VWINN - Key Persons
Aejy Alias is a business management professional with a background in psychology. He has over 14 years of experience in training, operations & personnel management. His body of work includes an extensive range of comprehensive Training & Operations experiences from various sectors of IT, ITES and Education, Dell, HCL, Dishnet DSL and iDiscoveri Education to name a few.
In the ITES sector, he had been instrumental in the transition of business process from US to India, building many cross functional teams, managing large production teams & building internal training organizations. He had lead organization level (worldwide) projects & professional development programs. He was actively involved in various aspects of Organizational Development, strategic management, leadership and teamwork through consulting and experiential learning.
Aejy Alias is a certified master trainer from many organizations like SBC, HCL & Dell & had conducted extensive TTTs & TCWs. As a Senior Manager - Training, he had hired, trained & certified trainers & had had eventually groomed many of them to managers & senior managers of the organization.
During his tenure in the education industry, he had managed the entire operations of the company in the south Indian states. His responsibilities spanned across business development, credit risk management, revenue cycle management, relationship building & customer satisfaction.
Ananth holds an MMS from K J Somaiya Institute, Mumbai batch of 1986 with specialization in Personnel Management. He has a total of 19 years.
Prassanna is one of the 5 lady commanders the Indian Navy has ever produced - A dynamic professional with 14 years of rich experience in the Aviation.
Dr.Archana Singh has a graduate degree in engineering and a post graduate degree in management from the reputed Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a Phd from Aligarh Muslim University.
A human resource management professional with over 20 years of experience, she brings the depth and range of comprehensive HR experience spanning organizations and across sectors of IT, ITES and Manufacturing and includes organizations like Hewlett Packard, ITC infotech, Tech Mahindra and Tata Motors.
In her role of L&D and Talent Management, she has imparted Management training to almost 3000 managers in HP in the areas of Managing change, Enhancing Managerial Skills, Managing Key Talent etc in the APAC region.
She is a voracious reader and her articles were published in many management journals, magazines and newspapers. She is also an accredited MBTI trainer and a behavioral analyst. She is deeply interested in philosophy and meditation and is a fitness freak.
Has a graduate degree in engineering and a post graduate degree in management from the reputed Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
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- Professor of Marketing at California State University Fullerton
Dr. Chiranjeev Kohli is Professor of Marketing at California State University Fullerton. He has received numerous awards and citations and in 2005, he was awarded the Best Professor Award from College of Business for Innovative Instruction. He received Best Professor Award from University's Associated Students, Inc., in 2003, honored with the Business School's Best Professor Award for 1998 / 1999, and Distinguished Faculty Award for 1999 / 2000. In January 2000, he was nominated for the Pattishall Award, sponsored by the Brand Names Education Foundation, for excellence in teaching trademark related topics; and in 1999, he was honored by the Young Presidents Organization of Southern California for excellence in academia.
Dr. Kohli has been serving the university in various capacities including Chairman, Department Search Committee (2006-2007), Chairman Department Curriculum Committee (2003-2004) and has been the member of various Assessment, Personnel and Instructions committees from time to time. Dr. Kohli is a member of American Marketing Association, Academy of Marketing Science, United States Trademark Association & Beta-Gamma-Sigma Scholastic Honor Society.
He is the founder principal of I.D.ENTITY, specializing in brand and corporate identity. His research has been reported in academic journals and newspapers including European Journal of Marketing, Harvard Business Review, Ivey Business Journal, Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Business Research, The Los Angeles Times and The Orange County Register. National Public Radio has also done a segment on his work.
Dr. Kohli is particularly interested in teaching Marketing Strategy, Marketing Research, and Brand Management. Prior to joining Cal State Fullerton, he taught at Indiana University and since 1996 he is also associated with Fachhochschule Nurtingen, Germany for International Marketing Research, and has delivered many International Marketing Seminars. He has guided a large number of students in their projects in the areas of marketing strategy, brand management, new products marketing, and research. Dr Kohli's research interests are in creation, measurement, and management of corporate and brand identity.
Dr. Kohli has consulted for Autodesk, Bionutrics, Canon USA, Contact East Networking, Dean Health System, Odetics, Taco Bell, and Verizon among many medium and large size organizations. He has been invited as a keynote speaker to several organizations, and has been nominated to the American Marketing Association's National Speakers Directory. He has offered several seminars in the United States, Germany, Hong Kong, and Sweden.
Dr. Kohli holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from Indiana University. His dissertation received honorable mention in the International Doctoral Dissertation Competition. He did his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. A comedian by avocation, he won the Indiana University Comedy Competition and has opened for Dennis Miller of Saturday Night Live!
Dr. Kohli has authored large number of publications and proceedings. He has also contributed to chapters in many books and has been the reviewer of a number of articles and publications in reputed journals. Some of his recent publications & presentations are listed below.
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- Management Consultant, Experience in the Areas of Corporate Strategic Management, Leadership Development, Sales & Marketing and Operations
Dr.Jacob Perez has 28 years of experience in the areas of Corporate Strategic Management, Leadership Development, Sales & Marketing, Brand management and Operations.
Dr. Perez was with the telecom industry for 8 years. He worked as Vice President with Bharti Airtel Ltd, which is one of the largest telecom service providers in India and as Vice President with Spice Telecom, which was later acquired by Idea Cellular. His main focus was on the revenue enhancement and ensures optimum EBITDA margins at every business channel.
He has another 10 years of experience with the FMCG Industry and worked with an American MNC - Wrigley's and ITC Tobacco limited; and has held senior position in the area of Sales & Marketing.
Dr.Perez had travelled extensively and has exposure of Indian, US, Asian and European markets. He is known for his hands-on approach & excellent persuasion skills. He has experience in launching some of the best products in India.
During his professional career in India, he has travelled extensively and setup distribution from scratch, and worked at all the major cities & states, and had the distinction of working in some of the remote villages in the country setting up distribution for FMCG & Telecom products. He was a pioneer in launch an exclusive magazine for the retailers and channel partners to keep them update on the latest trends in the telecom industry. Dr.Perez made his first debut with All India Radio during his school days and had continued till his post graduation. He had presented various features, talks, short stories and plays for Yuva- Vani English Channel, and had the distinction of interviewing some of the ethnic tribals of India.
Dr. Jacob Perez
Management Consultant, experience in the areas of Corporate Strategic Management, Leadership Development, Sales & Marketing and Operations.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor of Organization Behaviour
- Professor of Organization Behaviour and Jamuna Raghavan Chair Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Dr Manimala conducts training programmes/sessions on a variety of topics in Organization Behaviour such as Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Organization Structure and Design, Building Self-Managed Teams, Conflict Management, Organization Culture, Organizational Learning, Transformational Leadership, and Organization Development. He is invited by several National and International organizations including the United Nations University for conducting executive and entrepreneurship training. He has provided consultancy assistance to several large and medium-sized organizations in the areas of Perspective planning, Strategic repositioning, Organizational restructuring, HRD policies and practices, HRD performance evaluation and Training need assessment.
Dr. Mathew J Manimala is Professor of Organization Behaviour and Jamuna Raghavan Chair Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Prior to joining IIMB he has served as Senior Member of Faculty and Chairman, Human Resources Area at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and as lecturer at the University of Cochin and the University of Bhopal.
Dr. Manimala obtained an MBA degree from the University of Cochin, an MBSc degree from the University of Manchester and a Doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has received several academic honors including a Certificate of Distinction for Outstanding Research in the Field of New Enterprise Development from the Academy of Management (USA). His doctoral thesis on the "Managerial Heuristics of Pioneering-Innovative Entrepreneurs" has been widely acclaimed by the community of researchers both within and outside the country. He has been awarded research fellowships by prestigious international agencies such as the European Foundation for Management Development (at Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK: 1990-91) and the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (at University of Calgary, Canada: 1998-99).
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- Member of the Advisory Board
Dr. T. Krishna Kumar is currently a Guest Faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Prior to this he held several faculty positions both in U.S.A. and India. He also held a senior consultant's position in a private consulting firm for three years in U.S.A. He was a Visiting Professor at School of Management, Arizona State University-West, Phoenix, Director of Institute for Behavioral Research, Florida Atlantic University, Professor of Economics and Statistics at Florida State University, a Senior Scientist at Abt Associates, a leading Social Science Consulting firm in Cambridge-Boston area, and a Visiting Professor at Northeastern University, Boston. He was Professor and Head of Economic Analysis Unit at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, Professor of Economics and Statistics at Indian Institute of Management. He was Professor of Economics at University of Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is a member of the Governing Body of CR Rao Advanced Institute for Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer science, Hyderabad.
Dr. Kumar obtained graduate training in mathematical physics and statistics from Andhra University, Waltair and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkotta respectively. He received his Ph.D degree in Economics from Iowa State University, USA. He is ranked among the top ten econometricians in India by the Indian Econometrics Society for his teaching, research, and consultancy in this specialized area. Based on his doctoral thesis " Models of Optimization and Control in the Theory of Economic Policy", he was awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowships by the University of Chicago and Center for Research in Management Science, University of California, Berkeley, California.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor of Marketing at California State University Fullerton
Professor of Marketing at California State University Fullerton. He has received numerous awards and citations and in 2005, he was awarded the Best.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor
Dr.Vidydhar Reddy Aileni is Professor & Dean at department of management, Osmania University. He also held the position of chairman, board of studies during the year 2004 and is a member on board of studies for many other universities. He has won multiple academic laurels, citation and was awarded gold medal by Osmania University MBA Alumni Association for best research paper published in 2003-04. During his long illustrious stint at Osmania University, he has been teaching strategic management, management theory, organization theory, organizational behavior, international business and business research methods. Besides these, he had been teaching various courses in marketing such as basic marketing, marketing research, services marketing, product management, advertising, sales promotion, consumer behavior and customer relationship management.
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- Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management
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- Advisor to the Board of Aakash Infra Projects
- Certified Professional Coach
- Leadership Consultant
- Senior Leadership Consultant
Mr. Haresh Patil is a senior leadership consultant and anErickson Certified Professional Coach (ICF-ACTP). His expertise is in the areas of LEAN Management, Aligning Strategic Goals, Change& Conflict Management.
As an Executive Coach, Haresh has supported several clients across career levels and geographies. He has facilitated leadership programs for senior and mid management levels.
Haresh has 18 plus years' experience in the IT industry, in India and abroad, working with global MNCs. He started his career with Sonata Software and has played leadership roles in companies like Thomson Financials (now, Thomson Reuters) and SAP.
In his role as Program Director at SAP, he has headed several business functions like Product Validation, Tools Development, Software Assembly, Logistics Services and ISVs. He has supported over 350 million topline contributions from ISV Solution Extensions.
Haresh is an advisor to the Board of Aakash Infra Projects. He is also a visiting faculty for Corporate MS Programs of BITS, Pilani and enjoys interacting regularly with students at various B-Schools.
He is a passionate traveller and enjoys spiritual readings.
Haresh is an Engineer, with PGDBA, CFA (India) and EricksonProfessional Coach (ACTP-ICF)
Haresh Patil
Senior leadership consultant and an Erickson Certified Professional Coach (ICF-ACTP). His expertise is in the areas of LEAN Management, Aligning.
He is a Sales & marketing professional with over 20 years of experience with Telecom and FMCG companies. He has worked with leading MNC companies like Glaxo.
Shantanu Chatterjee has over 23 years of working experience with reputed companies and holds an Executive Masters in Foreign Trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) New Delhi.
His core competency being Marketing and Business Development, Shantanu has had wide exposure in developing businesses both in India and overseas, across several product lines. He has served as a Country Manager of a Japanese Trading company, Vice President of an IT Hardware company and Vice President of an IT Infrastructure Services Company. He served his last company as a Country Manager of an IT Security company.
Additionally, Shantanu is an internationally certified Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization expert.
Shantanu is known for his powerful presentation and persuasion skills and is also a sought after speaker on various topics of business, life and communication skills. He is today spearheading the business development for VwinN along with delivering the internationally acclaimed 7 Triggers to YES Program as a Master Trainer. Shantanu blends his wide experience in various business verticals along with exceptional interpersonal skills to make learning fun and interactive!
Having an avid interest in social causes, Shantanu is an active Member of the Lions Club and has initiated several social activities for the benefit of the underprivileged.