Every legacy is built on the trust and quality and we at SCMHRD in our 26^th year of rise to prominence are continuing our journey as one the best business schools in the country. The Guest Lecture Team brings the corporate frontier to SCMHRD and provides the opportunity to the students to learn directly from the stalwarts of the industry. The valuable insights from the guest lectures complement the classroom learning and helps in making the student learn about practical implementation of classroom learning.

The Guest Lecture Team brings eminent personalities, industry experts and budding entrepreneurs for interactive sessions with students in order to make the students aware about the recent industry trends and practices.

2019 marked the launch of the maiden event of the Guest Lecture Team, named “Odyssey- Confluence of Thoughts”, event comprised of panel discussions among the industry experts. The theme of the event was Industry Academia Innovative Practices. The panel discussion revolved around two recent industry phenomenon “Industry 4.0: A Paradigm Shift” and “Gig Economy: An Opportunity or Challenge”. The event provided a platform to the students to raise questions and learn first hand from the decades of the experiences of the speakers.

Some of the eminent Guest Speakers are:

Mr.Rajat Mathur, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Mr. Siddhartha Rastogi, Managing Director, Ambit Capital, Mr. Diptarup Chakraborti, Vice President and Global Head of Marketing, Zycus Mr. Roy Joseph, VP HR, MRF, Mr. Deepak Gupta, Group Head of Human Resources, Karvy Group, Mr. Rohit Mogra, Head HR India Technology team and Pune Site, Deutsche Bank, Mr. Ravisankar, Head Commercials and Contracts, GMR, Mr. Navneeth Sulakhe, Head- Talent Management, Landmark Group, Ms. Sangeetha Balachandar, HR Director, Trimble, Mr. Vijay Navgire, Head of Talent Acquisition, Parkar Consulting and labs, Ms. Sweety Ahmad, Talent Attraction Leader, Pegasystems, Mr. Anjush Bhatia, VP and Senior Wealth Manager, Sanctum Wealth Management, Mr. Akshay Jain, Vice President, FinIQ Consulting Pvt Ltd, Mr. Shourya Chakravarty, CHRO, Aptech, Mr. Mahendra Kadam, Union Representative, Tata Motors, Mr. Vikas Upadhyay, Managing Director, Excellere Marketing, , Mr. Saurabh Prakash, Analytics Specialist, Bloomberg.

The Guest Lecture Team is dedicated to provide the required exposure to the students at SCMHRD, Pune and will continue to toil hard to bring esteemed personalities and industry experts to complement the learning of the students.

Guest Lectures (2016-17)

Guest Lectures (2015-16)

Name : Mr. Sanuj Krishnan

Date: 26th December 2015

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Designation: HR, Business Partner, Amazon

Topic of GL: HRBP – Applications & Challenges

Alumnus of : XLRI, Jamshedpur

Name : Mr. Rajdeepak Das Date: 10th March 2016 Designation: Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Topic of GL: Integrated Marketing Communication Alumnus of :MICA

Name : Mr. Rajeev Arya Date: 8th January, 2016 Designation:Vice President, IT Prog Manager, Barclays Topic of GL: Strategic Finance Alumnus of :IIM Kozhikode

Name : Mr. Devendra Kumar Pant Date: 29th January, 2016 Designation: Chief Economist and Senior Director (Head – Public Finance) at India Ratings & Research Topic of GL: The state of Indian Economy

Name : Mr. Mehul Khakhi Date: 15th October 2015 Designation: Project Director, Mott MacDonald pvt. ltd. Topic of GL: Smart Cities Alumnus of :IIM Kozhikode

Name : Mr. Kunal Bajaj Date: 22nd December 2015 Designation: Head Sales, South Asia, Bloomberg Topic of GL: How to Sell effectively Alumnus of : California State University, Fresno

Name : Mr. Abbas Ravat Date: 3rd October 2015 Designation: Head – Product Marketing, Automotive Unit, KPIT Cummins Topic of GL: How to improve Indian Infrastructure Alumnus of : S P Jain Institute of Management & Research

Name : Mr. Amol Maheshwari Date: 27th September 2015 Designation: Former National Sales Head, Bloomberg TV Topic of GL: Sales – Basics and Applications Alumnus of : SCMHRD, Pune

Name : Mr. Amol Maheshwari Date: 27th September 2015 Designation: Former National Sales Head, Bloomberg TV Topic of GL: Sales – Basics and Applications Alumnus of : SCMHRD, Pune

Name : Mr. Vratul Mittal Date: 01st August 2015 Designation: Senior Consultant- IBM Topic of GL: Insights into consulting domain Alumnus of : SCMHRD,Pune

Name : Mr. Gaurav Chattur Date: 30th July 2015 Designation: MD Asia Pacific at Catenon Worldwide Executive Search Topic of GL: Case based interview preparation Alumnus of : ISB, Hyderabad

Name : Mr. Gaurav Chattur Date: 21st July 2015 Designation: Marketing Manager – Infosys, Writer and Blogger Topic of GL: Marketing Manager – Infosys, Writer and Blogger Alumnus of : SCMHRD, Pune

Name : Aprameya Radhakrishna Date: 24th June 2015 Designation: Founder & Director of TaxiForSure.com Topic of GL: How TaxiForSure disrupted an old business. Insights on what made that disruption happen. Alumnus of : IIM, Ahmedabad

Name : Mr. Rajat Chawla Date: 31st January 2015 Designation: AVP,HR, Capegemini consulting Topic of GL: Strength based capability transformation in VUCA. Alumnus of : IIT, Mumbai

Name : Mr. Mehul Khakhi Date:21st January 2015 Designation: Project Director at Mott McDonald Topic of GL: Contracts Management and PPP Alumnus of : IIM, Ahmedabad

Name : Mr. Hirendra Badhiye Date:9th January 2015 Designation: Project Director at Mott McDonald Topic of GL: Contracts Management and PPP Alumnus of : IIM, Ahmedabad

Ashutosh Parida

Dhaval Kosambia

Harshwardhan Jadhav

Kalyani Radha

Kunal Gidwani

Manojkumar Ingle

Sagar Choudhary

Shubham Bhatt

Swapnil Sharma

Vellore Sasi Samhitha