PGPX 2008 09 Placement Brochure

Indian

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Management

Ahmedabad

Programme Structure: Courses Programme Structure: Projects Placement Process and Policies Placement Track Record Class Profile Student Profiles

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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

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

Operations

Designing Operations to Meet Demand Setting and Delivering Service Levels Quality Management

IT for Organizational Performance + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

+ Strategic Business to Business Market Management + Brand Management

+ Brand and Communication

+ Revenue Management and Dynamic Pricing + Intercultural Marketing Management + Media and Society

+ Fixed Income Markets

+ Investments and Portfolio Management + Securities Regulation

+ Management Control Systems + Computational Finance + Understanding Micro Finance + Economics of Organizations

+ Supply Chain and Logistics Management + Legal and Regulatory Issues in Infrastructure + Manufacturing and Service Operations Strategy + Environment Management

+ Retail Management + Managing Telecom Enterprises

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Business Strategy

Modeling for Decisions Analysis of Data Competitive Strategy

Strategies for Corporate Growth International Business

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

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+ 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

+ Managing Negotiations

+ Managing Leadership in Context of

Organisational Growth

+ Managing and Creating Creativity + Understanding Creativity and Innovation

Programme Structure

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+ Core Courses

+ Elective 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.

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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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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Accenture Consulting Aditya Birla Group

Arcelor Mittal Arthur D Little Inc. Bharti Group

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

Companies that Participated in Placements 2008

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

Salary Statistics

Placement Track Record

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%

Function Statistics

Retail and Realty 4% 9%

Conglomerates - 29%

Infrastructure / Energy 9% 5%

Others - 6%

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Students with experience in*

North and South America 73%

Southeast Asia and ANZ 28%

Europe 24%

China and Japan 13%

Middle East and Africa 13%

Students with experience in*

Project Management 71%

Business Development 42%

Product Development 42%

Operations and Logistics 38%

Relationship Management 37%

Finance and Audit 22%

Research and Academia 22%

Sales and Marketing 19%

Analytics 17% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%

Students with experience in*

IT Consulting 47%

Telecom / Semiconductor / Hardware 23%

IT Products 19%

Finance 19%

Retail / Manufacturing / Operations 15%

Infrastructure / Energy 10%

Automotive / Aerospace 9%

Other (Biotech, Shipping, Media) 8%

Government / Defence 8% Management Consulting 5% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%

*Total exceeds 100% because each student has worked in multiple areas

Functional Experience

Geographical Exposure

BE (Electrical Engineering), NIT, Jamshedpur, India

PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI), USA

NCFM in Financial Markets, Derivatives and Mutual Funds, National Stock Exchange, India

Amit Kumar

INDIAN

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

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)

PGD in IT, IIIT-Bangalore, India BTech (Production Engineering), GB Pant University, India

INDIAN

Amit Sehgal

Ankur Sheth

INDIAN

MS (Electrical Engineering), University of Southern California, USA BE (Electronics and Communications), Gujarat 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

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

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BE (Electronics Engineering), NIT, Allahabad, India

Anuj Bhati

6.5 years of experience in ERP Implementation and Project Management

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd.

• Managed 5 - 12 member multi-site teams for ERP implementations for an electronic components distributor and a coffee company

• Involved in all the phases of development and implementation of large ERP projects

• Mentored and trained 25 new members for a large ERP implementation Programmer Analyst, Infosys Technologies Ltd.

• Involved in requirements analysis, process and performance improvement, and upgrade for an H&W organization

• Improved batch scheduling for the electronic consumer product division of a leading US electronic goods manufacturer

Software Engineer, Infosys Technologies Ltd.

• Designed and implemented a custom billing solution for a leading US based H&W organization

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Arun Agarwal

BE (Electrical), NIT, Allahabad, India

26 years in Power Sector including 4 years as an Entrepreneur

BGR Energy Systems Ltd.

• Constituted and managed the C&I department, held complete responsibility of project execution and engineering functions Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

• Erected and commissioned 5 units of 213 MW Oil / Gas fired power plant at Alleppo, Syria, in a record one year time, saving $700K by optimum use of manpower

Mitsui & Company

• Commissioned 2x500 MW thermal power plant at Anapara in 1993-94; India’s first fully automatic power plant

• O&M consultant to UP State Electricity Board for 2 units of 500 MW each Entrepreneur

• Undertook overhauling of 3 units of 210 MW at Anapara and retrofitting of one unit of 32 MW at Panki

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

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Arvind Krishnan

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

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

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Avinash Patel

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

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Bhaskar Kakuturu

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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Bharath Chandrasekaran

BE (Hons) (Electrical and Electronics), BITS, Pilani, India

INDIAN

Bhargavi Ramachandran

BCom

Bangalore University, India Six Sigma Green Belt Examination, Hewlett-Packard Financial Organisation, India

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

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

INDIAN

Budhaditya Gupta

MS (Industrial & Systems Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

BE (Production Engineering), Jadavpur University, India

INDIAN

Debananda Pati

BE (Mechanical Engineering), Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Utkal University, India

LOMA 290 – Certificate in Insurance company operations

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

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

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.

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BTech (Marine Engineering), M.E.R.I, Calcutta, India

MEO Cl-I (Motor), Member-IMarE(I)

Diwakar Puri

Ganesh Balamitran

MSE (Electrical Engineering), Arizona State University, USA BE (Electrical Engineering), Sardar Patel College of Engineering, 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

Gaurav Goyal

INDIAN

BE (Electronics), MNREC, Allahabad, 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

Senior Consultant, Covansys Corporation

• Led on-time delivery of end-to-end migration of legacy account reconciliation application resulting in bonus equal to 20% of project revenue

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 Media Manager, Euro RSCG, India

• Responsible for media planning / buying for Dell

• Selected for the role of Advertising Manager for Home Small and Medium Business at Dell for five months

INDIAN

Gautam Dutt

MBA (Advertising and Communications) NMIMS, Mumbai, India

BSc (Hons) Physics, KM College, Delhi 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.

INDIAN

Gowrish Prabhu

BE (Electronics and Communication), RV College of Engineering, Bangalore University, India

INDIAN

Harish Chasmawalla

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

INDIAN

Harpreet Hura

BTech (Electrical Engineering), IIT Delhi, India

Level 1: Japanese Language Proficiency Certificate

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

INDIAN

Kamesh Akundi

BE (Electronics and Communications), Andhra University, India

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

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

INDIAN

Kamesh Khatuja

BE (Industrial Electronics), Pune University, India PMP, Project Management Professional (PMI), USA

INDIAN

Lovlesh Chhabra

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

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

Mahesh Madiyala

PG in Software Enterprise Management, IIM Bangalore, India

BE (Mechanical Engineering), NIT, Karnataka, India

INDIAN

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

INDIAN

Manish Sharma

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

INDIAN

Nandini Krishna

BTech (Electrical Engineering), IIT Roorkee, 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

INDIAN

Naveen Singhal

Marine Engineering Officer, Class-I, Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India

BE (Marine Engineering),

Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Jadavpur University, India

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

INDIAN

Nitin Kumar

BE (Mechanical Engineering), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI), USA

INS 021 and 022 (Insurance Certification from Insurance Institute of America)

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

INDIAN

Padmanabhan Killimangalam

Graduate Diploma in Computer Systems, NIIT, India BSc (Chemical Technology), Osmania University, India

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

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.

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

INDIAN / SINGAPORE PR

Piyush Singhal

MS (Software Systems), BITS, Pilani, India

BTech (Mechanical Engineering), NIT Kurukshetra, India Diploma in Business Finance, ICFAI, India

Certificate Course in French

INDIAN

Pramod Mundra

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

INDIAN

Prasad Hanchate

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

INDIAN

Prateek Gupta

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

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

INDIAN

Praveen Sheethalnath

MS (Electrical and Telecommunications, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA

BTech (Electronics and Communication), NIT, India

INDIAN

Prem Sreenivasan Narayan

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

INDIAN

Pulak Piplani

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

INDIAN

Rachna Raniwala

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

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.

US CITIZEN / INDIAN

Rahul Shah

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

INDIAN

Raghunandan

Subramanian

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

INDIAN

Raja Mitra

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

INDIAN

Rajendra Chaudhari

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

INDIAN

Rajesh Nirwan

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

INDIAN

Rakesh Kumar

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

INDIAN

Rama Eswara

BE (Mechanical Engineering), Andhra University, India

PMP, Project Management Institute, (PMI), USA

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

INDIAN

Ramya Shenoy

BE (Electronics and Communications Engineering), Mangalore University, India

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

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.

INDIAN

Ranjita Jain

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

INDIAN

Runa Joshi

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%

INDIAN / GERMAN PR

Samatha Kottha

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

INDIAN

Sanjay Chaturvedi

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

US CITIZEN

Sanjay Poudyal

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

INDIAN / US PR

Sanjiv Joshi

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