‘Key Persons’
AMBARISH DASGUPTA SENIOR PARTNER
A seasoned management consultant with more than 30 years of experience, he was a member of the India leadership team in PwC. He managed a practice of 2000 people in Digital and Analytics with USD 60 million revenue. After PwC, he has been the national consulting leader in KPMG and a part of the leadership team as well. In his professional career, he served global and multinational clients in India and abroad, advising C-level executives in the fields of corporate and business strategy, global business model innovation, business transformation, organizational strategy and governance, change management and organizational dynamics, business performance improvement, and leadership development. Currently he is serving in the Board of few companies. He is also associated as an advisor with few companies. He is serving as a Member of the Strategic planning and program implementation board of the West Bengal Government and appointed as the Principal Advisor to the State Government Department of IT and Technology.
EDGARDO PAPPACENA CHAIRMAN, GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
A consulting leader with 35+ years of global experience in the professional services industry during which he worked in over 50 countries around the world providing consulting advice to large global companies and, as a senior partner in PwC and Arthur Andersen, holding multiple senior executive and leadership roles at global, regional, and country levels. Between 2004 and 2017, he has served as a member of PwC’s global and US leadership teams. Prior to PwC, he was a partner at Arthur Andersen, where he held numerous leadership roles, including Global Managing Partner of the Strategy, Organization & Change practice. He has served as Global Chairman in the Board of multiple companies and governance bodies around the world (US, Argentina, India). He is a regular keynote speaker and lecturer on global strategy and globalization at numerous global business conferences and academic programs, including Harvard University, the Florida International University Graduate School of Business, the Thunderbird School of Global Management (Arizona), the University of South Carolina’s School of Business, and the IAE Business School (Argentina). He is a member of the MBA Advisory Board and lecturer in Global Political Economy and Global Strategy at Florida International University’s Chapman Graduate School of Business.
‘Strategy’
PRABIR BHATTACHARJEE Consultant
Prabir holds an MBA with majors in Finance, Strategy & Leadership from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, where he also lead the Infrastructure and Real Estate club as President. He also holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from National Institute of Technology, Surat. Prabir has about 8 years of experience working with MNCs – with firms in the Power Transmission and Distribution sector and Renewable Energy space. In his professional journey so far, he has set up 3 Greenfield Businesses – built them from scratch to profitable entities. He has worked in multiple geographies like Europe, Central America, and the Middle East, apart from India and in various multi-cultural teams; speaks over 6 languages. He is a certified Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, Lead Auditor for ISO9001:2015 QMS and certified Project Manager. His core competency in areas like Business Process Improvement, Profitability, and Organizational Turnaround. He has led many CSR activities for marginalized tribal communities and volunteered with groups for animal protection and rescue.
RADHIKA GOYAL Consultant
Radhika graduated from Indian School of Business with a dual MBA specialization in Marketing and Finance. Prior to this, she completed her Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign where she also certified as a Personalysis behavioural profiler. She has administrative & executional experience in the South East Asian Leadership Academy network, rated by Forbes as the #1 Leadership boot camp in the ASEAN Region. With Aplos Global Ltd, a boutique management consulting firm, she has three years of experience working on business transformation projects for textile and apparel manufacturing clients & a process optimizing software service for various industries clients across Asia.
RAJARSHI SAHA Consultant
Rajarshi is a multi-faceted individual with diverse interests and pursuits. He has been a marked “Problem Solver” across his diverse stints in Telecom with Bharti Airtel, in Banking with Indie Home Loans or in Technology Implementation and Product Management with Kuliza. With Airtel, he has handled Corporate Finance and Large-Scale Strategic Procurement, with Indie he was part of a Greenfield Technology Setup Team, and with Kuliza, he has worked with largest of banks to fledgling NBFCs and FinTechs across India, South-East Asia and MENA.
Rajarshi completed his PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad, his B.E. in Information Technology from IIEST Shibpur (famously known as B.E. College, Shibpur) and his schooling from Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission.
DATTATREYA DATTA Associate Consultant
Dattatreya graduated from the Indian School of Business with a dual MBA specialization in Finance and Information Management along with industry specialization in Public Policy. He was awarded the title of the Torchbearer for his significant contributions to the cohort. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology. Dattatreya has prior experience in technology consulting at Deloitte, in implementing SAP systems and Middleware management across four different industries.
TAMILSELVAN Associate Consultant
Tamil Selvan holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Bachelor of Mechanical engineering from Anna University Chennai. He has 4 years of experience in operations management in the Manufacturing industry (Steel plant). He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and has worked on an international expansion strategy project for a recreational firm with a global team. Currently specializes in operations and strategy.
AMJAD RASHEED Associate Consultant
Amjad completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He also holds a degree of B.Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. Amjad has also been an active coordinator for social welfare clubs at IIM Ahmedabad and has experience in organising national-level events.
SUSMITHA REDDY VAYYALA Associate Consultant
Susmitha graduated with MBA in Finance, Strategy & Leadership from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, where she was also Marketing Coordinator for the Social Impact Marquee event Bandhan. Prior to this, she completed her Bachelor’s in Avionics from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala. Post-B.Tech., she worked as a Scientist-SC in Satish Dhawan Space Center, ISRO, Sriharikota for nearly 4 years. While at ISRO, she worked on a digital transformation project by developing Radar Control Software in-house and has been a prime part of 14 PSLV and 4 GSLV launches.
YASHIKA AGARWAL Associate Consultant
Yashika holds an MBA with majors in Strategy & Leadership and Marketing from the Indian School of Business, wherein she led the Alumni Affairs Council as one of the elected Directors of the Graduate Student Board and headed the annual Marquee event, Solstice. She was awarded the Torchbearer award, given to the top 5% for their contribution to the school. Prior to ISB, she completed her BBA from St. Xavier’s College, during which she studied and completed 5 papers of Actuarial Science. Yashika has 3 years of experience across multiple business functions, including Strategy, Procurement and Marketing in the Interior Designing and Architecture space. She is also a certified Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma.
‘Advisors’
SANJAY KUMAR MANDAL
Sanjay brings more than 30 years experience in Enterprise Risk Management, IT Delivery Risk Management, IT project and process management, Information Security, Business Continuity and Internal controls compliances. across different industry segments. In his 16 years stint with global IT service provider Cognizant, Sanjay was responsible for driving delivery and operations excellence across Indian and global delivery centres in the capacity of Senior Director. He was also active in imparting consultancy on software engineering process streamlining for global clients in Banking, Insurance and Retail Sector.
Prior to joining Cognizant, Sanjay served companies like RS Software as Head of corporate quality , Globsyn as head of emerging technologies delivery , CDAC as deputy director of industrial automations etc. During his tenure in CDAC he led a team to modernise the Kolkata Telephone billing system. An M. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, Sanjay undertook a short research work on a NASA project at Carnegies Mellon University, USA in 1990 as an UNDP fellow from India. He is a six sigma black belt.
Sanjay served as a convener of India mirror committee for ISO 9000 standards in the area of IT Governance during 2009 – 2012. He used to take classes at IIM Kolkata on Project Management as a visiting faculty from Cognizant.
‘Research’
ANTARA MUKHERJEE Consultant
Antara has 9 years of experience in economic and strategy research. Has previously worked on the US, Europe, East Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) and India economic research. Her primary areas of expertise include: economic and sector research, policy review, data analysis and econometric modelling, analytical reports preparation and insights on market outlook. Currently she focuses on Asia-Pacific region undertaking economic analysis including both primary and secondary research for Government, developmental agencies and corporates. Her focus fields of work are in trade facilitation, logistics and connectivity, global value chains and supply chains management, commodity mapping, country expansion strategies and water and social sector development. She is a post graduate in economics with specialization in financial economics.
ARNAB ROY Associate Consultant
Arnab is a Computer Science Engineer and has worked with 2 renowned Chambers of Commerce Research Teams over a span of 9 years. He has worked on a plethora of projects and research studies involving policy analysis, regional integration, connectivity, including various Government, World Bank and USAID strategic projects. He previously worked with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I).
SURBHI SHARMA Associate
Surbhi graduated with an Honours degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College, after which she pursued a Masters’ degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Throughout her academic trajectory she has undertaken research writings in Behavioural Economics, International Trade, Macroeconomic policies as well as econometric analysis. She was actively involved in extracurriculars and took up diverse leadership roles as coordinator of recreational societies at LSR and Senior Placement coordinator at JNU. Along with the same, she has also been a volunteer in the Women Development Cell LSR and wrote on Consumer & Employee welfare both academically & while working with Consumers India.
‘Shared Services Team’
Anindita Dasgupta Chief Operating Officer
Anindita Dasgupta is primarily a Quality, Information Security, and Internal Process consultant with an experience of more than 25 years in the Information Technology Industry, and in the field of Academics. She has worked as a consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Data-Core, and RS Software, and as a faculty member at the ICFAI Business School. During her stint in the industry, she has mostly catered her services to an international clientele. Anindita was awarded the CSIR research fellowship at the Jadavpur University, West Bengal.
She holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University and is a Certified Quality Analyst. At Intueri, Anindita works in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer (COO), managing the entire spectrum of operations as a consultancy business demands.
She is also the founder and owner of a sustainability-oriented agricultural farm in rural West Bengal.
Sreejata Majumdar Operations and Human Resource Executive
Sreejata completed her Masters in English from the University of Calcutta. Starting off her career as a Quality Analyst felt like a mismatch but she later found her calling in Human Resources and Operations by recognising the opportunity they presented, to understand the most important asset of any organisation – the people. The diversity of her responsibilities is extensive, involving anything from employee onboarding and recruitment to payroll administration and compliance. She has 7 years of experience pertaining to the diverse domains of Administration and holds an MBA in Human Resource Management.
Kannita Biswas Communications Executive
Kannita graduated with a B.A Honours degree in English Literature from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and a minor in Philosophy and History- with a keen interest in Literature and Cinema, Ethics in Public Domain, Philosophy of Logic and Modern Indian History. She has a 1.5 years of experience in B2B Communications and Marketing, with a special emphasis on social media branding.
At Intueri, Kannita is responsible for branding, media, and communication. She also focuses on campus placement hiring processes and engagement models.