BITSoM Mumbai recently announced the formation of its Industry Advisory Council. The council represents a range of industries and functional expertise and was formed with the aim of achieving industry integration, inputs to improve curriculum, and renew learning components of the MBA programme. This would further sharpen the programme design and add relevance. The council will also advise the B-School on building executive programmes and on applied research initiatives.
Council members:
Bhaskar Das, ex-President, The Times of India
Brajesh Bajpai, Commercial Director, Vodacom Africa
Deepali Naair, CMO, IBM
Haresh Chawla, Partner, True North
Mohan Natarajan, Managing Director & Head India, Avista Advisory
Rajkamal Vempati, CHRO, Axis Bank
Sachin Kotak, Partner, Bain & Company
Shantanu Bhanja, CEO, Pidilite (Consumer Products)
Shiv Shivakumar, Group Executive President, Aditya Birla Group
Vivek Sunder, CEO, Cuemath
VS Ram, Former CEO, Asian PPG Industries Ltd
BITSoM members:
Dr Ranjan Banerjee, Dean and Professor - Marketing
Rahul Kohli, Advisor, BITSoM
Dr Leena Chatterjee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour