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Friday, 9th September 2011
Shapping Young Minds Program
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Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy
Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies
Mr.N. R. Narayana Murthy is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Limited. He founded Infosys in 1981 along with six other software professionals and served as the CEO for 20 years before handing over the reins of the company to co-founder Nandan M. Nilekani in March 2002. Under his leadership Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He served as the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor from 2002 to 2006. The Economist ranked him 8th among the top 15 most admired global leaders (2005). He was ranked 28th among the world's most-respected business leaders by the Financial Times (2005). He topped the Economic Times Corporate Dossier list of India's most powerful CEOs for two consecutive years - 2004 and 2005.
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Mr. Sachin Pilot
Member of Parliament
Mr. Sachin Pilot is an Indian Member of Parliament. He represents the Ajmer constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is presently the Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. He is the son of the deceased Congress (I) leader, Shri. Rajesh Pilot, an M.B.A from Wharton Business School, He got his private pilot's license (PPL) from New York in 1995. Also a sports lover, he has represented Delhi in a number of national shooting championships, Running a Charitable Trust, "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Trust" & has published a book 'Rajesh Pilot : In Spirit Forever'
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Dr. Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Shashi Tharoor is an author, United Nations peace-keeper, refugee worker, human rights activist, a former Minister of State for External Affairs and now an elected member of the Indian Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala, Dr Shashi Tharoor straddles several worlds of experience. Dr. Tharoor had been appointed an International Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva for the period 2008-2011. Dr. Tharoor is an internationally known speaker on India's recent transformation and future prospects, globalisation, freedom of the press, human rights, literacy, Indian culture, and India's present and potential influence in world politics
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Dr. Anjani Jain
Vice Dean Director and Adjunct Professor,
Wharton Graduate Division
Dr. Anjani Jain is Vice Dean and Director of Wharton's Graduate Division and Adjunct Professor of Operations and Information Management. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Indore University in India, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Ph.D. in operations research from the University of California, Los Angeles. He joined Wharton's faculty in 1986 and has taught courses in operations management and management science at the MBA, Ph.D., and undergraduate levels. In 1993 he became Director of the MBA Program and has been involved with several curricular initiatives and has won numerous teaching awards. He has also published in the professional literature on telecommunications network design.
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Mr. Suhel Seth
Managing Partner Counselage India
Mr. Suhel Seth is one of India's most admired marketing and management gurus and a highly-regarded columnist. He is the Managing Partner of Counselage India and founder of Equus. He is known for his forthright views and appears regularly on television shows. Mr. Suhel has done over 135 plays in English, was voted as the Best Theatre Actor by Khushwant Singh and has been mentioned in the latter's autobiography; he has been a keen debator and is also a film actor having acted in six films under directors such as Mrinal Sen, Mahesh Bhatt and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Suhel has written two books : one 'In Your Face' a collection of his columns and the other, Kalighat to Calcutta in co-authorship with Khushwant Singh and R K Laxman.
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Mr. Pritish Nandy
Founder and Promoter, Pritish Nandy Communication
Mr. Pritish Nandy needs no introduction. Poet, painter, renowned journalist and editor, television personality, animal activist, Member of Parliament and maker of some of the best known films of the last decade. He is Chairman of Pritish Nandy Communications, one of the first media and entertainment companies to go public in 2000 and has produced movies like, Kaante, Shabd, Chameli, Jhankaar Beats and Pyar Ke Side Effects etc. He received the Padma Shri, the EM Forster Literary award, the United Nations Heritage award and over 300 award nominations for the films PNC has produced, from all over the world.
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Mr. Sonal Dabral
Chief Creative Officer
Bates 141
A graduate of National Institute of Design where he studied visual communication, film and photography, Mr. Sonal Dabral started his advertising career at Lintas in New Delhi. After a long stint with Ogilvy, Mr. Sonal joined Bates 141 in late 2008 as the Regional Creative Head, to uphold and improve the creative standing of the agency across Asia. In his spare time, he has been a popular TV host, Bollywood script writer and has also been channeling his passion for films into directing ad-films. In 2004, D&AD featured a spot he wrote and directed for the MC2 Awards. Next on agenda is his first feature film, which he plans to direct in the next couple of years.
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Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta
AVSM, VSM (Retired)
Major General Raj Mehta retired from the Army in June 2006, after 38 years of dedicated service. He is a veteran of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war and the 1999 Kargil war (Op Vijay) and was seriously wounded in an encounter with Pakistani terrorists in Kashmir in Jan 1997. During his military career, the officer was faculty at the National Defense Academy and Defense Services Staff College. He also teaches Personality Development, Leadership, and Protection of our Environment, Women's Empowerment and Prevention of AIDS to all students at FLAME. He also freelances for many journals.
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Swami Smarpanand
Spiritual Guru, Ramakrishna Mission
Swami Samarpanananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math. He took his monastic vows in 1980, when he was quite young. Since then he has been associated with various organisational work, mostly educational. He has been the Principal of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar, Jharkhand, a famous residential school, and also the head of Ramakrishna Mission, Chapra, Bihar. Other than education, he has also been in the management of publication, medical, rural and relief services of the organisation. He is a creative writer (poems, articles and philosophical novels) in English and Hindi. He has a large number of published articles to his credit.
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Mr. Tarun Katial
Chief Executive Officer
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd.
Mr. Tarun Katial, CEO, Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. is one of the most successful executives in the Indian media industry. In early 2006, Mr. Tarun set out to launch 92.7 BIG FM, India's largest private radio network of 45 Stations, and has successfully taken the medium to the deepest pockets of India, with the radio stations achieving leadership position in a very short period of time. He has conceived, produced and marketed television brands like Kaun Banega Crorepati, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki, Khullja Sim Sim, Indian Idol and more, all of which have been well applauded and trendsetting programs, leaving its footprint in the history of Indian television entertainment.
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Mr. D. Shivakumar
MD & VP Nokia India
Mr. D. Shivakumar is currently the Managing Director and VP of Nokia India. He is essentially a Marketer and a General Manager. Mr. Shiv has run more than 34 brands in his career over two decades. Mr. Shiv is on the board of Godrej Consumer Products and is also the Senior Vice President of the All India Management Association. Mr. Shiv is an avid reader; he writes regularly for business magazines and teaches regularly at all the top business schools across the world.
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Mr. Mahesh Chaudhary
Microqual Techno Ltd.
Mr. Mahesh Chaudhary is the principal founder and driving force behind Microqual. He co-founded the company (with family) post his business studies. He is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and has done his MBA in Family Business Management from S.P. Jain College. He has 11 years of experience in this segment. As the Whole Time Director, he is actively involved in the day to day affairs of our Company and in strategic decision making. He is the chief architect of the company's vision and strategy and has guided the Company in becoming the 7th fastest growing tech company in India (Deloitte survey). Mr. Mahesh discharges executive responsibilities in overseeing all strategic and tactical business matters at Microqual.
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Mr. Prakash Iyer
Managing Director
Kimberly-Clark Lever
Mr. Prakash Iyer is currently Managing Director, Kimberly-Clark Lever. In a corporate career spanning twenty-five years, Mr. Prakash has worked with teams selling everything from soaps and colas, to yellow pages and diapers. He was earlier the Managing Director and CEO of Infomedia India Limited (formerly Tata Infomedia). Prior to that, Mr. Prakash was Executive Director at PepsiCo, responsible for the company's operations in South India and Sri Lanka. He later moved to PepsiCo China as Regional Vice President. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, he started his career with Hindustan Unilever Limited. Passionate about cricket - and people - Mr. Prakash is also a trained executive and business coach. His first book - titled The Habit of Winning - has recently been published by Penguin.
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Mr. Subodh Bhargav
Chairman, Tata Communications Ltd.
An advisor to Eicher Group of Companies... Chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Certifying Bodies (NABCB) under the aegis of Quality Council of India (QCI)... Director of IIM Indore, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India... Chairman of Wartsila India Limited... Additional Director of Tata Motors Ltd. these are some of the many roles being played by the multi talented Mr. Bhargava. With an experience of 31 years he has been on the board of various organizations and has juggled all the hats with great élan.
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Mr. R Gowthaman
Leader, South Asia, Mindshare
An alumnus from BITS Pilani, he has more than 20 years of experience in the communication Channel Management Service with experience across multiple categories. FMCG, Durables, Automobiles, Liquor, Tobacco, Financial services, Airlines and Banks. He was instrumental in launching the Six Sigma/Lean process improvement training for employees of MindShare Fulcrum - only unit in the industry to do so. He is also in the board of Media Research Users Council.
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Mr. Ritesh Idnani
Chief Operating Officer, Infosys BPO, USA
For approximately 15 years he has been providing assistance to C-level executives across different global corporations in determining their sourcing strategies, implement governance models and drive the performance of their outsourcing relationships. He is one of the few leaders globally, who has had experience across all facets of the outsourcing business. Since November 2005, Ritesh has been associated with Infosys BPO and has been shouldering responsibilities for helping the unit meet its financial, operational and revenue goals. He has successfully helped scale the BPO business from USD 43 million in 2005 to USD 400 million in 2010. He was also acknowledged by FAO Today as a "superstar" instrumental in scaling the BPO business for Infosys in 2008.
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Mr. Anupam Kher
Actor & Founder, Anupam Kher Acting School
A Celebrated actor... a winner of the highly prestigious Padma Shri Award... a great dramatist... Anupam Kher is one of the most sought after actor of the Indian Celluloid. In a glorious career spanning 400 films and 100 plays he has made a mark on the silver screen with national award winning roles in Saraansh and Daddy. He carried forward his creative brilliance in films like Karma, Lamhe, Dilwaley Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, A Wednesday and so on. In such a long and rewarding career he also hold the distinction of winning no less then 8 Filmfare awards in a row. |
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Mr. T N Manoharan
Past President, ICAI
For the session 2006-07 he served as the President of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI). Apart from his he ahs also served as a board member of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Chairman of the Committee for Education and Center for Excellence of South Asian Federation of Accountants. Mr. Manoharan was also a member of International Accounting Education Standards Board of IFAC, formulating global education standards for accounting professionals. He was also honored with the prestigious civilian award "Padma Shri" in 2010.
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Mr. H N Shrinivasan
VP- HR, Taj Group
For 18 years he was associated with Taj Hotels in Human Resources, Learning & Development and Business Excellence functions. After leaving the Taj in 2002, he headed HR function in BPL and subsequently Tata Tea. With over 30 years of experience in the field of HR he worked with various organizations. He also delivered services at Hewlett Packard Global Delivery India Center as Director, Human Resources.
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Mr. Suhas Gopinath
CEO & President, Globals Inc.
He is one of the youngest achievers in the corporate world. At the age of 14 he was recognized as the world's youngest certified professional web developer through his project coolhindustan.com. At the age of 16 he was recognized as the world's youngest Entrepreneur by CNBC and e-business Canada. And the very next year he was acknowledged as the world's youngest CEO by leading medias across the globe including BBC, Washington Times, The Age etc. including Limca Book of Records. He is also designated as the resource person for various B-schools in India and abroad for entrepreneurship and as an advisory board member at IIT Bombay Entrepreneurship Cell. At a young age of 24 his achievements are greatly numbered.
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Mr. Piyush Mathur
President, The Nielsen Company, India
Having spent over 16 years with Nielsen he has worked across the Indian sub-continent, Middle East and North Africa region. Currently, he heads a multi-divisional, multi-cultural organization with over 2500 employees. With diverse experience on local, regional and global levels spanning different industries. Piyush is a prolific speaker who has presented in forums throughout America, Europe, Asia and Middle East. He is a passionate corporate entrepreneur and has an expertise in strategic planning. Innovation is his first love and nurturing talent is his top priority.
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Dr. Subramaniam Swamy
President, Janta Party
He is a much respected name in the Indian politics and is one of the most sought after politician. With a highly accredited education background he is one of the most fearless and honest politician. A Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University he practiced as a professor for 10 years. Internationally, he is recognized as an authority on the economy of China. During his political career he initiated many reforms and voiced against customary working style. Being a free thinker he published a "Swadeshi Plan" as ab alternative to the five year plan, challenged Indira Gandhi's Soviet influenced Socialist planning. During his political career he acted as a catalyst in India's growth and brought in a wave of breaking old standards to make way for new.
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Swami Suddhananda ji
Samvit Sagar Trust
The bio data of a teacher of Self - Knowledge who is one with the teaching - the Self - Knowledge , has to be a blank sheet ; yet the body has a biography and the mind has certain experiences , achievements to be written about Born in India, SWAMI SUDDHANANDAJI, became curious to understand the very life itself while studying for his Masters in English Literature. The Suddhananda Foundation for Self -Knowledge was founded by Swamiji in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and was registered as Samvit Sagar Trust in1982 and Akshar Educational Trust in 1995. .After the inception of this, in course of time other branches have been opened at Orissa, West Indies, NewZealand, Australia , Germany and some more are in the pipeline.
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Indira J Parikh
Ph. D (Gujarat), Founder President FLAME
Prof. Indira Parikh was a faculty at IIM-A for over 30 years and Deans from 2002 to 2005. She has also taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) and Texas A&M University. She has specialized in organization development and design, and institution building. She has designed and offered management development programs for managerial role effectiveness, training for trainers, issues of roles and identity, and stress and self-renewal for men and women in organizations. She has been a consultant to various national and international organizations both in private and public sector. Prof. Indira Parikh is also on the board of several companies.
- Prof. Indira Parikh has been honored with three life time achievement awards.
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Best Teacher in Management on January 18, 2001 in World HRD Congress held at Mumbai.
- Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution on HR on October 3, 2003 in 2nd Regional HR Conference held at Pune organized by Indira Group of Institute, Pune.
- Life Time Achievement Award by PGP Students Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2003 05 batch)
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