Mr.Prakash Ranjalkar

Chief Operating Officer& Whole Time Director
GTL Infrastructure Limited
Date-26th September'09
Topic-leadership Best Parctices Human Capital & Action Learning.
Mr. Prakash Ranjalkar is one of the key driving forces behind GTL Infrastructure Ltd. He is the Whole-time Director& Chief Operating Officer and heads the company's business and geographic operations. He is responsible for executing business strategy and ensuring operational excellence.With his strategic vision and rich experience of over 22 years in the telecom space, Prakash charted a defining growth path for GTL Infrastructure Ltd., and in a short time span, catapulted the organization to being a leader in the shared telecom Infrastructure space.Since becoming Chief Operating Officer in January 2005, Prakash has instituted several programs to make Global Group’s core vision of “Employee Entrepreneurship” DNA of GIL. "Employee Entrepreneurship" has engaged each employee as part owner to the growth and success of the organization. Prakash holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. Prior to joining the Global Group he has been associated with Lucent Technologies, Crompton Greaves Limited and The National Radio & Electronics Company Ltd (NELCO).

Mr. Leroy Alvares

President
Wunderman India Pvt. Ltd.
Date-26th September'09
Topic- Online & Digital Marketing
Mr. Leroy has a career over 13 years across Advertising,Brand Management,Direct & Digital.He has extensive experience across several categories like Financial Services,Retail, Telecom,IT,Travel- Tourism,Fashion and Lifestyle.In past Mr.Leroy has been assosiated with organizations like Ogilvy & Mather, iContract and Tribal DDB India. Mr. Leroy has a superb track record of brand building through relevant, innovative and impactful communication solutions that work across media platforms. He has the unique distinction of being a part of the team that won the 1st ever Gold Lion in Cannes Direct Marketing, in addition to winning both an Effie and a Grand Effie. Under his leadership, Tribal DDB India grew to be the biggest and the most awarded digital agency in the country with over 40 local and international awards in 3 years .Mr.Leroy firmly believes that there is a great need to integrate interactive, direct and relationship marketing disciplines to deliver quick, highly impactful and sustainable solutions to clients.

Mr. Pradeep Gogte

VP HR Ad factors PR
Date-26th September'09
Topic-Preparing for a Professional Career – Do’s and Dont’s in Placements.
Pradeep Gogte has a Total work experience of over 35 years and has been associated with companies like Godrej & Boyce, Tata Power Co, Johnson & Johnson, Skypak Couriers, Wartsila Diesel and Infomedia 18 where he has managed diverse assignments in Human Resources, Personnel and Administration.Mr.Gogte had also been incharge of admissions, placements, faculty hiring & supervising HR processes wid high-profile B-schools like (ISB), Hyderabad, and S P Jain Centre of Management, Dubai – Singapore.
He is also a PROFESSIONAL MEMBER of bodies like
*Bombay Management Association.
*National Institute of Personnel Management. and
*National HRD Network.
He has done his Graduation in B. Sc.(Geology) 4rm Patna University And Post graduation in M A (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) 4rm Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Mumbai.

Ms. Ranjona Banerji

Senior Editor DNA,Mumbai
Date-22nd Sep'09
Topic-Emerging trends and Challenges-Print Media
Ranjona Banerji has worked in the media for about 25 years and in a number of publications from Bombay magazine and India Today to Gentleman to Mid-day and the Times of India. She has also co-written and co-edited with Mr Ayaz Memon a book on 50 years of Indian Independence, which was published in 1997. She has been deputy editor of Mid-Day and deputy resident editor of the Gujarat edition of The Times of India. She is currently senior editor, edit page, with DNA, Mumbai's newest and fastest growing English broadsheet. She writes a fortnightly column on the edit page, a weekly restuarant review and as often about tennis superstar Roger Federer.

Mr.Milind Mutalik

Sr.Manager HR
Cognizant
Date-21st Sep'09
Topic-Cross Cultural Dynamics
In past he has worked as Manager "Compensation & Benefits" at P&O Nedlloyd IT Services and also as Manager Compensation & Benefits at Maersk Global Service Center/P&O Nedlloyd.he has been an alumni of institutes like XLRI Jamshedpur and Symbiosis institute of Management Studies.

Mr.R. Chandramouli

Director,
Moulis Advertising
Date-19th Sep'09
Topic-Overseas Advertising
Moulis, established in the year 1959, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year.Chandramouli is based in Mumbai and is in charge of the company's overseas operations.He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from the university of madras.He has a Masters degree in Advertising from the United States. He graduated from Oklahoma State University, in the year 1982.After completing his masters, he has worked in the US as a journalist for 2 years.He returned to India in 1984 to join Moulis Advertising, and this is his 25th year with the company.He is a long distance runner. He likes to read and write.He is the author of many short stories, which can be read on www.storiesfromindia.com He has published his debut novel, titled "North Star," last month. The book will soon be available at book stores nationwide.He has great respect and regard for Dr. Pramod Kumar of ISBM. He has given several guest lectures to our students over the last two years.Moulis has recruited over 6 students till date from ISBM, and also 7 summer trainees. Their company was the first company in the history of ISBM to have a summer placement overseas, for their branch in Dubai.

Mr. N Chandramouli

CEO
Bluelotus PR
Date-17th Sep'09
Topic-Public Relations-Learning the Science of Influence.
N Chandramouli is a Chemical Engineer and a MBA in Finance with 20 years of multifunctional experience. His public relations experience spans over a decade in the areas of corporates, healthcare, technology, finance and education and he has been the CEO for Blue Lotus since its inception in October 2002, having grown the business from 2 people to 115 people with 9 office across India. Prior to setting up Blue Lotus, Chandramouli was heading a healthcare and technology PR agency which he helped grow to reputed agency. He ventured into setting up his own agency in October 2002. Before the PR experience, Chandramouli has had successful multi-varied entrepreneurial stints in giving him exposure into many disciplines and sectors. A multi-lateral entrepreneur, he is currently heading four successful communication businesses namely, Blue Lotus (a knowledge based public relations agency focused on healthcare, technology & finance), i9 Communications (a PR agency focused on lifestyle, hospitality & entertainment), Mustard Designs (a boutique design firm) and Blue Bytes (an information capture & dissemination powerhouse.)

Mr. Makarand Deshpande

Director in HR & Admin department
Skoda Auto India Private Ltd.
Date-14thSep'09
Topic-Team Building
Mr. Makarand Deshpande is working with Skoda Auto India Private Ltd. a multi national company, as a Director in HR & Admin department; he joined Skoda on 7th March 2008. His Educational Qualification is M.Sc. Maths and Professional Qualification is M.L.S (Master of Labour Studies) from Mumbai University, in year 1987 in first division. His personal and Professional Attributes: HR Generalist, Sound analytical ability, Action oriented, Speed of work, very good decision maker, ability to lead the team, A Good strategist, Exellent adaptability, Sound knowledge base, Performance skills, Performance oriented, Good work culture developing ability, Always rated as fast track employee and LOVE for HR field. He is having total 20 years experience in HR & Admin field. In these he worked with KMA Limited situated in Kurla Mumbai, Colgate Palmolive I Ltd. Aurangabad, Anurang Engineering Co. Pvt. Ltd. Aurangabad, Carona Puma Ltd. Aurangabad, Nitco Tiles Ltd. Raigad, TTK Maersk Medical Ltd Aurangabad, Videocon International Ltd. Aurangabad and Thermax Ltd. Pune. He is the Chairman of NIPM – Aurangabad Chapter for 2008 -09 and 2009 to 2010. He was also the chairman in the year 2000– 01. During his tenureship as chairman he conducted the Western Regional Conference and National Conference respectively. He was also on the National Council of NIPM.

Mr. R Venkataraman

Chaiman & Chief Executive Officer,
The Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd., Head Office, Thrissur
Date-14thSep'09
Topic-Business& Ethics
Masters in Mathematics, besides Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, holding Diploma in International Banking, Bank Management and Financial Services.Joined Syndicate Bank in April 1972 as a direct recruit Officer, Worked through 1995 in various senior capacities including the Head of the Systems and Manual, London Cell, Exchange Houses, and back office of Forex operations and exempted categories of Resources.Worked in Bank of Madura Ltd., as the Head of International Division till June 2000 and Vice-President of Lord Krishna Bank Ltd., since July 2000. In Lord Krishna Bank Ltd., headed all the operations and all the segments of the Bank.Specialised areas in Banking – Credit, Foreign Exchange and Information Technology.Since 31st July 2007 he is the Chairman and CEO of the Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd.

Mr.Ramanan Eswar

Head Of Internal Audit
S Kumars Nation wide Ltd
Date-12th Sep'09
Topic-Supermarkets Coping with Recession
Ramanan Eswar,a qualified Chartered Accountant from Nov 1982 batch. Born and bought up in Mumbai, after qualification,he had worked 10 years in Britannia leaving them in 1995 as Corporate Manager Accounts and Systems, 5 years in Dupont as Financial Controller handling Accounts,Secretarial, Legal including marketing of a product for one year, before joining Eternit Everest Ltd a listed company as the FInance Director handling Accounts, FInance, Legal, Secretarial and IT based in Delhi during the period 2000 - 2002. Post that he had to return to Mumbai for personal reasons, and have been handing internal audit assignments through M/s B K Khare & CO and since Nov 2007 heading the Internal Audit function for the entire group of S Kumars Nation wide Ltd alimited company having a group turnover of Rs 2200 crores with leading garment brands like Reid & Taylor, Belmonte and foreign brands like Dun Hill and Stephen Bros, besides being a leader in Uniformity sector over the last 50 years.

Mr.V Ramachandran

Senior Director - HR
Indian Sub Continent &
Regional Lead, HR Governance, Employee & Labor Relations, Asia
Motorola India Pvt Ltd
Date-5th Sep'09
Topic- Creativity:a critical skill for HR Professionals
V Ramachandran ( or Ram, as he is generally known ) comes with over 30 years of experience in HR at both strategic and operational levels in Indian and Multinational Companies in the Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Agriculture and Pesticides, Consumer Non-durables, High Technology, BPO, Banking and Airlines sectors. He has both Generalist and Functional expertise in Recruitment & Selection, Compensation & Benefits, Training & Development, Career & Succession Planning, Employee & Union Relations, HR Due Diligence and Post Merger Integration work. Some of the companies that he has worked for are BHEL, Associated Capsules Group, Golden Tobacco, Texas Instruments, Motorola, AT&T, SITA, Air Mauritius and The Murugappa Group. He has worked in India, Singapore, UK and in Mauritius.
Ram is a graduate of Mathematics and Statistics from the Madras University and a Post Graduate from the Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Bombay. A contributing author of a book called “India : Employment Manual” published by The Asia Law and Practice Ltd, Hong Kong, Ram is a voracious reader and speaker at conventions. He was the Director of a series of programs run by the various Management Associations in India as well as The Employers Federation Of India on “Compensation & Benefits”.Ram is on the Advisory Board for HR for The Chennai Business School and was also the Advisor to The National HRD Network, the largest Association of HR Professionals in India. He was the recipient of the Exemplary HR Leader Award in 2008-2009.

Mr. Manas Dewan

General Manager,Product Management & Corporate Communications
Mercedes-Benz
Date-5th Sep'09

Topic-Dynamics Of Modern Corporates.

In his early career he have worked as a journalist, a photographer and a writer with organizations like Times of India & Tata Donnelley Ltd. Subsequently Mr. Dewan worked as a Product Manager for Indiacom and headed Corporate Communications and PR team at AllianzBajaj Life Insurance.He joined Mercedes-Benz in Nov 2003 and have been working here since then.

Mr. Ashish Kumar

Chief HR Officer
PVR Limited, Gurgaon(India)
Date- 30th August'09
Topic-Corporate HR RequirementsHe brings with him a vast total work experience of 19 years, where he got the blended experience of both IR & HR domains. He has successfully handled gamut of HR functions like Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Implementation of Best HR Policies & Practices, Training & Development, Change Management, Developing focused HR teams, HR automation, & has handled registered Employee Unions.

Corporate Relation Cell

Corporate Relation Cell- ISB&M,Pune
It is responsible for inviting eminent personalities from the Industry to our Institute for a brain-storming session.We focus on providing the students with enriched Industry Insight and holistic approach to carve polished professionals out of their fresh resource of untapped caliber and potential .