Colloquia @ School Of Business, Coimbatore

Over the years, Amrita School of Business has undertaken an extensive continuum of Industry Interface activities like Management Colloquia, Management Development Programmes, Consultancy and Customized In-Company Programmes.

We have industry experts coming to ASB every year not only from India, but also from the world bringing with them immense valuable information in the form of their experience from the industry they worked in, the culture of their country and the learning's which give our students an edge over those from most other reputed institutions.

Management Colloquia

Industry professionals over the years have been visiting Amrita School of Business and sharing their valuable knowledge which they have gained over the years. They act as a colossal source of knowledge. This way the students get an industry exposure through the speaker's experience.

In the Years Past - Archives
Colloquia 2016
Colloquia 2015
Colloquia 2014
Colloquia during 2009 - 2010
Colloquia during 2005 - 2008

2016 Academic Year

Name of the person	Topic	Date
Colloquia
Mr. Subramaniam Krishnan Former Advisor - Global Marketing,Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialities	Business Metrics, Negotiation, New Product Development and Operation Analytics	Jan-Feb
Mr. M.K.Chandrashekar Founder and Director eSWAR	Marketing Unplugged	January
K.B. Nagaraju CEO BigBasket.com	New age E-commerce challenges	January
Prof. V. G. Venkatesh Assistant Professor Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune	Changing Paradigms in Global Logistics	February
Members of British Council Beth Caldwell Head - Blended Learning and Quality Standards Melita Robinson Manager Operations, English Language Services Saju Mathew Regional Adviser-Coimbatore	English Language Improvement	July
Dweepu Davis Thattil Officer (HR & Administration) at KELTRON	Industrial Relations, Recruitment and Employee Engagement	August
Korath Mathew Former COO at CSC e-Governance Services India	Management in a new Perspective	September
Mr. Natarajan Radhakrishnan Former Senior Vice President & Offshore Head For Consulting Capgemini	Digital Transformation	August
Selvakumar Varadharajan Founder - Laymen Agro ventures	Entrepreneurship	October
Brahma Head - Institution Wildcraft	Entrepreneurship	October
Mr. Kanishka Arumugam CEO EKKI Pumps Pvt. Ltd and Deccan Group of Companies	Entrepreneurship	October
Mr. V. Arun Kumar Partner of Ammarun Foundries	Entrepreneurship	October
Mr. Senthil Muruganandham Chief Executive Officer ANT International	Entrepreneurship	October
Mr. N. Mahesh Kumar	Capital Market and Mutual Funds	October
Dr. Ram. R. Bishu Professor Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Also the Education Chair, American Society for Quality	Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training and Certification	August
Mr. Roger A. Kessinger Chief Executive Officer Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Salesmanship and Entrepreneurship	August
Mr Thiruvengadam Parthasarathi Retd. Senior Director of Deloitte India	Management Consultancy	November

2015 Academic Year

Name of the person	Topic	Date
Colloquia
Prof. Sabarinathan Chair,Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning IIM B	Venture Capital industry in India	July
Dr. P. Kanagasabapathi Former Director of Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies	Indian models of Business, Economy and Management	July
Arun Babu Senior Associate Lead – Talent Acquisition Infosys	Career Opportunities for HR students	September
Navneet Anand Sunu Regional Manager Philips Lighting	Career Opportunities in Retail	August
Gangadhar T G K Regional Manager Microsoft Chennai	Methods to enhance productivity	August
Mr. Swetank Rajguru Former VP-Sales and Marketing Vogue International	Career Trajectory of Management Students	August
Dr. Praveen Patkar Founder - Director Prerna	Power of Social Consciousness	February
Snehal Shetty VP - Operations Amrita TBI	Business Incubation	November
Dr. Martin D. Schoenhals A cultural anthropology Professor at Columbia University	Approaching Live-in-Labs (LILA)	October
Mr. Swaroop Ravichandran Startup Analyst Amrita TBI	Various opportunities offered by Amrita TBI for aspiring entrepreneurs	November
Nikhil Premanandan Mktg Analyst Zoho	Being an Analyst	October
Prof. V. G. Narayanan Harvard Business School	HBX Credential of Readiness (HBX CORe)	October
Dr. Anand Patwardhan University of Maryland	Sustainability in Business	August
Mr. Sandeep P. R. Asst. VP - HSBC	Innovation in Business	January
Mr. Harikumar Assistant Director – Analytics Ernst & Young	Business Analytics and its Industry Applications	December
Premchand Palety Chief Executive of Centre for Forecasting and Research (C fore)	Role of B-schools in nurturing entreprenership	September
Dr. Lynnea Erickson Senior Career Counselor University of Washington	Relevance of Social Media in Achieving the Right Career	December
Mr. Prashant Kamani Regional Marketing Manager ICICI Securities	StockMIND Online Competition, Trading and Investment	November
Venugopal Rayirath Senior Associate Lotus Knowlwealth Mumbai (knowledge partner - Bombay Stock Exchange)	Capital Market Awareness	October
Dr. Sridhar Vice Chairman Indian Centre for Academic Rankings and Excellence	A comparative assessment and evaluation of universities across the world	November
Arjun Gopalakrishnan Asst. Manager Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC)	Career Opportunities Abroad	December

2014 Academic Year

Name of the person	Topic	Date
Colloquia
Mr. Gopi Kallayil The Chief Evangelist Google+	Social Media for Social Good	September
Sankar Rajan Senior Analyst Deutsche Bank	Career Options in Finance	October
Dr. S. Vaidhyanathasubramaniam Dean - Sastra University	Rupee, Gold, and Current Economic Mess and Possible Solutions	August
Kumar Rajagopalan CEO Retailers Association of India	Retailing in Multiple Channel World	August
Mani Chinnaswamy Managing Partner Appachi Ecology Cotton	The Evolution of Brand Ethicus	August
Ms. Vijayalakshmi Managing Partner Ethicus	The Evolution of Brand Ethicus	August
Dr. Krishnasree Achutan CEO Amrita TBI	Significance of Innovation and Creativity in Entrepreneurship	August
Mr. G. Balasubramanian IFS. Deputy Chief of Mission & India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCAP	International Business Opportunities	October
Mr. S. Inbasekar IFS. First Secretary[Political], Indian Embassy at Brussels	International Business Opportunities	October

2011 - 2012 Academic Year

Name of the person	Topic	Date
Colloquia
Mr. M.K. Chandrasekharan CEO, Thought Works India Pvt. Ltd Chennai	Ideas Vs Implementation	March 10
Mr. R.V. Balasubramanian Iyer Head, Learning Training & Education (LTE), Reliance Retail Ltd.	Kal Aaj Aur Kal : Transforming Customer Experience in the Reliance Way	March 08
Mr. James Golsen, Principal Commercial Officer U.S. Consulate General Chennai	Indo-US Business Relations	March 02
Mr. Varadharajan HR-Infosys	Career opportunities at Infosys	February 23
Ms. Maria L. Welbourne	Cross-Cultural Adaptability	February 14
Ms. Megha Agarwal Asst Brand Manager, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Chennai	A Brand Manager’s Experience	January 28
Dr. M.C. Madhavan Professor, IIT Madras	How IITs special in Management	January 19
Mr. Amaresh Pujari, Commissioner of Police Coimbatore	Cyber Security and its relevance today	December 14
Mrs.Tanuja Nair Senior Procurement Specialist Rio Tinto, Australia	Outsourcing	December 9
Mr. Krishnan Unni Director JW Marriott, China	Cultural, Industrial aspects in dealing with China	November 11
Mr. LRK Krishnan Sr. Vice President HR, R.Com	Career Opportunities in Telecom Sector	October 11
Mr. Shanmuga Ganesh Vice President-Sales Payoda Technologies	Human Sigma	September 16
Mr. Sunil K. Joy Product Manager E-Vision, Dubai	Integration of Telco Products with TV	August 19
Mr. Sunil Biyani Director Future Group	Retail in India	August 16
Mr. Prasad V.R. AGM, Marketing Division Dalmia Cements	Emotional Connect with Customer	August 16
Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaraman Dean ASB	The Euro Zone Crisis	August 2
Dr. Madhusudhan Atre President & MD Applied Materials (India)	Management & Leadership Corporate Perspective	August 2
Dr. Sivakumar Venkataramany Associate Professor Ashland University	Emerging Financial Markets	July 26
Mr. Vivek Ramakrishnan Global Director, Sales & Service (Power) General Electric (GE)	How to Sell a Power Plant: My Experiences in B2B Selling and Global Business Development	July 21
Mr. M. K. Chandrashekar Managing Director Thoughtworks India Ltd	An Introduction to Below the Line Promotions	July 9
Dr. Kumar S. Nochur President Vidya Technologies	Sustainable Innovation	July 5

2010 - 2011 Academic Year

Name of the person	Topic	Date
Colloquia
G.R Venkatesh Chief Strategy Officer Future Group	Back to the Future	March 18
Dr. David Ford Professor, Consultant Kazakistan Institute of Management	"Organisational Change Management, Leadership and Behavior"	March 18
Mr. Thimmiah & Mr. Bhanumurthy Economists Planning Commission	Union Budget discussion	March 7
Mr. Porus Munshi Consultant, Author Independent	Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen	March 5
Mr. Subir Ghosh President Aegis Global	Customer Experience Management	March 3
Dr.Kezevino Aram Director Shanti Ashram	Social Entreneurship and Healthcare	February 28
Mr. Govind Mukundan Communications Specialist Accenture	Marketing to marketers of one	February 15
Mr. Parathasarathy Chief Technology Officer Mindtree	The Entrepreneurial Journey	December 18
Dr. Deepak Bhat Nagar Head, Center for International Trade in Technology (CITT) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	International Trade and Culture	December 14
Dr. Deepak Bhat Nagar Head, Center for International Trade in Technology (CITT) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	Nurturing Innovation	December 13
Prof. Jay Mishra, Professor, Harvard Business School	Rest In Peace - Good Times	December 12
Mr. R. V. Rajan CMD, Anugrah Madison Advertising Pvt. Ltd. President, Rural Marketing Agencies Association of India	Brand Building in Rural Markets	December 8
Mr. Madhu Ganesh Former GM, Technology Develeopment in ELGI Equipments	A Tryst With Triz	December 8
Mr.Paulo Colini Dean, Faculty of Economics University of Trento, Italy	Economic History of Europe	December 7
Mr. Sarath Babu, Founder CEO, FoodKing Catering Services Pvt. Ltd.	Food King - The Journey So Far	November 8
Dr. Kezevino Aram, Director, Shanti Ashram and Distinguished Alumni of Harvard School of Public Health	Is a healthy start to life possible for children in India today?	November 5
Mr. Kurien Head HR and Design Future Innoversity	Career and Planning in HR	November 3
Mr. Arjun Prakash , Co-Chair, Young Indians, Coimbatore Chapter	CII Yi - We Can, We Will	October 23
Mr. E. R. Sainath, General Manager, Reliance Communications	Getting Acquainted to Telecom	October 21
Mr. Binoay, Assistant Vice-President, Marketing, IDEA	Branding Communication	September 24
Swami Someshwarananda, Chairman, Vivekananda Centre for Indian Management	Indian System of Management	September 17
Mr. Prasannavadhanan Vice President, Oracle Financial Services Oracle	Career in Systems - A Management Perspective	September 16
Mr. Madhuri Menon CEO, Amaya Consultants Amaya Consultants	Self Preparation in View of Upcoming Interview	September 16
Mr. Radha Nandakumar Director, International Affiliations and Campus Relations National Center for Supercomputing Applications	How High Computing can Add Value to Business?	September 16
Mr. Kurien Kurien Dean, Futureversity Future Group	Interactive Session	September 16
Mr. Madhu Ganesh General Manager, Technology Development Elgi	"Innovation - Why and How?"	September 14
Mr. Sivadasaprabhu Lecturer Symbiosis	SPSS	August 29
Mr. Sivadasaprabhu Lecturer Symbiosis	SPSS	August 28
Mr. John Scade Director MAS Business	Financial Sustainability	August 28
Mr. John Scade Director MAS Business	Business Sustainability	August 27
Mr. John Scade Director MAS Business	Entrepreneurship	August 26
Mr. Kandasamy Muniasamy Sr. Director Symantec	IT Consulting	August 13
Mr. R. V. Rajan Managing Director Anugrah Marketing and Advertising Services	Branding in Rural Markets	August 12
Dr. Vijay Ramakrishnan Founder & CEO, Pikamab Inc, California Entrepreneurship	Entrepreneurship	July 22
Mr. Pravin Shekhar Founder, CEO and Country representative for ESOMAR KREA	Internet Marketing	July 19
Mr. Pravin Shekhar Founder,CEO,country representative for ESOMAR KREA	The Law of Attraction - and what it means for Entrepreneurship and Research	July 19
Mr. Premchand Palety, Director, Cfore Elections and Exit Polls		July 17
Mr. Venkatesh Nagan Director (Sourcing), Sprandi International Ltd, Shanghai	Taking the China Challenge in Apparel Sourcing	July 16
Mr. Paulo Colini Director, School of International Studies University of Trento, Italy	Euro Crisis	July 12
Mr. Sekar Raju, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University	Working in Global Environments	July 11
Workshop
Seshadri Venkatesan Director Operations National Adventure & Leadership School	The Marketing of Adventure Ser	March 1
Mr. Leepesh Parat CEO Zeisty Beans	Interactive Session	January 24
Mr. Prasannavadhanan Vice President, Oracle Financial Services Oracle	Career in Systems - A management perspective	September 18
Ms. Madhuri Menon CEO, Amaya Consultants Amaya Consultants	Self Preparation in view of upcoming interview	September 16
Mr. Sivadasaprabhu Lecturer Symbiosis	SPSS	August 29
Mr. John Scade Director MAS Business	Financial Sustainability	August 28
Mr. John Scade Director MAS Business	Entrepreneurship	August 26
Mr. Kandasamy Muniasamy Director Symantec	IT Consulting	August 13
Mr. Pravin Shekhar Founder,CEO,country representative for ESOMAR KREA	Internet Marketing	July 19

2009 - 2010 Academic Year

Name of the person	Topic	Date
Colloquia
Mr. Gurcharan Das Management Guru and Writer	Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma	April 2
Ms. Hema Hattangady Managing Director Conzerv	Doing Business Ethically	April 1
Mr. Sudhir Goel Ex VP HR UB Group	Leadership	March 30
Mr. Anand Sen, Vice President, Flat Products & TQM, TATA Steel	Commodity to a Brand - A Journey of TATA Steel	March 21
Mr. Pratyush Prasanna Open Innovation Manager Xerox	Product Management	March 20
Mr. Parthasarathy N. S. Co-founder and CEO MindTree	10 Values of an Eminient Manager	March 20
Mr. Unni Nair, Managing Director, Ezxcel Adventure & Entertainment	Maximizing Potential through Fun	March 20
Mr. N. Sundararajan Executive Director & Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland	Transition from Student Life to a Working Professional	March 16
Mr. R. Shyam Sunder HR Advisor, KG Group of Companies	Workforce Ratonalisation and Employee Engagement	March 8
Prof. K.Subramanian DDG(NIC), Ministry of C & IT, India	Retailing and Retail Management : People, Process and Technology	March 1
Mr. N. Sundararajan Executive Director & Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland	Indian Financing Market & Sub-prime Crisis	February 28
Swami Prahaladananda Saraswati, Bihar School of Yoga	Stress Management in Corporate Life	February 13
Mr. C. S. Anand, Managing Director, Hapag Lloyd Global Services	Being Successful in the Corporate World	February 11
Mr. N. Sundararajan Executive Director & Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland	Mergers and Acquisitions	February 28
Mr. Vijay Menon Management Academician & Competency Enabler; HOD Suntec India	Indian Contemporary Values	February 9
Mr. C. S. Baskar COO, Royal Classic Group	Marketing and Brand Building Initiatives	January 30
Ms. Hema Hattangady VC & CEO, Conzerv	Running a Multi-million Dollar Company in India Ethically - A Real Life Account of Corporate Social Responsibility	January 23
Dr. Sunitha Krishnan Gen. Secretary, Prajwala	Fighting for Innocence - The Bane of Child Trafficking	January 25
Dr. Ella Salome Roininen Business Manager, Global Technology Services IBM, Switzerland	Organization Equality	January 11
Mr. Rajesh Rai Co-founder and Principal of New Markets Growth Fund (NMGF)	Role of Venture Capital in Entrepreneurial Growth	January 10
Mr. A. Krishnan Vice President Bosch India	Business Values and Ethics: A Core Value or Strategic Move	December 28
Mr. V. P. Sajeevan Divisional Head Canon India	Brand Activation	December 4
Mr. Kannan. P. Sreenivasan International Business Consultant	Technology and Entrepreneurship	October 28
Mr. Purushottam Head-Youth Affairs Young India	Importance of Being a Young Indian (Yi)	September 30
Prof. Karameshu Former Dean J.Nehru University	Mathematical Model of Product Life cycle	September 19
Mr. T. R. Vasu Regional Manager, South Wrigleys India	Distribution Network of Wrigleys	September 9
Ms. Krishnan Hemamala Assistant Dean Bharathiya School of Management	Being a Part of Intelligent Organizations	August 7
Mr. Naveen Kulkarni Director-Business Development Philips Research Asia	The Entrepreneur Gene	August 5
Mr. P. N. S. V. Narasimham Executive Head HR, UBS	Changing the Downturn	April 5
Mr. Biju Dominick CEO, Final Mile Consultancy	Learning Marketing from Politicians and Beggars	April 4
Mr. R. S. Rajan, Director, Sr. VP, Ion-Exchange	Meeting Challenges in Today's Environment	February

2005 - 2008 Academic Years

Name of the person	Topic	Date
2007
Mr. Omkar V. Sankar, Chief Executive, Sankar Foundation, Coimbatore	How to Create Successful Brands?	October 31
Mrs. Kalpana Vishwanathan	Trends in the Banking Sector	October 29
Mr. L. N. Krishnan VP - Outsourcing, Thomas Cook	Strategic Outsourcing	October 27
Dr. Arvind Bhatnagar	Raksha - Palliative Care	October 17
Mr. Rajamani	Overview of the Functioning of TATA Steel	October 10
Mr. Pravin Shekar Chief Executive, Dexterity KPO Services	Anonymity of KPO - Mumbo Jumbo	August 31
Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan Senior Scientist, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India	Management from Traditional Perspective	August 17
Mr. Shivram V Managing Partner, The Hit Factory	The Mind of an Entrepreneur	March 30
Ms. Madhuri Menon CEO, Amaya Consultants	Corporate Social Responsibility	March 29
Mr. Ramesh K General Manager, Media Direction	Media in India - The Big Picture	March 23
Mr. Padmanabhan CEO - Telematics Business Unit, Ashok Leyland	To Learn the Customer	March 17
Mr. Vijay Aithreye, AVP & National Head Rural & Social, Tata AIG	Micro Insurance	March 15
Mr. Pradeep Menon Executive Vice President and Director - Operations for Quadrant Risk Management International	Careers and Challenges in the Field of IT Consultancy	March 13
Dr. Eric Brewer Co-founder of Inktomi and Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley	Two Encounters with Dr. Eric Brewer	January 31
Mr. Praveen V. S.	Journey of an Inventor	January 11
2006
Mr. Kishore Kumar Sr. Vice President, Corporate Banking, HDFC Bank India Ltd.	Micro Finance
Mr. Krishnankutty, GM, Sales and Marketing, Chandra Hyundai	On Branding	November 24
Mr. Sudhakar Jayaram Director& CEO, Amrita TV	Role of Media in Society	November 14
Ms. Madhuri Menon CEO, Amaya Consultants	Be Like a Functional Parachute ...	November 9
Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Former Chairman - ISRO, Director-NIAS, MP	On Leadership	November 1
Dr. Sriram Devanathan Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, Amrita	Six Sigma	September 11
Dr. Maresi Nerad, Associate Graduate Dean, University of Washington	"Pride in Nation, Passion For Education"	September 6
Dr. Jose Schutte Aine Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne	Entrepreneurship - Personal Experience	August 17
Mr. Ranjith Nambiar VP, ARMS Pvt Limited	Challenge is to "Stay Ahead of Opportunities"	August 11
Mr. Yoshiro Ito, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, Japan	An Extraordinary Visit by an Unassuming Man	August 10
K. Manivannan	Team Building and Leadership	July 26
Mr. Antti Juhani Wihuri Management Consultant, Finland	Two Encounters with Dr. Eric Brewer	July 24
Br. Nijamrita Chaitanya	Dharma, Happiness and Spirituality	July 22
Dr. Vish Krishnan, Sheryl and Harvey White Endowed Chair in Management Leadership, Rady School of Management	Moving from a Knowledge Driven Economy to an Innovation Driven Economy	July 20
Mr. Guru Ganeshan MD, ARM Embedded Tech. Pvt Ltd	(Inauguration of Batch 2006-08)	July 3
Prof S. Sriram, Executive Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management	Careers in Management	June 30
Dr. Sameer Kamat Wachovia Corporation, USA		January 9
2005
Mr. Prasad Chandran, Chairman and Managing Director, BASF India Ltd, Head of BASF South Asia	Matrix Management
Revathy, Film Actress & Director	Dreams and Passion
Mr. Jairam Vardaraj MD, ELGI Eqipments	Business Basics
Mr. H. P. Kripesh , General Manager, Human Resource Pantaloons, Mumbai	Future of Indian Retailing
Mr. K. B. Chandrasekhar Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Jamcracker	The Hungry Entrepreneur
Mr. Narasimham, HR Head, Global Solutions Center, Hewlett Packard	Is BPO a BAD Word? Issues of a Growing Industry
Mr. Subramaniam Maveric Info Systems, Chennai	Service Offerings from Software Industry
Dr. Eric Brewer, MD, Oracle	Oracle Experiences
Mr. Chandar Sundaram Academic Lead, Microsoft	IT Industry
Dr. Sameer Kamat Wachovia Corporation, USA

Visitors during the Academic Years 2005 - 2008

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, The Ex - President of INDIA
Dr. Padma Rao Sahib, Professor, Department of Economics, Groningen University, The Netherlands
Yoshiro Ito, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, Japan
Dr. Satish Tripathi, Provost & Executive Vice President, University at Buffalo, New York
Dr. Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Dean of Physical Sciences at Harvard University, USA
Dr. Vish Krishnan, Sheryl and Harvey White Endowed Chair in Management Leadership, Rady School of Management
Dr. Ram Ramesh, Professor, Department of Management Science & Systems, School of Management, SUNY at Buffalo
K. B. Chandrasekhar, CEO, JamCracker
Mr. Jose Schutte Aine, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne
Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys Technologies, Bangalore
Padma Bhushan Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

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