BUSINESS FORUM
Biswajit Sen
Biswajit Sen did his PGP from IIM Ahmedabad in 1978. He worked for a few years in the corporate sector and then went into Rural Development. Over the last three decades he has been an entrepreneur for several social enterprises and civil society institutions such as PRADAN, Grameen Development Services and others. Currently he is in the World Bank as Senior Rural Development Specialist and supports the Government of India and several state governments in design and implementation of rural development programs.
Ravi Srinivasan
Ravi Srinivasan has over 25 years’ leadership and managerial experience in achieving strategic business growth in Asia Pacific and Japan. Ravi works with key decision makers, on an individual basis and with the leadership team in growing the business across several vertical industries and customer segments. He guides and ensures operational excellence in restructuring and development of current businesses.
Rajani Kesari
Rajani Kesari, is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Certified Public Accountant from USA.She is presently Vice President Finance and Country Finance Partner Greater India Zone at Schneider Electric India. Prior to this she has worked with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories for several years in various positions. She also has extensive exposure to mergers and acquisitions activity in Europe followed by integration of acquisitions
Arvind Nair
An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Mr. Nair began his journey in 1991 with Amtrex Hitachi where he successfully led teams and later headed the organization as a CEO till 2000. In the recent years he has headed companies like DLF Retail Developers Ltd., Sagar Ratna and India Equity Partners Ltd. as a CEO and Operating Partner. Not to miss out his love for teaching, which makes him one of the most popular visiting faculties at SOIL for Corporate Strategy.
Dr. Ajay Bakshi
Dr. Ajay Bakshi is currently the CEO & MD, Max Healthcare. He has pursued medical training from AIIMS in New Delhi, India and the Wharton Management Program from the Wharton School. His Neurosurgical research work was published in Journal of Neurosurgery, Nutrition and National Medical Journal of India etc. He has also been an Associate Partner with McKinsey for over 6 years. Since November 2011 he has successfully Max Healthcare family.
Ramnath
Balasubramanian
Ramnath is a Partner at McKinsey & Company based in Mumbai and leads McKinsey's Insurance and Asset Management Practice in India. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai. He has worked extensively with life, P&C and health insurance companies across India, South East Asia and North America
E Jayashree Kurup
Jayashree is the Head of Content & ResearchTimes Business Solutions Ltd. She has been a business journalist for over two decades with the Times of India, The Economic Times and The Financial Express. She forayed into research in 2002 as Head of Asia Pacific Research. She is an Executive Member on the CII Real Estate Committee, as well as a Jury member for the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) Vishwakarma Awards.
Abhilash Lal
Abhilash is currently the Partner & COO at MCap Fund Advisors. A graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore – following a degree in mechanical engineering from the Dayalbagh Educational Institute.Mr. Lal has a successful track record in setting up new units and turning around underperforming ones, and has also successfully completed several projects in private equity investments and consulting.
Prithvi Shergill
Prithvi is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer, HCL Technologies Ltd and partners with senior leadership to shape the business strategy, identify human capital implications and design and deploy people practices to enhance performance and productivity. He holds a Bachelor degree in Commerce and MBA from the University of Mumbai and holds 20+ years of experience with companies like Accenture, AT&T, Vsource, Singapore Telecom and Consistel.
Dr. Lilac Nachum
Dr. Lilac Nachum is a Professor at Zicklin Business School, Baruch College, New York
Prior to joining Baruch College in 2002, Lilac Nachum was a Senior Research Fellow at Cambridge University, UK. She was involved in a number of research projects on the activities of foreign firms in London. She held a Senior Member position in the Research Division on Foreign Investment and Transnational Corporations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland
Philip Mathew
Chief People Officer, HDFC Bank