People at SIIB
 

Faculty
   

The faculty at SIIB consists of high caliber individuals who boast of a rich blend of industry experience as well as the gift to mould the leaders of tomorrow.

SIIB CORE FACULTY

Director :
Dr. Rajani R. Gupte

M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D. (Economics). 

Dr. Rajani Gupte has done her Ph.D in Economics from the reputed Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics, Pune. She has 30 years of rich work experience  in teaching and research at various prestigious institutes like Loyala College, Madras, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Pune. She has worked as a Finance Director for about six years for a business organization at Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh.  Since 2004 she has been a vsiting faculty at the Oakland University , School of Business Administration Michigan, USA. She has also addressed Business leaders at Bremen University for applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany She has been appointed on the WTO cell set up by Govt. of Maharashtra, department of Horticulture. She has published book entitled "International Business Management". Her Research topic is "Impact Of the WTO Regulations on the Non- tariff Barriers of Developed Nations".  
Areas of Interest : WTO, International Trade Policy, Non- Tariff Barriers, Subsidies etc.
      

Dy. Director:
Mr. Avinash Purandare
B.E.(Mech), M.B.A.(Mktg.),  P.G.D.F.T. (Fgn. Trade)
M.I.E., Chartered Engineer.

He is a Gold Medallist in Foreign Trade with over 19 years of experience in International Business of which 12 years is Corporate Experience having worked at Managerial level in Exports departments of reputed Engineering companies like Bharat Forge. For the last 6 years, he is working as a Professor and Consultant in International Business. Mr. Purandare is currently carrying out a minor research on the topic "International Logistics & Containerisation".
Areas of Interest : International Business, Foreign Trade Policy.

Ms. Adya Sharma
B.Sc (Hons. – Phy),PGDAMM- NIFT, Delhi. 
PG Diploma in International Business law & corporate laws of India 

Ms. Adya sharma has more than 10 years experience in International Business & domestic trade with super star trading house of India, MMTC Ltd. in various product category like textile, gems & jewellery, etc. She is working as marketing faculty at SIIB since 2005.Ms. Adya sharma is currently working on the minor research project titled " Buying Behaviour of Children" 
Areas of Interest : Sales & Distribution , Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Management.


Ms. Deepa Sahasrabuddhe

B.Sc, PGDM (IIM- Ahmedabad). 

She has more than 11 years of experience in industry varying from healthcare to Agri business & Information Technology. Her expertise lies in the areas of Marketing, HR and Systems. She has been working as a faculty at SIIB since 2005.Ms. Deepa is Currently working on an inhouse research project titled " Competitive Intelligence gathering in the Indian Context".
Areas of Interest :
Marketing Management.

Ms. Viraja Bhat

B.E - (E& TC), COTN (CMC Ltd), .Consultant 

Ms. Viraja Bhat has more than 13 years of experience which comprises of industry as well as academics. She has worked in the area of Software development & Software Quality testing. She is a consultant for MS- Project. She has done several corporate trainings in the field of Project management using MS- Project for leading corporates like Reliance, Bajaj Auto, Kirloskar group, TMTC Ltd etc. Ms. Viraja is currently working on a minor research project titled " The Scope of Information Technology in Rural Muncipal Schools around Pune".  
Areas of Interest : Project Management, Programming Langauhes, DBMS & RDBMS, Application Software, MS Project, SPSS,Community Development.

Ms. Manisha Ketkar
B.Com, AICWAI,
Associate Member of Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.

Years of experience out of which she has 16 years of corporate experience in Pharma Sector in various capacities  as Cost accountant, Purchase Manager, & Manager Operations.She was responsible for all commercial functions of the Business Unit i.e. Production & Distribution Planning, Purchase, Distribution, Exports. She has 2+ years of teaching experience at SIIB. Her areas of Expertise are Costing & SCM. She is currently working on a minor research project titled " Supply Risk Management"
Areas of Interest : Costing, Supply Chain Management, Business Accounting.

Mr. Suresh Bhosale
B.Tech (Agri Engg) 

Mr. Suresh Bhosale has more than 30 years experience in the Agri business sector with exposure in banking,tractor marketing and state agri industries corporations.He was actively involved in different aspects of Agri Finance, Agri Banking, micro Finance, Project Forumlation/Appraisal and commercial Agriculture.He has worked as facutly for more than 4 years in an Apex level training institution and a leading Banking institution. Mr. Bhosale  is currently working on a minor research project titled " Achieving Energy Independence for India by sustainable production of Bio - Fuels without food Security Risk".
Areas of Interest : Agriculture Finance, Micro Finance, Commercial Agriculture, Risk Mitigation, Agri Business Project Appraisal 

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta
M.Com, MBA (Fin, HR) BIT Misra.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar has more than 13 years of experience in teaching at various leading institutes. He is an expert in the area of  Financial Accounting, Financial Management & Security Analysis and Portfolio Management. He is currently working on the research project titled " A study of Impact of Video Piracy on Mumbai Film Industry with Special reference to Maharastra State".
Areas of Interest : Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Security Analysis & Portfolio Management.


Ms. Nirupama Mande

M.Com, DBM, MBA [ UK ]

Ms. Nirupama Mande is working as a Junior Faculty. She is handling the Corporate Relations and Placement Cell of the Institute. Also, she is actively involved in the research activities conducted by the Institute and her research areas include Banking & Finance and Corporate Strategy. She is currently working on the research project titled " Strategies adopted by Indian Public Sector banks while competing with International Retail Banking Sector".     Areas of Interest : Finance, Corporate Strategy.


Ms. Asmita Chitnis 

M.Sc , DIT, Educator & Statistical Consultant. 

Ms. Asmita Chitnis has 15 years of  Teaching and Consultancy experience &3 years of Industry experience. She has worked as a Tutor & marker  of Open University of British Columbia, Canada for the course of B.TECH IT). She was involved in Research Projects at National institute of Bank Management, Pune.Her research topic is titled "The Risk Exposure of Indian Equity Markets".
Areas of Interest :
Business Statistics, Operation Research, Quantitative Techniques.

ASSOCIATED EXPERTS FROM INDUSTRY: 

Mr. S.V.Godbole , 
MBA 
Management Consultant
Ms. Nandita Dalal
B.Com, Masters in Marketing Management, Jamnalal Bajaj
Institute of Management Sciences
Mr. Prithviraj Ghorpade
BE.(Mech.), MBA (Purdue University)
Director, Strategos-Uno Startegic Consulting
Dr. Sunaini Parchure
Faculty, Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
Prof. L C. Jhamb
B.Sc, Electrical Engg, Post Graduate in Industrial Engineering and Management
Director (Operations), Poonawalla Group
Mr. Prasad Satyavolu
Global Practice Director - Business Consulting, 
Tata Consultancy Services  Ltd.
Dr. K. S. S. Iyer
Ph.D. - IIT Madras (Operations Research)
Former HOD (O. Res. & Maths), CME, Pune
Dr. Hiten Lakhey
Director, National Agriculture and Research Institute 
Mr. P. C. Nambiar
B.Com. L.L.B
Director (EXIM) Poonawala Group
Mr. Shailesh Sirsikar
Manager – Transworld (Shipping Services)
Mr. K. G. Awale
Lecturer, Vidya Bhavan College, Pune
Mr. P. W. Kale
Advisor, Equatorial International
Mr. R. V. Krishnan
CEO, Business Development Bureau
Mr. S. K. Vaze
B.Sc., CAIIB
Financial Consultant
Mr. Vishwas Takle
M.Sc. (Physics), CAIIB
Financial Consultant
Mr. K. Y. Panthaki
Management Consultant
Mr. Rajiv Sathe
B.Com
CEO, ftrade4u.com
Mr. Anil Pillai
CEO, Rapid Effect Technologies
Air Marshall S. S. Kulkarni
Ph.D.(Political Science), MSc (Defence Studies), PGDBM (Mumbai University)
Former Commandant, National Defence College
Mr. R. P. Sambhus
Material Manager, Aquapharm Chernicals.
Advocate Dr. Santosh Shah
Advocate, High Court
Mr. J.P Dutta
Consultant
Mr. Dhananjay Bapat
MD, Equatorial International
Ms. Jaya Gadgil
Faculty, French
Mr. Ulhas Desai
B.Sc., LLB
MD, Galaxy International
Mr. Shrikant Bhojkar
BE (Mech. & Elec.), PGDM
Ex. VP, UB Global
Ms. Nilakshi Louzado
B.Com and MBA
Investment Consultant
Mr. Prashant Gavande
Consultant
Mr. Ashok Soman
Management Consultant
Mr. Sujit Das
Director, Mindspring Consultant Pvt. Ltd.
& Ex. Faculty, TMTC
Mr. P. N. N. Iyer
PGIBM, IIFT & Marketing from Symbiosis,
Pursuing Ph.D. in "Globalization through transfer of endowment factors"
Consultant
Ms. Shachi Vaiddya
Executive HR, Incotec Software India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Pramod Jain
Consultant
Mr. Ramesh Anandikar
Consultant
Dr. Smita Diwase
Consultant
Ms. Uma Naphade
Trainer
Mr. Marcelle Samuel
Faculty, Symbiosis Arts & Commerce College
Ms. Nilakshi Jatar
Consultant
Mr. Sharad Padwal
Sr. Consultant, i-Flex Solutions Ltd.
Col. J. Kumar
Consultant
Ms. Medha Kolhatkar
Advocate
Mr. Uday Palsule
Partner, Spear Logistics
Mr. Hingmire Ganesh, 
Asst. Manager Legal, Venkateshwara Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Vivek Sane
Head of Dept. (Management), Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
Dr. M. V. Patwardhan
Former CMD, Bank of Maharashtra
Mr. B. S. Guha
Ex. CEO, Tata Toyo Radiator Ltd.
 Dr. Sunitha Ramam                                     MBBS, MD (Psychiatry) Mr. Anil Agashe
Manager, First Leasing Company
Mr. Ajay Limaye
VP, Sicom Netventures
Dr. Malati Anagol
Trustee, SBI Mutual Fund
Mr. Gautam Dembla
Partner - Spear Logistics
Mr. C. V. Deshpande
Chartered Accountant
Dr. R. R. Mohite 
Advisor, Projects MSAMB
Mr. Deepak Mohani
Director, Trendwatch (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Ravindra Utgikar General Manager - Intn'l. Corporate Development. Suzlon Energy Ltd. - Pune, India Mr. K.P.R Rao 
Dy. General Manager Reserve Bank Of India
Mr. Nishit Kumar
Managing Director, Notre - Advertising