Being a CEO series of talks is for our MBAEx program, which is a one-year full-time post-graduate degree program for students with work experience (5 years or more). These talks aim to facilitate an interaction between students and CEOs so that students are aware of the challenges that CEOs face when running large organizations. In past sessions, CEOs have also spoken about their firms and how they are facing current challenges. They have also spoken about their life journey and how they have faced challenges during their careers.
| Name | Designation | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Prateep Basu | Founder & CEO - SatSure Analytics-Aerospace Engineering | Mr. Basu is a spacetech entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in the space industry, spanning research, consulting, business development, and product management and the co-founder and chief product officer of SatSure, a leading space analytics company that leverages satellite data, AI, and IoT to provide actionable insights for various sectors, such as agriculture, infrastructure, and insurance.Mr. Prateep Basu is a technologist turned entrepreneur, having founded and scaled SatSure - one of the leading names in the emerging Indian private spacetech sector. |
 | Sashi Sairaman | Business Mentor-Abhyaz (PGPEX 91心頭利C Batch 1 Alumnus) | Ms. Sairaman is a serial enterpreneur & passionate executive with 20 years of experience, specializing in business strategy, digital transformation, product management and talent development. Successfully managed pivotal business verticals, significantly increasing business value and impact while diversifying business risk. Excels in creating a vibrant working environment that facilitates performance and growth. Seasoned traveller - Travelled 25+ countries for business development & distributor management. |
 | Puneet Narang | Managing Director Diageo Moet Hennessy Thailand | Mr. Puneet Narang is the Managing Director of DMHT and a member of the Diageo SEA Leadership Team, He joined Diageo Indonesia in July 2020 and was responsible for managing Diageos business in Indonesia, including the manufacturing site in Bali. In February 2022, he was appointed Managing Director of DMHT,Thailand. Prior to joining Diageo, Puneet spent over 25 years spent in senior leadership and management roles in various multinational companies such as Reckitt Benckiser, Mondelez, Pfizer and GSK. He has lived and worked in the UK, Ireland, Australia, India, Turkey, Singapore and Indonesia before finding his current home in Thailand. |
 | Siddesh Joglekar | COO - Skilltyro & Doctutorials | Mr. Joglekar is currently COO at Skilltyro & Doctutorials, an Edtech startup working in the Healthcare Education space. In the past, he has been CEO of Programming Hub and VP Marketing at BYJU's . As a Marketing and Business leader, he leads a team of passionate and talented professionals who are committed to creating best-in-class edtech and healthtech solutions for college students and beyond. |
 | Kasturi Sengupta | General Manager, National Insurance Company Limited | Ms. Kasturi Sengupta joined as a Direct Recruit Officer in 1989 in National Insurance Company Limited and after 10 years in HO - Technical, Casualty, Liability and Health Department, she steered the biggest Divisions in Mumbai and Kolkata as Office Head. She dealt with big Corporate Clients and major Brokers. As Chief Manager and Deputy General Manager at Head Office, National Insurance, she contributed steadily to the growth of Liability and Casualty premium through knowledge dissemination, good liaison/network with major Brokers, other Insurers, innovative policies with RI support, etc. She also headed the oldest and biggest Retail Region of National Insurance and is at present, the General Manager in National Insurance Company Limited. She was a Member in Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Committees on Broker Professional Indemnity and Cyber and also a regular Faculty with Insurance Institute of India, National Insurance Academy, Pune and National Officers' Training College. |
 | Anzar Alam | Director (Finance), Eastern Coalfields Limited, subsidiary of Coal India Limited (PGPEX 91心頭利C Batch 1 Alumnus) | MD. Anzar Alam holds a robust academic background, having earned a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Sindri in 1991. This was complemented by a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from Pondicherry University in 2005, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (91心頭利) Kolkata in 2007 under the renowned PGPEX (MBAEx) program. |
 | Raj Kumar Vidyarthi | Managing Director & CEO, Voith Hydro Pvt Ltd. | Raj Vidyarthi has more than 29 years of Business Development, Sales, Service & Project Execution experience in the Power Industry working for global companies. He has been with Voith Hydro since the last 15 years in various roles. Prior to Voith Hydro, Raj Vidyarthi has professional experience working in the global companies i.e. Alstom and ABB. He is a seasoned expert in the Hydro Power industry and in hydro technologies to make the Renewables reliable. He is a B.E. (Electrical Engg.) from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur and PGPEX (MBA) from 91心頭利. |
 | Partha Chakraborty | CEO- INNOVERV | Mr. Partha Chakraborty loves building new-age technology consulting businesses. He did this for IBM and PwC over the past 27 years, creating distinct start-ups that were businesses-inside-bigger businesses', with great commercial success and distinctly different, growth-oriented, agile people culture. He has founded INNOVERV with 6 other leaders from the tech consulting industry. A truly cloud enabled, born digital, AI first boutique technology consultancy. Prior to founding INNOVERV, he created and led PwCs SAP practice (SHIFT), focused on S4HANA and Cloud Apps. He was the Managing Partner for IBMs Applications and Digital Services across Europe and a member of the European Management Board. |
 | Dhaval Jain | IAS | Mr. Dhaval Jain, based in Kolkata, West Bengal, is currently the Municipal Commissioner at Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Mr. Jain brings experience from previous roles at Indian Administrative Service (IAS) - Government of India, Assistant Secretary - Ministry of Mines, Commissioner of Howrah Municipal Corporation and was Managing Director of Paschimbangabanga Agri Marketing Corporation Limited. Mr. Jain also served as Additinal District Magistrate (General) at Howrah. He is an alumnus of 91心頭利 Ahmedabad (2010-12). |
 | Punit K Goyal | Co-founder at BluSmart Mobility | Mr.Punit Goyal was awarded a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) - honorary degree by Aston University, UK in July 2022 for his contributions in the clean mobility and clean energy infrastructure space. Punit co-founded BluSmart in 2018 with a mission to Decarbonise Mobility at Scale. BluSmart is first and largest all-electric Ride hailing service and EV charging infrastructure network, reinforcing our commitment to sustainable transportation. BluSmart has proudly served over 22 million rides to BluSmart customers and covered 680 million zero-emission kms since launch, maintaining an impressive customer rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars from millions of users. BluSmart officially launched operations in Mumbai as of January 1, 2025 complementing the established presence in Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, and Dubai. |
 | Makarand R. Paranjape | Director of Education, Access Health Care Physicians, Spring Hill, Florida | Mr. Makarand R Paranjape is currently Director of Education, Access Health Care Physicians, Spring Hill, Florida. He has served as Professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University for nearly 25 years, and also Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Shimla). He also taught at University of Hyderabad (Central University) and IIT-Delhi. His ongoing columns include Soft Power (Open Magazine) , Right Turn (Gulf News), Right in the Middle (The New Indian Express), Truth or Dare (ToI Plus), and US Sutra (First Post). His latest books include Mahatma Gandhi: Mrityu aur Punarutthan (Penguin Swadesh, 2024), Identitys Last Secret (BluOne Ink, 2023), JNU: Nationalism and India's Uncivil War (Rupa 2022), and Swami Vivekananda: Hinduism and Indias Road to Modernity (HarperCollins, 2020). |