Intellectual backbone

Any knowledge organization is built with its people. Unitedworld has built a global team to bring that spark into Indian management education. Globally renowned, Indian born economists, academicians, management gurus and corporate executives are directly contributing to Unitedworld. 

• Board of Governors
• Industry Advisory Council
• Distinctive Faculties
• Honorary Chair Professor
• Director - Placement & Corporate Affairs
• Dean of Studies

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We believe that in Unitedworld, it's only the combined talent of ‘Human Capital’ that builds an organization - and any institution that imparts knowledge should be built with people of credence and competence.

Each of our campuses is managed by senior and globally networked academicians. Our team of academic resources comes from institutions of world repute like MIT, Wharton School of Business, Harvard, Cambridge University, University of Chicago, Princeton, London School of Economics, IIM, IIT, Delhi School of Economics, XLRI, JNU, Indian Statistical Institute etc. Some of distinguished academic resources associated with us are:

In-house Academic Resources:

Dr. Prakash Mathure

PhD and DSc, Harvard University
MBA (Finance & Marketing), Melbourne
MS (Prod Tech), Melbourne
BS (Electrical and Mechanical Engineering), Melbourne

Professional experience in manufacturing and IT companies like Eastern Dynex (Australia), Quantum Corporation (USA), and Bell Pacific (USA).
Former Principal at Agnel Technical College (Polytechnic) and Former Director of Chanakya Institute of Management Studies and Research.

Dr. Sunil D Lakdawala

Ph.D in Physics, Yale University (USA)
B.Tech & M.Tech, I.I.T.-Mumbai.

over 25 years of industry experience with IT consultancy companies including CMC Ltd. and Tech Span India Ltd. Consulted by companies like  HLL, HP-India, ABN Amro Bank, iFlex, ATOS Origin, Mastek, MPhasis-EDS, Kotak Mahindra, BPCL, HPCL, Essel Propack, National Insurance Academy, Tata AIG, Symantec Corporation, Syndicate Institute of Bank Management (for Syndicate Bank, Corporation Bank, Canara Bank, etc.), Prodigy Infomatics, Prudential, L&T Infotech, Kahramaa (Qatar), DST Global Solutions.
Academic experience at at various institutions in Mumbai, including SPJIMR.

Dr. Srabashi Basu

MA & Ph.D, Pensylvania State University, USA
M.Sc (Statistics), University of Calcutta, Kolkata
B.Sc (Statistics Hons) Presidency College, Kolkata

Industry & Academic Career as Statistical Analyst, Pharmaco LSR, Austin, USA; Asst. Prof, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, USA; Associate Prof, ISI Kolkata; and Project Manager, Data Analysis, Skytech Solution, Kolkata.

Dr. P K Ghosh

Fellow, IIM Ahmedabad
B.E (Chem), JU

Management consultant for more than 35 years – serving clients like BOC, Exide, ITC, Marubeni, IBP, Nalco etc. Visiting faculty with IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIT Kgp (VGSOM). Corporate trainer with companies like Alsthom, Cognizant, Praxair, L&T, Voltas, Castrol, Lafarge, INDAL, CESC, Indianoil, BPCL, BOC, SAIL, Coal India, IISCO, HPCL, Britannia, ICI, CII etc.

Mr. Prakash Sathaye

PGDM, IIM Ahmedabad
BTech (Mechanical Engineering), IIT Bombay

Industry experience in marketing ranging from capital equipment to process industries – specialist in marketing of financial services. Academic experience with IIT Bombay, MET, Dalmia Institute, Jai Hind College, S P Jain Institute, ICFAI Business School etc. 

Mr. Anjan K Majumdar

MA degrees in English, Public Administration, Sociology
Masters Degree in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management; LLB
Certification from XLRI, ISABS, and Leeds University, UK.

More than 30 years of work experience across organizations from family-owned to multinational companies in different sectors. Experienced in HR, IR, OB, performance appraisal, counselling, leadership, motivation, etc. Visiting professor in HR & OB in many institutions in Mumbai and Pune.

Mr. Pinaki P Ghosh

Post-graduate qualification from Welingkar (Mumbai), NMIMS (Mumbai) & IIT Delhi.
Certified trainer for PMI, Six Sigma
BA (Political Science) Delhi University

Industry experience with companies like Wipro, HP, United Colours of Benetton and others. Academic experience with SPJIMR, NMIMS, NITIE, MICA, and colleges at University of Philippines.

Ms. Priya Kenkare

Pursuing PhD programme in Management
MPhil programme from YCMOU, Maharashtra
Diploma from IHMCTAN (Mumbai) & Export Management, University of Vadodara
MMS in Marketing from University of Bombay

Professional experience with Searock Sheraton and Hotel Sea Princess, Mumbai, Indian Express, Tangerine Informatique Ltd, LEGO Toys, Zee Telefilms Ltd, Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited. Academic experience with N. L. Dalmia Institute, MET, Welingkar’s, K. C. College and others.

Ms. Mona Bhalla

Pursuing PhD from Mumbai University
MA (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
BA (Economics Honours), Delhi University

Academic experience of 15 years in Kirori Mal College, Delhi University; Ambedkar College, Mumbai University, and Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University, Russell Square International College, Mumbai

Mr. Vijay Shankar

PGDM, IIM Calcutta
B.Sc (Electrical Engineering), Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University

Extensive experience in various industries in India and abroad – with Kewalram Philippines Inc., Manila, Fenner India Ltd., Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd., Apex Consultants, Madras. Academic experience as Director, SSN School of Management & Computer Applications (SSN SoMCA), Chennai, and Project Director, SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering. Extensive teaching experience in various colleges in Mumbai, including XIMR.

Ms. Jayamala Subramaniam

PGDM, IIM Calcutta
B.Com, University of Madras

Professional experience in successfully setting up and scaling up operations in industries ranging from Agri-businesses in India, retail banking in the Middle East and Africa, outsourced services in India and Philippines as well as internet enabled education services for US and UK. Held senior positions in Capital One Services India, Commercial Bank of Qatar, ITC Ltd and TutorVista Global Pvt Ltd. Currently partners with senior executives and entrepreneurs as executive and business coach.

Mr. Pradosh Mishra

PGDIRW – XLRI, Jamshedpur
Graduation in Economics & Political Science
ISO 9001-Quality Management Systems Auditor /Lead Auditor Training course and examination Certificate from
Nigel Bauer & Associates

Pradosh has over 30 years of rich experience in overseeing beyond Human Resource and Work Relation Management and HR Planning at different positions including 16 years as Head HR & IR in the industries of National and International repute like Gujarat Heavy Chemical, Duncans Industries,BECO Engineering, Goodyear India, Fertilizer Corporation of India, TATAs.

He is an Enriched and Experienced Human Resource Domain Expert with the Heart of a Mentor and Trainer. A keen communicator and has the ability to relate to people across the levels that drives achieving desired objectives.

Mr. Haresh Kothari

A Fellow Member of ICAI and M.Com, LL.B. from Gujarat University, Prof. Haresh Kothari is a professional with more than 15 years of experience in corporate, practice of C.A. and academics. He has worked for companies like R.C. Laser-Tech (India) Ltd., Anagram Finance Ltd., Jaybharat Fabrics Mills Ltd. and handled accounts, finance and taxation assignments besides 10 years of practice as Chartered Accountant. He has worked as full time faculty for 8 years under Gujarat University at UG & PG level and has been a visiting faculty for last 12 years in institutes like Nirma University, Amity University, Globsyn Business School, H.L., SomLalit, GLS for courses like Accounts, Finance and Taxation. He is recognized by Gujarat University to teach at Post Graduate Level.

Dr.Kishore Bhanushali

Dr. Bhanushali started his academic carrier as a lecturer at M.S University of Baroda. Thereafter he worked as Assistant Professor with Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute Ahmedabad and ICFAI Business School Ahmedabad. His area of Interest include research in the area of Disability and Rehabilitation, Employment, Informal sector and Gender and he has participated at National Workshop on the U.N. Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, organized by Central Coordination of Disabled People (CCOPD) at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Dr. Meenakshi Khemka

Ph.D. – Department of Management Studies, IIT,Delhi
MBA – MONIRBA, University of Allahabad
BSc – University of Allahabad
UGC – NET – Management
UGC – NET – Labor Welfare and Industrial Relations/ Labor & Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management

Dr Khemka has 10 years of teaching experience which include her involvement as faculty with institutes like IIT Kharagpur, IIT – Delhi and IMT – Ghaziabad. She has quite a number of papers and publications attributed to her credit and have been associated with various workshops. Her involvement in a number of research projects has naturally paved the way in her role as a Reviewer and Editor of some prominent management research journals.

Ms. Sahana Ghosh

M.Phil (Economics), Delhi School of Economics
M.A. (Economics), JNU, Delhi

Business researcher and writer (industry white papers, policy research papers and other articles on economy and industry); Content partner for McKinsey Knowledge Management group, Argus Media group - UK, Synovate Consulting – Singapore, Webseed Publishing – USA. Worked with National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, New Delhi; Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi; Tata Finance, Quasar India.

Mr. Amitava Ghosh

PGDM (IIM Calcutta)
B. Sc (Physics), Calcutta University

16 years of corporate career with Andrew Yule & HSCL, 15 years of academic career with Institute of Business Management.

Mr. Anupam Basu

M.Sc (Statistics)
SDS from ISI Kolkata
Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Research & Corporate Management Services

12 years of teaching experience in Academics & Corporates like IISWBM, ICFAI, IBM, etc. 25 years of experience in industry in the areas of Software Development, Design, Implementation, Data Architecture, Business Intelligence etc., with companies like Compaq Financial, SA / Quintiles Transnational, Dallas, USA / Swiss Bank Corporation, UK / Cedel Global Services,  Luxembourg / EXCEL Communication Inc. Dallas, USA etc.; and also domestic companies. Moreover, he has 12 years of teaching experience.

Mr. D P Chatterjee

Graduate in Mechanical Engineering
M.A. in sociology
Post Graduate Diploma in HRD

Management Consultant / Corporate Trainer for last 8 years. Worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd., for 5 years as Principal Consultant and General Manager-HR. Held various HR positions with River Run Software Group / NBC Bearings / DCM Engineering / Usha Martin Black / GKW. Academic experience with XIM BBSR, IMT Gaziabad, NIAM Jaipur etc.

Mr. Dipak Majumder

M.Com, LLB, PGDFM
MBA (City University of Los Angeles)

Has experience of more than 25 years in public sector banking.

Ms. Ambica Sengupta

M Phil (English)

Teaching and training experience for 18 years. Areas of training: English Language, Literature and Soft Skills. Have also written and published papers on various topics from English Literature.

Mr. Jaideep Banerjee

PGDM(Mktg.) Nirma Inst. Of Management, Ahmedabad
Advanced Diploma in Retailing, City & Guilds, London
Commerce Graduate - Calcutta University
Specialized Training on "Leadership"- TMTC, Pune
Specialized Training on "Sustainable Sales Management"- ASCI, Hydrabad

Mr.Banerjee has over two decades of proven competencies in Sales, Marketing, International Business, Retailing, Retail Operations, Supply Chain Management, Product Development, Business Development, and Channel Management. A visiting Faculty for Retail Management studies at MICA & Nirma Inst. Of Management, he has also undertaken Consultancy & Training assignments for Reliance Retail, Sony Ericsson, Raymond, G-Hanz & Titan Eye+. His industry association has been with companies like MRF Tyres, Titan Watches, Tanishq Jewellery, Raymond, Piramyd Retail, DLF Retail Developers and during these stints, he has achieved milestones like being inducted to TITAN’s "HALL OF FAME" for superlative sales performance, being awarded the "Franchise Manager of the year" by Franchise Holdings , New Delhi, and has also been awarded "Outstanding Performer"by Piramyd Retail , Ahmedabad.

Mr. Kaustubh Mishra

PGDM in Marketing & Operations, IIM, Lucknow
B.Sc in Biology , M.D.S University, Ajmer

Worked with Tech Pacific India Ltd. as Deputy Manager, ICICI Bank Ltd. as Relationship Manager and ABN Amro Bank as Manager, Visiting faculty with MICA, IIM Lucknow etc, conducted corporate training for ABN Amro, Bharti Telecom, Essar Steel, Future Group, Sahara India, MaxWealth etc.

Mr. Sandip Kumar Agarwal

Sandip is a Chartered Accountant ( Rankholder ) and has been teaching in premier B-Schools for the last 5 years in finance domain. His area of specialization includes Merger & Acquistion , LBO, Risk Management , Financial Management , Fundamental and Technical Analysis , Valuation across asset classes and Excel. Sandip has more than 7 years of Industry experience in Business analyst and equity research domain and has worked for Wipro , Torrent , Tata & S&P .

Sandip is founder of Twenty Four Seven Research Private Limited a company which deals in Learning Management system and corporate training in finance domain.

Dr. Paramita Mookherjee Nag

PhD ( Public Health) ,Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
M. Phil (Public Health), JNU, New Delhi,
MA, JNU, New Delhi,
B. Sc Presidency College, Calcutta University,
Fellow, ICSSR
UGC –NET/JRF qualified

Dr Mookherjee Nag has many years of industry and Research experience with several institutes and organizations like JNU, IIPA, Prastut Consulting Pvt Ltd and ICFAI Research Centre, Kolkata. She has a large number of publications in the form of papers and books mostly in the domain of public health. Her teaching experience includes courses on Research methodology as utilised in various branches of Social Sciences including Management. She has been involved with various research and consulting projects, essentially in areas of Social science; widely varying from Rural Development to Public Administration and from Education to Health.

Ms. Sangeeta Pandit

FCA
A Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Experience of more than 20 years in the field of audit, taxation, Tribunal representation and strategic consultancy. Authored two books related to taxation and accountancy. Contributed articles to Money Outlook .Actively associated with The Bombay Chartered Accountants Society and the NGO-V Care that primarily operates at the Tata Memorial Hospital.

Corporate & Guest Faculty Resources:

Mr. Rajul Awasthi, (Macro Economics & Public Policy)
IIM Ahmedabad (PGDM), Princeton University (Masters in Economics & Public Policy)

Mr. Stirling Rosario
Wharton School of Business (MBA Marketing & International Business Management)

Ms. Sumita Basu
Boston University (MBA), Visiting Professor at Harvard University

Dr. Swarup Mondal
IIM Calcutta (Fellow, PGDM) Professor, Information Systems - XLRI Jamshedpur

Mr. Biswanath Mukherjee
MCP; MD (Bio), Faculty, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Visiting faculty IIM A

Mr. Anup De
Indian Statistical Institute (MS & M. Tech)

Mr. Sandeep Bhogal
MBA (Sysmbiosis), Visiting Faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur

Mr. Supriyo Chowdhury
Director, Rutledgejoblink, UK

Mr. Sachidanand Singh
Executive Director, Taurus Corporate Advisory Services, Mumbai

Dr. Sreemantee Chowdhury
DCP (Ireland), MRCPsych (UK)

Dr. Sreeroopa Sarkar
Faculty Chair, MS Programs in Psychology, Walden University, USA

Mr. Partha S Ghosh B. Tech (IIT Kgp), M. Tech (MIT), MBA (Jointly from MIT & Harvard Business School)   Visiting Professor – MIT & Tufts University, Boston Chairman & the Chief Mentor, Boston Analytics Ex. Partner at McKinsey & Company Chairman, Business Intelligence firm Intersoft K.K, Tokyo  Managing Director, Partha S Ghosh & Associates

Dr. Subir Saha Head, Research and Innovation, Nokia Siemens Networks MS & PhD, BITS Pilani Ex. Researcher, TATA Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) & National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Ex. Principal Researcher, Motorola Ex. Chief Architect, Long Board Inc, Santa Clara, US Ex. Chief Architect, Hughes Software Systems, Bangalore Ex. Sr. Consultant, British Telecom, UK Ex. Sr. Consultant, Mahindta British Telecom, UK

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Mr. Shim Young-Sup An MBA from Korea University in marketing & international trade, Mr. Shim is the former CEO & Managing Director of LG Life Sciences India. Before this, Mr. Shim was responsible for LG Chemicals business for India, other SAARC countries, Middle East   & East Africa. He has a total management experience   of   more   than  34  years - 16 years of which has been as a top management professional in India with various businesses of LG. He is the President of the Association of Korean Industries in India (AKII) since Mar’06. With his vast experience and global business network, the placement team is well-placed to create wide career avenues for Unitedworld students.

Mr. Tridibesh Bandyopadhyay   An engineer from Jadavpur University and PGDM from IIM Calcutta, Prof. Tridibesh Bandyopadhyay has a mix of professional & entrepreneurial experience of over 15  years  in Project Management, Strategic Consulting, Advertising, International Trade, Insurance & Education. He received 'SmithKline Beecham Award' for Excellence in Marketing at IIM Calcutta. As a strategy consultant, he has worked with clients  from Australia, Japan, USA, UK, Germany, Singapore & Saudi Arabia. Prof. Bandyopadhyay has been a corporate trainer for middle and senior management employees of brands like IBM, INDAL, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Balmer Lawrie, HCL, Reliance Infocomm etc. His last assignment had been as Head of Operations and Dean of Academic Affairs, Globsyn Business School, Kolkata.

Mr. Jayanta Sengupta   An alumnus of IIM Calcutta, Prof. Sengupta is a professional with more than 35 years of experience in advertising, brand building, academics and corporate training. He has worked for renowned ad agencies like FCB-Ulka, Rediffusion-DY&R & Lowe – and handled brand building assignments for clients like Tata Sons, Eveready, SRF, Mastek, Bharat Petroleum, FedEx, Raymond, J K Helene Curtis and others. He has been a visiting faculty for IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, Narsim Monjee, SP Jain & Symbiosis – for courses like Marketing Research, Brand Management, CRM etc. He has also authored a book 'WrapAround – Delivering a Great Brand Experience'. Prof. Sengupta brings to Unitedworld a rich wealth of experience in blending corporate branding and academics.

Mr. Bhupendra Singh Bhatia   PGDBA from IIM Ahmedabad and Fellow of East-West Centre, Honolulu, Mr. B S Bhatia has stupendous experience in academics as well as professional world. He held the position of Director at ISRO Ahmedabad with Development and Educational Communication Unit, also as Former Advisor, Media Lab Asia. He has been the consultant with Commonwealth of Learning - CEMCA New Delhi; Advisor, Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Application and Geo Informatics, Govt. of Gujarat; President AV-CODE; and Member, Governing Body - Vigyan Prasar. As the Director at ISRO Ahmedabad, he has undertaken the responsibility of Tele-education (EDUSAT) and Telemedicine projects – and initiatives like Gramsat, Apple Applications etc. His academic involvement comprises of teaching masters’ students at University and also guiding them in their thesis works. He has served as a visiting faculty at International Space University, Strasbourg, France. He has also been closely associated with setting up distance education systems for IGNOU and UGC.

Dr. Ravi Srinivasan   Dr. Ravi is a fellow from IIM Ahmedabad, and M.Sc in Operations Research from University of Delhi. He brings on board over 30 years of expertise in achieving strategic business growth across Asia-Pacific and Japan. Ravi has an excellent executive track record with HP Asia-Pacific as Director and IDC as Executive-Director(India) and GM (Singapore).He has been a keen academician and has engaged with various academic institutions in India and Singapore like IIT Delhi, IMI New Delhi, MDI-Gurgaon, MS University Vadodars, Singapore Institute of Management, ERC Institute and SP Jain (Singapore). As a qualified coach and mentor, Dr. Ravi has wide experience in coaching business leaders and executives. He has been invited to participate in leadership forums of companies like McKinsey, Bain and BCG and international conferences. Dr. Ravi has demonstrated social responsibility in personal capacity by actively volunteering for yoga movements, mentoring students and various socio-cultural initiatives.

Mr. Anamitra Chatterjee   Prof Anamitra Chatterjee is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and London School of Economics, UK where he studied as a British Chevening Scholar. He has a rich and diverse work experience of 15 years in consulting, education and banking sectors across India, Singapore and Europe. He has held senior positions and global roles in international banks and consulting firms. He was the Head - Learning & Education (Training) at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), India where he worked extensively in building both leadership and consulting skills capability as a subject matter expert and lead trainer. As the Head - HR, PwC, he led its India operations, recruitment and talent management efforts. At Deutsche Bank AG, he was a corporate banker handling key accounts relationship management and business development. He underwent his executive coaching and leadership development (LDP) training from Ashridge, UK and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Brussels. As a Leadership Coach, he focuses on enhancing clients’ business performance and effectiveness through leadership development and executive coaching.

Dr. Krishna Ram   Ph.D. - University of Mumbai MBA from Houston, Texas, USA After completing his PH.D and MBA, Dr Ram has served in several sectors like chemicals, pharmaceuticals and allied engineering for more than 30 years, during which time, he held numerous senior executive positions in Indian and multinational companies. He has taught for over 15 years at various business schools in Mumbai and had also set up a two year, full time retail management program in collaboration with Shoppers’ Stop, Mumbai. Dr. Ram is a certified trainer in the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid and has trained several corporate executives in the areas of Change Management, Corporate Strategy, Leadership and Services Management. His last successful assignment has been with Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, as the Placement Director.

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