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Press Release Hyderabad, December 23, 2003: The Indian School of Business has invited three more leading management practitioners to teach at the ISB. Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Raman Roy, Chairman and Managing Director, Wipro Spectramind; and M. V. Subbaiah, Director, External Relations & Innovations, Murugappa Group, will teach at the ISB as Professors of Management Practice. In keeping with the best practices followed by world-class B-schools, the ISB s recently introduced faculty position called Professor of Management Practice, invites eminent industry leaders and professionals to join the faculty of the ISB. They share their practical experiences and learnings by offering either full credit courses or expert modules for the Post Graduate Programme in Management, or through short term Executive Education programmes. Dr. R. A. Mashelkar is presently the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the largest chain of industrial research and development institutions in the world. He was previously the Director of the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. He has been Fellow of INSA; Indian Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering; Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, UK; and Institute of Chemical Engineering. Dr Mashelkar was awarded the Padmashri in 1991, and the Padmabhushan in 2000 in recognition of his contributions to nation building. Mr. Raman Roy is the Chairman and Managing Director of Wipro Spectramind. He is widely regarded as the pioneer and "guru" of the BPO Business out of India - also called the 'IT Enabled Services' business - and fondly referred to as "the father of the BPO Industry" in India. Mr. Roy is a pioneer three times over, having successfully led the captive BPO initiatives of American Express and GE Capital out of India before starting Spectramind in 2000. The venture-funded Spectramind was acquired by Wipro in July 2002. Mr. M. V. Subbaiah is the Director, External Relations & Innovations of the Murugappa Group. He is the Executive Chairman of EID Parry (India) Limited, and the Non-Executive Chairman of Parrys Confectionery Limited, Parry Agro Industries Limited, and Parry Nutraceuticals Limited. Mr. Subbaiah is on several external boards and has been a past president of AIEI (a forerunner of CII). He is the Chairman of the Family Business Council of CII. He was conferred the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award in February 2002. Besides Dr. Mashelkar, Mr. Raman Roy, and Mr. Subbaiah, other industry leaders and professionals will also be invited to join the ISB faculty in the forthcoming years. Earlier ISB professors of Management Practice include industry stalwarts such as Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner, McKinsey Worldwide, and Chairman of the ISB, who teaches a course on Leadership and Change Transformation ; and Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the 12th Finance Commission and former Governor, Andhra Pradesh, who will teach a course on Understanding Economics in a Developing Economy in January 2004. About the ISB The Indian School of Business is a research-oriented independent management institution that grooms future leaders for India and the world. Its partnership with the Kellogg School of Management, The Wharton School, and London Business School make it one of its kind in Asia. The School offers a one-year Post Graduate Programme; short-duration, high-powered Executive Education programmes for CEOs and senior executives; and a two-year Research Fellowship Programme. The origins and distinctive research of our faculty members ensure that our programme content is contemporary and global in its perspective, and develops our students understanding of modern management opportunities and challenges. Contributed by - |
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