Advisory Council
The School Advisory Council serves as a Strategic Advisory Body for the School of Business and helps the Dean and Faculty align the school's Academic, Research and Industry engagement activities with global trends and stakeholder expectations.
Rajashekar Kuppuswamy Mitta
Rajashekar Kuppuswamy Mitta
- Alumnus – IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad & Stanford University
- 4+ decades in global consulting at Arthur D. Little and Booz Allen & Hamilton; early career at Unilever and Mars Inc.
- Chief Investment Officer at a Singapore-based investment firm. International Board Member of YPO, former Vice Chairman at L Catterton Asia (LVMH-sponsored PE fund)
Rajeev Srinivasan
Rajeev Srinivasan
- MBA from Stanford University, M.S. in Computer Science from Syracuse University and B.Tech from IIT Madras
- Innovation strategist and technology leader with 40+ years of experience across academia, venture capital, public policy and global technology companies
- Contributed to India's National IPR Policy, led pioneering startup incubators and held leadership roles at Sun Microsystems, Siemens and AT&T Bell Labs
Srinivas Rao Mahankali (MSR)
Srinivas Rao Mahankali (MSR)
- Alumnus – IIM Bangalore
- Former CEO – T-Hub, one of the world’s largest startup innovation ecosystems
- Co-Founder & CEO of a leading cybersecurity company (acquired by NSEIT); nearly 4 decades across IT services and innovation ecosystems
Deenanath Harapanahalli
Deenanath Harapanahalli
- Alumnus – Carnegie Mellon University, IISc
- Former Country Head – Invesco India; former Chair of NASSCOM GIC Forum
- Serial founder across startup studios, enterprise FACT-Ops platforms and India’s leading cycling and wellness platform
Padma Kiran Rao
Padma Kiran Rao
- Alumnus – XLRI Jamshedpur; IICA-certified Independent Director and Executive Coach
- Senior Director & Head – HR Global Operations and R&D Centres at Kantar (across 6 countries)
- 35+ years of global HR leadership, including senior roles at Société Générale, Deloitte, and Cognizant
Suresh Ramani
Suresh Ramani
Member Convenor
- Alumnus – IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore
- President – Sricity Education Foundation; former Chief Commercial Officer at DP World
- 3+ decades across supply chain, logistics and consulting with senior roles at TVS Supply Chain, TCS and Whirlpool
M.K. Badrinarayanan
M.K. Badrinarayanan
- Associate Dean – School of Business at Sricity International University
- Ph.D in Competitiveness of MSME Clusters and MBA in Finance & Systems; University Rank Holder and three-time Gold Medalist
- Academic leader with over 20 years of experience in higher education, institutional leadership and industry-academia collaboration
- Expert in academic strategy, accreditation, research and entrepreneurship
- 22 Scopus-indexed publications and six Ph.D scholars guided