Investing in India: New Investment Opportunities and Game Changers
On Friday, Nov 26, we had a fascinating session by Mr. Nilesh Shah, an ICFAI alumnus and founder of Envision Capital. Mr Shah completed his MBA from the prestigious Institute of Rural management, Anand and his CFA from ICFAI.
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Mr. Nilesh Shah
Founder and CEO, Envision Capital
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Nov. 26, 2021, 7:30pm
Crisis in World Financial Management Implications for Growth for Indian Business
On Friday, November 19, we had a fascinating session by Mr Mohan Guruswamy, a well-known author, commentator and activist. Mr. Guruswamy spoke about how the world economy has evolved in the last 2000 years and how it will evolve in the years to come.
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Mr. Mohan Guruswamy
Formerly Economic Advisor
to Govt of India
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Nov. 19, 2021, 7:30pm
From Idea to Implementation - Perspectives from a Spacetech Venture
On Friday, Nov 11, we had a fascinating webinar by Mr Pawan Kumar Chandana, cofounder of Skyroot Aerspace. This was the 30 th webinar in the WiseViews series.
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Mr. Pawan Kumar Chandana
Co-Founder and CEO,
Skyroot Aerospace
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Nov. 12, 2021, 6:30pm
Finding Purpose: The Journey from Campus through Career
On Friday, Nov 5, 2021, we had the 29 th webinar in the ICFAI Wise Views series. The speaker was Mr. Leo Fernandez, the CEO and founder of Talent Ease. His purpose in life is creating tomorrow’s leaders today. The topic of the webinar was: Finding purpose: The journey from campus through career.
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Mr. Leo Fernandez
Co-Founder and CEO,
TalentEse
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Nov. 05, 2021, 6:30pm
Leadership for Social Impact: Perspectives from Safai Karmacharis
On Friday, Oct 29, we had a fascinating session with one of India’s most remarkable leaders, Mr Bezwada Wilson. Mr Wilson is the National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan a human rights organization that has been campaigning for the eradication of manual scavenging.
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Mr.Bezwada Wilson
Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
National Convenor, Safai Karmachari Andolon
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Oct. 29, 2021, 6:30pm
Against the headwinds, Leadership is a solo ride
On Friday, Oct 15, Dussera day, we had a very insightful session by Mr Deenanath Harapanahalli. This was the 26th webinar in the Wise Views Series hosted by Prasad and Sudhakar. These webinars have been broadcast every Friday evening, for the past 6 months without a break. Our complements to Prasad and Sudhakar on this phenomenal achievement.
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Mr. Deenanath Harapanahalli
Founder and CEO, LifeCykul
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Oct. 15, 2021, 6:30pm
Ethics in Business is no Longer an Option
On Oct 8, we had the 25th webinar in the ICFAI wiseviews webinar series, featuring Mr. Peri Maheshwer, the CEO of Careers 360. As the company’s website mentions, Careers 360 integrates millions of student and institutional data points to make sophisticated recommendations and predictions that will help students to explore their interests and pursue careers aligned with their abilities.
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Mr. Maheshwar Peri
Chairman & Founder, Career 360
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Oct. 08, 2021, 6:30pm
Transforming India's jewellery Value Chain: The Tanishq Way
On October 1, we had a fascinating webinar by Mr. Ajoy Chawla, CEO of Titan’s jewelry division which includes brands like Tanishq, Mia, Zoya and CaratLane. Titan’s jewelry division has a presence in 200 towns with more than 450 retail outlets and an outsourcing network that stretches across the country.
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Mr. Ajoy Chawla
CEO, Jewellery Division,
Titan Company Limited
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Oct. 01, 2021, 6:30pm
Learning to Leadership: From Rural to Global - Journey of Ravi Tangirala
On September 24, we had a very interesting session with Mr. Ravi Tangirala, a senior executive of Mass Mutual, the famous insurance company. Mr. Tangirala hails from Machilipatnam, near Vijayawada. He did his graduation at VIT and his post-graduation at the Tuck School of Business. Mr. Tangirala has 21 years of experience in various industries and reputed organizations including E*TRADE, the World Bank and the US Government.
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Mr. Ravi Tangirala
Head, MassMutual India GCC
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Sept. 24, 2021, 6:30pm
The Indian Edupreneur - Opportunities & Challenges in the New Normal - Learnings from the Journey of Career Launcher
On Friday, Sep 17, we had a very insightful session by Mr R Satya Narayanan, Chairman of CL Educate, a listed Edtech company. He has been a founder of well-known ventures in education like Career Launcher and Indus World Schools. Today, he is a much sought-after advisor in the field of education and entrepreneurship.
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Mr. Satya Narayanan R
Founder & Chairman, CL Educate
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Sept. 17, 2021, 6:30pm
Transforming a Heritage Business: The Journey of Paradise Biryani
On Friday, Sep 10, we had a very interesting webinar by Mr. Gautam Gupta, CEO of Paradise Biryani. Mr. Gupta is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Lucknow. Before joining Paradise, he worked with reputed companies like Reckitt Benckiser and ITC. Mr. Gupta has rich experience in the FMCG and Retail Pharma businesses. With Paradise since 2015, Mr. Gupta is trying to scale up and take global, a famous Indian brand.
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Mr. Gautam Gupta
CEO, Paradise Food Court Pvt. Ltd
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Sept. 10, 2021, 6:30pm
FROM A CATERPILLAR TO A BUTTERFLY: A NATURAL(S) STORY
With more than 600 salons spanning across the country, Naturals has become a trusted name in beauty and wellness for customers in India. The Chennai-based salon chain has also gone international with its operations in Dubai and is now seriously looking at the US. Naturals has converted what was considered a taboo activity (Barbers are looked down upon in India.) into an aspirational, lifestyle business. The founders aspire to make Naturals the number one salon in the world.
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Mrs. K Veena & Mr. C K Kumaravel
Foundation, Naturals Salon
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
Sept. 03, 2021, 6:30pm
Innovation led Globalization and Diversification: The Journey of Cycle Pure Agarbathies
On Friday, August 27, we had a fascinating session by Mr. Arjun Ranga, CEO of Mysore based N Ranga Rao and Sons Pvt Ltd, famous for its Cycle brand Agarbattis (Incense sticks). Mr.Ranga did his engineering at Jayachamarajendra College of engineering, Mysore and his MBA from Thunderbird. He belongs to the third generation of the family which owns the business and took charge as CEO of one of the group companies, N Ranga Rao and Sons in 2005.
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Mr. Arjun M. Ranga
CEO, N Ranga Rao & Sons Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
August 27, 2021, 6:30pm
Paradigm Shift in Indian Agriculture: Perspectives from an Agribusiness Leader
On Friday, August 20, we had a very insightful session by Mr. David J Lobo, Chairman of the Deejay Group, a pioneer in hybrid coconut breeding. The session was moderated by our Prof R Prasad and Prof Sudhakar Rao.
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Mr. David J. Lobo
Chairman, Deejay Group
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
August 20, 2021, 6:30pm
Nurturing Product Innovation in the New Normal
On August 13th, we had a very insightful session by Ms Suparna Mitra, CEO of the watches and wearables division of Titan. The topic was "Nurturing product innovation in the new normal."
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Ms. Suparna Mitra
CEO, Watches & Wearables.
Titan Company Limited
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
August 13, 2021, 6:30pm
Reflections of a Technology Entrepreneur
On August 6th, we had a very insightful session "Reflections of a Technology Entrepreneur" by Dr BVR Mohan Reddy, the founder of Cyient, earlier known as Infotech enterprises.
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Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy
Founder Chairman, Cyient Ltd.
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
August 06, 2021, 6:30pm
The China Story - Lessons for Indian Industry
On July 30th we had a very interesting webinar by Dr Mrityunjay Athreya, the famous management thinker and consultant on how China has developed over the years and what India can learn from that country. This is the 14 th webinar in the ICFAI Wise views series. The webinar was moderated by our Prof R Prasad and Prof Sudhakar Rao.
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Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya
Leading Management Thinker
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
July 30, 2021, 6:30pm
"The Responsibility of Leadership"
On Friday July 23rd, we had a very insightful session by Ms. Vinita Bali, a senior corporate leader, associated with reputed organizations like Coca Cola, Cadbury and Britannia and worked in different countries across the world including the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, Latin America, the US and of course India. Ms. Bali did her Master’s in management from the University of Bombay and subsequently did another Masters from the Michigan State University.
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Ms. Vinita Bali
Business Leader
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
July 23, 2021, 6:30pm
Building and Communicating a Public Image: Strategies for Working Professionals
On July 16th, we had an insightful session by Mr. LV Navaneeth the CEO of the Hindu Group Publishing Pvt Ltd. Mr. Navaneeth is an outstanding advertising and marketing professional who was with the Hindu between 1998 and 2006 and is now back again with India’s leading newspaper.
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Mr. L.V. Navaneeth
CEO, The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
July 16, 2021, 6:30pm
Leadership, Life Lesson, Inspiration.
On July 12th, we had our 12th webinar in the ICFAI Online WiseViews series featuring Mr. Harish Bhat a senior executive of the Tata group. The session was moderated by our Prof R Prasad and Prof Sudhakar Rao.
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Mr. Harish Bhat
Brand Custodian, Tata Son
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
July 09, 2021, 6:30pm
Emerging Business Models & Opportunities for existing businesses in post pandemic world
On Friday, July 2, we had a fascinating session by serial entrepreneur, Krishnan Ganesh. Mr. Krishnan is a distinguished alumnus of Delhi University and IIM Calcutta. He has held senior level positions with Wipro, Bharati British telecom and HCL Ltd.
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Mr. Krishnan Ganesh
Serial Entrepreneur, Growth story in and
promoter - BigBasket Portea Medical, HomeLand
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
July 02, 2021, 6:30pm
"The Big Bad World of Bad Money"
On June 25, we had an engaging webinar by Vivek Kaul, author, journalist and an alumnus of ICFAI. The webinar was moderated by Prof R Prasad and Prof Sudhakar Rao.
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Mr. Vivek Kaul
Author, Columnist
Prof. R Prasad
Director - Academic wing, ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding, ICFAI Group
nbsp; June 25th, 2021, 6:30 pm
Role of Digital in Remagining Ops / Supply Chain
On Friday, June 18, we had a very insightful session by Prof Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur on how digital technologies are transforming the supply chain.
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Prof. Janat Shah
Director, IIM Udaipur
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
June 18, 2021, 6:30 pm
The World of Brands in 2020s
On Friday, June 11, we had a very interesting session by Mr. Ramanujam Sridhar, the Founder CEO of brand-comm PR. He is an IIM Bangalore alumnus from the class of 1982. Mr. Sridhar was awarded “Distinguished Alumnus” by IIMB in the year 2010.
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Mr.Sridhar Ramanujam
Founder, brand-comm
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
June 11, 2021, 5:00 pm
Start Ups - from Ideation to Scaling
On Friday, June 4, we had a very interesting session by Mr Ninad Karpe, Venture Capitalist, Partner in 100X, former CEO of Aptech and Managing Director of CA India.
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Mr. Ninad Karpe
Venture Capitalist, Partner-100X
Former MD/CEO, Aptech Ltd
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding ICFAI Group
June 04, 2021, 6:30 pm
Spring Back from Rejection Challenges
On Friday, May 28, we had a very insightful webinar featuring Dr Ambi Parameswaran, a distinguished alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Calcutta and an advertising industry veteran. He is currently an independent director on the boards of various reputed companies.
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Dr. Ambi Parameswaran
Brand Strategist/Coach
Founder, Brand-Building
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
May 28, 2021, 6:30 pm
Healthcare Innovation during the Pandemic - Opportunities and Challenges
On Friday May 21, we had a very insightful session by Anu Acharya, CEO and founder of Map my Genome. A distinguished alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, Ms. Acharya spoke on “Healthcare innovations during the pandemic.”
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Ms. Anu Acharya
CEO, Mapmygenome India Ltd.
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
May 21, 2021, 6:30 pm
Evolving from the First Gen Business - Lessons for Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
On May 14, we had an engaging webinar by Mr Devendra Surana, a leading Hyderabad based entrepreneur. Mr Surana is the CEO of Bhagyanagar India Ltd and an alumnus of IIM Bangalore and runs a charitable hospital. Mr Surana shared his insights and perspectives on what it means to be an entrepreneur and on what goes into building and running a successful business. The session was moderated by our R Prasad and Sudhakar Rao.
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Mr. Devendra Surana
Managing Director,
Bhagyanagr India Limited
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
May 14, 2021, 6:30 pm
The Mahabharata and the MBA: Lessons for the workplace
On May 7, we had a fascinating webinar by Prof V Raghunathan (Adjunct Professor, Schulich School of Business) who was with IIM Ahmedabad for 20 years and has also held senior level corporate positions in various companies including ING Vysya Bank. Prof Raghunathan has published several books and articles and is a widely acknowledged thought leader. A very articulate speaker, with an amazing command over his domain as well as language, he has a reputation for calling a spade a spade.
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Dr.V. Raghunathan
Adjunct Professor,
Schulich School of Business
Prof. R. Prasad
Director,
Academic wing ICFAI Group
May 07, 2021, 6:30 pm
