About

Vinay Katukar

An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, Vinay is a seasoned Advanced Analytics & Machine Learning professional with 8+ years of industry experience. He is currently acting as expert faculty at Jigsaw Academy.

Vijaysingh Chauhan

He is a Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad. His research interests include mathematical modeling, simulation, MIS, DBMS, auctions and revenue management.

Prabin Panigrahi

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Dr. Prabin Panigrahi, is a recipient of 'Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecture Fellowship,' 'Best Teacher Award,' from IIM Indore, Teradata University Network Faculty Scholarship, and 'The Data Warehousing Institute Continuing Professional Education Scholarship,' Boston, USA, and GIAN (Global Initiative on Academic Network, MHRD). He is a member of a working group of Cyber Surakshit Bharat, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India and National e-Governance Division for building a Cyber Security resilient framework within government and is currently developing MOOCs on Information Security and Cyber Forensics for SWAWAM platform of the government of India.

Bhavin Shah

A Ph. D scholar in Statistics and Operations Research with 10+ years of research experience in the areas of Supply Chain Modeling, Hospital Management, Healthcare Delivery Models, Hospital Management, Perishable Inventory Systems, E-Commerce, Simulation Studies and Case Research, Bhavin is a member (CA) of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Saurabh Kumar

Saurabh Kumar is a Faculty in the Information Systems area at IIM Indore. He has also worked as a faculty at the Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, India, and has also served as a Visiting Research Scholar at Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Canada, for six months.

Shubhamoy Dey

Prof. Shubhamoy Dey is a faculty in the area of Information Systems at IIM Indore. He has worked for over 11 years in the Information Technology industry. He has represented India in the international E-Governance Study Mission to South Korea and Japan organized by the Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, in 2005.

Pritam Ranjan

Pritam holds B.Stat. & M.Stat. Degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, and a Ph.D. degree in statistics from Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada. Before joining IIM, he was an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Sujay Kumar Mukhoti

Mr. Sujay Kumar Mukhoti is a Fellow of IIM Bangalore (eq. Ph.D.). His doctoral thesis dealt with the topic ‘Generalized Stochastic Volatility Model for Financial Returns with Sparse Jumps’. He holds a Masters in Statistics from the University of Kalyani, West Bengal. Before joining the doctoral program at IIM Bangalore, he has worked with several organizations including HSBC Data Processing India Pvt. Ltd. And St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Prior to joining IIM Indore, he was working with IIM Kozhikode as Visiting Assistant Professor since June 2013

Harshal Lowalekar

Harshal is an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad and is working as an Associate Professor in the area of Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques at the IIM-Indore.

Bhuvanesh Pareek

Bhuvanesh holds a Master's Degree in 'Mathematics & Scientific Computing' from IIT Kanpur. He has also worked as a Business Analyst with the Global Decision Management Division of Citigroup, and as a Research Assistant with the Indian School of Business.

Gaurav Vohra

Gaurav has over 18 years of experience in the field of analytics and has worked across multiple verticals including financial services, retail, FMCG, telecom, pharmaceuticals and leisure industries.

Sarita Digumarti

Sarita has more than 18 years of extensive analytics and consulting experience across diverse domains, including retail, health-care, and financial services. She also wears a faculty’s hat from time to time. Her focus as an educator is on offering quality education in analytics, backed by application-oriented learning & training.

Dr. Subhabaha Pal

Recipient of the best University Mentor by the Data Science Society, Sofia, Bulgaria, he has published 36 research papers on topics related to Analytics, ML/Deep Learning applications & e-learning in leading ABDC & Scopus-listed nationally & internationally-acclaimed refereed journals.

Chandrika Bhargava

Chandrika is currently the Head Academic Delivery - IT, ITES and Data Science, at Manipal Global Education Services. She recently got certified in the RPA platform - Automation Anywhere. She is also a certified Automation Anywhere trainer.

Sameer Dhanrajani

A globally recognized AI advisor, business builder & thought leader is known for his deep knowledge in the AI space, Sameer has consulted with several Fortune 500 enterprises, Indian corporations, GCCs, and Startups to drive AI-led strategic transformation strategies. He is a renowned columnist, blogger, and four times TEDx speaker. He is the author of the best-selling book 'AI and Analytics: Accelerating Business Decisions.'

Pankaj Rai

Started off as a management consultant at Feedback Ventures in Delhi, Pankaj has more than 25+ years of diverse experience starting in the financial services industry and moving on in the offshoring space.

R.N. Prasad

R.N. Prasad is a trusted advisor for Analytics and Product Management, and has been helping companies develop innovative BI, Analytics and Data Science applications. A Harvard-certified instructor and a Franklin Covey certified 4DX coach, Prasad loves to share his passion for technology in the classrooms.

Dr. Gangaboraiah

Dr. Chetana Hegde

A Ph.D. scholar in Computer Science (Biometrics Authentication using Image Processing) & an experienced educator with over 18+ years of experience in the technical education field, Chetana has published 30+ research articles in international journals & conferences like IEEE, ACM, Springer Verlag & Elsevier.

Dipyaman Sanyal

Co-founder and CEO of dōnō consulting, & PropMath.com (India’s first ML-AI-driven automated investment scoring system and automated rental models for real estate), Dipyaman spent most of his corporate life in the financial markets in New York as a quant and analyst for companies like Dow Jones Indexes, The Blackstone Group, Sorin Capital, and Thomson Reuters, and started dōnō consulting in 2013. For his work at dōnō consulting, he was presented with the “40-under-40 in Data Science in India” award. Deep is also actively involved in the fintech and proptech start-up space. As an academic and teacher, Deep has been honored as one of the “Leading Analytics Academicians in India” (2017 and 2018) and is the only part-time academic on that list.

Azaz Ahmed Dobiwala

He is a Penetration Tester and a Full Stack Security Consultant with overall 10 years of experience in Information Security. He possesses a Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) degree and is a certified Cyber Security Expert with the following certifications - Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), Ethical Hacker (CEH), Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching (CCNA), CCNA Security, Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security), Cisco ASA Specialist, Cisco Firewall Security Specialist, Cisco VPN Security Specialist, Cisco IOS Security Specialist, and Certified Secure Computer User.

Ashish Gupta

Ashish is an IoT leader with expertise in Product Lifecycle Management, hardware-software co-design, and systems design. He has extensive experience of 14+ years in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industry, as well as tech product startups that build smart and connected computing devices. He is an esteemed member of the IOT Working Group for NASSCOM, India Sector Skills Council, and has given Tech-talks at many prestigious events like IOT Congress 2019 Bangalore, IOT Forum South Africa 2019, Convergence India / IOT India Expo 2019, Cypher 2018, to name a few.

Ruchi Tandon

Ruchi has over 20+ years of experience in Engineering, Technology, Product Management, and Program Management. She is an accomplished SW professional with a brilliant mix of Technology, SW Engineering, and Product Management experience in top MNCs like Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, and IBM.

Dr. Bakthavathsalu Mannan

Dr. Bakthavathsalu has spent 40+ years in various domains, such as R&D, Business, Technology, and Academics. He has hands-on experience in all types of prior art searches, patent drafting and prosecution at patent offices for getting granted patents. He also has experience in the areas of image and video processing, machine learning, analog and digital communication systems, and mentoring teams of technologists and scientists in the fields of Research and Intellectual Property.

Muralidhar Koteshwar

Muralidhar has 30+ years of experience in technical, entrepreneurial, coaching, mentoring, education & training space. He has previously led the development of products in HPC, Automotive, Office Automation, eCommerce, Mobility and consulting assignments in Product Engineering, UX in Transportation, Healthcare, Education, and more.

Sreekanth Moni

With over 26 years of experience in technical, entrepreneurial, coaching, mentoring and academics, Sreekanth Moni is a Marshall Goldsmith Certified Personal Coach in the technical, entrepreneurial, coaching, mentoring and training space. With his experience and corporate exposure at leading corporations, like Cisco Systems Inc, Nortel Networks and Aricent, he strives to help individuals learn new skills to make a change. He has worked with several corporates to design and deliver programs across the world.

Bhaskaran Srinivasan

Bhaskaran Srinivasan leads the academic initiatives, design, and delivery programs at MaGE. As a certified EFQM and CMM assessor, he’s a Strategy Advisor for product startups. In addition to that, he’s also an accredited CEO Coach at the Coaching Foundation of India. Formerly, Bhaskar supervised operations at top MNCs like Robert Bosch India, Philips Innovation Campus, and Philips Electronics India Ltd.

Prof. Abhishek Mishra

Prof. Abhishek is a faculty of Marketing at IIM Indore, and has done his FPM from IIM Lucknow. His doctoral thesis dealt with the topic ‘Effect of Product Design Perception on Brand Equity’. He has 6 years of corporate experience as a management and research consultant post his MBA. His teaching interests include New Product Development, Product Management, Brand Management and Advanced Research Methods

Prof. Manoj Motiani

Manoj has completed his Fellow Program in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. He has also won IFCI award for best thesis at IIM, Ahmedabad (2014). Prior to his PhD, Manoj has worked with Aditya Birla Group and Godrej. He has also taught subjects such as Marketing Management, Digital Marketing and SDM at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Raipur and IIM Rohtak as a visiting faculty.

Aditya Billore

Aditya is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Indore. He has about 11 years of teaching experience at various levels, and his teaching interests include STP, Advertising in new media and Experimental research designs in marketing. Aditya’s areas of research interest are Digital advertising and Consumer Behavior

Dr. Sabita Mahapatra

Her area of interest includes Consumer Psychology, Customer Management, Online Consumer Behaviour, Consumer Neuroscience, and Social Marketing. She has presented several papers in National and International Conferences and published in various referred journals.

Prof. Sanjeev Tripathi

He is a researcher and investigates problems in the domain of behavioral pricing, branding, and numeral cognition. He has worked as a consultant for clients both in the Government and private sector such as the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, PwC India, etc

Subin Sudhir

Subin is an IIM Kozhikode alumnus and has worked with IIM Trichy, IFMR, Institute for Consumer Relationship Management (iCRM - Kuala Lumpur), Tata Elxsi Limited and Wipro Technologies.

Dr. Jayasimha K.R

He has experience over two decades of teaching, training, and research. Recipient of the 'Best Teacher Award' at IIM Indore, has taught in several Management Development Programmes for the executives from the private & public sector.

D. L. Sunder

He is presently the Dean of Planning & Development and has earlier held various positions like Chair-Research & Publications, Chair-Case Center, Chair-Strategic Management Area at IIM Indore. He has over 30 years of Industrial, Teaching, and Consulting experience.

Vikas Goyal

Dr. Vikas Goyal received his Ph.D. in Marketing from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 2012. Before joining IIM Indore as faculty, he has had brief corporate experience with CRISIL Ltd. in their Global Research & Analytics (GRA) services and Reliance Industries Ltd. in their construction business.

Kamal Das

Kamal Das, an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, has over 18+ years of experience in Analytics, Financial Research, Training, and Operations. He is presently working as a faculty and VP (Operations) at Jigsaw Academy. His areas of expertise are Analytics, Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning with Python & PyTorch. He was also the visiting faculty for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), SDA Bocconi, and the University of Chicago. He has written several articles for newspapers and journals, such as The Economic Times, The Indian Banker, Deccan Chronicle, and The Statesman.

Prof. Mit Vachhrajani

A Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, in the past, Mit had taught Negotiations to PGP and PGP executive participants at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong. He also has served as visiting professor at the Ranchi Management Institute and the Jindal Global Business School Adjunct Faculty. His areas of teaching include management, ethics, business, culture, and communication.

Prof. Nobin Thomas

An alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Nobin has received his doctoral degree in Organizational Behaviour from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He had a short stint with the United Nations Headquarters, New York as a global intern.

Prof. Shrihari Sohani

An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Shrihari has over 15+ years of work experience.

Dr. Amitabh Deo Kodwani

He has over 17 years of rich experience in industry and academia. Prior to joining IIM Indore, he has been a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak, Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, ICFAI Business School (IBS Hyderabad).

Prof. Sushanta Mishra

Sushanta Mishra is the First Young Faculty Research Chair at IIM Indore. He is the recipient of the Emerging Diversity Scholar Award from the National Centre for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan, and has also received the Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Award at the Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad for the Best Thesis Proposal.

Prof. Jatin Pandey

He is the Seventh Young Faculty Research Chair and an assistant professor in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management area of the Indian Institute of Management Indore. He is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and has been awarded the Junior Research Fellowship by U.G.C. and the Best Thesis award for his doctoral work.

Dr. Kajari Mukherjee

An M.Sc. (Mathematics), PGDRM (IRMA), and has done her Ph.D. from Tata Institute of Science (TISS). She was one of the twelve senior managers of India selected for Chevening scholarships (UK) in 2004 and have received the best “Best Teacher” award in the year 2015 by IIM-Indore.

Swarnalatha Devarakonda

An IT professional who has worked with big IT giants such as Infosys, Unisys, she is presently working at Jigsaw Academy as Senior Faculty & Head of Program at Manipal.

Dr. Rajesh Devadas

A Ph. D scholar in the area of semantic web services, Rajesh is an industry expert with 25+ years of experience in the field of web services-based architectures and their applications.

Anil Bidari

A Google Cloud Certified Instructor, OpenStack, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible, he is the CEO & Founder at Cloud Enabled and is also an AWS consultant faculty at Jigsaw Academy.

Jitendra Manwani

Jitendra is a seasoned Analytics & Data Science professional with 9+ years of industry experience. He is currently acting as a Program Head of the Integrated Program in Business Analytics (IPBA) at Jigsaw Academy and is also a senior faculty for IPBA and multiple other existing academic, retail, and corporate programs in Data Science.

Puneet Gambhir

Puneet is an eCommerce and analytics expert with over 10 years of experience including working at Flipkart and Lazada.

Snehamoy Mukherjee

Snehamoy is a Data Science and Machine Learning expert with over 15 years of analytics experience.

Kathirmani Sukumar

Kathirmani is a Data Visualization, Machine Learning and IoT expert with over 8 years of analytics experience.

Dr Srinivas Padmanabhuni

Dr. Srinivas is an IOT, advanced analytics and Machine Learning expert with a PhD in AI.

Ravi Annadanam

Ravi, a Big Data expert, works with specific tools like MapReduce, Pig, Hive and other components like Oozie.

Ramesh Soundararajan

Ramesh is an HR Analytics and HR systems expert with over 25 years of experience.

Baan Bapat

Baan is an R expert, with 14 years of experience in providing analytics solutions across multiple sectors.

Gaurav Vohra

Gaurav has over 18 years of analytics experience and is a data science and business analytics expert.

Sarita Digumarti

Sarita is an expert in business analytics training, with over 18 years of experience in analytics and consulting.

M Nithya Lakshmi

Nithya, a Data Science & Big Data Expert with an Mphil in Math, handles tools like Python, R, Hadoop.

Mukesh Shukla

Mukesh has 12+ years of experience in IT and is a Big Data, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Cassandra and MongoDB expert.

Kafeel Basha

Kafeel's work experience include online math tutoring, & his research interests include fuzzy probability theory.

Vijay Ramaswamy

Vijay has 10+ years of analytics experience in assortment planning, marketing effectiveness, discrete choice modeling & loyalty analytics.