Professors of Practice
Mr. Sumit Kumar
Sumit has a full time MBA from prestigious S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, M.S (U.S.A) and a B.E. from the highly recognized MNNIT Allahabad. Sumit is the head of CIB Finance [Markets, Banking and Services] for Standard Chartered Bank’s $12bn Corporate & Investment Banking business with an excellent fin-tech background and 21+ years of experience including engagements in strategy, creating and implementing AI powered solutions to solve complex business problems, building and fostering relationships with key senior stakeholders across IT and various functions.
Results-driven and innovative Transformation Leader with global experience and proven track record of managing large regulatory and strategic programs involving process, data, technology and operating model improvements. Seasoned CIB Chief Operating Officer specialized in defining effective business metrics, governance, cost discipline, risk & controls and talent development strategies. Experienced team manager skilled in building and mentoring diverse teams across geographies.
Specialization: Transformation via AI implementation, Process Optimization, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Project and Program management, Regulatory Programs, Change Management, Business Management, Risk & Control, Target Operating Model, Location Strategy, Financial Systems & Capabilities
Mr. Abir Biswas
Abir is an IT cum Telecom Portfolio and Account Service Delivery Executive with 23+ years of experience in each of the six critical areas within the realm of System Integration & Application Management Services – Project, Program & Portfolio Management, Transformation Management, Pre-Sales Bid Solutions Management, Operations Management, Domain & Competence Management and People Management. He has played a spectrum of leadership, specialist and organization roles while executing Transformation, Engineering, Development, Maintenance, Cloud & Digital Transformation engagements for global customers.
Abir holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University Kolkata and a Master’s in Reliability Engineering from Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata followed by a MBA from SCDL Pune. On a personal front, Abir likes to read, travel, and actively participates in social volunteering endeavors.
Dr. Rupesh Khare
Dr. Rupesh Khare is an accomplished global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Data Science. He commands more than 25 years of experience in this industry. This positions him in an elite group of global analytics leaders who has contributed to three generations of the industry. His experience spans in multiple domains such as Banking, Non-Life Insurance, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Retail and Ecommerce. He has successfully led projects from various horizontals such as Manufacturing and Supply Chain Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Customer Analytics, Risk and Fraud Analytics, Financial Analytics and HR Analytics
In his long successful career, he has been instrumental in building multiple new AI practices and scaling up existing ones. In the process, he effectively strategized and implemented the visions of world class AI practices. During his successful career trajectory, various organizations and institutions have been consistently recognizing him for his exemplary impacts to digital transformation The trend continued when Analytics India Magazine recognized him among the top 50 AI leaders at The MachineCon – India’s Biggest Exclusive Gathering of Analytics & AI Leaders.
A passionate mentor, Rupesh strongly believes in nurturing talent through mentoring and investing in them. He is a visiting faculty of multiple leading technical and management schools where he interacts with young talent and guides them on their career and industry best practices. Rupesh has also been part of the Board of Academic councils of prestigious institutes. Throughout his career, he has published and presented many technical papers in leading journals, national and international conferences.
As the foundation of his excellent work experience, Rupesh has a unique and rare blend of education in Strategy, Leadership, Management, Finance and Engineering from the world’s one of the best schools like London Business School (LBS), London and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.
Indrajit Sanyal
Indrajit Sanyal is an ICT industry leader, heads Global Service Delivery for Network Management at Ericsson. With extensive experience, track record of innovation and transforming networks through virtualization and cloud technologies. Previously, Indrajit spearheaded Global Service Delivery for Cloud and NFVI, playing a pivotal role in Ericsson’s 5G program by ensuring service readiness in competence, automation, and assets.
