Masters of Masters’ Union | A Quick Look at Masters Teaching in Term 4
Hogwarts was a practitioner-led school where veteran witches and wizards taught magic. Be it the experimental classes on Potions taught by Severus Snape or experiential lectures on Defence Against the Dark Arts by Remus Lupin, the young wizardry students learned by doing.
And that’s exactly what Masters’ Union stands by.
Names like Satish Krishnan (Former MD — Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank), Rajat Mathur (MD, Morgan Stanley), Naveen Munjal (Managing Director, Hero Electric Vehicles), Capt. Raghu Raman (Former President, Reliance Industries Limited) and many more veterans teach experiential courses at Masters’ Union.
Here’s a glance at the Professors-in-Residence who’re teaching core tech and business management skills to our Cohort 2 in Term 4:
Thomas Kuruvilla
Managing Partner, Arthur D. Little Middle East
Teaching | Business Strategy for Managers
Since 1998, Thomas Kuruvilla has been working with Arthur D. Little, an international management consulting firm headquartered in Boston. He is now a member of its global board and is responsible for its operations in the Middle East. He is also the Head of the Strategy and Organization practice in South Asia and the Middle East. Thomas has led multiple sector transformational engagements covering economic development and digital transformation across industries like transport, telecoms, health care, real estate and smart city projects. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kerala University and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School, Australia/Asian Institute of Management, Philippines.
Abhishek Srivastava
Former Head — Enterprise Strategy and Business Planning, Apple
Teaching | Communication Fitment in Industry & Job Role
Abhishek Srivastava has 14+ years of global experience across the USA, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East in industries like telecom, oil and gas, metals and mining and consumer goods, among others. He is a seasoned strategy and sustainability professional and has formerly worked with Apple India, Accenture and Schneider Electric. Owing to his passion for mentoring young professionals, Abhishek became the Co-Founder and CEO of MBAtrek in 2018. As a part of the company’s growth story, he has interacted with 15,000+ students and visited 75+ campuses. A business graduate from the Indian School of Business, Abhishek also holds a Masters in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Tech, USA.
Atul Mehta
Senior Vice President of Sales, Razorpay
Teaching | Tech in Finance
Atul Mehta is an IIM Ahmedabad graduate with over 15 years of hands-on global experience in various sectors, including FinTech, Alliances, Enterprise Sales, Channel Sales, Analytics-Driven Strategy and Business Intelligence. Having worked at PwC, KPMG and MobiKwik, he brings his vast exposure across Digital Payments, Travel, Telecom, FMCG and Government domains to the table.
Dipayan Sarkar
Former Sr. Data Scientist, Maersk Group
Teaching | Python Bootcamp
Dipayan comes with 20+ years of industry experience and has served Fortune 10 companies across many countries before he founded Algoritmo Lab, based out of Pune and Singapore. His company works in the data science space with business organizations and educational institutions. He has won international challenges on predictive modelling and has authored books on Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Dipayan also conducts Data Science/ML/AI workshops in various countries. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in artificial intelligence as he strongly believes that learning and finding new facts is a never-ending process.
Pavan Lalwani
Corporate Trainer — BNP, HSBC, IBM, Morgan Stanley
Teaching | Mastering Data Visualisation
Pavan Lalwani is a corporate trainer, consultant and instructor with over 12 years of experience in the training industry. He specializes in data cleaning and data visualization, automation being his key focus area. Having trained 180+ clients in Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Marketing HR domains and 10,000+ participants on technologies like Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft, IBM and HP Software, he comes with a wide range of real-time experiences. Today, Pavan has over 11,000 videos on various platforms like YouTube, Udemy, Packt and Simplilearn, among others.
Siddhartha Rastogi
Managing Director, Ambit Investment Advisors
Teaching | Raising Money, Changing Destiny (Asset Management)
With over two decades of experience in financial markets, Siddhartha works with a full-service investment bank. He was one of the co-founding members of IIFL Wealth, before which he was the Branch Head of HSBC — Peddar Road Mumbai, the largest wealth branch in the country. Siddhartha has also worked with Citibank and UTI Bank in wealth management and merchant banking roles. He has authored the book: 8 Minute Decision, which is a guide to effective decision making. Siddhartha is an Honors Graduate in Commerce from Delhi University, Company Secretary (Intermediate) and Post Graduate in Finance and Strategy from Narsee Monjee Management Institute, Mumbai.
Shubhranil Kundu
Former Research Associate at Microsoft, Mercedes Benz
Teaching | Web Development and Portfolio Building
Shubhranil is an accomplished IT training, research and development professional with expertise in the field of machine vision, the internet of things, embedded system and robotics. He has trained 10,000+ students and faculties at several marquee institutes like IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, Masters’ Union and NIT Agartala, among others. Prior to being a trainer, Shubhranil has worked as a research associate at Microsoft and Mercedes Benz.
Tridib Ghosh
Former Partner & Sr. Creative Director, BBDO
Teaching | UI with Figma and Adobe XD
With over 25 years of experience, Tridib Ghosh is a thought leader in the design, branding and Marcom space. As a creative strategist and UXD expert, he has consulted renowned brands like Mercedes-Benz, Procter & Gamble, Disney, Warner Bros., Qualcomm, Sony Entertainment, L&T and LIC across various domains. Presently, he is the Founder and CEO of Chlorosynth — a branding, Marcom and UX/UI company.
Dr. Bhupesh Manoharan
Master-in-Residence, Masters’ Union
Teaching | How to Build Successful Brands
Bhupesh is a PhD in Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He has a Bachelors degree from the University of Madras and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. His areas of interest include Consumer Behaviour, Consumer Culture Theory and Digital Marketing.
