Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri
Honorary Director, IIPM Think Tank

Blog: PASSIONATE ABOUT INDIA

Professor Arindam Chaudhuri is a Management Thought Leader & Teacher, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Author, Economist, Former Advisor to the consultative committee of Planning Commission of India in the areas of Education and Social Sector and three times national award winning film-maker. He is currently also the Honorary Director, IIPM Think Tank, an India-centric research body that is committed to enhance public awareness of policy issues on economics and management and engineer solutions that will fulfill the 'Great India Dream'. For the past 10 years, Prof Chaudhuri, with research inputs from the IIPM Think Tank, has been regularly presenting an alternative budget a day before the Union Budget is presented by the Finance Minister.

In the year 1996 Prof Chaudhuri founded Planman Consulting which today employs more than 500 self driven MBAs contributing to its ever increasing growth, making it one of the fastest growing Indian management consulting firms. With branches in India, USA and Canada, it provides consulting solutions to leading corporates like G.E., Citibank, ICICI, Standard Chartered, HSBC, PWC, Hewitt Associates, Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Co., Amway, Ranbaxy, Electrolux, Sony, Samsung, Pepsico, Coke, Hewlett Packard, Nestle etc.

Prof Chaudhuri has authored 5 books till date – Planning India, Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch, The Great Indian Dream (along with Dr. Malay Chaudhuri), Discover The Diamond in You and Thorns To Competition (along with Prof Rajita Chaudhuri). He is also the recipient of various national and international awards for his contribution in management and economics and has been rated as one of the 50 leading thinkers in South Asia by Wilton Park (an organisation supported by the European Commission and British foreign office).

Prof Chaudhuri’s blogs (http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/) are related to areas covering national and global socio-political and economic issues. He enjoys writing on issues covering government policies and alternative economic policy formulations apart from anything that concerns the common goal of universal brotherhood, peace and prosperity.

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Prasoon S Majumdar
Dean- Academics (All India), IIPM

Blog: COMMON SENSE SIMPLIFIED

Prof. Prasoon S Majumdar is currently the All India Dean – Academics at IIPM. He has been instrumental in the recent expansion process of IIPM across 18 centres in India and has ensured standardized quality management system through a team of 18 centre Deans. He has devised innovative quality control mechanisms at the various centres to ensure an uniformity in the academic delivery at IIPM. Prof Majumdar also spearheaded the process of starting various academic journals at IIPM, with the help of IIPM Think Tank, an India-centric research body that is committed to enhance public awareness of policy issues on economics and management and engineer solutions that will fulfill the 'Great India Dream'.

At IIPM he also operationalised the current global outreach programs, which has taken IIPM way above the contemporaries in making its programme more globalised (source: Zee Business-Synovate Ranking, 2008, 2009, 2011). Apart from academics, he manages to allocate his time and resources in teaching, consulting, training, research and editorial and communication activities.

He has often represented IIPM at various public forums, chat shows and televised shows to speak on current affairs, higher education and national economic policies. He has also been the lead trainer for UNDP ‘People Living with HIV/AIDS: Leadership for Results’ programme and co-trainer at various workshops, conducted under the aegis of ‘Planman-IIPM Chief Executive Forum’. He has also authored a book – “EASY: Economic Analysis Simplified for You.”

Prof Majumdar’s blogs (http://prasoonsmajumdar.blogspot.com/) cover areas in economic and social issues concerning the common man in India, with a subtle element of humour, making it a treat for the reader.



Prof. Rajita Chaudhuri
Dean, Centre for Enterprise Management and Centre for Action Oriented Social Development

Blog: BUSINESS IS MARKETING

Prof. Rajita Chaudhuri is the Dean, Centre for Enterprise Management at IIPM. She additionally also chairs the Centre for Action Oriented Social Development at IIPM. Prof Chaudhuri is also a regular and well acclaimed columnist of 4P’s Business and Marketing magazine.

Over the years, she has been involved with various training and development activities of the institute and has conducted workshops for big and well established industrial houses across India. Her expertise lies in expert knowledge in marketing strategy, business professionalism and the essence of team building in achieving the required effectiveness and her workshops are commonly represented by senior executives from well known corporations. She also heads Planman Marcom – an integrated communications, advertising and promotions company. Prof Chaudhuri has authored two books – “Orangutan as your Brand Ambassador” and “Thorns to Competition” (along with Prof Arindam Chaudhuri).

She has also been closely involved in various social development projects at IIPM under the aegis of the Great Indian Dream Foundation. It is a social consulting initiative of the Planman Group, which envisages to empower the vulnerable sections of the society by building their capacities through education, health and skill–based development. GIDF has dedicated itself for the cause of human development focusing on the less privileged sections of the society in the rural & urban areas of the country.

Prof Chaudhuri’s blogs (http://rajitachaudhuri.blogspot.com/) cover areas in advertising, branding and everything related to marketing communications and strategies. Her blog posts are full of contemporary examples from the world over, making them a very interesting read.

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A Sandeep
All India Dean, IIPM and Editor, Planman Media Publications

Blog: ALL ABOUT BUSINESS STRATEGY....  WELL, ALMOST...

Prof. A. Sandeep is the Dean at the Centre for Research and Intellectual Capital Development, IIPM. He additionally holds the post of the Executive President at Planman Consulting, the multi interest consulting conglomerate founded by Prof Arindam Chaudhuri in 1996. Prof Sandeep is considered as one of South Asia’s distinguished exponents in Business Policy and Competitive Strategies and has spent a considerable amount of time in the consulting domain.

After earning his PGDPM from IIPM, Prof Sandeep went on to complete his PGDM from IIM Calcutta. He joined back IIPM to spear head the research wing of the institute and soon lead from the front to launch two business magazines under the aegis of IIPM Think Tank-Planman Media – Business & Economy and 4Ps Business and Marketing. He soon groomed a team of young IIPM graduates to take up the editorial responsibilities of these magazines, while he kept on anchoring the magazines as the captain of a ship. Prof A Sandeep has also represented IIPM on the World Bank Institute Steering Committee for the National Conference on CSR initiatives. He has also been on the selection panel of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Kolkata.

Prof. Sandeep has conducted workshops alongside eminent professors from world class universities such as Wharton, Yale, Kellogg, Stanford, IMD, INSEAD, European School of Management and many others. Currently, he delivers lectures on Business Policy and Mergers & Acquisitions to the students of the management programmes at IIPM campuses across Asia, apart from leading a team of senior research associates in various academic researches.

Prof Sandeep’s blogs (http://a--sandeep.blogspot.com/) cover areas in global business and competitive strategies. His articles are highly research driven covering the latest business findings by the top most research firms from across the world.

 

Prashanto Banerji
Dean, Centre for Undergraduate Studies, Delhi (Features Editor, Planman Media Publications)

Blog: TYPOS

Prof Prashanto Banerji is the Dean of Undergraduate Programme in Delhi and the Feature-cum-Lifestyle Editor for the IIPM-Think Tank - Planman Media magazines. Considered among one of the favorite teachers on campus, Prof Banerji takes lectures, workshops and corporate sessions in Executive Communication, Motivation, Creative Thinking and Mental-Spiritual developments. Students have always looked up to him as a mentor, a guide and a philosopher, who is readily available to help anyone at anytime. As an Ex Com faculty he has always ensured, with utmost responsibility, that each of his students are capable to communicating their thoughts in the most appropriate manner. His assistance and teachings are what students treasure and put to use all throughout.

Prof Prashanto Banerji’s blogs (http://prashantobanerji.blogspot.com/) cover diverse areas from wild-life to super-natural elements, from travelogues to works of fiction. His blogs also reflect a lot of his interests in spiritualism, afterlife, martial arts and alternative healing techniques.



Sutanu Guru
Managing Editor, Planman Media Publications

Blog: SUTANU GURU

Sutanu Guru is the Managing Editor of Planman Media. Sutanu has more than 26 years of experience in research and journalism and has worked with some of the top media brands like The Economic Times, Business World, Business India, Times of India, Plus Channel and CNBC. Prior to joining Planman Media in 2004, he was also involved in full time teaching and research. Sutanu has the unique ability to analyse and interpret both political and economic developments that impact India and the World. Currently, he is devoting attention to increase the online footprint of Planman Media, particularly the 14 language editions of the news magazine The Sunday Indian.

Sutanu Guru’s blogs (http://sutanu-guru.blogspot.com/) are straight from the gut and on-the face, covering a critical take on the Indian political systems, socio-economic policies of the state and central governments. He uses a lot of powerful words and well-researched evidence, making the posts an enjoyable read and highly informative.



K K Srivastava
Executive Editor, Theory I Management

Blog: THE FASCINATING WORLD OF MARKETING

K K Srivastava is an academic, corporate speaker and a consultant. He has consulted with many Fortune 500 companies and conducted many training workshops for top notch Indian and global companies. Currently he edits Theory I Management – a quarterly case-study magazine published by IIPM Think Tank and regularly contributes articles in The Great Indian Dream and 4Ps Business and Marketing (both are IIPM Think Tank publications). He has written more than 70 articles and research papers and has also authored a book on Consumer Behaviour.

Prof K K Srivastav’s blogs (http://www.kk-srivastava.blogspot.com/) cover different areas in marketing, advertising and consumer insight. He enjoys taking a critical stand-point to the various marketing strategies opted by different Indian and global businesses and weaves in elements of humour to make it comprehendible to every reader.



Monojit Lahiri
Consulting Editor, 4Ps Business and Marketing

Blog: ADVERTISING - BIG IDEA

Manojit Lahiri’s blogs (http://www.monojitlahiri.blogspot.com/) take a look into the world of advertisement, films and celluloid, from an insider’s point of view, unearthing interesting and untold facts. He also extensively writes on consumer behaviour, branding and advertising.