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Rajiv Ahuja
Founder Director |
Anthem Academy has been promoted by Rajiv Ahuja who is a first generation entrepreneur with over 21 years of corporate experience. Rajiv has had a successful career in the corporate sector having held senior positions across multiple functions in leading Indian and Multinational companies. He has experience across a range of business specializations and geographies, spanning 27 countries in his last position with Dell.
Rajiv has worked with Dell, American Express, Garwares and the multi business Max India Group. He has been a key part of several start ups, in several industries including telecom, healthcare and the insurance businesses of Max. He was a key part of the expansion of American Express’ presence in the country as also in the rapid expansion of Dell’s business in India.
Rajiv has a B. Sc [Hons] and an MBA and has participated in several executive and business management programs across the world. |
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Prof Mahesh Gandhi
Education Director |
Prof Mahesh Gandhi, a leading educationist with decades of experience, both internationally and in India is the Company’s Education Director. Prof Gandhi brings with him rich experience having served as the Director of two leading management institutes.
He is a visiting professor in various management disciplines with the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, the Delhi School of Management, JIMS, Wigan and Leigh, and also with the University of Chicago. Prof Gandhi spent several years teaching entrepreneurial management and international business at leading Management Institutes in the USA, Middle East and in India. As a corporate trainer and consultant, he has worked with leading companies like L&T, Duncans, LML, Al-Futtaim, Woolworth etc.
Prof Gandhi is a CAIIB and MBA. |
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Mr. Rajan Anandan
Managing Director, Microsoft India |
Rajan Anandan is an active angel investor in the US and in India. Rajan focuses on early stage investments in education, clean technology, internet, software and healthcare. Rajan has invested in several IAN companies including Authorgen, Druvaa, Eurekha, Viedea, Hungryzone, Techlit and Digilogue
Rajan's professional career has spanned across high technology and management consulting. Rajan is currently the Managing Director of Microsoft India.
Prior to joining Microsoft Rajan was the Vice President and Country General Manager of Dell in India where he grew the Dell business from $250million to over $800 million and made Dell into the leading player among corporates in India. Prior to leading Dell India he held several leadership roles in Dell International Services Dell's off shoring division. Rajan joined Dell as the Executive Assistant to Chairman Michael Dell.
Prior to joining Dell, Rajan was a Partner with McKinsey & Company in Chicago. At McKinsey he worked with companies across a broad range of industries including technology, industrial and services companies.
Areas of Interest:
• Education
• Clean technology
• Internet
• Software
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Mr. K L Muralidhara
President and CEO, Reliance Retail |
Muralidhara Kadaba (Murli) is the founder and CMD of Moonbeam Capital, a boutique Advisory & Investment Firm that specializes in early stage mentoring and selective funding of businesses founded by accomplished professionals with rich experience in Luxury Products, Financial Services, CRM & Analytics, Media & Entertainment, Education & Skill enhancement and Mobile technology. Murli leverages his expertise in building start-ups of substantial scale, his execution competence and his access to a network of professionals to provide strategic, administrative, financial and business development support to these start-ups. The firm aims to assist Start-Ups get razor sharp focus, reduce time to market, minimize cash burn and achieve faster profitability. Helping companies achieve scale and success by generating Positive Cash flow and dividend paying ability is the firm’s “Mantra” rather than engineering valuation and quick exits.
Murli has over 20 years of corporate experience, with proven expertise in general management, Sales & Distribution, payment products, consumer banking, wealth management, consumer lending, marketing, new category development, analytics and brand management. Murli combines intuition with analytical abilities and has a bias for organization building and sound strategy. He has worked at the helm in several start-up projects where speed and execution were key to success.
Murli till recently served as the President and Chief Executive of Financial Services vertical at Reliance Retail Ltd. where he was able to build India’s first Loyalty & Financial Services business in retail spanning 850 stores across 79 cities around the country in record time by leveraging technology, decision science, store network, customer access and innovative product management. Prior to joining Reliance in 2006, Murli worked for American Express for eight years where he was the Country Manager for India and Area Countries since 2001. Earlier, Murli was Vice President and Head of Investment Products at Citibank-India. In his nine years with Citi, Murli played several key roles across Operations, Technology, Business Planning & Analysis, new business and product launches. Murli also has a couple of years of work experience on the shop floor of a Suzuki JV as an engineer.
Murli has served on the boards of American Chamber Of Commerce and Financial Planning Standards Board. He continues to serve as an Advisor to Reliance Industries Ltd., is a member of the advisory board of Indian Institute of Learning Management, is an active member of Young Presidents Organization and a Charter Member of Tie.
Murli is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur and is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from SJCE, Mysore. |
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Dr. V S Kumar
Founder and Chairman, Doctor Kares |
Dr Vijay Sheel Kumar, MBBS, MD, DABNS, FACS, FICS, FIPP
Honorary Chairman and Co-founder
Neurosurgeon, Pain Specialist, and Innovator of Minimally Invasive Surgeries such as Ozonucleolysis™ by the Kumar Protocol President of the World Federation of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy
First Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice from India
Senior Consultant Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
Mission
We provide our patients and their families with healthcare they can trust that is built upon our four pillars-compassionate care, honest evaluations, technological innovations, and world class treatment.
Pillars
Compassionate care: At Doctor Kares our philosophy is simple. We give the compassion and care that we would expect as a patient.
Honest evaluations
An honest evaluation means no unnecessary tests or treatments. Full stop. That is our commitment to our patients.
Technological innovations
Constant innovation through research and development is how we can provide patients with minimally invasive solutions they can find no where else. Our Founder, Dr. Vijay Sheel Kumar developed Ozonucleolysis™ by the Kumar Protocol as an alternative to spine surgery that has brought relief to thousands of patients.
World class treatment
Doctor Kares has been created based on years of experience delivering healthcare at renowned hospitals in India and across the United States. Patients at Doctor Kares receive the personal and focused care that rivals the best in the world. |
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Mr. Ramesh Vaswani
Vice Chairman, INTEX |
Ramesh A. Vaswani is the Executive Vice Chairman of Intex Technologies and is responsible for organizational and business development, strategic decisions and overseeing the operations.
A gold medalist in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, Ramesh Vaswani has 44 years of vast and rich industry experience in various sectors in India and overseas, including refrigeration, diesel engines, automotive components, plastics processing and packaging, small appliances, electric motors, industrial flexible metal hoses, Software applications, IT hardware, etc. He has been a member of various committees at CII and PHD Chamber and was also Vice-Chairman of Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NR). Currently he is a member of CII National Committee on ICTE Hardware Manufacturing
He started his career in 1965 as a Senior Management Trainee with the reputed Shriram Group, Delhi and held several senior positions over a period of 14 years. His last assignment in the Group was that of General Manager of an Automotive Component manufacturing company where he was responsible for turning around the sick company and bringing in a fresh Technical Collaboration agreement with a globally reputed Japanese manufacturer. In 1979 he took up an overseas assignment for 5 years, as Managing Director of two manufacturing companies of CHELLARAM Group in Nigeria. On returning to India in 1984, he was Vice President of INALSA, Delhi where he set up 2 new businesses, Appliances Division and Flexitubes Division. The latter was hived off as a JV and finally taken over by a British MNC.
From engineering industry he switched over to IT industry in 1999 and was Managing Director of a Software company offering Baan ERP solutions, SAS Data Warehousing solutions, etc. In 2000 he established an alliance with a leading Canadian company for a large Indian Group to set up a new business, dealing in high-speed wireless data transfer radios. This business was moved in 2002 to INTEX Group.
Ramesh Vaswani has been with Intex for over 7 years. Under his leadership, the growth at Intex has seen a substantial acceleration. Incorporated in 1996, Intex achieved a turnover of Rs. 32 crores in the sixth year (2002) of business which was stepped up to 326 cr. in the next 6 years (2008), giving a CAGR of 47% and a growth rate of 2-3 times the industry growth rate. In the last Annual Survey conducted by Dataquest in July 2008, Intex was ranked 101, amongst the 200 fastest growing IT companies in India. Intex product range covers IT Hardware, Mobile Phones and Electronics including INTEX branded PCs, Notebooks, TFT-LCD Monitors, Mobile Phones, DVD Players, Home Theatre Systems, Subwoofers, Headphones, MP3 Players, Web Cameras, Computer Peripherals, etc.
During his career, Ramesh Vaswani has always taken a keen interest in human assets development. Many of his trainees and reportees are holding key senior positions in reputed companies in India and overseas. |
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Mr. Alok Tandon
CEO, INOX Leisure |
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Alok Tandon heads the multiplex chain - INOX Leisure Ltd. INOX currently has 28 multiplexes & 101 screens in 20 cities across India & has the largest geographical footprint amongst multiplexes today. Alok has been instrumental in leading INOX through its IPO and explosive growth phase. By the year 2011 INOX aims to have close to 70 multiplexes & 270 screens in 40 cities across India. An engineer by qualification, Alok has over 22 years of work experience in companies such as Hoechst, ITC Welcomgroup & the Oberoi Group. |
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Prof. Kondap
Former Vice Chancellor, NMIMS |
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Mr. Rajendra Prasad
President and CFO, SRF Ltd |
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Mr. Amarjit Singh Sidhu
Management Consultant |
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