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Guest Speakers

Our students were highly fortunate to listen to the lectures delivered by eminent personalities from Business corporate and leading B-Schools.

Mr. Anbarasan, a post graduate in Management with over 6 years of experience in the field of Sales and  Marketing, Market Research and Consulting. He has worked for organizations like Johnson and Johnson, Frost and Sullivan prior to his present assignment with Littler Associates.

Mr. Arun Nair, is post graduate in Mass Communications and a prolific writer and a columnist on Marketing Future Trends and Travel. He is also the opinion leader in the online marketing space and a strong advocate of social media. He is presently working as Sr. Manager in Mahindra Holidays.

Mr. Ashok R Sankethi, is a post graduate from IIM-B with over 18 years of experience in the field of Market Research and Consulting. He was the former CEO of A C Nielsen, Sri Lanka and presently the CEO of Kaybase based out of Chennai.

Mr. Biju Kuruvilla, is a post graduate in management with over 10 years of experience in the field of Banking and Financial Services. He has worked for companies like Sundaram Home Finance, Citigroup, HSBC and presently he is the Chief Manager of ICICI Bank.

Prof. C K Chandrasekhar, is a post graduate from IIM-A with over 23 years of experience in the field of IT, ITES, Consulting and Academics. He has worked for companies like Wipro.

Dr.R.V.Jayathirtha B.E. (ELEC.) MBA, Ph.D. (Indl. Mktg.) from Bangalore University. MDP (Management Development Programme) from IIM, Ahmedabad. Presently heading “Bullseye Consulting Group” which has helped more than 250 companies in getting ISO 9001/TS16949/ISO 14001 Certification. Served 22 years at M/s. Kirloskar Electric company limited, in various functions such as, heading All India Marketing, General Manager (Operations) and at the time of leaving he was Chief Executive (Unit  I). Past President-Operational Research Society of India, (ORSI), Bangalore Chapter. Past Secretary and presently Vice-chairman, Training and Vice President, Bangalore Management Association. (BMA). Advisor QCFI, Karnataka Chapter.

Mr. R. Krishnan, is a post graduate in management with over 6 years of experience in the field of FMCG and Retail. He has worked for companies like Nestle, J L Morison and presently he is the Cluster Manager for Aditya Birla Retail.

Mr. R. Kesava Murthi, is a post graduate from IIM-C with over 25 years of experience in the field of manufacturing, consulting and teaching. He was associated with companies like ITC, Duncans, EID Parry, HPCL, US Embassy during his early part of the career and presently he has his own marketing consulting firm based out of Coimbatore.

Mr. Pradeep Gangadharan, is a post graduate in management with over 7 years of experience in the field of Internet Marketing, IT, Advertising and Market Research. He has worked for companies like Redifussion, Mudra Communications and presently working as a senior researcher at Kaybase.

Mr. J. Raghunathan, a Chartered Accountant with over 23 years of experience in the areas of Finance, Corporate Strategy, International Sales and Marketing, Knowledge Management and ERP. He has worked for companies like HLL, Sundaram Fasteners, 3i and Sundaram Infotech Solutions. Today he is the CEO of Right Fields, a partner of Microsoft.  

Mr. S. Ramachandra (known as Little Ram), a post graduate from IIM- A has over 22 years of experience in the areas of Sales and Marketing, Corporate Strategy and International Operations. He has held a number of leadership positions in senior management with several organizations like Pidilite, Amara Raja Batteries, Sterlite and Exide Industries. Presently he is the Managing Partner and Principal Consultant of Littler Associates.

Mr. V. Shankar, a post graduate in management with over 10 years of experience in the field of Media and Entertainment and Telecom. He has worked for companies like RPG, India Today and presently working with Reliance Communications as a Senior Manager.

Mr. Satish P Nair, a post graduate in management with over 10 years of experience in the field of Advertising, Market Research, IT and Consulting. He has worked for companies like Maa Bozel, Consign Technologies, Frost and Sullivan and presently employed with Infosys Consulting as a Senior Consultant.

Dr.S.Swaminatha Pillai, is a triple Ph.D. in English Literature, Linguistics and Education and has an experience of over 52 years in all - as Primary school teacher, High school teacher, Training school teacher, Inspector of schools, Educational survey officer, Assistant professor of English in Tamilnadu Government Arts and Professional colleges, Lecturer in Communication, Assistant Professor of Educational Communication, Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Research in the Government of India's autonomous institution of Technical Teachers Training Institute, Southern Region at Chennai - and became the Director of the School of Distance Education of Bharathiar University by invitation and set the school right.

Mrs. Sai Lakshmi, is a post graduate in statistics and an MCA graduate with over 12 years of experience in the field of Market Research, FMCG and Retail. She is presently the brand manager of Medimix.

Mr. Vijaykumar, qualified as a CAIIB and a Certified Financial Planner with over 15 years of experience in the field of Banking and Financial Services. He has worked for banking companies like ICICI Bank and HSBC as Vice President. Presently he is a banking consultant based out of Trivandrum.

Mr. Vigneshwar Iyer, is a post graduate in management with over 16 years of experience in the field of advertising and consulting. He has worked for companies like Lowe Lintas and Mudra Communications. His advertising experience spans across categories and brands like New Indian Express, Fa, Thomson, Coca Cola, RPG cellular and Polaris amongst others.


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