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Industry Interface

Over the years, Department of Management 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 Department of Management 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. The industry experts who have visited the campus in the past few years include:

2020-21
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Dr. Harish Kumar
Visiting Professor, Amrita School of Business
Investment Strategies in Equities 13-02-2021
Mr. Rahul M. K.
General Manager, Operations Reliance Trends
Breaking the Bulk – Journey from Mandi to Click 06-02-2021
Mr. Monish Shah
Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Limited
Fin-tech Revolution and Money Circulation 17-09-2020
Mr. Vinay Mohan
COO, NZIA, Singapore
The Future of Digital Value 15-09-2020
Ms. Dipti Deshpande
Associate Director & Senior Economist, CRISIL Ltd.
Monetary and Fiscal policy responses to Covid induced Economic crises 05-09-2020
Dr. Sashi Sivramkrishna
Director, Foundation to Aid Industrial Recovery
Macroeconomics & Modern Money 03-09-2020
Dr. Amalendu Jyotishi
Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University
The Evolution of Money 01-09-2020
Dr. A. V.  Arunkumar
Consulting Economist and Development Researcher
The oil economy of Middle East and its implications 25-08-2020
Mr. Subramanian Krishnan Interview skills for Business Professionals 25-02-2020
Effective Presentation Skills: A key Business Competency 24-02-2020
Mr. Minoor Manmadhan
L & D Certified trainer and Psychometric Analyst
Self-employed Cross-Cultural Communication and Etiquettes 20-02-2020
2019
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Mr. Satish Kumar Menon, Head of Research & Development unit, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Sharjah, UAE The importance of implementing the paths of self-realization  in real life 24-10-2019
Mr. Unnikrishnan D., Assistant General Manager, Geojit Securities How real time trading of shares in stock market is done? 23-10-2019
Mr. Krishnakumar M., Manager-Marketing & Brand Development, Lawrencedale Agro Processing (India) Pvt Ltd. Stress Handling 19-10-2019
Mr. Harikrishnan M. R., Area Sales Manager, Bajaj Auto Finance Limited Importance of Internships 12-10-2019
Dr. Bala Prasad, Retd. Special Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India Sustainable Development Goal 22-08-2019
Dr. Bala Prasad, Retd. Special Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India Leadership and Strategic Management 19-08-2019
S. Madhav, Financial Advisor What should be done to fit in the corporate industry 01-08-2019
Ms. Babita George, Principal Consultant, Banking & Finance, TEGS Consulting LLC, Dubai, UAE Life after College 26-07-2019
Prof Muraleedharan. S Retd Associate Professor Economics, Retd Associate Professor Economics, Maharajas College Ernakulam Budget Analysis 06-07-2019
Mr. Shambhunath Pradeep Team Manager, Operation Division, Amazon Life at Amrita & Amazon work culture 22-06-2019
Mr. Pranesh Annamalai  Sales Manager, UST Global Myths that MBA students typically have when they join a B-School which hinder their growth potential. 15-06-2019
Dr. Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah Clinical Assistant Professor,
Organization and Human Resources,
School of Management, University
at Buffalo
 Interactive sessions on learning, identifying one’s strengths and leadership.
She also gave a comparative analysis on the learning practices in the other parts of the world and India.
18-02-2019
2018
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Dr. Minta Thomas Post Doctoral Researcher at Fred Hutch, Gretaer Seattle Applications of Machine learning algorithms 10-11-2018
Mr. Balagopal Padmakumar, Lead-West Region at brand-comm, A Madison World Company Brand Communication in the Modern Era 06-09-2018
Mr. Sumesh Ramankutty, Vice President, Media Strategy and Operation, SBI Digital Marketing in Banking Sector 06-08-2018
Ms. Sulakshana Unnikrishnan, Clinical Psychologist Stress Relief 29-06-2018
B. Balakrishnan, Senior Management Professional MBA – Basics, Expectation, Qualities, Industries, Information System 23-06-2018
Mr. Vincent N. P., Chief People Officer, Motivational Speaker, Digital Transformation Thinker Digital Transformation 19-06-2018
Mr. Bibek Ray Chaudhuri, Asst. Prof. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata Trade in ASEAN countries 16-03-2018
Mr. Vijaya Mohan Pillai, Faculty, CDS, Trivandrum Faculty, CDS, Trivandrum 08-02-2018
Mr. Christo George, Chairman and Managing Director, Hykon Group of Companies Entrepreneurship 05-02-2018
2017
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Dr. Peter, Visiting Faculty, Amrita Centre for Economics and governance 31-10-2017
Mr. M K Chandrashekaran 15-10-2017
C.A. Jayaprasad Ramakrishna, Financial Controller in PNG of QBE Insurance Diverse career choices and career opportunities for MBA students 13-10-2017
Capt. K. A. Pillai, Retired Captain (INDIAN NAVY) Motivational Talk 15-09-2017
Mr. Salil Pillai, Senior Manager – Customer success, Middle east & Gulf,
Software-As-A-Service Suite, Oracle
Recent Technology and Career Choice 14-07-2017
Mr. Varghese Cherian, Director – Osmosis Australia Starting your own business 13-07-2017
Mr. Amlan Ray, Head , Education Business – Jain TV, New Delhi Indian Trade and its Global Perspective 08-07-2017
Sri. K. Sathyan (District Judge), currently Member Secretary, Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KELSA) How to be “socially responsible” as managers 06-07-2017
Mr. Madhu V Ganesh, Country Head India/Bangladesh and Sri Lanka of VICI Skills and Aptitude for a Successful Career 27-06-2017
Mr. Amit Antony, Head – Human Resources (India), Fragomen Immigration Services India Pvt. Ltd Identifying skills, interests, career preferences 21-06-2017
Mr. Lenny Abrao, Group Director- Abraogroup of companies Logistics 19-06-2017
Mr. Lenny Abrao, Group Director – Abrao group of companies 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19-06-2017
Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India A Discussion On Indian Economy And The Economic Survey 2017-18 14-03-2017
Mr. Yukio Ohara- GM (India Operations), Mr. Kochat Narendran- Head Bengaluru Branch, Mr. P. Harikrishnan- Assistant Manager (Sales) Logistics 22-02-2017
Dr. Staffan Lindberg, Professor emeritus, Lund University, Sweden Science, innovation and learning 11-02-2017
Mr. Balraj Nair, Senior Manager Information Services —Cargo & Ground Handling in Qatar Airways Data Analytics 20-01-2017
Mr. Balraj Nair, Senior Manager Information Services – Cargo & Ground Handling in Qatar Airways Importance of Analytics in current scenario, Artificial Intelligence and IOT technology 20-01-2017
2016
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Mr. Mahesh Narayan, Senior Manager at Accenture Analytics group Data Analytics 04-09-2016
Mr. Frankur D. Jayan and Mr. Sreejith V. GST 31-08-2016
Mr. Nikhil A. B., Chief Digital Marketing Officer, South Indian Bank and Mr. Madhav Manmohan, Regional Digital Marketing Officer (Ernakulum Region), South Indian Bank Digital Banking Overview 20-08-2016
Ms. Sudha Sudeep, Senior Education Promotion Officer, Nuffic Neso India, Chennai Interaction with Students 26-07-2016
Dr. Harish, Fund Manager Basics of Stock Investing 25-07-2016
Mr. Dony Peter
Director and Lead Life Coach at Petersons Leadership Consultants
He highlighted the importance of value creation, idea generation and personal goal setting through his extremely engaging session with our MBA students. 04-02-2016
Mr. Jidhun Mohan and Ms. Nanda Nambiar
Alumini of Amrita School of Business, Kochi.
Interaction with students 28-01-2016
Mr. Sujith Ravindran,
Co-Founder of Being at Full Potential.
Spirituality and Management 18-01-2016
2015
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Dr. Enamul Haque
Professor, East–West University Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Methodology 30-12-2015
Mr. Narayan Sharma
Operations Management Consultant
Effective Project Management 24-12-2015
Ms. Tanie Thomas
District Mission Coordinator-KUDUMBASHREE
Community based organization of poor and local self government the dynamics of space 11-11-2015
Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan
Director of Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage
Significance of leading a useful, purposeful, fruitful and meaningful life. He also emphasized the relevance of observation and listening for MBA students. 01-11-2015
Mr. Sajan Roy
Regional Sales Manager, Tata Capital
Whatsapping in Financial Services 19-10-2015
Dr. Diana Wais
Executive Coach and Leadership Facilitator
Environmental Problems 09-09-2015
Mr. Pravin Vijay
Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Flytxt
Data Analytics Club 04-09-2015
Dr. Kewal Gupta,
Visiting Faculty, Amrita University
Millennium Developmental Goal 24-08-2015
Mr. Dileep  Choyappally
Group Manager – HR (Learning & Development) at IBS Software Services
Role of MBA in IT Firm 10-08-2015
2014
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Mr. Anish Nair
ERP Techno Functional Consultant, Microsoft Dynamics GP
Enterprise Resource Planning : Opportunities and Challenges March 10
Ms. Mrunmai Joshi
IAS, Assistant Collector, Kochi
Interaction with students March 10
Paul Couchman
Head of School, Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Australia
Role of Informational Technology November 28
Anju Bist
Visiting Faculty, Amrita University
Rural Fellowships November 21
Suraj Mohan
Market Intelligence, SEBI
SEBI as a regulator November 20
Amit Antony
HR Head, Ernst & Young
Organization Culture and Organization fit November 1
Pradeep Chandrasekharan
CEO, Finmark Trainers
Financial Market Shares and the Stock Exchange October 17
N. Sriram
Managing Trustee-Samridhu Foundation, Chennai
Sustainability September 03
Dr. P. K. C. Bose
Managing Director and CEO, Saertex India Private Limited
Managing Business Communication August 23
Mr. Kalyanasundaram
Head – Business Excellence, Omnex India
Quality Management August 16
Ms. Indu Menon
Social Anthropologist, Kara Ventures
Entrepreneurship August 02
Dr. Ajaykumar Basics of Marketing July 07
Mr. A.P.Madhu
Cost Accountant & Management Consultant
Strategic Cost Management February 15
2013
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Prof. Chandrasekharan Basics of Marketing December 7
Prof. Rajesh IV The Relationships November 14
Sanjit Ravi Managing the transition from college to corporate October 26
Andrine Mendez Digital Marketing August 20
Mr. Nair Nandakumar Project Management August 19
Dr. Paul Couchman
Head of School
Management and Marketing
Deakin University, Australia
Entrepreneurship in Natural Resources July 29
Nobel Laureate Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
Senior Adviser to Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI)
Chairperson of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Ex-Director General of TERI
Ex-Chairman of The Governing Council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF)
Founding Director of YCEI.
Green Campus Initiative
(through A-View)
July 25
Mr. Deigo Guidi
Director and Founder, Irribizia Consulting
An alumini of Insead Social Entrepreneurship Programme
Social Innovation and sustainability June 24
2012
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Mr. Lakshmanan H
Khimji Ramdas LLC, Muscat
The Corporate Life February 3
Ms Preetha
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Consumer Insight Mining: Understanding New Media in Marketing February 2
Dr. Ananta Kumar Giri
Associate Professor
Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai
Transformative Harmony February 1
Dr.Sam Pitroda
Currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations
An Inventor, Entrepreneur and Policymaker
Interacted with MBA Students via A-view February 1
2011
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Mr. Riju Viswanath
Managing Partner
Best Bakery Group of Companies
Values in Corporate Life December 16
Mr. Pradeep Menon
Director
Quadrant Risk Management Middle East FZE
Information Systems: Career Opportunities for MBAs December 13
Mr. Vivek Menon
Head of Marketing,Corporate Solutiond
EMEA Jones Lang LaSalle, London
General Interaction: Choosing and sustaining the right career path December 09
Dr. A.S. Menon
Psychologist and HR specialist
Stress Management November 23
Mr. Litto Palathingal
Advocate, High Court of Kerala
How to overcome Stress October 21
Mr.Krishnan Subramanian
Soft skills consultant
Self Awareness, Interpersonal Skills, Interview Skills, GD October 01-03
Dr. K.K.Jayan
Head, Training and Development, Kochi Refineries Ltd.
Team Building and Leadership September 12
Dr. Diana Wais
Entrepreneur and Executive Leadership Consultant
The factor that predicts success in business September 06
Dr. Karmeshu
Dean, JNU
Modelling diffusion innovation and its applications August 25
Mr. George Mathew
Manager, Business Standard, Kochi
Scope and Future of MBA June 27
Mr. M. K. Krishnamoorthy
Regional Manager (Results and Market Development Wing),
The Times of India, Kochi
Importance of media in the present business scenario June 26
Dr. U. Krishna Kumar
Director, ASAS, Brahmasthanam
Emotional Intelligence Mar 7
Prof. Jayaprakash
Dept of Visual Media & Communication
Importance Visual Media and Communication Feb 25
2010
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Mr. Pratyush Prasana
Open Innovation Manager
Xerox Corporation, Chennai
Innovation in Product Management, Marketing, Sales and About the Ample of Opportunity in the Field of Product Management March 20
Mr. Sankar
M/S Assyst International
Ernakulam
Enterpreneurship March 15
Prof. G. Thimmalah
Ex-planning Commission Member
Prof. R. S. Deshpande
Director, ISEC
Mr. Ravindran
Fin.Controller, Target
Mr. Vishweshwara
Sr.Director, Deloitte Tax
Insight of Indian Budget March 15
Mr. C. J. Mathews
Development Commissioner
Special Economic Zone, Cochin
Operation of Special Economic Zone March 12
Mr. Krishnankutty
GM – Corporate Relations
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Preparation for Placement March 11
Mr. Raghu Ramachandran
COO, Asianet
Media Selling February 22
Dr. Sanjay Banerji
Dean, Amrita School of Business
Supply Chain Management February 03
2009
NAME OF THE GUEST TOPIC DATE
Br. Kailash
Amrita TBI
Overview of TBI Programs at Amritapuri Campus December 22
Dr. Sanjay Banerji
Dean, Amrita School of Business
December 05
Ms. Madhushree Sarkar
Senior Manager, Accenture Services Pvt Ltd., Bangalore
Industry’s Expectation from Management Studies December 05
Mrs. Leela Menon
Veteran Journalist, Social Activist
Editor, Janmabhoomi Newspaper
Women Empowerment December 04
Mr. Vijay Menon
Orator and Management Expert
Swami Vivekananda and Human Excellence October 27
Br. Abhayamrita Chaithanya
Pro-Chancellor
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
August 01
Dr. Sanjay Banerji
Dean, Amrita School of Business
Tripple Bottom Line July 30
Mr. Venugopal C. Govind
Managing Partner
M/s. Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants, Ernakulam
Emerging India – Challenges and Opportunities July 23
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