PLACEMENT BROCHURE-2011INDUSTRY INTERACTION
T. A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE 17
Year 2009
Mr. Shekar Viswanathan, Deputy
Managing Director (Commercial),
Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Mr. P.
Thiruvengadam, Senior Director,
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt.
Ltd, and Mr. Sridhar, Senior Assistant
Editor, The Hindu, participated in a
panel discussion on the Union Budget
of 2009 held on on July 7th 2009.
Mr. Indranil Deb, Principal, Mobius
Strip Capital Advisors, TAPMI alumnus
of 1991-93 batch visited TAPMI on
22nd - 23rd August, 2009 and shared
his learning, gained through vast
experience in the industry, with the
students.
Mr. Manish Shakalya, TAPMI's
distinguished alumnus (Batch of 1997-
99) and currently the National
Manager, Supply Chain Planning at
Cadbury India Limited addressed
TAPMI students and faculty on
October 30th 2009. His topic was
"Supply Chain Transformation at
Cadbury India Ltd (CIL)."
Mr. Sunil S Bhandare (Mumbai),
Advisor - Economic & Government
Policy, TATA Strategic Management
Group delivered a lecture on
"Recession and its aftermath on
October 31st 2009."
Ms. Srividya, an alumnus and also
Partner, Valuation Services, at Grant
Thornton, India visited TAPMI for a
student interaction on November 23rd
2009.
Mr. Abhishek Sinha, a 2007 batch
alumnus of TAPMI currently working in
IBM Sales at Europe along with Mr.
Anupam Kumar, Head, SAP Finance
Practice, IBM India, conducted a
workshop on the topic "Career
Opportunities and Career Path/Growth
in Information Technology and General
Trends in the IT Industry on December
12th 2009."
Mr. Robin Roy, Associate Director,
Financial Services at Pricewaterhouse
Coopers (PwC) visited TAPMI on
December 24th 2009, as an invited
speaker of TAPMI Center for
Collaborative Learning (TCCL).
Mr. Manish Sabharwal, a successful
serial entrepreneur and co-founder of
TeamLease Services delivered the third
TAPMI Silver Jubilee Leadership
Lecture - 'Entrepreneurship as a
career' to the TAPMI fraternity in
Manipal.
Year 2010
Mr. Uday Disley, Co-Founder, Viedea
Capital Advisors, conducted a
workshop on Mergers & Acquisition
from 30th July to 1st August 2010.
Before starting Viedea, he was the
Head of Corporate Planning and
strategy at Valdel Corporation, a multi-
business conglomerate with interests
in Oil & Gas Engineering Services,
Retail & Retail space development, IT
& ITES and Power. He taught using a
case on "acquisition of a product and
engineering organization by an
aerospace organization" approach to
explain the real world M&A deals.
Dr Tapan Kumar Panda, President,
Marketing & Corporate Affairs of
Everonn Education Limited, Chennai
rendered an interesting talk on
"Branding". He has an academic
experience of over 16 years and has
taught at various prestigious B-
Schools like IIM-I, IIM-K and IIM-L.
Dr. Robert Bong, the Managing Partner
of Blue Ocean Strategy India Office,
delivered a lecture on Blue Ocean
Strategy to the students of TAPMI,
Manipal via a video-conference from
the TAPMI Centre for Executive
Education (TAPMI-CEE), Bangalore.
He is a former Chief Executive Officer,
Managing Director and Independent
Board of Director of a number of
public listed companies on New York,
Toronto, Thailand and Singapore stock
exchanges.
Dr. Arun Abraham Elias, director of
Victoria Management School,
Wellington, New Zealand delivered a
research seminar on 'Systems thinking'
on 23 June 2010 in TAPMI. Dr. Arun
explained his views through three
different cases, dealing with the
socioeconomic issues in New
Zealand.
Prof. S N Rao from S J M School of
Management, IIT Bombay visited
TAPMI on 22nd June, 2010 to interact
with the students on the topic
"Innovative Financial Instruments."
Prof. Avinash Paranjape, Mr. K.
Ananthanarayan Pai who is a CA and
Prof. Rajiv V Shah organized a
Discussion on Union Budget 2010-11.
Prof. Paranjape gave macro economic
implications of the budget. Mr. K
Ananthanarayan Pai gave a detailed
insight of the Tax Proposals made in
the budget 2010 and Prof. Rajiv V
Shah gave a briefing about the Direct
Tax Code (DTC) and Goods and
Service Tax (GST) code.
Ms. Simeran Bhasin, an alumnus and
also Marketing Head - Fast Track and
new brands at TITAN Industries, visited
TAPMI on 18th July 2010, as the chief
guest for the valedictory function of
Episode 2010.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
conducted its "Road Ahead" program
on the 13th of August 2010 as a part of
the Campus relations program with
TAPMI. The session was driven by Mr.
Avinash Bhat, Consultant at the
Cognizant Business Consulting Group
and an alumnus of TAPMI, class of
2004.
Mr. L Viswanathan, Executive Vice
President, Stock Holding Corporation
of India (SHCIL) had an interactive
session with the students of TAPMI.
Industry Interaction
Industry Interface, a critical component of the Campus Relationship Programme, strives to keep
the faculty and students regularly engaged with the industry.