MBA Talks

Date Speaker Role and Affiliation Topic
20thSeptember2021 Munish Chawla Co Founder & Chief Happiness Officer,Jeevitam "Future of Livelihood"
08thSeptember2021 John Mathew Sebastian Head of Talent Acquisition & Employee Experience,V-Guard Industries Ltd. "HR Leadership"
28thAugust2021 Nilanjan Mukherjee Deputy General Manager,Relaxo Group "10 Pillars of success"
22thAugust2021 Prashant Kumar Nair GeoSpatial Analytics Global Lead,NielsenIQ Impact of our decision onto the world...beyond the mere "work view"
12thAugust2021 Krishna Gopal Global Head - Sales Enablement,Tech Mahindra "Digital and other skills for MBAs in the new world"
06thAugust2021 Vikas Gupta Managing Director,Deloitte "Future of Jobs"
04thAugust2021 Mohit Sharma Head-Talent Acquisition,Societe General Global Solution "Careers in HR"
31stJuly2021 Naveen Athresh Senior Director of Product Management, Process design, IXD,PayU "Product Management"
27thJuly2021 Nitin Seth CEO,Incedo Inc "Winning in the Digital Age"
23rdJuly2021 Shiv Rawat AVP - National HR Lead,DTDC Express Ltd. "Millennial, An experience."
17thJuly2021 Deeksha Jha Manager - HR,HDFC Life. "Navigating through the system"
7th April 2021 Dr. Ramendra Lal Mukherjee Founder and Scientist,HMRC The mind of an inventor: A conversation with national award-winning inventor and scientist
24th March 2021 Mr. Dinesh Malok Facilities,Ascendas-First Space Facilities management in the new normal
23rdMarch 2021 Mr. Manav Kapur Executive Director,Steelbird International 1) Career in Automobile Industry 2) Entrepreneurship
17thMarch 2021 Mr. S Ravi Founder & Partner,Ravi Rajan & Co. Technology in forex with AI innovation and use of technology in banking
23rdDecember 2020 Mr. Hersh Shah CEO IRM India,IRM Professional career in enterprise risk Management
22ndDecember 2020 Mr. Ajit Sanghvi Director and Governing Board Member,MSS Securities Pvt. Ltd, Bombay Stock Exchange Brokers Forum. Successful investment strategies: Warren Buffet, Ray Dalio, others
12thNovember 2020 Mr. Punit Modhgil Founder,Octane Research Top 6 skills that employers look for in an MBA
7thNovember 2020 Ms. Akshata Nayak Partner - Transformation and Automation,GTM and Marcom @ Mazars Transforming human capital for the new world
14thOctober 2020 Ms. Aman Pannu Head- Corporate Communications & CSR,DCM Shriram Ltd SR in times of Covid-19 pandemic: The DCM Shriram learnings
13thOctober 2020 Mr. Ritesh Arora & Nakul Aggarwal Co-founders,Browser Stack Bootstrapped to a multimillion-dollar SaaS Business
8thOctober 2020 Mr. R K Shah Chairman,R K Group Entrepreneurship: How challenging times don’t last, entrepreneurship does
19th September 2020 Mr. Amit Kataria Chief Human Resources Officer,Hanu Workplace dynamics post the pandemic
18thAugust 2020 Mr.Ganesh Kashid Head TA,Piramal Realty Brief about Piramal Realty 2.Identifying Strength and How to capitalize on them.
04thMarch2020 Ms.Vipra Babbar Head HR & Recruitment,Meero Diversity and Inclusion
26thFebruary2020 Mr. Dinesh Kapoor Director,GTPN Cracking Placement Interview and Assessment
21stFebruary 2020 Mr.Chirag Aneja Ms. Prerna Arora Campus Recruitment Specialist,Accenture Skills Required for Future-Ready Post Graduates
08thJanuary 2020 Mr.Sripal Jain and Zaki Mohammed Khan Digital marketing team lead,Sirmandhan Education BlockChain, Emerging Certifications in Finance & Inverted Yield Curves
20thDecember2019 Capt. Partha Samai Senior VP and Group Head HR, AGS Transact Technologies Ltd. Challenges & Opportunities for budding Leaders in Professional World
07thDecember2019 Mr.Sanjay Lakhotia Co-Founder,Noble House Consulting Co. The Future Of Work
04thDecember 2019 Ms. Chandani Parihar Marketing Manager,Trouw Nutrition Pvt.Ltd. Introduction of the Food and Nutrition Industry, Organization and Role of young minds
25thNovember2019 Mr.Vivek Mehra COO & MD,Sage publication Building a great brand: Leadership and Journey of Sage
02ndNovember2019 Mr.Dinesh Kumar Murugesan Country Head HR,DSM India Pvt Ltd Global Economy - India Surging Ahead - Are You Ready?
26thOctober 2019 Dr. Aditya Verma VP – Procurement, Emami Ltd. Procurement Strategy
18thOctober2019 Mr. Anil Mishra Founder at Farmtree,Inhof Technologies Pvt. Ltd A Pre-placement discussion and orientation to corporate career
07thSeptember2019 John Sebastian Mathew Manager - Talent Acquisition,V-Guard Industries Limited Making HR more Expansive
04thSeptember2019 Chintan Soni Founder & CEO,Ecolibrium Energy My Journey to Entrepreneurship
03rdAugust2019 Vinay Trivedi Head HR,Tonetag Maximising output in MBA and Planning the career and being Corporate ready
01stAugust2019 Rajeev Singh COO & Business Head,Karvy Fintech Emerging FinTech Trends and Digital Disruption of Financial Services
15thJuly2019 Saud Zafar Global Head HR,Fulcrum Digital Campus to Corporate Transition
03rdFebruary 2019 Mr.Amit Kasliwal India Head-Corporate Sales at Ford Motor Company Leadership Mantras
15thJanuary 2019 Mr. Shivakumar Venkateswaran CHRO, IIM Bangalore Career Brand Management
12thJanuary 2019 Mr. Dharm Rakshit Head HR, Hero Motocorp Ltd. “Leading change”
22ndDecember2018 Mr Sahil Nayar Associate Director, Human Resources – KPMG “Neuro Linguistic Programming”
20thDecember2018 Mr. Sunil Kanojia Director, Tirupati Medicare Ltd Campus to Corporate transformation
13thNovember 2018 Mr. Fons van der Velden Founder - Context, International Cooperation “Social Business as a transformational approach”
31stOctober 2018 Mr. Santosh Wakhloo Vice President, JK Paper Ltd. Corporate Leadership
27thOctober 2018 Mr. Krishnan Venkiteswaran Head HR, Control Print Limited Transformation to New Leadership Roles
3rdOctober 2018 Mr. Rajiv Vaid VP & Global Head of Strategic Accounts at TCS Future of Banking
05thSeptember 2018 Mr. Venkatesh Srinivasan CEO and Co-founder of Nexus Consulting My Journey, The lessons I learnt 2000
01stSeptember 2018 Dr. Kiran Seth Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at theIIT Delhiand Founder,SPIC MACAY An Intuitive Approach to Operations Research
17thAugust 2018 Mr. Jinesh Jain Program Manager, Capgemini Consulting Digital Transformation in Consumer Business
17thAugust 2018 Mr. Amit Godkar Deputy Manager - HR & Lead, Capgemini, 50 Glorious years of Capgemini-Core Values and Inclusive Policies
06thJuly 2018 Prof. Manoj Anand Professor, Finance, MDI Gurgaon Parameters to take into account while Solving a Case Study
06thJuly 2018 Mr. Arun Malhotra An alumnus of IIM Calcutta and Former MD, Nissan India Role of Communication, Networking and Punctuality in Managers’ Career.
22ndJanuary 2018 Mr. Amit Agarwal Chief Evangelist(India Goes Global Pvt Ltd) Entrepreneurship and its Challenges
14thDecember, 2017 Dr. Kushal Sanghvi Vice Chairman-India(I-COM Global) The students of IIM Sirmaur attended a guest lecture delivered by Dr. Kushal Sanghvi, Vice Chairman - India(I-COM Global). The main theme of the lecture was the criticality of digital transformation for businesses or marketing.
2ndDecember, 2017 Mr. Sankalp Saini AVP, External Relations & Corporate Affairs, Home Credit India Limited. The students of IIM Sirmaur attended a guest lecture delivered by Mr. Sankalp Saini, AVP, External Relations & Corporate Affairs, at Home Credit India Finance on 2nd December, 2017. Mr. Sankalp started the lecture by explaining what is meant by a crisis.
November 28th, 2017 Academia-Industry Meet (AIM 1.0). Academia-Industry Meet (AIM 1.0). On November 28th, 2017 IIM Sirmaur organized its first Academia-Industry Meet (AIM 1.0). The event provided an opportunity to the PGP participants to interact and exchange ideas with the eminent personalities from the local companies of Sirmaur.
12th,13thNov 2017 Prof. Darlene F. Russ-Eft,Prof. Maria Cseh Professor and Discipline Liaison, Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership, College of Education, Oregon State University.
Associate Professor, Human & Organizational Learning, The George Washington University.
International Workshop on Building World-Class Institution
22ndOct 2017 Mr. Alankar Chandra Managing Director of Wild Voyager &IIM Ahmedabad alumni The students of IIM Sirmaur attended a guest lecture delivered by Mr. Alankar Chandra, Managing Director of Wild Voyager on 22nd October, 2017. An IIM Ahmedabad alumni, Mr Chandra chased his passion for photography and travelling, and built a business around it. The theme of the session was to create awareness among the students about 'Entrepreneurship'.
12thOct 2017 Mr. Raj Nehru Vice-Chancellor of Vishwakarma Skill Development University, Haryana On 12th October 2017, IIM Sirmaur hosted Mr. Raj Nehru, Vice-Chancellor of Vishwakarma Skill Development University, Haryana to share insights from his rich experience in the corporate and educational arenas.
17thSep2017 Mr. Prabhat Tiwary CEO and Founder, YourOwnROOM Mr. Tiwary talked about his corporate journey, his startup and the lessons learnt. Through the interaction the students gained better perspective on the startup culture, barriers involved, inventory based business model, entrepreneurship and key challenges to growth and expansion.
04thSep2017 Mr. Partho Dasgupta Chief Mentor, Reliance Industries Limited On 4th September, 2017, The students of the second batch of IIM Sirmaur had an interactive session with Mr. Partho Dasgupta, Chief Mentor, Reliance Industries Limited. He encouraged the students to develop a holistic approach and think beyond the pecuniary aspects of their professional life. He also emphasized the importance of ‘unlearning’ and relearning in the 21st century. Reiterating Alvin Toffler, he said that today’s world sees ‘too much change in too short a period of time’. The students participated enthusiastically. They inquired about the qualities that the corporates seek from young managers. Mr. Dasgupta highlighted how today’s managers are primarily ‘people-handlers’ and how a deep understanding of the grass-root helps them. The interactive session with Mr. Dasgupta allowed the students to have a fair understanding of the recruitment scenario across industries.
28thAug 2017 Mr. Prashant Sharma Cluster Head of HDFC Asset Management Company. Invest you must, time is your friend,stay the course
04thAug 2017 Mr. Rajesh kumar General Manager - HRDC, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. He introduced the proposition that ‘Focus’, ‘Faith’ and ‘Fire’ are the innate characteristics of any child. These when coupled with knowledge give rise to capabilities.Basing his case upon the GROW model, he said that setting SMART goals, aligning them to the realities of the external environment, choosing the best among available options and working towards the proper implementation of the path picked define a leader’s character and his/her leadership acumen.
15th July 2017 Mr. Prabhakar Tiwari Founder and CEO ofThe MargDarshak Inc The session revolved around the role technology has played in changing the way business is done around the world. He touched upon the modern-day technological revolutions ofArtificial intelligence,Bitcoinand the Internet of Things and the impact they are likely to have on the world economy in the years to come.The session came to an end with a Q&A session before he reflected upon on his successful career as a marketer, having worked with some of the biggest names in the industry,suchas,PayUmoney,CEAT TyresandMarico
14th July 2017 Lt. Gen Dr. SP Kochhar CEO, Telecom Sector Skill Council Lt. Gen. Kochhar highlighted the importance of having a clear vision by stating that one must be clear about what he/she wants to achieve in life. He urged the participants to think beyond placements. While delivering an insightful perspective of what corporate expects from IIM pass out, Gen. Kochhar explained how being associated with an IIM provides the well-earned leverage. He emphasised on the importance of negotiation skills and the need to ‘market’ oneself.
4thNovember 2016 Mr. Kapil Bali CEO of Yes Securities IIM Sirmaur was pleased to have Mr. Kapil Bali, CEO of Yes Securities on the 4th November 2016. Mr. Bali addressed the students of the first year on a variety of issues relating to the Indian and world economy and the current trends in the world markets.
21stOctober 2016 Mr. Golaka Nath Senior Vice President,Clearing Corporation ofIndia Limited (CCIL) Finance and role played by CCIL in the clearing and settlement of transactions in Money, G-Sec, Foreign Exchange and Derivative markets.
20thOctober 2016 Mr. Nirmal K Bhardwaj Founder & CEO, “The Bengaluru Angels”, The Fresco and Resurgent Entrepreneurship, Start-ups in India and Global business environment.
8thOctober 2016 Mr. Jitendra Kumar Senior President, Mankind Pharma Ltd. Production management, Quality management and how Pharmaceutical industry works.
16thSeptember 2016 Mr. Himanshu Chauhan Co-founder, Mercadeo Education Corporate world, Life after MBA,Entrepreneurship
2ndSeptember 2016 Mr. Man Mohan Malik CEO and Chairman, Himalya International Process Costing and Cold Supply Chain
16thJuly 2016 Mr. Sanjeev Govil COO,IdeaCellular Limited Operation Management and Building a new IIM.
16thJuly 2016 Mr. G. Ramesh MD and CEO, HDB Financial Services Limited. Financing, Loan, and Insurance
12thMarch 2016 Mr. Manmohan Bhutani Head HR,ACS Group Strategic Human resources management and Career growth management
27thJanuary 2016 Mr Anubhav Jain Customer Relationship Manager,UltraTech Cement Customer relationship management
23rdJanuary 2016 Mr Prabhakar Tiwari Chief Marketing Officer, PayUMoney The changing Indian markets and Brand management
11thDecember 2015 Mr. Ankur Agrawal CEO, Laksh Human Resources India Interactive session on Hiring and Sustaining best employees