CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Faculty

Prof. Faizan Mustafa LL.M., Ph.D.

Prof. (Dr) Faizan Mustafa who holds Ph.D. in the area of Intellectual Property is the Vice-Chancellor of the University. He was the founder Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Orissa. He has also served as Dean, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University and Registrar of Aligarh Muslim University. He is the founder Director of KIIT Law School. He is the Advisor to National Law School & Judicial Academy, Assam. He is known for his institution building abilities and democratic leadership. He is also visiting faculty to several reputed institutions in India and abroad. He has written six books and published more than hundred papers.

Prof. Jahar Saha Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad

Prof. Jahar Saha was the Director, IIM Ahmedabad and served for more than 35 years. In 1975, Prof. Saha started teaching the Production and Quantitative Methods Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (lIMA). During his tenure at the institute, he held the position of Director between 1998 and 2002. He had also taught at Lake Erie College, USA and had been Visiting Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Prof. Saha has been a Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Indore; Institute of Rural Management, Anand; President's Nominee for Management Schools in Delhi University, University of Hyderabad and IIT, Bombay; Member, Advisory Committee, American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi; Member, Programmes Committee, All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi; Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior.

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Prof. Laxmi Narain M.com., LL.B. (DU), Ph.D. (London School of Economics)

Prof. Laxmi Narain is M.Com, LL.B. (Delhi University), Ph.D. (London School of Economics). He retired as Professor and Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is the founding Head, Department of Business Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He was Fulbright Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Business, 1980. He got several awards: A.P. State Government‟s „Meritorious Award for University Teachers‟ (1979-80); appointed „National Lecturer‟ by the U.G.C., New Delhi (1984-85) in the area of Business Management; distinguished Alumni Award from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, at its Diamond Jubilee in 1986; and awarded Emeritus Fellowship by the U.G.C.in 1990-93. He has published 10 books and more than 50 research papers in leading management journals. His areas of interest are Corporate Management, Public Enterprise Management.

Shri Suresh Kumar P PGDM /MBA – IIM (Kolkata)

Shri Suresh Kumar P is an Engineer in Computer Sciences and a Post Graduate in Management (PGDM) from IIM, Kolkata with majors in Marketing, Systems, Operations and Business Ethics. He has a rich experience in Sales & Marketing with reputed organizations like Old Mutual - Kotak Mahindra, ICICI, Reliance (ADAG) and other companies in the Insurance, ITES and Service Sector. After a long stint with multinational companies in Financial Services & Insurance, he has started his entrepreneurial ventures - Spearhead Wealth & Risk Advisory Pvt. Ltd. The core operations of the company are into Wealth Management, Insurance, Claims Consultancy and Employee Benefits.

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Shri N. Ganapathy M.B.A. (P.E.), LL.B.

Shri N. Ganapathy joined State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer in 1967. He obtained Diploma in Bank Lending from New York Institute of Credit, New York and an M.B.A. (Public Enterprises) from the Institute of Public Enterprises, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He was the Head of Performance Systems, Department and Management Information Systems at the State Bank‟s Corporate Center, Mumbai. At State Bank of India, he was responsible for the Business Forecasting, Budgetary Planning, Performance Review, Profit Management, Capital Adequacy Review, Issue of Capital and Debt and Rating of the Bank by Moody.

Prof. (Dr.) P R K Murti M.B.A., M.Tech., Ph.D., LL.M., Ph.D (Law)

Prof. (Dr) P.R.K. Murti is a technocrat M.B.A having specialized in E-Commerce, IT applications in Management, Financial Management, Business Analytics and Business Intelligence. Prof. Murti did his M.Tech (1968) and Ph.D (1973) from IIT, Kharagpur. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow with the Catholique Universite de Louvain (1974-76) in Belgium and a Alexander van Humboldt Senior Fellow at the Ruhr University of Bochum (1976-78), Germany. Prof. Murti was invited as a Visiting Academic to the Bournemouth University in 2007.

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Prof. Venugopal Rajamanuri

MBA, CAIIB, FIII, AIII, ALP (IIM-Ahmedabad)

Prof. Venugopal did his MBA (Finance) from Nagpur University, C.A.I.I.B. (Associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance), F.I.I.I. (Fellow of Insurance Institute of India – from Life branch) A.I.I.I. (Associate in Non-Life Branch from I.I.I.). He also did Accelerated Leadership Programme (ALP) from IIM-Ahmedabad. Prof. Venugopal is a qualified professional and an academician in Financial Services possessing more than 30 years‟ of experience.

Dr. P V S Jagan Mohan Rao M.A., M Com., LL.B, FCS, FCMA, Ph.D

Dr. Rao is Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary, Ind–Barath Power Infra Ltd, Hyderabad. He is the Central Council Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He was National President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He obtained his Ph.D on Capital Markets from the School of Management Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Hyderabad. He has experience of more than three decades in Finance, Secretarial, Legal and General Management. He was Member of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards, Government of India (2001-2002).

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Mr. Pawan Kumar Jain M.A. (Economics), M.B.A. (Finance), LL.B.

Mr. P.K. Jain has 35 years functional experience in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Training & Development, Change Management Organizational Development Interventions with inspiring leadership skills and professional ethics and with proven record in National and International Projects of renowned organizations. He worked with Aditya Birla Group from 1991 to 2011 as Joint Executive President (HR) and A CERTIFIED ABG COACH. Mr. Jain designed and conducted more than 100 training programmes for the employees of Aditya Birla Group and also designed and conducted 40 programmes outside Aditya Birla Group in all areas of management including HR, IR and Administration Strategies.

Ms. Sailaja Jonnalagadda M.B.A., CWA

Ms. Sailaja Jonnalagadda is a graduate in Commerce from Osmania University and a Cost and Works Accountant from ICWAI. She is also a Postgraduate in Management from Jawaharlal Technological University in Finance. She has total experience of 20 years which include seven years‟ experience in the software industry with various Multinational Companies.

Dr. Rajukumar Pillay

MBA, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

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Dr. Rajkumar Pillay is a MBA and Ph.D from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. He has more than a decade‟s teaching experience in the field of Statistics for Managers, Quantitative Methods, Research Methodology and Financial Mathematics. He has also worked as consultant with Crux Management Solutions in the area of statistical analysis using SPSS software.

Shri K.P.C.RAO

FCS, FCMA, FIPA (Australia), IMA (USA)

Shri. KPC RAO is a Fellow member (FCS) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), a Fellow member (FCMA) of the Institute of Costs Accountants of India (ICAI), Fellow Member (FIPA) of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia. He is also a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), USA.

Dr. A V Narsimha Rao PGDBM, M.A., LLM, Ph.D, CAIIB

Dr Rao was Associate Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, (Deemed-to-be-University). He has published more than 50 articles in various journals in India and abroad. He was invited by the Association of American Law Schools to participate in their Annual Meet in the year 2010 held at New Orleans (Louisiana), USA.

Shri Abhiramula Moksha Kalyanram LL.B., CFP, ICWAI

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Shri Kalyan Ram is a Certified Financial Planner from FPSB India, ICWAI, Bachelor of Law from Osmania University, NSE Certified Market Professional (Level 4), NCFM certifications in – AMFI, NSDL, Option Trading Strategies, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Commodities Markets, Derivatives, Securities Market and Capital Markets. He has 15 years of industry experience as Consulting Research Analyst in Global Stock Investment markets. He has rich experience in the evaluation of industrial standards in Financial Markets.

Mr. Suryaprakash Misra Assistant Professor

M.S. (Applied Economics), Clemson University U.S.A.

Mr. Suryaprakash Misra obtained his M.A. (Economics) from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He went to Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, for further studies and received his M.S. (Applied Economics and Experimental Statistics) from the Clemson University. As a GTA at Clemson, he taught Principles of Economics and Experimental Statistics to undergraduate students for two and a half years. His areas of interest are Microeconomic Theory and Game Theory.

Prof. Amita Dhanda Prof. Amita Dhanda teaches Justice Theories, Administrative Law, Law and Poverty, Law and Literature and Judicial Process. Dr. Dhanda joined NALSAR after a fifteen year stint as the Research Faculty of the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. She has written extensively on the legal position of persons with mental disability. The Government of India and the Supreme Court of India have utilised her services to suggest far reaching legal and policy reform in the field of disability rights.

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Prof. K.V.S Sarma

Prof. K.V.S Sarma is the Head, Centre for Corporate Governance and Centre for Disaster Management at NALSAR. He is an expert in Business and Corporate Laws. He is also Incharge of a) LL.M (Corporate Law & Commercial law) b) Masters in Business Laws and Administration c) Masters in Financial Services and Capital Markets. d) Graduate Diploma in Law of Contract Administration and Real Estate Management. He has authored two books and five monographs.

Prof.M.Sridhar Acharyulu

Prof. Madabhushi Sridhar (Acharyulu), author of 26 books on Law &

Journalism both in English and Telugu, is a professor at NALSAR University.

He also leads the NALSAR Center for Media Law and Policy. Dr. Sridhar

teaches Insurance Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Intellectual

Property Rights.

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Prof.V.C.Vivekanandan

Prof. Vivekanandan received his PhD from National Law School of India

Bangalore in the field of IPR and holds a M.L. Degree in Corporate Law &

Securities from Nagarjuna University. He also holds M.A. and M.Phil degrees

in Public Administration from Madras University. During 1992-1998 he served

as the Bureau head of Dalal Street Journal and later as Editor and Publisher

with Inde Global Communications. Prof.Vivekanandan specializes in IPR,

Cyber Laws and Business Laws and is the Ministry of Human Resources

Development (MHRD) IP Chair Professor. He is an Adjunct Visiting Professor

with the Business School of University of Buffalo, New York since 2007.

Prof.Vijender Kumar

Prof. Vijender Kumar heads the Centre for Family Law and teaches Family

Law and Family Businesses. His books titled “Hindu Law of Adoption 2004”

and “Law Relating to Domestic Violence 2007” have been very well received.

He has also published more than 30 research articles on Hindu Law in

reputed law journals. Prof. Kumar has been awarded „Academic Staff

Commonwealth Fellowship 2009-2010 and he has been „Visiting Professor‟ at

Kings College London, UK during 2009-10. He is visiting faculty at National

Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur.

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Prof.V.Balakista Reddy

Prof. V.Balakista Reddy is the Co-ordinator for M.K Nayambar SAARC Law Center and Head, Center for Air and Space Law and Course Co-ordinator LL.M. International Trade & Business Laws (ITBL), NALSAR University. He teaches International Trade Law, International Business Laws and International Insurance Law. Dr. Reddy obtained his LL.M in International Law from Osmania University and M. Phil. and Ph.D. in International Air and Space Law from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Dr.K.Vidyullatha Reddy

Dr. Reddy specializes in Environmental Law. Her doctoral work is on

Enforcement of Environmental Legislation in Waste Management. She

teaches Environmental Law, Banking & Finance and Consumer Law. She has

been actively engaged in various research projects which include Solid Waste

Management for Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Women‟s

Coparcenary Property Rights for the National Commission for Women.

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Dr.Aruna B. Venkat

Dr. Aruna B. Venkat‟s field of specialization is Environmental Law which she

has been teaching for several years. She has done her doctoral research in

the same area, focusing on “Environmental Protection through Judicial

Process: Indian Perspective” and obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Delhi

University.

Dr.N.Vasanthi

Dr. N.Vasanthi has been working at NALSAR University for the past 13 years.

She teaches Labor Law and has conducted a domestic violence clinic. As part

of the Criminal Justice project she coordinated eight workshops on human

rights education for persons with disabilities covering several districts in the

State of Andhra Pradesh.

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Dr.T.Raghavendra Rao

Dr. Raghavendra Rao specializes in Family Law, HR Law and Environmental

Law. He took his M.L (University First and Gold Medalist) and Ph.D in

Environmental Law from Andhra University. He has more than 11 years of

teaching and research experience. Dr. Rao teaches Family Law,

Environmental Law, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law and

Refugee Laws. Before joining NALSAR, Dr. Rao worked as Faculty at NUJS,

Kolkata and M.S. University of Baroda.

Dr.K.V.K.Santhy

Dr. K.V.K. Santhy teaches Corporate Crimes and Criminal Law. She completed her LL.M. from Osmania University specializing in criminal law and did her doctoral thesis at Osmania University on Penal Reforms in India.

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Dr.G.Mallikarjun

Dr. Gade Mallikarjun did his LL.M with specialisation in Labour Laws from

Kakatiya University with first rank and secured two gold medals. He was

awarded Ph.D. in 2008 from the same University on the "Contribution of

International Labour Organisation to the Development of Human Rights".

Ms.Neha Pathakji

Ms. Neha Pathakji teaches Tax Laws. She has done her LL.M. from the

Maharaja Sajayjrao University of Baroda. She stood 2nd in University of

Baroda. Her areas of interest include Taxation, Insurance and Constitution.

Mr.Sourabh Bharti

Mr. Sourabh Bharti teaches Intellectual Property Laws and Jurisprudence. He did his LL.B. from Delhi University. He completed his LL.M. from NALSAR University and specialise in Intellectual Property Laws. Besides Intellectual Property Laws, his areas of interest include Constitutional Law and International Law.

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Mr. Rajesh Kapoor

Mr. Rajesh Kapoor completed his B.S.L. LL.B. degree from Symbiosis Law College University of Pune. He obtained his LL.M. from King‟s College, University of London, specializing in International Commercial Laws with focus on International Arbitration. He wrote his dissertation in the field of International Commercial Arbitration under the supervision of Professor Martin Hunter, an internationally acclaimed scholar of International Arbitration.