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Mr. V. Vaidyanathan

1988-90

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

IDFC First Bank

Mr. V. Vaidyanathan is a distinguished alumnus of Department

of Management, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.

His breakthrough journey began with the ICICI Bank where he worked for around 10 years at top. In 2010, Vembu

Vaidyanathan left a top job at ICICI Bank, smitten with an idea that he could start a bank de-novo with ownership stakes.

So how would he get a bank license?

But most of all he risked a well-paying top job as an MD in the ICICI group. Not often do you come across someone who presses

this hard with his convictions. After much hard work of raising debt brick by brick, and shutting down subsidiaries, he built a

nascent proof of concept of a retail loan book of Rs 700 crore, pitched to investors. Call it serendipity or effort or both, Vaidyanathan won an equity backing of $159 million from

Warburg Pincus and completed a management buyout. And created a new brand entity — Capital First with a new business

model. From a market cap of Rs 780 crore at the time of the MBO.

To put oneself on the line and get this far puts Founder and Chairman, V Vaidyanathan on the elite list of BW Business

world’s Most Valuable CEOs. Says Vaidyanathan: “We achieved it entirely because of great leaders, hardworking and talented

people.”

In January 2018, eight years into his adventures, serendipity struck again, IDFC bank became available for a merger, and under the agreement, and Vaidyanathan would head the

combined entity. In effect he got the bank license he wanted. His journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants and especially for the Management students of BIT.

He and his journey are a crown jewel for the department and we are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Raj Vardhan

1989-91

Independent Director

Mcleod Russel India Ltd.

Visionary, driven, tenacious, entrepreneurial Regional Head spearheaded the building of a national organization from

scratch to over a billion-dollar revenue in multiple EMERGING markets (including 3 BRICS countries), in a multi-product,

procurement, processing & sales organization, spanning imports, exports & domestic sales lead businesses in Russia, China & Vietnam. These are some aspects for which Mr. Raj

Vardhan is known for.

He joined Department of Management, BIT Mesra in the year 1989 as a budding manager. He kicked off his career with

Citibank as Assistant Manager where he was responsible for credit administration & collections in the cards division. Also representing the Bank in specific legal cases.

After his stint at Citibank, he then went on to join Olam

International, a company which he was associated with various capacities for over a duration of 25 long years. He joined Olam as Branch Coordinator responsible for oversight of procurement

network for cashew, cocoa & sheanut in Western Nigeria. He climbed the ladder to become Business Development Manager

where he was responsible for an assist in the turnaround of multiple cashew processing factories in Kerala & Tamil Nadu state. He then became Senior General Manager responsible for

building Olam's businesses in Vietnam & consistent delivery of P & L., initiating new businesses & ensure sustainable

development of the origin.

He saw the summit when he was appointed as Sr. Vice President and Regional Head where he overtook Olam’s operations in Former Soviet Union (FSU) origins of Russia, Ukraine,

Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan & Belarus.

He is now serving Mcleod Russel India Ltd in his capacity as Independent Director.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Vivek Chaturvedi

1989-91

Regional Business Director

Solar India, Middle East and Africa, DSM

Visionary, driven, tenacious. These are some aspects for which Mr. Vivek Chaturvedi is known for.

He joined Department of Management, BIT Mesra in the year 1989 as a budding manager. He kicked off his career with

General Manager of Xerox as Integrated marketing expert.

After his stint as GM, he then went on to join MBI International Services Ltd. to head India Operations for nearly about 2 years.

After which he joined Moser Baer India Ltd where he served in

various capacities. His portfolio included, General Manager – International Sales & marketing, Vice President of International Sales & marketing, Senior Vice President – Business

Development, Head – Global Sales & Marketing and as Chief Marketing Officer.

He was also Co-Chairman of Solar Energy Task Force of

Federation of Indian Chamber of commerce and Industries (FICCI).

He is now with DSM, serving in the capacity of Regional Business Director of Solar India, Middle East and Africa.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Avaneesh Nirjar

1990-92

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Policybazaar.com

Avaneesh Nirjar started his career with ASM Delhi. After his stint at ASM Delhi he moved onto join AT&T India as its Sales and Operations Manager. After about serving AT&T for about

three years, he joined GE Capital International Services as Vice President.

He then moved onto Heroites as Chief Operating Officer. As COO he was responsible for all operations, business

development, client relationship management, Quality (Six Sigma), Human resources, Facilities Administration and

Infrastructure.

He then served Cendant ISO as Senior Vice President of Operations & Migrations.

He became Director of Operations at FirstEuropa Services Ltd. The company was Online Insurance Aggregation services across

9 countries namely, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Norway, Germany, SAR Hongkong, China and Portugal.

He embarked upon a new adventure in his career when he

founded policybazaar.com along with two others of his associates.

From last over a decade he is serving his company as its Chief Operating Officer.

His journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Pulkit Trivedi

1996-98

Director

Google Pay - India

Mr. Pulkit Trivedi is a distinguished alumnus of Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.

His journey began with the campus placement at HCL where he

worked for a while. After which he joined IBM as a Brand & Product Manager where he worked for 4 years. He then joined

Microsoft Corporation as the Product Manager Infrastructure Solutions.

In 2005, he gained the position of Business Development and Partnership Lead – OEM Biz, South Asia at Intel Corporation.

Later, he joined Google as the Head of Industry – Technology Vertical and advanced to become the Industry Leader – E-

Commerce & Retail, India.

He briefly joined Facebook as a Director and is currently appointed as the Director at Google Pay, India.

In 2015, Business Today featured him in the ’40 Young Business Leaders Under 40’ in India. He launched several

Industry Reports including “E-tailing in India: 2020” with AT Kearney in 2016 and Fashion E-Commerce in India 2020 with

BCG in 2017.

He is the Co-Chair of the E-Commerce Committee at the PHD Chamber of Commerce, India and speaker at multiple Industry Forums.

He is currently with Google leading Google Pay in India.

His journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants

and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankaj-sinha-a3a21120/

Mr. Pankaj Sinha

1996-98

Managing Director, Sri Lanka & Maldives

The Coca-Cola Company

Pankaj Sinha is the Managing Director for The Coca-Cola Company for Sri Lanka and Maldives.

His key responsibility in this role is to bring moments of happiness for the people who live or visit the two Indian Ocean

islands. He has leadership experience across Asia Pacific with The Coca-Cola Company & ExxonMobil Corporation. He is a member of the Industry Advisory Board of Nottingham

University Business School, Kuala Lumpur campus.

In his last role, Pankaj Sinha was Director Operations & Commercial for International Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (Bangladesh subsidiary owned by The Coca-Cola Company). With a strong

combination of Strategic and Tactical skills, Pankaj Sinha is a specialist in developing centers of Business Excellence, Commercial and Market Execution Strategy. He is known to be

a change manager par excellence, adept at handling the VUCA environment.

Prior to this Pankaj Sinha lead the Commercial / Operations functions for Coke in Rajasthan, India as Associate VP and

Head of Operations. Previously, Pankaj Sinha headed the Commercial function for one of the largest Zones for Coca-Cola

in India. The Zonal Heads of Key Accounts, Channel Marketing, Sales Capability, Cold Drink Equipment, Tele Sales and Business Analytics had a line reporting to Pankaj's position.

Further in the past Pankaj was heading the Market Execution and Capability Development function for Coke in Malaysia.

His journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants

and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Sharma

1997-99

Vice President & Chief Communication Officer

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Learning the basics of life at Bishop Westcott Boys’ School, Mr. Kamlesh K. Sharma moved ahead to complete B.Sc. Zoology

Honours. from Hansraj College.

He continued his studies and earned his post-graduate degree for Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing

Management from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

He started his career at Y&R Agency and worked his way to become the Account Supervisor for large brands like Bharti Airtel Ltd., Suzuki India and Amway.

After completing five years in the agency he moved on to

successfully handle leadership roles in corporate set-up. In 2004, he joined Bharti Airtel Ltd., where he worked as the

Manager - External Communications.

Then began his Coca-Cola journey as he joined Coca-Cola India & South West Asia as a Manager – Issues Management and Crisis Response, India, soon advancing to the position of Senior

Manager of the company. He later served as the General Manager – Marketing Communications, Coca-Cola India and

Director – Communications & Alliances before joining Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, where he is currently serving as the VP & Chief Communications Officer.

His journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Pritam Pritu

1997-99

Global IP CoC Leader

IBM Japan

Two decades experience in driving Business & IT transformations that span multiple industries, domains and

technology platforms covering the full span of value chain is what Pritam Pritu is known for. Digital Reinvention, Business

& IT Transformation, Metals SME he is defined of.

He started his journey with Tata Steel where he was Manager, IT.

After Tata Steel, he joined IBM as Senior Advisory Consultant. After his stint at IBM he moved on to Accenture where he served

in various capacity.

He came back to IBM in the year 2017 to serve in the capacity of Industry Consultant and Business Development Executive at

Japan.

Currently he is serving as Global IP CoC Leader at IBM, Japan.

His journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Ms. Mridula Sekhar

1999-01

Chief Marketing Officer

Tata AIA Life Insurance

A rich experience of 17 years in the Insurance (Tata AIA) and Steel business (Tata Steel) of the Tata Group, in India. Have

driven Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Product & Service Innovation across the B2C and B2B business

backgrounds. These are few skills, Ms. Shekhar is known for She worked with and led cross-functional teams from sister

businesses in SE Asia, South Africa, UK during stints with both Tata AIA and Tata Steel. Mridula Shekhar has a proven track

record of working in unexplored areas and in developing new business models with a passion for doing and creating “goodness” for all stakeholders.

Have always believed and practiced the "golden rule" of doing good for Customers and they in turn will bring good to the

business. Mridula Shekhar is an empathetic and a self-motivated individual and passionate about contributing with

efforts towards the upliftment of our society.

Her journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Ms. Jayita Sarkar

2004-06

Senior HR Business Partner

PayPal, San Francisco Bay Area

She started her career with Bakers Hughes as HR Business

Partner. After her stint at Bakers Hughes, she moved on to RigNet at Global HR Business partner.

She was Human Resource Director at Seabury Consulting (Now part of Accenture) for about 4 years.

She got a breakthrough when she was appointed as Director, HR Business Partner – Technology and products at American Express Global Business Travel.

She is now currently with PayPal as Senior HR Business Partner

– Technology & Products.

Her journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants

and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Ms. Madhumita Pathak

2006-08

Associate Director - Loyalty & Payments

Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)

She started her career with Tata AIG as Sales Manager. After her stay st Tata AIG she moved on to Loyalty Rewardz

Management Pvt. Ltd. As Manager,

She held key positions at Kingfisher Airlines where she managed partnerships and Tie ups.

A breakthrough came in her career when she joined Freecharge

as Senior Manager – Strategic Partnerships and Rewards.

She was appointed as Senior Manager – Business Development at Ola.

She is currently serving as Associate Director - Loyalty &

payments at Ola.

Her journey is extremely inspirational for all the MBA aspirants and especially for the Management students of BIT.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. S. Shadab Hassan

2006-08

Director

H. H. High School, Brambe

Visionary, Acclaimed Social Entrepreneur are some qualities that adore Shadab Hassan.

He established a school for under privileged children at his home village. He has contributed towards upliftment of society and his efforts are widely recognized.

Several awards adore him. To name a few Malaysian Mastery

Award – 2019, Digital Trailblazer (Education), Rashtriya Swayamsiddh Samman, Karmaveer Chakra by REX & UN.

He is also a TEDx speaker and taken his initiatives to many

fronts.

His school was among the 5 schools in India, nominated by UNESCO for MGIEP DICE Program.

His journey is extremely inspirational.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.

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Mr. Mukesh Katotra

2011-13

Director Finance and Strategy

Wendy's India and Jamie Oliver Group India

Mukesh Katotra is a management professional with 10+ years of diversified experience across sectors like automobile, steel,

education & retail/ food and beverage in Corporate Strategy & Finance ranging from Financial Planning and Analysis, Operations, Budgeting, M&A, Fund raising, Full P&L

Management, Cash Management, Investor relations etc.

He is the Winner of 'Young CFO of the year 2019' by ET Now and 'Business World Most Promising Future CFO Award 2017' awarded by Business World Magazine in collaboration with Yes

Bank and Bombay Stock Exchange.

He started his career with Educomp as Assistant Manager where he was responsible for directly reporting to Head-Business Strategy, Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial

Modelling, Budgeting and Forecasting.

He then moved on to Amtek Auto ltd where he assisted the Managing Director directly into Investor Relations, Capital

Market decisions, Fund raising initiatives and various operational and financial strategies.

He then moved on to Wendy’s India and Jamie Oliver Group India where he served in various capacities.

Currently he is Director of Finance and Strategy at Wendy's India and Jamie Oliver Group India.

His journey is extremely inspirational.

We are extremely proud to be his alma mater.