSM provider in Germany and UK
• Evaluated plan to establish delivery centre in China, as part of
'Shadow Board'
Project Manager, Tech Mahindra Ltd., India / UK
• Established and managed offshore delivery teams for multiple
European telecom service providers
• Managed systems to implement Customer Loyalty Program for a
major British Telecom Service Provider
• Worked with Pre-sales and Business Development Team for Europe
on multimillion dollar bids
• Designed and delivered Performance Management System for O2's
CRM agents
Senior Design Engineer, Tech Mahindra Ltd., India
• Developed telecom software solutions for several European telecom
service providers
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Lovlesh Chhabra
INDIAN
BTech (Electronics and Communications),
Guru Nanak Dev University, India
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI),
USA
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure
Library) Foundation Certified, USA
8.5 years international experience in Program / Project
Management in IT Services, Product Development and Customer
Relationship Management
Principal Program Manager, Oracle Corp., USA
• Managed R & D of 7 Oracle Retail products with annual budget of
$2.5mn and team size of 40
• Liaised with software partners for product compatibility and strategic
direction for product roadmaps
Principal Consultant, Keane Inc., USA
• Achieved reduction in resource allocation backup from 20 days to 1 day
through process improvements
• Led cross cultural teams for remote execution of global projects for a
large pharmaceutical client
Project Manager, Satyam Computer Services Pvt. Ltd., India / USA
• Managed onsite-offshore activities and production rollout of critical
projects for Satyam's Consumer Finance, Auto Finance and Mortgage
Insurance customers
• Saved the customer $400,000 in audit costs by introducing process
changes
• Responded to Requests-for-Proposal from Fortune 50 customers
 Mahesh Madiyala
INDIAN
PG in Software Enterprise Management,
IIM Bangalore, India
BE (Mechanical Engineering),
NIT, Karnataka, India
9 years of experience in IT Product Development, Services and
Consulting for Retail
Program Manager, RedPrairie, India
• Built and program managed a team of 30 engineers to develop retail
management products for RedPrairie
• Provided consulting services to Reliance Retail on "Store Execution
Management" and led a cross-functional and multi-cultural team to
implement the RedPrairie solution across 400+stores
Product Manager, StorePerform Technologies Pvt. Ltd., US / India
• Developed a product in the vendor management space working with
leading international retailers
• Owned the overall product delivery responsibility, managed cross-
functional team to successfully deliver product releases to Fortune-500
retailers
Business Analyst Retail Solutions, Wipro Technologies, India
• Functional consultant with Wipro's retail centre of excellence
• Worked with international retailers on core-retail IT systems in various
capacities
Manish Sharma
INDIAN
BE (Marine Engineering),
Marine Engineering and Research
Institute, India
9 years of international experience in IT Product Development,
Technical Consulting and Project Management. 2 years as
Engineer in Maritime industry
Project Manager, Honeywell, India / USA
• Productised four new products and filed three US patents as primary
inventor leading to revenues of $200m
• Provided technical consultancy to petrochemical/chemical/power giants
(Exxon-Mobil, Shell, Conoco etc) for critical control systems problems
• Recipient of coveted 'Honeywell Global Technical Excellence' and 'New
Products Initiative' awards
• Developed and delivered technical training to helpdesk, field engineers
and customers
• Led engineering teams spanning USA and Australia for four critical global
programmes
• Aggressively led new products development and existing product portfolio
overhaul for significant business gains
Software Engineer, Aditi Technologies, India
• Worked for Microsoft BU and delivered anti-piracy products like MSIA-
Admin
Engineer officer, Wallem Shipmanagement, Hong Kong
• Sailed around the globe and led multinational crew on fleet ships with
AUM 100m
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Naveen Singhal
INDIAN

Nandini Krishna Marine Engineering Officer,

Class-I, Ministry of Surface Transport,
INDIAN Government of India
BE (Marine Engineering),
BTech (Electrical Engineering), Marine Engineering and Research Institute,
IIT Roorkee, India Jadavpur University, India

5.5 years experience in IT Consulting and Project
Management
Lead Consultant, Headstrong, India
• Managed development, delivery and maintenance of trade processing
applications for Morgan Stanley's Prime Brokerage division
• Improved performance of Straight Through Processing system by
30%
Consultant, Headstrong, India
• Successfully delivered critical applications for supporting trading floor
operations for Bank of America's investment banking section
• Recipient of 'Team Quality Achievement' award for implementing
and optimizing CMM processes
Assistant Systems Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services, India
• Received Top Performer Award for Induction Training Programme
(2002)
• Led design and development efforts for a health claim processing
software for South
• African insurance major, which resulted in reduction in claims
processing time by 500%
• Recipient of Institute Silver Medal (IIT,Roorkee) for first rank in
Electrical Engineering
9 years of international experience in Operations Management
and Project Management in Shipping industry
Chief Engineer, Mitsui O.S.K.Lines Ltd., Tokyo
• Led multinational teams of 5 engineers and 20-25 crew members in end-
to-end operations involved in running ships worth $100mn and
transporting cargo worth $80mn
• Upgraded 'Planned Maintenance System' and achieved 90% accuracy in
estimating human resource allocation for shipboard operations
• Conducted baseline assessment and collaborated with shipyard
personnel in $1.5mn ship repair projects in Japan, China and Singapore
• Trained engineers for specialized operations on pure car carriers
• Managed spares and stores inventory worth $1.2mn
• Redesigned vendor management which reduced logistics costs by 5%
• Coordinated crisis management with multinational teams
• Developed plans for shipboard operations related to safety and
environmental protection
 PGPX offered me a good opportunity for course correction
of my career. Pre-PGPX, I was in marketing & sales. Post-
PGPX, I am heading the strategy department of the India
business of a leading engineering company. I lead initiatives in
finance, supply chain and change management with equal ease
as that of any marketing or sales initiative. The 300+ case
studies during PGPX enables every participant to think like a
CEO, talk like a CEO and dream of becoming a CEO.

— Sudipto Mukherjee (PGPX Class 2008)

DGM - Strategy, Cummins Sales & Services (India) Ltd.

Nitin Kumar
INDIAN

BE (Mechanical Engineering), Padmanabhan Killimangalam

Thapar Institute of Engineering and
Technology, India
INDIAN
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI),
USA Graduate Diploma in
INS 021 and 022 Computer Systems, NIIT, India
(Insurance Certification from BSc (Chemical Technology),
Insurance Institute of America) Osmania University, India

9 years of Customer Relationship and Project Management
in Banking, Financial Service and Insurance domain in IT
industry, 3 years in Manufacturing industry
Onsite delivery manager, Patni Computer Systems, India
• Managed a $5 mn programme and led a 50 member international team
to implement a 401K management system for one of the largest Mutual
Fund Companies in the world
• Started a new client engagement and led its growth from $150,000
to $1 mn business in one year
• Envisioned, planned and executed new internet based insurance
application which resulted in additional business of $10 mn per
year for client
• Honored with Superlative Performance Award (year 2005) and Excellent
Performance Award (year 2006), the highest honors in Patni
Computer Systems
Production Engineer, MR Conductors, India
• Streamlined production and quality processes of the plant with annual
turnover of $4 mn
7.5 years of international experience in designing Training
Solutions to achieve business results
Client Training Manager, Countrywide Financial Corp., USA
• Led the training rollout of SOX-compliant Software Development Life
Cycle management software to reduce employee ramp-up time by 50%
• Developed online training on loan programming standards to reduce
quality defects ($1mn in cost savings)
• Award for Outstanding Customer Service, June 2006
Senior Consultant, NIIT Ltd., India
• Designed training curriculum to improve customer satisfaction, technician
productivity and process compliance at leading US-based repair service
provider (72 learning hours, $200,000 in revenues)
• Designed online training to communicate a client's corporate philosophy
to its 100,000-strong global workforce
• Developed process to create blended training programmes for NIIT's
corporate clients
• Managed outsourcing of content development to vendors
• Award for Excellence, 2005

Piyush Singhal
INDIAN / SINGAPORE PR
MS (Software Systems),
BITS, Pilani, India
BTech (Mechanical Engineering),
NIT Kurukshetra, India
Diploma in Business Finance,
ICFAI, India
Certificate Course in French
12 years of IT experience with focus on Project / Program
Management and IT Consulting
Senior Project Manager / Program Manager, Accenture / EDS
• Managed 30 managers from different nationalities for DBS Bank,
Singapore; Established a PMO
• Led 75-member team for online gaming platform development
• Managed 50-member Internet banking project for Wachovia to
retain its market position
• Relocated IT infrastructure, 1300 people for ABN-AMRO
• Global Release Manager for Deutsche Bank's Internet Banking
product with extremely successful release
• Got ISO 9001-2000 certification for an organization
• Maintained 0% schedule variance, 0% effort variance, less than 3%
resource attrition rate for all projects in the last four years
• Led network transformation project covering Asia, America, Europe
• Independent Project Management consultant for clients including
LKY School of Public Policy, Singapore
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Pramod Mundra
INDIAN
MBA (Information Systems), Institute of
Management Studies, Indore, India
BE (Distinction) (Civil Engineering),
Shri GS Institute of Technology & Science,
Indore, India
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI),
USA
8 years of experience in helping BFSI clients with Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) and Front-Office Strategies
Project Manager, Oracle Financial Services (formerly i-flex solutions),
US / India
• Led teams (size ~ 15) for CRM functional and technology
implementations, latest work involved implementation of a Sales
and Marketing platform to integrate and improve business processes for
4000 users across 21 countries
• Guided clients in developing strategies to integrate Sales, Service,
Marketing and Analytics activities across customer channels
• Supported Pre-sales and business development activities (~$3mn) for
CRM products and services
• Worked on the business growth plan for a $4mn SBU
• Managed a CRM product development across Product Lifecycle
• Received 'i-Appreciate' and 'Team Excellence' awards for individual and
team performance respectively
Graduate Engineer Trainee, Larsen and Toubro ECC Group, India
• Handled Civil Engineering design and site execution activities
 Prasad Hanchate
INDIAN
MS, (Computer Science),
Arizona State University, USA
BE, (Computer Science and Engineering),
Osmania University, India
5 years of international experience in IT Services and Enterprise
Application Integration Software working with multi-cultural
teams
Project Lead, TIBCO Software Inc., USA
• Led a 5-member team to implement and customize product features
for Fortune 500 clients
• Implemented the “Knowledge Base” process which improved customer
satisfaction level (from 3.6 to 4.0 on scale of 5) and decreased the
number of customer issues reported by 20%
• Coordinated with cross-cultural and cross-functional teams located in
Australia, China, India, UK and USA to resolve show-stopper issues in an
efficient and professional manner
• Architected and enhanced product release roadmaps for various products
Technical Lead, MediSpin Inc., New York, USA
• Guided MediSpin Inc in setting up offshore centre in India which resulted
in cost saving of 30% for the company
• Mentored new recruits and imparted effective customer interaction
training
Prateek Gupta
INDIAN
BSc (Mathematics),
Jawahar Lal Nehru University,
National Defence Academy,
Pune, India
13 years of Indian Army experience in Leading and Training large
teams, Strategic Planning & Management and Operations
Major, Indian Army
• Served in Special Forces Unit and Infantry Battalion
• Commanded a 150 member team in intense counter terrorism operations
for over six years in J&K and led an infantry assault to capture strategic
heights during Kargil War
• Served as an instructor in the Commando Wing to train Indian and foreign
officers in unconventional warfare and special techniques
• Represented Indian Army as an Improvised Explosive Device Expert as
part of three member team for procurement of countermeasure devices
• Awarded the National Gallantry Award by the President of India in 2006
for conspicuous bravery; and a Commendation Card by the Northern
Army Commander in 1996 for exemplary conduct and service

Praveen Sheethalnath
INDIAN
MS (Electrical and Telecommunications,
Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA
BTech (Electronics and Communication),
NIT, India
8 years of international experience in Telecom Product
Development
Senior Engineer, Nextwave Wireless. San Diego, CA, USA
• Led the System Integration activity of fourth generation wireless
modem (WiMax) with Huawei Telecommunication Equipment
• Liaised with test equipment vendors and developed specifications
for integration and test of Wimax modems
Engineer, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
• Developed an innovative method to decrease the production costs
for CDMA phones
• Trained Qualcomm and Verizon engineers on 1xEV-DO (3G Wireless
Data Service) standards
• Performed Network Optimization for 1xEV-DO networks for Bell
Mobility, Toronto. (Capex Saving > $500,000)
Engineer, Ericsson Wireless Unit, San Diego, CA, USA
• Led a group of six engineers to automate system test activities
two registered USA patents in the area of wireless network design
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Prem Sreenivasan Narayan
INDIAN
BE (Computer Science & Engineering),
Madurai Kamaraj University, India
7.5 years of experience in Project Management, Pre-Sales and
Consulting in IT industry
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India
• Conceived, designed and implemented a solution that resulted in annual
saving of US $200,000 in software licence costs and eliminated manual
intervention for 80% of orders for a US Telecom industry leader
• Led an initiative to proactively identify and fix issues with orders that
were billing incorrectly which plugged estimated revenue leakage of US
$450,000 for a Dow 30 company
• Managed strategic outsourcing and application development
engagements for Fortune 20 telecom clients with revenues ranging from
$2mn to $6mn
• Streamlined the invoicing, budgeting and vendor management
processes for a US $30mn delivery unit at Infosys
• Recipient of 'Best Project Team' award at the divisional and corporate
levels
 A manufacturing head from Seychelles, a management
consultant who has grown his firm from the ground up, an IT
manager who is in his company's Tier III leadership structure,
an AVP with 25+ years of experience as a power sector
leader/entrepreneur, a decorated commando with experience
in Kargil, and a network communications R&D whiz. What do
they have in common? They're all in my study group.
— Senthil Govindan (PGPX Class 2009)
Pulak Piplani
INDIAN
BE (Computer Technology),
Nagpur University, India
13 years in Telecom Software Product Development including 3
years of international experience spread over 7 countries
Engineering Manager, Alcatel-Lucent Pvt. Ltd., India
• Managed cross functional team of 40 engineers developing telecom
products
• Led OAM sub-area for a 'Get Well Program' to save a $1bn contract
• Transitioned development activities of mission critical products across the
globe
• Led development teams through merger of Lucent Technologies with
Alcatel
• Rated as 'Role Model' for three consecutive years
Specialist, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd., India / Sweden
• Started new design unit within Ericsson(India) R&D
• Member of 'Leadership Team' for Ericsson (India) R&D
• Defined OAM principles for Ericsson 3G wireless network, as part of a
prestigious two year assignment at Ericsson head office
• Led development of several software products in 2G, 2.5G and 3G
wireless technologies
Rachna Raniwala
INDIAN
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA),
The Institute of Internal Auditors, USA
Certified Public Accountant (CPA),
The American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
CA, The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India
5.5 years in Corporate Finance, Internal Audit, Sarbanes–Oxley
Compliance and Financial Reporting
Deputy Manager, Finance, Tata Autocomp Systems Limited, India
• Led the team responsible for reporting consolidated and standalone US
GAAP financial statements for TACO and its 21 business units
• Initiated documentation and implementation of control objectives as per
the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002
• Prepared financial statements, both standalone and consolidated,
responsible for financial reporting and analysis, cash flow statements
and capital budgeting
Corporate Auditor, Tyco International Inc., USA
• Participated in the planning and reporting process of each engagement,
including preparation of audit report
• Conducted finance, operational and compliance reviews of Tyco
companies, both domestically and internationally
• Actively participated in global initiatives aimed at improving Tyco
Corporate Audit’s internal processes and procedures

Raghunandan
Subramanian
INDIAN
MBA (Finance), California State
University East Bay
CFA level 2 candidate
BCom, RA Podar College of Commerce
and Economics, Mumbai University
10 years of experience in IT in the Capital Markets domain
Project Manager, Merrill Lynch Inc., India
• Successfully led a team to develop a global foreign exchange
trading platform which is currently being used across all Merrill
Lynch Foreign Exchange trading centers worldwide, trading through
this product exceeds $100bn per day on average
• Part of consulting team at Merrill Lynch India that helped identify
gaps in its institutional and retail equities trading technology
portfolio and recommend applications in the company that could be
adopted
• Designed domain related training requirements for various teams in
Merrill Lynch India Technology Services
• Conducted a training program on foreign exchange and its linkages
with global macroeconomic factors
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Rahul Shah
US CITIZEN / INDIAN
MS (Electrical Engineering), University of
Missouri-Rolla, USA
BE (Electronics), University of Mumbai, India
11 years of experience in Project and Line Management in
Embedded Wireless Communication and Multimedia Systems
Sr. Staff Engineer / Manager, Semiconductor Division of
Qualcomm Inc., USA
• Led cross-functional firefighting teams of up to 20 subject matter
experts for durations of 1-3 months
• Directed several time-critical debug efforts with 100% success; one such
3-month effort saved $2mn
• Coordinated pre-tapeout efforts across groups to minimize risk of wasted
man-months potentially saving several hundred thousand dollars
• As Functional Team Lead, managed teams of up to 20 for durations of
6-8 months
• Led new feature integration on and verification of several
1x / EV DO / GPS / multimedia CDMA chips
• Created new methodology to optimize product screen saving $300,000
on single product; methodology is now standard test flow
• Personally integrated new features; found and resolved numerous critical
bugs through personal initiative and thorough analysis
 Raja Mitra
INDIAN
PhD (Systems Science and Mathematics),
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
BTech (Electrical), IIT, Kharagpur, India
PMP, IPMA-D certifications in project
management
NCFM certifications on 'Financial Markets',
'Derivatives' and 'Fixed Income'
8.5 years in Semiconductor Software R&D Management and Site
Development and Financial Software Consulting
Senior Engineering Manager, Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Managed multiple semiconductor software products development with
total revenue of $45m
• Developed strategic R&D site of 40 cross functional team members from
scratch and managed department budget of $5.6mn annually
• Engaged with top electronics customers like Freescale, Texas
Instruments, NXP and ARM to present Cadence strategy and product
roadmap
Software Consultant, G A Sullivan Software Development Solution,
USA
• Consulted on and developed financial computing software on reinsurance
of Fortune 500 companies at Reinsurance Group of America
Listed in 'Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering'
Secretary and Treasurer, IEEE Circuits and Systems chapter, Delhi
Authored several publications in leading electronics journals such as EETimes
Rajendra Chaudhari
INDIAN
MTech (Design Engineering),
IIT Bombay, India
BE (Mechanical Engineering),
College of Engineering, Pune, India
18 years experience, 5 years in Automotive domain and 13 years
in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Development
and Services in India and US
Senior Manager, Siemens PLM software, India
• Achieved 15% productivity improvement keeping attrition levels below
15% while heading a team of 25 engineers
• Instrumental in setting up Indian operations and headcount growth to 600
• Contributed to 20+% productivity gains for Japanese automotive and
hi-tech customers which resulted in $100mn contracts
Manager, Siemens PLM software, USA
• Led global teams responsible for delivery of critical projects, improving
productivity of US automotive customers by 25%
• Achieved 98% customer retention through product transition by delivering
five releases of interoperability and migration products
Project Manager, Geometric Software Services, India
• Developed business leads with key US client for services projects worth
15 man-years
Senior Engineer, Tata Motors, India
• Designed / analysed concept cars at Engineering Research Center

Rajesh Nirwan
INDIAN
CA, Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India, New Delhi, India
Master’s Degree in Police Management,
Osmania University, India
BSc (Hons) (Chemistry), University of
Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
16 years in Indian Police Service (IPS) involving Leadership,
Planning, Man Management, Strategy Formulation, Fraud
Investigation, Auditing as a CA
• Served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in Central Bureau of
Investigation
• Conducted and supervised investigation of complex cases of high
value bank frauds
• Commanded large police force (up to 1700) in four districts and
handled many challenging assignments
• Implemented national and state level schemes for police
modernization
• Awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service by the Government of
India
• Developed innovative practices to improve delivery of public services
during elections and large events
• Made large scale security arrangements for important events like
the visit of Bill Clinton, President of USA, to Sawai Madhopur
• Secured second rank in India in CA (Final) Examination and second
rank in the University in B.Sc
• Conducted audits of large companies on behalf of
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Rakesh Kumar
INDIAN
BTech (Electrical Engineering),
IT-BHU, India
10 years in Strategy, Business Development, Client Relationship
Management and Project Management in IT Financial Services
Consultant, Oracle Financial Services (formerly i-flex Solutions Ltd.),
India
• Managed large projects with team size up to 40
• Enabled deals worth more than $5mn as part of business
development team
• Owned Credit Risk Management Product for Basel II compliance
• Laid roadmap for establishing Center of Excellence (CoE)
• Received ‘Service Excellence’ Award (given only to <0.5% of
employees) for managing crisis at Tadawul, Saudi Arabian stock
exchange
• More than 5.5 years of international experience in North America,
Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia
• Domain expertise includes Credit Risk Management, Equities Trading /
Order Management Systems, and Initial Public Offerings
Software Engineer, CGI (formerly IMR Global), India
• Developed software and utility tools for different projects across division
 Our recruiting experience at PGPX IIM, Ahmedabad was very positive last year.
Having recruited from a number of top global business schools over the years, I clearly see the
strengths of the PGPX program. PGPX students not only receive world-class management
education at the top-ranked IIM, Ahmedabad, but also possess excellent real world business
maturity and cross-cultural work capability based on their significant pre-MBA global work
experience. I am confident that this program will give us access to a high potential talent base as
we build on more than 30 years' experience and firmly establish PRTM as the leading
operational strategy consulting firm in the Asia/Middle-East region.

— Steve Hussey
Managing Director,
PRTM Management Consultants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Rama Eswara
INDIAN Ramya Shenoy
BE (Mechanical Engineering),
INDIAN
Andhra University, India
PMP, Project Management Institute, (PMI), BE (Electronics and Communications
USA Engineering), Mangalore University, India

11+ years of experience (7+ years international) in IT Services –
Portfolio Management, Strategic Planning and Pre-sales
Senior Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited, India and Australia
• Managed application development and maintenance for a multi-location
OSS portfolio worth $22mn for a Telecom giant in Australia
• Involved in strategic annual account planning activities. Led margin
management sub-area in that exercise
• Led Australia focused pre-sales activities resulting in projects worth
over $10mn
• Played a key role in developing one of the first accounts of Infosys in
Australia. Contributed to its growth to a 'top3' global account of Infosys
• Received ‘Outstanding Performer Award’ in Infosys APAC Unit – awarded
annually to ~1% of 1700+ employees in the unit
Associate Manager, iGate Corporation, India and USA
• Led successful turn-around of a key customer relationship resulting in
repeat business worth $300k
6.5 years of multinational experience in IT Consulting and
Financial Services
Senior Consultant, Capgemini, India
• Enabled new business generation as the first onsite consultant at client’s
Credit Card Business Development Team in the Middle East
• Created business proposals and design specifications to aid new credit
card service offerings of HSBC, Mexico; was involved in end-to-end
project delivery
• Participated in due diligence of in-house business applications to aid
integration of Kanbay and Adjoined Consulting
• Designed and managed roll out of new project management application
across 200+ in-house projects
• Managed the team that customized and rolled out a credit card package
used across 67 countries
• Acknowledged for contributions to process improvement
• Institutionalized knowledge enhancement workshops

Ranjita Jain
INDIAN
ME (Computer Science),
Cornell University, USA
BE (Computer Science),
University of Bombay, India
7 years international experience in Enterprise Application
Delivery and Product Management for Telecom industry
Team Leader, Verizon Communications, USA
•Led the development and deployment of a customized call
management desktop application to 20,000 users in 100 call centers
resulting in yearly savings of $7mn
• Managed 20-member software project team across three locations
in USA and India, annual budget of $2mn
• Formulated two business cases to enhance Customer Relationship
Management functionality, project implementation resulted in yearly
savings of $5mn
• Implemented outsourcing procedures which resulted in headcount
reduction from 40 to 15 over a period of one year while maintaining
quarterly deployment schedule (savings $2.75mn)
Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad, India
• Identified and evaluated 60 innovative mobile service rollout
opportunities across South East Asia for Nokia Siemens Networks,
Finland, recommendations reviewed by New Growth Markets
Programme
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Runa Joshi
INDIAN
BTech (Instrumentation Engineering),
Calcutta University, India
BSc (Hons) (Physics), Jadavpur University,
India
11.5 years experience in Leadership, Technology and Operations
in Cellular Network Industry and Indian Air Force
Team Lead, Nokia Siemens Networks, India
• Set up 25-member team and managed the network operations for
Vodafone India
• Achieved annual rollout target of 2500 cell-sites with system availability
> 99.98%
Assistant Manager, Hutchison India Ltd., India
• Managed Operation & Maintenance Centre (Assets worth $2mn)
• Played key role in major equipment transition, with emphasis on
minimizing service disruption
• Designed training processes for technical employees
Flight Lieutenant (Aeronautical Engineer), Indian Air Force, India
• Led 40-member team managing hi-tech Air Defense Radar System
• Member, Crisis Management Team which revised wartime processes for
end-to-end repair and delivery of equipments to forward bases,
increasing efficiency by 300%
 Samatha Kottha
INDIAN / GERMAN PR
MS (Information & Communication
Technology), International University in
Germany
MSc (Physics), Kakatiya University, India
BSc (Mathematics, Physics, and Computer
Science), Kakatiya University, India
9 years of IT industry experience in Pre-Sales, Data
Warehousing, Data Mining, Bioinformatics and Grid Research
Scientific Staff at Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Germany
• Established Grid infrastructure worth of €500,000 at TU Dresden
Supported and facilitated five multi-disciplinary scientific projects worth
of €1mn
• Mined biological data, published four papers and presented in six
international conferences
System Engineer at Global SAP-Sun Competence Centre,
Sun Microsystems, Germany
• Provided technical support to Sun's sales teams in Europe, Middle East,
and Asia to win SAP deals worth €250,000 - €16mn
• Worked closely with SAP teams in defining sizing rules and testing SAP
products on Sun Hardware and published one white paper
• Monitored competitor strategies, designed counter remedies, and
conducted four workshops to train the Sun sales forces and system
engineers
• Selected for Excellent Employee Program
Sanjay Chaturvedi
INDIAN
MTech (Microware Engineering),
IT-BHU, India
BTech (Electronics Engineering),
IT-BHU, India
10 years of experience in Project Management and Business
Development in IT, Telecommunication and Software solutions
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India / US / Canada
• Headed three projects spread across USA, Canada and India for Canadian
Telecom major with team size 28 and annual revenue of $1.4mn
• Led Global Network Product Support team supporting customers like
Verizon, AT&T, SPRINT, QWEST and BSNL
• Contributed to pre-sales and recruitment activities in company's telecom
vertical
• Handled SEI-CMMi Level 5 audit and certification initiatives
• Received top customer satisfaction rating consistently
• Led the project which received 'Product Engineering Team Excellence'
award
Assistant Executive Engineer, Indian Telephone Industries Limited, India
• Engineered reduction in footprint size of Radio Transmission Equipment
that helped company get additional business of $8mn

Sanjay Poudyal
US CITIZEN
BS (Mechanical Engineering) with
Distinction, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
9 years of international experience in the US, UK, Singapore,
Ireland, and Hungary in Manufacturing Process Strategy,
Operations, and Supply Chain Management
Engineering Project Manager, IBM Corporation, USA
• Managed launch of IBM’s global Initiative ‘Xccelerator’, which
transformed the sales and delivery processes to create a single
fulfillment pipeline for large product portfolio, Implementation cost
of $147mn and projected revenue of $300mn
Advisory Process Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA
• Saved $4 million by developing an inventory consumption plan for
non-compliant inventory in response to a European Union
environmental regulation RoHS, Implemented solution in IBM
facilities in four countries
• Graduated from Leadership Excellence Program, IBM’s eight-month
training for employees with senior managerial potential
Process Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA
• Awarded 'Outstanding Technical Achievement' Award for leading
assembly line set-up of new products in the US and Singapore,
saved $120,000 with design simplification
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Sanjiv Joshi
INDIAN / US PR
MS (Biomedical Engineering),
Drexel University, PA
BE (Electrical Engineering),
SVR College of Engineering & Technology,
India
11.5 years of experience in Sales and Marketing of engineered
products in North and South America and Africa
Sales Manager – North and South America and Africa, Testek Inc.,
USA
• Developed new markets generating annual sales of $1.1mn in Latin
America, $500,000 in Africa, $1.3mn in Canada and $350,000 in Mexico
• 360 degree contribution to Sales and Marketing (Pricing, Negotiation of
contracts, Managing Projects, Developing Product Literature and
Advertising)
Sales Engineer, Abbott Technologies, USA
• Contributed $300,000 sales to company’s annual sales of $2.4mn
Biomedical Engineer, BioWhittaker Inc., USA
• Designed and implemented database to track and process ELISA test
results
• Developed timer features that enabled walk-away testing on company
products
 PGPX course was a great choice for me and I value the experience as one of greatest
learning experiences of my life - learning on management, India and life. On
management, the level of learning certainly exceeded my expectations and I was
able to learn about India from my batchmates, faculty and time spent in the country.
India probably has more to teach about life than any other country or culture that I
know. Without having done PGPX, I may not have had the confidence or skills to
take on this role. I wish the program a bright future and hope that it can help IIMA
climb into the top rankings of international business schools.

— James Beeson (PGPX Class of 2007, Gold Medalist)

Finance Controller, United Water, Shanghai, China

Santosh Raju Sasanka Velidandla

INDIAN INDIAN
MSc (Defence and Strategic MS (Industrial Engineering),
Studies),Chennai University, India University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Staff College, Wellington, India BE (Mechanical Engineering),
BSc, National Defence Academy, India Andhra University, India

20 years experience in Leadership, Strategic Planning and
Operations in Executive Branch, Indian Navy
Director Operations (rank of Captain)
• Extensive strategic planning and project management experience in highly
stressful and dynamic environments
• Expertise in detailed planning/execution of disaster relief operations
• Worked across cultures in tasks with diplomatic implications
• Participated in international level negotiations
Commanding Officer / Second-in-Command
• Managed assets worth over Rs.12bn and 400 personnel in high risk
environments
Achievements / Awards
• Sword of Honour awardee
• Selected for prestigious appointment to lead Mauritian Navy units
• Winner of national yachting team championship representing Indian Navy
8 years experience in Operations Consulting, Product and Process
Design
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, General Motors, USA
• Managed offshore team responsible for providing manufacturing analysis
services to GM technical centers worldwide
• Developed business processes to enable global collaboration as part of
GM’s strategic digital initiative team
Consulting Engineer, Altair Engineering, USA
• Launched manufacturing analysis group at GM Cadillac division
• Played key role in eliminating physical prototyping for manufacturing at
GM, achieved savings of $1mn annually
• Supported six vehicle lines from concept to launch, driving process and
plant friendly designs
• Led training and development activities for GM’s digital initiative
• Awarded GM Chairman’s honors award for outstanding team contribution

Sauri Gudlavalleti
INDIAN / US PR
MS (Mechanical Engineering), MIT, USA
BTech (Mechanical Engineering),
IIT Madras, India
Certified Six - Sigma Green Belt
6 years of experience managing global teams and leading
innovation in alternative energy and advanced manufacturing
Staff Engineering Manager, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, USA
• Led development of company’s first commercial cell phone display
product spearheading entry into $2bn market, managed 20-member
cross-functional team spread across USA and Taiwan
• Achieved company’s strategic goal of demonstrating high-volume,
low-cost manufacturing by establishing design for manufacturability
initiative
Lead Engineer, GE Global Research, USA
• Tripled throughput of multi-million dollar Advanced Fuel Cell
Research programme by setting up batch manufacturing process,
saved 10% on material budget
• Facilitated timely recovery of critical $30mn project by integrating
remotely located, newly acquired division
• Led $1.4mn worth of externally funded research projects
• Filed 15 patents and authored 9 publications in areas of hydrogen,
fuel cells and microtechnology
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Senthil Govindan
INDIAN
MS (Management Information Systems),
The University of Arizona, USA
BE (Electronics and Instrumentation),
Annamalai University, India
8 Years in IT Engagement Management, Enterprise Solutions
and Software Consulting
Technical Account Manager, Oracle Corp., Australia
• Advised leading Financial Services firm on strategy, governance and
technology issues in a $20mn software upgrade project
• Played key role in resolving implementation and product-related crises at
Oracle customers, salvaged deals worth more than $3mn
Principal Consultant, Siebel Systems Inc., USA
• Jointly coordinated pre-sales effort for deal worth $2mn with APAC
branch of global technology giant
• Implemented Siebel software at multiple market leading companies
Senior Consultant / Project Manager, i2 Technologies Inc., USA
• Managed localization testing effort in Tokyo, Japan; localization group
consisted of 20 members distributed across multiple cross-cultural
testing teams
• Reduced quarterly budget from $1mn to $320,000 by introducing
automation and off-shoring
 Shashank Goyal
INDIAN
PGD in IT, IIIT Bangalore, India
BTech (Mechanical Engineering),
GBP University, India
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI),
USA
NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets,
National Stock Exchange, India
8 years of international experience in IT Project Management and
Customer Relationship Management in Credit Cards domain
Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India / USA
• Managed 40-member team spread across five locations in USA, Mexico
and India, that implemented a rule engine for Credit Card replacement
process at American Express, USA
• Set up Business Analyst and Project Management teams for American
Express in low cost locations, resulting in cost savings of 60%
• Implemented the resource forecasting model for three big portfolios of
applications ($5mn+) thus optimizing the capacity planning process
Business Analyst, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India / USA
• Analysed and recommended changes in card activation process of
American Express that resulted in annual cost savings of $1.6mn
• Won 'On the Spot' award for exceeding expectations on multiple
occasions
Shivani Saxena
INDIAN
MS (Environmental Engineering),
University of California, Berkeley, USA
BTech (Civil Engineering) IIT Kanpur, India
7 years of international experience in Consulting, Project
Management, General Management, and Research in
Environmental / Energy industry
Manager, Kleinfelder Inc., USA
• Collaborated with engineers, lawyers, and regulatory agencies to provide
customized solutions for managing environmental liabilities of energy
companies
• Negotiated with regulatory agencies to arrive at cleanup targets for
remediation projects of revenues over $1mn
• Led an environmental project for the San Jose International Airport
expansion, resulting in revenues of $400,000
Project Manager, CH2M HILL, USA
• Led cross-functional teams of over 30 people for treatment system design
and field implementation efforts to remediate contaminated sites
• Implemented a Geographic Information System technology project to
assess environmental risk, resulting in savings of $600,000 for a
multinational oil company
• Author of publications in international conferences on innovative
environmental technologies
Took courses towards programme for Working Professionals, Wharton
School of Business, Philadelphia, USA

Siddharth Garud
INDIAN
BE (Electronics and Telecommunications),
Government College of Engineering,
Aurangabad, India
8 years of international IT Consulting experience with focus
on Wireless Communications R&D and Software
Assistant Consultant, TCS-Nortel Technology Laboratory, Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd., India
• Led 20-member R&D team based in Mumbai, India and Richardson,
Texas, USA
• Provided consultation to Nortel Product Line Management on CDMA
project feasibility and risks followed by project acceptance and
development
• Led five large and several small projects. Key projects include
Location Services Enhancements, Mobile Equipment Identifier
(MEID) Compliance and Caller Tunes
• Introduced process change to ensure early risk detection saving
up to $100,000 per year. The change was recognized as
best practice
• Led automation of change management quality checklist
• Won the best trainee award in 2001
Executive Engineer, ICN Division, Siemens Ltd., India
• Planned video and data networks
• Handled video conferencing demonstration to Indian Railways
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Siva Kondapalli
INDIAN
BTech (Computer Science and Engineering),
JNTU, India
Teradata Certified Master
Certified Function Point Specialist
8 years of international experience in Software Project
Management and Delivery
Advisory System Analyst, IBM India Pvt. Ltd., India / USA / Canada
• Managed $1.5mn/yr, 20-member team spread across India,
United States and Canada
• Spearheaded Function Point Championship drive, achieving productivity
improvement of 23%
• Contributed to $16bn AT&T merger with SBC, BellSouth and Cingular as
IBM technical lead for 5 applications
• Initiated and led first Six Sigma project for AT&T business unit
• Won 'Best of IBM' Award for two consecutive years
Senior Software Engineer, Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd., USA / India
• Supervised team of eight people as onsite lead and offshore project
manager
• Led Knowledge Management activity for Bank of America
• Won 'On the Spot' award for mainframe schedule automation that
resulted in $65,000 annual savings
 After mastering the technicalities of power industry over
more than 17 years, my managerial skills are being rejuvenated
at PGPX. Indeed, PGPX could not have come at a better time
in my career.
— Ajay Shah (PGPX Class 2009)
Somnath Ganguly
INDIAN
MS (Quantitative Economics),
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
BSc (Economics Honors),
St. Xaviers College, Kolkata, India
GE Six Sigma Certified
Student Member, Casualty Actuarial Society,
USA – 2 Actuarial Exams cleared
8 years of delivering Business Solutions through Advanced
Analytics in the BFSI Domain: Engagement & Project
Management, Six Sigma Deployment
Lead Black Belt, Genpact (Formerly GE Capital)
• Deployed LEAN and Six Sigma to deliver productivity gains across
business verticals worth over $250k
• Led project to optimize cash flow for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical
company, projected annual saving of $5mn
Operating Leader, Analytics, Genpact
• Managed client relationship and service delivery for three Fortune 100
companies with annual revenue of $1mn
• Led Solution Identification at client sites – helped customers identify
outsourcing opportunities to gain competitive advantage
Manager, Actuarial Risk, GE Capital
• Set up and grew a cross-location team of 25 Pricing Analysts for GE
Reinsurance with authority to price treaties up to $2.5mn
• Redesigned the pricing process to generate additional premium of $26mn
for the US broker market
Srinivasa Rao Munagala
INDIAN
BE (Electronics and Communications),
Osmania University, India
15 years of experience in IT Services Delivery and
Project Management
Associate Vice President, Enterprise Applications SAP, Deloitte
Consulting Services India Pvt. Ltd., India
• Led 70-member team and managed $5mn project delivery successfully
from off-shore
• Led Organizational Innovation and Deployment track as part of the CMMI
Level 5 certification initiative, received excellence award for the
contributions in achieving CMMI Level 5 Certification
Senior Consultant, IBM Global Business Services, USA
• Managed development deliverables based on on-site (USA) /
off-shore model
• Provided consulting to entertainment industry giants Disney, Sony,
NBC Universal
• Received 'Above and Beyond' recognition awards on several occasions
Principal Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, USA
• Delivered solutions for complex business requirements related to Finance,
MM and SD modules
• Provided SAP solutions to clients: Kellog's, Nike, PetSmart, etc.

Subramaniam
Vaidyanathan
INDIAN
BE (Electronics and Communication),
Visveswaraiah Technological
University, Karnataka, India
10 years in IT, Project/ Program Management and Product
Development
Project Manager, Trilogy Software, India
• Managed customer relationships and led product delivery for major
US auto manufacturers, a $14mn annual revenue stream for Trilogy
• Led outsourcing initiatives to improve productivity by 30%
Project Manager, GE Infrastructure, USA
• Managed a $4mn portfolio of engineering IT projects
• Established common processes to enable over $500,000 of synergy
savings
• Coordinated complex geographically and functionally distributed
teams across GE Energy, Aviation and R&D
Project Manager, GE Global Research, India
• Architected solution and led team to improve datasheet availability
by 5x for GE advanced materials. Won GE management award.
Project won the global six sigma award
• Led multiple web application initiatives for GE Energy
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Sudhir Gokhale
INDIAN
MS (Software Systems), BITS Pilani, India
MTech (Mechanical Engineering),
REC Bhopal, India
BE (Mechanical Engineering),
Bhopal University, India
11 years of experience in Software Product Development and
Project Management
Technical Architect & Pre-sales consultant, Tech Mahindra
• Constituted and led a consulting group of 25 engineers focused on SDP
technology in Next Generation Network domain
• Managed multiple software projects in Intelligent Networks and VoIP
generating revenue of $2mn
• Designed and created solution offerings for Telecom RFPs
Product Architect, Tech Mahindra
• Led product development team of 20 engineers to develop Real Time
Contact Center Router generating revenue of $8mn. Deployed the
product at multiple large contact centers in US and UK
• Co-led Technology Transfer and set up a 70 engineers’ offshore
development center for a multi-product US company
IT Analyst and Team Lead, TCS
• Engineered software for Telecom and Contact Center Telephony domain
 Sunil Puri
INDIAN
MTech (Energy Studies) Gold Medalist,
IIT Delhi, India
DBM, International Management Institute,
New Delhi, India
BE (Mechanical), Bangalore University, India
11 years of experience in managing Technology and Energy
Research teams
Associate Director, Corporate Executive Board (CEB)
• Led global Technology Bench team that tracked latest technology best
practices, trends and issues
• Managed IT strategy research assignments for member firms
• Steered CEB India's growth from 3 to 200+ FTEs as one of its founding
members
Program Manager, Energy Outreach, Winrock International India
• Structured and managed clean energy / climate change outreach projects
in partnership with multilateral agencies
Head – Research, India Infrastructure Publishing
• Managed syndicated research projects and authored energy sector
reports, lead analyst on power sector
Project Appraisal Officer, Power Finance Corporation
• Conducted techno–economic appraisal of projects
• Evaluated debt servicing abilities of state governments
Initiated and manage www.newenergyindia.org - a Web community for
clean energy enthusiasts
Suresh Seetharaman
INDIAN
BE (Electronics),
Bangalore University, India
11 years of experience in IT Consulting, Project Leadership and
Business Development
Senior Principal Consultant, NaviSite Inc., USA
• Collaborated with sales team to conduct business development activities
with wins totalling $2.3mn
• Performed crisis management duties to rescue two projects totalling
$7.3mn
• Spearheaded Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technology projects
in the US West region
Senior Database Administrator, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., USA
• Reengineered IT processes to account for new ERP system, reducing
implementation time by 25% and costs by $200,000+ annually
• Created and implemented best practices in Change and Systems
Management to stabilize ERP system and increased user satisfaction from
under 60% to over 90%
Senior Consultant, Oracle Solution Services India Pvt. Ltd., India
• Led several ERP technology initiatives in EMEA; recognized as a subject
matter expert in ERP upgrades

Tanmay Gupta
INDIAN
BE (Electronics and Communication),
Delhi College of Engineering, India
10 years in Networking and Telecommunications R&D
including 6 years of international experience
Senior Staff Engineer, Motorola Inc., India
• Led 4-5 member teams to deliver multiple software releases;
responsible for planning, architecture and execution of the releases
Platform Architect, Intel Corporation, USA
• Led alliance with key strategic partner company for developing joint
product architecture
• Instrumental in conceptualizing and mobilizing support for Ethernet
enhancements in industry and IEEE Standards body; received Intel
Division Recognition Award for driving this initiative and securing
key industry relationships
• Led team for development of software solutions for Intel’s network
processor family; supported Customer Sales Organization in product
briefings at customer site
• Filed three patents in network congestion management
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Tripti Jaipuria
INDIAN
PGD in Apparel Marketing and Merchandising
Management, NIFT, New Delhi, India
BCom (Hons), Lady Shri Ram College,
Delhi University, India
7 years of Retail experience in Category Management, Supply
Chain Management, Staff Training and New Business
Development
Merchandising Manager, Planet Retail Holdings Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon,
India
• Spearheaded start-up of UK brands NEXT, Accessorize and DEBENHAMS
in India
• Developed merchandising processes, built the operations team, liaised
with IT and supply chain to streamline systems
Category Manager, Women's Western Wear, Globus Stores Pvt. Ltd.,
Mumbai, India
• Led 10-member team of designers, merchandisers and buyers
• Established women's western wear as 100% own-brand category
• Developed strong supply chain to deliver new own-brand collections on
the floor every 10 days
• Delivered highest sell through and margin among all categories traded at
Globus
• Conceptualized, designed and executed a Sales Staff Training Program
across chain of stores
• Received CEO's 'Star Performer Award' for professional excellence
 The multiple perspectives elicited in a class with cumulative
work experience of over 700 years orchestrated by brilliant
faculty, makes the whole experience unprecedented. The
program has helped me understand the complex economic
and political forces underlying the rapidly changing
international business environment today.

— Rita Gupta (PGPX Class of 2008)

Director, NISG

Veer Mehta
INDIAN
Umesh Kumar Tripathi
Retail Supply Chain Certification
INDIAN (Accenture / RILA)
MSc (Defence and Strategic Studies),
PGDBM, Institute of Management
University of Madras, India
Technology, Ghaziabad, India
Advanced Diploma in Materials
BTech (Mining Engineering), Management, Jabalpur University, India
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India PGD in Materials Management,
PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI), Jabalpur University, India
USA BSc, National Defence Academy, India

12 years in Program Management, Product Implementation and
Business Analysis
Senior Consultant, Consulting and Enterprise Solutions, Satyam Computer
Services, USA
• More than 9 years of managerial experience in IT industry
• Led $10mn product implementation project for World Bank across its
offices in 100 countries and covering more than 25000 users
• Negotiated a five-year contract valued at $8mn per year with a major
US client
• Coordinated setting up of 300-seat capacity offshore development centre
for a major client
• Led projects for clients across geographies and spanning various domains
including Developmental Banking and Enterprise Knowledge
Management, resulting in annual revenues of more than $5mn
• Led formulation and implementation of Enterprise-wide Knowledge
Management initiative, resulting in average efficiency gain of three hours
per week per employee
16 years of Supply Chain Management, Operations, Strategy and
Leadership in the Indian Army (ranked as Lieutenant Colonel)
Joint Director – Supply Chain Planning – Integrated Defence HQ
• Formulated supply chain strategies and logistic plans/policies for the
Indian Army
Commanding Officer, Logistics Unit
• Headed 142-member team to plan / provide materials and logistics cover
to over 46,000 Army personnel in 49 installations spanning five states
• Managed 16,300 SKUs of inventory worth Rs.7.12bn annually
Logistics Officer, Indian Military Academy
• Headed material and logistics planning, operations and administration of a
prestigious institution, encompassing 1,240 trainee officers, 1,466 staff
on a 1,220 acre campus and INR 640mn annual budget
Instructor, Logistics College
• Trained over 170 Indian and foreign Army Officers on supply chain
management and design and control of efficient logistics / fulfilment
networks

Venkata Guru Kandarpi
INDIAN
BTech (Electronics and
Communications), JNTU,
Andhra Pradesh, India
10.5 years of experience in Pre-Sales, Technology
Consulting and IT Project Management
Lead Consultant, Wipro Technologies Ltd., India
• Managed pre-sales team of a business unit, won business of nearly
$8mn and four new clients in one year
• Conceptualized and started a new service line with potential annual
revenue of $5mn
• Provided IT solutions to Banking and Retail industries
Consultant, Cytech Resources, USA
• Architected and implemented successful migration of all business
applications from legacy character-based (AS/400) on to Windows-
based platform in three years
• Managed cross cultural teams and delivered the Point of Sales and
Annuity applications on time and within budget
Project Leader, CMC Ltd., India
• Led a team of 10 in successful development of a co-operative
banking product
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Venkata Vempati
INDIAN / UK PR
BTech (Computer Science and
Systems Engineering),
Andhra University, India
11 years of Projects and Customer Relationship Management
experience in the IT industry
Group Manager, MphasiS, an EDS company
• Worked on Application Modernization Program at MphasiS analysing
systems based on parameters like Maintainability and Scalability under
the Best ShoreTM Global Delivery Strategy
Project Manager, HCL Technologies Ltd.
• Prepared roadmap for migrating legacy systems to newer platforms
based on an Application Portfolio Analysis at HBOS, PIC, UK
• Managed parallel migration of three critical applications for HBOS, UK
using an onshore-offshore model – £350,000
• Awarded Appreciation Certificate by HCL in recognition of performance
as Core Team member of HBOS plc engagement
• Awarded an all-paid family trip by HBOS, UK for identifying and plugging
a process inefficiency saving £277,000 p.a.
• Received Best Employee recognition at HCL
 Venugopal Subramony
INDIAN
BTech (Hons) (Electrical & Electronics), NIT,
Calicut, India
Project Management Professional
(PMP), PMI Inc., USA
13 years of experience in IT industry, Program Management,
Quality and Pre-sales
Senior Manager and Quality Champion, Wipro Technologies, Chennai
• Spearheaded Quality function of Business Intelligence and Data
Warehousing practice, a group with $60mn in revenues and 750
employees
• Initiated Lean and Six Sigma projects to improve group productivity
• Started and managed as program manager, offshoring of mission critical
data warehousing applications for a large investment bank. Account grew
to $3mn in revenues and 75 employees
• Led pre-sales activities for manufacturing and finance domains with sales
wins up to $2mn
Project Manager, Wipro Technologies, Bangalore
• Managed design and development of custom financial reporting product
for a large investment bank
• Won Wipro President, Award for development of automated routines to
improve project productivity
Systems Engineer, Automation Solutions Division, Larsen & Toubro,
India
• Designed and developed software for Industrial automation systems
Vijay Mani
INDIAN / CANADIAN PR
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), USA
BCom, University of Mumbai, India
13 years of Operations and Finance Function Consulting, focusing
on Process Design / Implementation and Financial Modeling
Senior Manager, KPMG Advisory Services, Canada
• Consistent track record in establishing ‘trusted-advisor’ relationships
Instrumental in creating largest account of the practice ($10mn p.a.)
• Contributed actively to practice development, developed key components
of consulting methodologies (business-case models, shared-services,
outsourcing)
• Successfully led multi-year process transformation program in Canada’s
largest Telco - integrated performance improvement and compliance in
$3bn business unit, outcomes included increases in ordering / billing
accuracy valued at $125mn
• Assisted regional Telco in assessing pricing model proposed by erstwhile
parent for operational services post spin-off
Senior Consultant, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, India
• Successfully delivered design/implementation of process improvements
and fraud investigations requiring complex data analysis
• Obtained diverse experience: banking, financial services, pharmaceuticals;
India, the United Kingdom, South-East Asia
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Vijaykumar Sreenivasan Vinay Anand

INDIAN
INDIAN
PGD (Information Technology), IIIT
AICWA, Institute of Cost & Works Bangalore, India
Accountants of India BE (Electronics and Communication),
BCom, University of Madras, India BIT Sindri, India

17 years multi-functional experience in IT, Steel, Automobile 9 years of experience in Consulting, Account Management and
industries in Relationship Management, Accounting and Business Development in a cross cultural environment
Process Re-engineering
Sr. Solution Architect, ACL-Wireless, India
Engagement Manager, Tata Consultancy Services, USA • Led different product groups on reducing new product development
• Managed revenues of $3.5mn with 40-member team across multiple time, better quality control and increased synergies between the team
locations
Subject Matter Expert, Fujitsu Consulting, USA
• Grew revenues at 30% YOY for 3 years
• Led team which won a $10mn deal with a US based global customer
• Re-structured operations reducing costs, doubling profit margins
• Started the Product Lifecycle Management Practice, growing the
• Handled advanced deal negotiations at client COO / CIO levels in a
business to 3 new clients in 6 months
highly competitive environment
• Drafted alternate business model helping clients save $2mn annually Principal Consultant, Sogeti USA LLC, part of the Capgemini
and provide superior service to their customers organization
• Engagement manager for a cross cultural project team of 15 people with
Assistant Manager, SAIL / Rourkela Steel Plant, India
representations from China, Canada, Vietnam and Russia
• Handled Materials Accounting (Rs.3bn) and MIS with 25-member
• Grew existing account from $200,000 to $3mn within three months of
team
joining the compa.ny Awarded 'Consultant of the Quarter'
• Contributed to process re-engineering, improving productivity and
reducing information lag by 30 days Attended 50 hours of PMP education from Northeast Indiana Chapter
• Contributed to development of Integrated Materials System which (NEIC) of PMI
reduced staff costs by Rs.25mn annually and reduced inventories
by Rs.500mn
 IIMA offers unparalleled opportunities to interact with and
learn from industry veterans and management thinkers from
all areas. In just the past four months, we have met with a
decorated Major General from the Indian Army, the Head of
Human Resources of a major Indian Conglomerate, the
Secretary of a Cabinet Ministry, and the CEO of a major
media communications agency. The insights we get from these
interactions add an all-round, pragmatic perspective to our
education at IIMA.

— Rahul Shah (PGPX Class 2009)

Vineet Sharma
INDIAN Vinod Kuberkar
PGDHRM, Symbiosis Centre of Distance INDIAN
Learning, Pune, India
Interviewing Officers' Course, Defence PhD, Chemical Engineering,
Institute of Psychological Research, University of Colorado, USA
New Delhi, India Interdisciplinary Biotechnology
Flight Navigator Course, Observers' School, Certificate, University of Colorado, USA
Kochi, India Integrated 5 year Masters in
Alumnus, Naval Academy, Goa, India Biochemical Eng and Biotechnology,
BSc, Allahabad University, India IIT Delhi, India

20 years of experience in Operations, HR Administration and
Leadership in Indian Coast Guard
Operations Function, Indian Coast Guard
• Cumulative sea time of seven years and flying experience of 1,500 hours
as flight navigator on Fixed wing aircraft
• Commanded two ships (40-personnel) and one air squadron of four
Dornier aircraft (60-personnnel)
• Formulated strategic doctrine, planned and supervised training, and
accomplished annual flying task of about 2,000 hours during squadron
command
9 years of experience in USA and Indian Biotech companies
Associate Director, Wockhardt Ltd., India
• Started Process Development and Technology Transfer group at the
manufacturing site to speedily resolve challenges facing the facility
• Supported launch of Wepox 12000 for anemia caused by chronic kidney
disease and treatment of cancer
• Introduced initiatives to close gaps with the global quality standards while
heading quality group on interim basis
• Streamlined manufacturing systems when heading Mammalian
manufacturing facility

Human Resources / Administration Functions, Indian Coast Guard Senior Scientist, Amgen, Inc., USA
• Handled national level recruitment and induction of officers (80 per • Led process development of a first-in-class recombinant drug from the
annum) and personnel below officer rank (300 per annum) early stage research to the initiation of clinical studies
• Conducted more than 200 Behavioural Description Interviews for
Principal Engineer, Baxter Healthcare Corp., USA
officer's entry
• Developed process for meningitis vaccines against Y and W serotypes
• Integral part of the Core Committee that formalized recommendations on
behalf of the Indian Coast Guard for the VI Central Pay Commission
• Interacted extensively with Ministries of Defence, Finance and Law and
Justice
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Faculty
Business Policy B H Jajoo (Dean) Marketing Pankaj Chandra*
PhD (IIT, Kanpur) PhD (Pennsylvania)
Anurag K Agarwal Arindam Banerjee
LLM (Harvard), LLD (Lucknow) T P Rama Rao PhD (State Uni of NY) Goutam Dutta
MTech (IIT, Kanpur) PhD (Northwestern)
M R Dixit Bibek Banerjee
PhD (IIT Kanpur) Kavitha Ranganathan PhD (Purdue) Diptesh Ghosh
PhD (Chicago) A K Jain Fellow (IIMC)
Atanu Ghosh
PhD (IIT Bombay) V Venkata Rao Fellow (IIMA) A K Laha
PhD (Georgia Institute of Tech) A K Jaiswal PhD (ISI, Calcutta)
S Manikutty
Fellow (IIMA) Sanjay Verma Fellow (XLRI) T Madhavan
Fellow (IIMC) Subhashini Kaul Fellow (IIMA)
Ajeet N Mathur
PGDM (IIMC), PhD (IIS Bangalore) Fellow (IIMA) Saral Mukherjee
Economics Fellow (IIMC)
Abhishek Mishra Abraham Koshy
MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) Vinod Ahuja Fellow (IIMA) N Ravichandran
PhD (Maryland) PhD (IIT, Madras)
Akhileshwar Pathak Prathap Oburai
PhD (Edinburgh) Rakesh Basant PhD (Strathclyde) G S Ravindra
PhD (Gujarat) PhD (Texas)
N Venkiteswaran Arvind Sahay
ACA Satish Deodhar PGDM (IIMA), PhD (Texas Uni, Austin) Chetan Soman
PhD (Ohio) MTech (IIT, Bombay), PhD (Groningen)
Piyush Kumar Sinha
Centre for Management in Bakul Dholakia* PhD (SPU) Devanath Tirupati
Agriculture PhD (MSU) PGDM (IIMC), PhD (MIT)
Ravindra Dholakia Organizational Behaviour
V N Asopa Public Systems Group
PhD (MSU) Deepti Bhatnagar
PhD (Illinois)
Errol D'souza Fellow (IIMA) Tejas Desai
Samar Datta
PhD (JNU) Premilla D'cruz PhD (North Carolina)
PhD (Rochester)
G S Gupta PhD (TISS, Mumbai) Amit Garg
Vasant Gandhi
PhD (John Hopkins) Parvinder Gupta Fellow (IIMA)
PhD (Stanford)
Sebastian Morris PhD (IIT, Kanpur) Navdeep Mathur
Girja Sharan
MSc (IIT, Bombay), Fellow (IIMC) MA (Hull Uni UK), PhD (Rutgers Uni)
PhD (Cornell) Pradyumana Khokle
Fellow (IIMA) Dileep Mavalankar
Anil K Gupta Finance and Accounting MD (Gujarat), Dr of Public Health
PhD (Kurukshetra), Fellow (NASS) Ernesto Noronha
Ramesh Bhat* (Johns Hopkins)
Vijay Paul Sharma PhD (TISS, Mumbai)
PhD (Delhi School of Economics) Prem Pangotra
PhD (NDRI, Karnal) Neharika Vohra
Shailesh Gandhi PhD (Wisconsin)
Gurdev Singh PhD (Manitoba)
Fellow (IIMA) G Raghuram
PhD (Illinois)
Ramesh Gupta Personnel and Industrial PhD (Northwestern)
Sukhpal Singh PGDM (IIMC), AICWA, PhD (Berkeley) Relations K V Ramani*
PhD (Bangalore)
Jacob Joshy PhD (Cornell)
Jerome Joseph
Communications Fellow (IIML) PhD (Madras Uni) Ankur Sarin
Ajay Pandey PhD (Chicago)
Asha Kaul Sunil Maheshwari
Fellow (IIMA) Fellow (IIMA) P R Shukla
PhD (IIT, Kanpur)
Rajendra Patel PhD (Stanford)
M M Monippally Manjari Singh
AICWA, ACA, PGDM (IIMA) Fellow (IIMC)
PhD (Manchester)
T T Ram Mohan Ravi J Matthai Centre for
Meenakshi Sharma Biju Varkkey Educational Innovation
BTech (IIT, Bombay), PGDM (IIMC), Fellow (NIBM, Pune)
PhD (Australia)
PhD (Stern School, NY) Rajeev Sharma
Computer and Information Sidharth Sinha Production and Quantitative PhD (Allahabad)
PGDM (IIMA), PhD (Uni of California, Vijaya Sherry Chand
Systems Group Berkeley)
Methods
PGDM (IIMA), PhD (Guj)
Rajanish Dass M S Sriram Tathagata Bandyopadhyay
Fellow (IIMC) PhD (Calcutta Uni)
Fellow (IIMB)
Rekha Jain Jayanth R Varma Samir K Barua (Director)
PhD (IIT, Delhi) MTech (IIT, Kanpur), Fellow (IIMA)
PGDM (IIMA), AICWA, Fellow (IIMA)

* On leave
 Placement Process and Policies
The Placement Process
• Companies are encouraged to visit the campus for the placement
process which includes pre-placement talks and interviews. The
final placement period is from December 22, 2008 to March 6,
2009
• Unless explicit permission has been provided by the Placement
Committee, participants are restricted from approaching
companies directly for individual placements. Companies are
requested to interact either through a member of the Placement
Committee or the designated Relationship Manager
• PGPX participants are allowed two confirmed offers through the
placement process
• PGPX students have substantial work experience and have been
inducted through a rigorous selection process. We therefore follow
a grade and GMAT score non-disclosure policy
Campus Visit Policy
Companies may visit the Institute before the scheduled placement
days to conduct industry talks and discussions. Following guidelines
shall be applicable in this context:
• Any on-campus activity which is not a part of regular academic
curriculum is defined as company-participant interaction.
Companies can conduct a maximum of two interactions for PGPX
(slot for interaction will be assigned on a first come first served
basis)
• All campus activities must be scheduled in conjunction with the
Relationship Manager, PGPX. Pre-placement talks can be
scheduled anytime before the placement window, preferably in
September or October, 2008. Alternatively, pre-placement talks
can be scheduled prior to the interviews during the placement
process
• Guest lectures during Confluence (the International Business
School festival) or Insight (the National Marketing Fair), and
interaction as part of the Forum for Industrial Interaction (FII) do
not count as company-participant participation for the purposes of
the placement process
Placement Fees
Placement Type Fixed Joining Fee
Participation Fee per student
Overseas posting/placement USD 2,250 USD 6,000
Domestic posting INR 100,000 INR 75,000
• The fixed participation fee is not applicable to companies
headquartered in India having gross revenue less than Rs.100
crore (Rs.1bn), and not-for-profit organizations
• The fixed participation fee is charged for the services offered to
the company throughout the course of recruitment from the
campus
• All placement charges should be settled within one month of
students joining the organization. The institute however does not
guarantee that the student will join the company or will remain in
the job for a specified duration of time
• Service taxes, if applicable, will be charged in addition to the fees
Required Communication with
Placement Committee
• Recruiters are required to communicate the following details to
the PGPX Placement Committee via email (cc'd to candidate) in
order to enable the Committee to streamline the placement
process for both recruiter and participant:
g Indication that an offer with salary details has been made to a
candidate
g Confirmation of acceptance or rejection of an offer by a
candidate
g In both communications, offer details do not need to be
provided to the placement committee
• Candidates are required to inform the Placement Committee of
their acceptance or rejection of an offer. The candidate can
choose to have the Placement Committee forward his/her
decision to the recruiter
• Candidates are responsible for finalizing offer details including,
but not limited to, salary, location, perks and title directly with
recruiters
• Recruiters are welcome to communicate with either their
Relationship Manager or the Placement Committee on any
topics beyond those listed above
The Placement Committee reserves the right to amend the
rules/guidelines stated above and will inform the companies of any
changes thereto.