Academic Council

Sanjeev Bikchandani

CEO, InfoEdge India Ltd. (Naukri.com, Jeevasaathi.com, 99acres.com etc)

An alumnus of IIM (Ahmedabad) and BA Economics from St.Stephens College, Sanjeev needs no introduction. A pioneering entrepreneur, he was Product Executive HMM and Account Executive, Lintas before starting Naukri.com. Info Edge is one of the leading internet companies today.

Samir Kapur

Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Fullerton India

An executive doctorate in Business Management. An engineer with an MBA in Finance and Marketing with advance diplomas in corporate strategy and finance from IIM (A) and IIM (C) respectively. Samir Kapur has more than 14 years of experience in Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning.

Prior to this, Samir was head, Corporate Communications in ESPN Star Sports, India. He has also worked in leading agencies across the country such as Perfect Relations, Vaishnavi Corporate Communications and O&M.

He is currently also, on the board for Invest Shoppe’ – a financial planning company affiliated to HB Group.

Sujit Sanyal

Director, Imagine

Previously worked with Clarion and Tara Sinha Associates. Sujit has been General Secretary, Advertising Club from 1987- 1991. He was also the Guest Editor – Calcutta Skyline and had a signature column – Economic Times – Kolkata.

Naresh Gupta

Associate Professor, Ramjas College, Delhi University

Previously, Reader, Delhi University. A P.H.D. and a Masters in Commerce and Philosophy, Delhi University. Prof. Naresh Gupta has many books to his credit including Lease Financing in India, Concept and Practice & Principles and Practice of Auditing. Prof. Gupta has extensively taught undergraduate and post graduate students and is a research guide for PHD and M. Phil students as well.

Rajiv Tewari

Founder, True Wealth Creators & Consulting Editor, New Media Communication

An MBA from University of Lucknow, Rajiv was previously Director, Aspirations India and Executive Publisher, Strategic Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. He has also acted as Channel Head and VP, ZEE News at ZEE Telefilms.

Prof. Ramola Kumar

Dean, The Delhi School of Communication

An MBA from Ottawa University, Prof. Kumar was educated in USA, Canada and India. She has been in the field of education for more than 2 decades and has worked with the Institute of Management Technology and The Times School of Marketing.

The desire to pen her experiences and thoughts on this journey has also let Prof. Kumar to author three books of poetry namely ‘In the Light and Shade of stairs; Small Circles and ‘Dawaat Aur Dawaa.’

Rupanjali Lahiri

Associate Director, The Delhi School of Communication

A Masters in Marketing Communications – University of Westminster, London and Alumnus St. Stephens’ College, BA History, Rupanjali has worked with Hindustan Times and WorldOne Research (London). Besides a keen interest in education, she is driven by social work and also enjoys dancing, singing and writing.

Ashok Mehta

CEO, TV Ad Indx

Ashok Mehta, commenced his career as an advertising professional at Trikaya Mumbai (later Grey Worldwide). He later moved to Contract Advertising (JWT’s Indian subsidiary) and worked in it’s Account Planning department. There he worked with some of the finest creative teams that India produced. Faced with the lack of competitive marketing information, in January 1993 he established The Agency Source and pioneered the creative monitoring industry under the TV Ad Indx brand. When not inventing new systems and softwares this CEO can be found riding his bike where clients fear to go.