IIM-RAIPUR - Key Persons


Anil Ponal

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Anil Ponal is an Assistant Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds a Masters degree in Commerce (M.Com), Social Work (MSW) and Computer Applications (MCA). He had qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by University Grant Commission (UGC) in Social Work in July 2018. Prior to joining IIM Raipur, he served as a Senior Executive (HR & Personnel) from 1997 to 2012.

Ashwani Bhardwaj

Job Titles:
  • Store & Purchase Officer ( Sr Grade )

Bharat Farkiya

Job Titles:
  • Finance & Account Officer

Bhoomika Jadhav

Job Titles:
  • Junior Administrative Officer

Binoy Thankachen

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Assistant
  • Assistant Administrative Officer at Indian Institute of Management Raipur.He
Binoy Thankachen is an Assistant Administrative Officer at Indian Institute of Management Raipur.He is presently working in Career Development and Placement Office & International Relations Office. He holds a Masters degree in Management (MBA) and has 20+ years of professional experience in industry and academia. Before joining IIM Raipur he worked as an Assistant Manager in HDFC Bank and as an Officer in ICICI Bank.

Chittranjan Sahu

Job Titles:
  • Hostel Supervisor
  • Student Co - Ordinator

Dean Academics


Devendra K. Sinha

Job Titles:
  • Junior Engineer, Senior
Devendra Kumar Sinha is a Junior Engineer, Senior grade, He hold honors Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Post Diploma in Computer Application, and one-year long term course in Industrial Electricians at ATI-EPI, 17-year Experience in construction and maintenance filed. Before joining IIM Raipur, he served as a Project manager in the GEC construction company and NIT Raipur (04 Year), His hobby is writing Hindi poems. He is presently working the IIM Raipur, Estate Department at IIM Raipur.

Dr. Anand Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Accreditation Committee
  • Associate Chairperson & AOI Chairperson

Dr. C.K. Swain

Job Titles:
  • Librarian
  • Central Public Information Officer
  • Library

Dr. Chandrakanta Swain

Job Titles:
  • Librarian
Dr. Chandrakanta Swain is currently working as Librarian at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He joined this institute on 20th June 2011. He holds MLISC., PGDLAN and Ph.D. in Library and Information Science. Dr. Swain has around 29 years of experience in Library Administration and Management. He has authored/coauthored 4 research papers in International Journals, 6 research papers in National Journals, and around 30 reach papers in and as book chapters. He has authored/edited twelve books, and one conference proceedings. He also attended/participated in 25 International/National Conferences. He is an active member of the Management Library Network, Indian Library Association, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre. His area of interest includes Library Networking, Human Resource Management in Libraries, Information Management, Library Planning and Development, etc.

Dr. Himanshu S Srivastava

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Accreditation Committee

Dr. Rajesh Pathak

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Tender & Purchase Committee

Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale

Job Titles:
  • Independent Healthcare & Management Consultant

Eshani Kulkarni

Job Titles:
  • Executive

Girish Pahadiya

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Relations Officer

K K Bhattacharya

Job Titles:
  • With Project Head

K. O. John

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Keshaw Sahu

Job Titles:
  • System Assistant

Lata Goyal

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Assistant

Mr Parveen Kumar Gupta

Mr Parveen Kumar Gupta served as Managing Director of State Bank of India till March 2020. During his over 38 years stint with SBI and group companies, he looked after retail and digital banking, risk and compliance functions, finance and treasury operations, investment banking, and private equity.He was also posted abroad twice. Currently, he is non-executive Chairman of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited, Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited, and National Securities Depository Limited, besides being on the Boards of a few other companies.

Mr. Hemant K. Debata

Job Titles:
  • FA & Chief Accounts Officer

Mr. Priyank Mittra

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Office
  • System Manager at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Priyank Mittra has been working as System Manager at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur since 2015. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Applications.Before joining IIM Raipur, he had around 15+ years of core IT technical experience at senior positions in government and Private sectors like NBT, India, Govt of India, and Starline Management and Servies. He has handled various projects of IT, prominently the e-book platform delivered by the Govt Department and inaugurated by the Education Minister, Hon'ble Sh. Palamraju Ji, IT support during the annually recurring event of international repute WBF multiple times. As additional duties at IIM Raipur, he has multiple years of Experience in handling the RTI.

Mr. Shaji Mathai

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Senior Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management
Shaji Mathai is a Senior Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds a Master's Degree in Economics. He has also done an MBA in Marketing. And pursuing a Ph.D. Before joining IIM Raipur, he served as Assistant Registrar at NIT Raipur. He is presently working in the Administration Department at IIM Raipur. He is a Store & Purchase Officer (Sr.Grade) at the IIM Raipur. He holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration and holds the Post Graduate Diploma in Material Management. He has also done BE / BTec in Information Technology. Before joining to IIM Raipur, he served as Associate Manager (Commercial) at Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd . His total work experience in the field of stores and purchase is more than 14 years.

Ms. Anuradha Paraskar

Job Titles:
  • Independent Business and Marketing Consultant

Ms. Archana Bhaskar

Job Titles:
  • CHRO and Head Corporate Communications Dr. Reddy 's Laboratories
  • CHRO at Dr. Reddy 's Laboratories Limited
Archana Bhaskar is the CHRO at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited and a member of the Management Council at DRL since June 2017. She has additional responsibility for Corporate Communications. Archana has over 3 decades of professional experience across diverse industries such FMCG, Energy and now Pharma as well as geographies of US, Europe and Asia. She worked for several years with Unilever and Shell prior to joining Dr Reddy's. She is a big believer in the potential of human capital and is committed to making a positive difference to society. She is an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and then went on to complete her PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During the course of her career, she has attended several executive development and Leadership development programs. Outside of work, Archana is passionate about nurturing diverse talent and enjoys Coaching and Mentoring people. She believes in learning and upskilling herself continuously as that is the key to staying relevant professionally. Currently she is associated with the CII National committee for Skilling and Livelihoods, Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council and HR tech start-ups. Archana supports several organisations that work for social good, mainly in Education and livelihood spaces.

Ms. Pooja Beria

Job Titles:
  • General Manager, Business Development, the Linde Group

P R Ajith Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Assistant
  • Assistant Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur
  • Director Office
Suryanarayan, Surya to his friends and colleagues, grew up in Bhopal, where he completed his B.Sc.. He proceeded to work for a PSU and then completed his PGDPM&IR from XLRI in 2001. He has worked across industries and locations over the last 20 years with the last 12 years heading HR for 3 K-12 international Schools. At IIM Raipur, Surya has joined as the Placement Consultant to help improve the placement outcomes of the PGP batch. P R Ajith Kumar is an Assistant Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds an MBA degree in HRM. He has over 33 years of experience, out of which 27 years in Premium Business Schools. Before joining IIM Raipur, he served as Secretary to the Director at the Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad. He has more than 5 years of experience in the Industry. He is presently working in the Director's Office at IIM Raipur.

Pravin Kumar

Job Titles:
  • System Assistant

Prof. Archana Parashar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Alumni & Advancement )

Prof. Arunima Shah

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Corporate Communication )

Prof. Dhananjay Bapat

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( EPGP )

Prof. Indirah Indibara

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( E - Learning )

Prof. Jagrook Dawra

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( PGP )
  • Member ( Ex - Officio ) Chairperson PGP

Prof. M Ramkumar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Students' Affairs )

Prof. M. Kannadhasan

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Prof. Mohit Goswami

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Admissions )

Prof. Mrunal P. Chavda

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Media & PR )

Prof. Navneet Bhatnagar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( International Relations )

Prof. Pradyumna Dash

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Accreditation Committee
  • Dean Academics
  • Member ( Ex - Officio ) Dean ( Academics )

Prof. Ram K. Kakani

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Internal Audit & Record Keeping Committee
  • Director / Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Dr. Ram was a Professor and Head, Center for Governance, at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, India. Earlier, Prof. Ram was a faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur and LBSNAA Mussoorie. He has worked internationally as an academician in Denmark, Nigeria, Singapore, and UAE. Prof. Ram has also served as the Director of the Government of India's National Center for Leadership Development and Competency Assessment.

Prof. Rashmi Shukla

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Placements )

Prof. Ritu Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Learning & Development Committee
  • Chairman ( ELD & ICPs )

Prof. Santanu Bhadra

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Consulting & Sponsored )

Prof. Satyasiba Das

Job Titles:
  • Dean - External Relations

Prof. Sumeet Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Professor in the Dept. of Information Technology
  • Professor of IT and Systems / Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Prof. Sumeet Gupta is affiliated as Professor in the Dept. of Information Technology and Systems at IIM Raipur. He received PhD (Information systems) as well as MBA from National University of Singapore and BE (Mining) from GEC Raipur. He has a total of 18 years of work experience in Industry, Teaching and Research, during which he worked with L&T India, The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, Singapore and SSGI Bhilai before joining IIM Raipur. He participated in Global Colloquium at Harvard Business School in 2015. He has been accredited by AIMA as an Accredited Management Teacher and was awarded Prof. Manubhai M Shah Memorial Award by Indian Commerce Association for the year 2017. He was also awarded President Graduate Fellowship at the National University of Singapore. He has published more than 50 papers in top-ranked International Journals (DSS, Omega, P&M, I&M, IJIM, EJOR etc.) and more than 30 papers in International Conferences (ICIS, ECIS, PACIS, AMCIS, AOM, POMS, etc.) and his publications count exceed 100. He has also edited two books in the area of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain. His research interests include Electronic Governance, E-Commerce and Business Analytics. He has conducted several consultancy projects with both Private and Govt. bodies in India and abroad and has conducted many training programs.

Prof. Utkarsh Majmudar

Job Titles:
  • Academic and Consultant

Prof. Yogesh Chauhan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( Doctoral Programmes )

Rashi Singh

Job Titles:
  • Executive

Sachidhanandam Natarajan

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Sachidhanandam Natarajan is an Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds a Masters Degree in Management. Before joining Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Sachidhanandam served as Administrative Officer at Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai. He has served for a decade at a couple of Institutions having National Importance Status in different designations.

Sachin Prakash K

Job Titles:
  • Junior Administrative Officer

Sadanand Gosaki

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Officer

Sagar Bhadra

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Sarita Sahu

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Shakib Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Assistant System Manager

Shalini Shrivastava

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Librarian
  • Assistant Librarian at the Indian Institute of Management
Shalini Shrivastava is an Assistant Librarian at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. She holds a Masters degree in Library & Information Science (MLISc.) from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) in Library & Information Science in June 2007. She has also done MSc. in Computer Science from MDU, Rohtak (Through Study Centre - Hartron, Chandigarh). Prior to joining IIM Raipur, she served as an Associate in Learning Resource Centre at Indian School of Business, Mohali from 2012 to 2014. She has served as a Students' Affairs Coordinator for the AY 2022-23. She is presently working in Examination & Verification Cell, IIM Raipur from 01st June 2023.

Shradha Savedkar

Job Titles:
  • Junior Assistant ( Library )

Shreya Ranjan

Job Titles:
  • Executive

Shri Ghanshyam Sohoni

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Assistant
  • Assistant Administrative Officer at Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Ghanshyam Sohoni is working as an Assistant Administrative Officer at Indian Institute of Management Raipur in the Accreditation and Rankings Office. He has worked in various departments at IIM Raipur. He holds a master's degree in computers, executive master's in finance and has 20+ years of professional experience in industry and academia.

Shri Shakib Ahmad Rizvi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant System Manager at the Indian Institute of Management
Shakib Ahmad Rizvi is an Assistant System Manager at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds a Masters degree in Information Technology (MSc IT). He has also done MBA in Marketing. He has 10 years of experience in Web Application Development and Designing. Before joining IIM Raipur, He has served as a Junior Superintendent at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai. He is presently working in the IT Department at IIM Raipur.

Shri. Anand S. Sancheti - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director of SMS Limited
Mr. Anand Sancheti is the Managing Director of SMS Limited. SMS group of companies enjoy a major presence across India in key areas such as Roads, Rails, Irrigation, Mining, Tolls, Electrical and Environment. While heading these major divisions, Mr. Sancheti was actively involved in the first PPP project in the Roads Sector and the largest Underground Uranium Mining project and many prestigious projects. A second-generation leader in SMS, he has been able to provide a strong impetus to his organization with his skill and statesmanship. Mr. Anand Sancheti has graduated from Nagpur University and holds a Diploma in Business Law. He is Trustee at the Bhonsla Military School - Nagpur and is associated with various such organizations. He has been a faculty for Structured Finance and Project Finance at the World Bank Knowledge Forum and State Bank of India.

Shri. Bhupesh Dinger

Job Titles:
  • Director - Operations
Mr Bhupesh dinger has been involved in scaling up Company owned and franchisee operated retail chains, in high growth consumer, internet, telecom, food and services retail segments.

Shri. P K. Banerjee

Job Titles:
  • Joint Secretary

Shri. Puneet Dalmia - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
Managing Director of Dalmia Bharat Limited Shri Puneet Dalmia, the Chairperson of IIM Raipur's Board of Governors (BoG) is the Managing Director of Dalmia Bharat Limited. Dalmia Bharat group is in the cement and sugar business and amongst the top 5 in India in both businesses. Shri Puneet Ji transformed a family business into a professionally run company. The group's revenue has grown at 17% CAGR over the last decade to about $2 Billion and the current market cap is around $4.5 Billion....

Shubhi Kaushik

Job Titles:
  • Executive

Snigdha Rani Bharati

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Surya Narayan Mandal

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Assistant
Surya Narayan Mandal is currently serving as an Assistant Administrative Officer (Accounts) at Department of Finance & Accounts in IIM Raipur. Before joining IIM Raipur, I worked at IIM Lucknow, Agriculture Finance Corporation and Chhaya Public School, Modinagar. I am Post Graduate in Commerce & LLB from T M Bhagalpur University and Post Graduate in Sociology from CSJM University, Kanpur. I have worked in PRA Exercise in approx. 200 villages, and work in socio economic evaluation under UPBSN Project. I have 13 Yrs experience in Account and finance.

Suryanarayan Shankaran

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Relations Office
  • Placement Consultant

Vivek Singh

Job Titles:
  • Junior Administrative Officer

Vyshak Prakash Narayanan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Vyshak Prakash Narayanan is an Assistant Administrative Officer at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He has done MBA in Marketing and International Business and also done Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management. Before joining IIM Raipur, he has worked in various premier institutions of national importance.