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Guest Lectures



Name of the speaker : Major General Paul Deepak Naidu,
Topic of the guest lecture : Sub Zero Snippets from Siachen
Date: 21st November 2025

Name of the speaker : Dr. Jessy Nair & Ms. Aanandita Bhatnagar,
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture on Brand & Communication
Date: 7th November 2025

Name of the speaker : Ms. Gnanavi, Senior Account Manager, Elastic
Topic of the guest lecture : CRM Applications and Their Role in Modern Business
Date: 3rd November 2025

Name of the speaker : Ms. Abarnashree Gurumoorthy
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture on Fintech Business Models

Date: 25th August 2025

Name of the speaker : Ms. Navya Kishore and Mr. Kim Fenwick
Topic of the guest lecture : HR Conclave 2025 – Together We Thrive
Date: 23rd August 2025

Name of the speaker : Ms. Sahana Y
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture on “Putting Consumer Behaviour into Practice: Brand Stories through Advertising”
Date: 22nd August 2025

Name of the speaker : Mr. Rajesh Rajan D, Head HR at Bhanzu
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture on “From Cost Centre to Growth Catalyst: The New HR”
Date: 21st August 2025

Name of the speaker : Mr. Stephen Baptist
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture on Understanding Consumers through Qualitative Research
Date: 19th August 2025

Name of the speaker : Mr. Anush Jaffer
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture – Understanding Cryptocurrency
Date: 21 July 2025

Name of the speaker : Mr. Srijeet Sarkar, HR Director at redBus
Topic of the guest lecture : Guest Lecture on Talent Management by redBus
Date: 8th July 2025

Name of the speaker : Ms. Vijaya Ghosh
Topic of the guest lecture : SJIM Students Gain Strategic Insights in “AI Essentials for Business” Session
Date: 07 July 2025


Name of the speaker : Prof. S. Vishwanathan
Topic of the guest lecture : Expert Insights on Global Infrastructure Investment
Date: 07 March 2025

Name of the speaker : Mr. Peter Samson
Topic of the guest lecture : Fireside Chat on Entrepreneurship & Social Inclusivity
Date: 27 January 2024

Name of the speaker : Fr. Dr.Jerry Rosario
Topic of the guest lecture : Inspiring Students to Make a Difference
Date: 11 November 2024

Name of the speaker : S. Badrinath
Topic of the guest lecture : Know Your Rights, Secure Your Life – A Lesson in Digital Safety
Date: 06 December 2024

Name of the speaker : Prof. Preeja Shridhar
Topic of the guest lecture : The She Force – Viksit Bharat
Date: 30th Nov 2024


Name of the speaker : Mr. Kumail Kirmani
Topic of the guest lecture : Ethical Marketing Combined with Cooperative Governance and Morality
Date: 21st Nov 2024

Name of the speaker : Numaan Ataaz
Topic of the guest lecture : Unlocking the Secrets of Brand Tracking
Date: 12th Nov 2024

Name of the speaker : Mr. Laeeq Ali
Topic of the guest lecture : Building Your Brand:branding and marketing consultant.
Date: 09th November 2024

Name of the speaker : Mr. Salman Quraishi
Topic of the guest lecture : Insights from Salman Quraishi's Personal Finance Session
Date: 07th November 2024

Name of the speaker : Ms. Tina Vinod
Topic of the guest lecture : “Integrating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Strategic HRM”
Date: 06th November 2024.

Name of the speaker : Mr. Rahul Moorjani
Topic of the guest lecture : AI, Sustainability, and Job Readiness
Date: 05th November 2024.

Name of the speaker : Mr. G.K. Suresh,
Topic of the guest lecture : Mastering Marketing Strategy: Insights from ITC Yippee Noodles Launch
Date: 30th October 2024

Name of the speaker : Ms. Uma Maheswari,
Topic of the guest lecture : Social Entrepreneur Uma Maheswari's Mission to Combat Malnutrition at SJIM
Date: 04th September 2024

Name of the speaker : Dr.Parthasarathi Shome
Topic of the guest lecture : “The Nation State and Its Ideal Tax Design”
Date: 26th August 2024

Name of the speaker : Ms.Suchandra Dutta
Topic of the guest lecture : "Crafting an Effective Total Rewards Strategy"
Date: 25th August 2024

Name of the speaker : Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz
Topic of the guest lecture : Tracing Teutonic Footprints in Vocational Training around the World
Date: 22nd August 2024

Name of the speaker : Fr. Dr. K. S. Casimir SJ
Topic of the guest lecture : Shaping Ethical Leaders for a Digital and Sustainable Future
Date: 21st August 2024

Name of the speaker : Ms. Shobha Sylvia Veigas
Topic of the guest lecture : Tracing Teutonic Footprints in Vocational Training around the World
Date: 8th August 2024

Name of the speaker : Mr. Abey Zachariah
Topic of the guest lecture : Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey: Insights from Mr. Abey Zachariah
Date: 07th August 2024

Name of the speaker : Dr. K. J. Rathanraj
Topic of the guest lecture : Transformative Insights on Total Quality Management by Dr. K. J. Rathanraj at SJIM

Date: 5th August 2024

Name of the speaker : Maitri Wadher
Topic of the guest lecture : Empowering Lefties: Maitri Wadher's Inspiring Journey from Classroom Project to Social Entrepreneurship

Date: 2nd August 2024


Name of the speaker : Brigadier Inder Sethi
Organized By: Mr Chandrakant, PRO at SJIM and Dr A R Rajagopalan, Dean at SJIM
Topic of the guest lecture : "Anticipatory Leadership: Strategies and Dynamics"
Target Audience: 1st year PGDM students.
Date: 31st July 2024

Name of the speaker : Mr. Srijit Sarkar, redBus
Topic of the guest lecture : Dr Nazia Z Memon, Assistant Professor, SJIM
Target Audience: Second-year PGDM students of Talent Management Elective
Date: 17th July 2024 10:15 AM 11:45 AM


Name of the speaker : Shamsheer Khan
Designation of the speaker : Founder and Chief Security Architect of fnCyber, and Tara Raj, Business Head and Brand Relations Promoter at fnCyber
Topic of the guest lecture : Cybersecurity Awareness Drive by fnCyber at SJIM
Date: 20th June 2024

Name of the speaker : Dr. Ajay Abraham
Designation of the speaker : Associate Professor of Marketing, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University (USA)
Topic of the guest lecture : Integrated Marketing Communications: Global Perspectives
Date: 26th March 2024

Name of the speaker : Anjana Hariharan, IBM
Topic of the guest lecture : “Talent Management in the Age of AI” at SJIM
Organized By: Dr Nazia Z Memon, Assistant Professor, SJIM
Date: 25th March, 2024, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Target Audience: First year PGDM students
Name of the speaker : Ms. Gayathri Veeraraghavan
Topic of the guest lecture : “Global Organization Design: A Practitioner’s Perspective” at SJIM
Date: 11th March 2024


Name of the speaker : Mr. Monappa
Designation of the speaker : CMO, Tata Digital
Topic of the guest lecture: Learning from popular advertising campaigns on how to build an effective messaging strategy
Date: 9th March 2024


Name of the speaker : Dr. S. Ratneshwar
Designation of the speaker : Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri (USA)
Topic of the guest lecture: Why We Bond With Brands
Date: 4th March 2024


Name of the speaker : Mr Sandeep Dayal
Designation of the speaker : author and managing director of the consulting firm Cerenti.
Topic of the guest lecture: “Using Brain Science to Build Epic Brands” by Sandeep Dayal at SJIM
Date: 24th February 2024

Name of the speaker : Mr. Hari Menon
Designation of the speaker : Founder and CEO of BigBasket
Topic of the guest lecture: Chat with CEO | Unraveling the Essence of BigBasket Brand at SJIM
Date: 9th January 2024

Name of the speaker : Prof. Dr. Marco Casanova
Designation of the speaker : Board ESG Center of Excellence, Lecturer FHNW, Chairman International Barand and Reputation Community INBREC, Founder Branding - Institute CMR
Topic of the guest lecture: Creating Brand as a Service" at SJIM by Marco Casanova
Date: 8th January 2024

Name of the speaker : Ms Shobha Sylvia Veigas
Designation of the speaker :State Lead - Awareness Generation and Capacity Building, UNDP-SDGCC Karnataka and providing technical support to the Planning Department, Government of Karnataka.
Topic of the guest lecture: Challenges in Achieving Gender Equality and Regulations to Reduce Gender Gaps
Date: 4th January 2024

Name of the speaker : Mr. Jose Ramapuram
Designation of the speaker : Executive Director Marketing at Evolve Back Resorts
Topic of the guest lecture: The “Orange County”/ “Evolve Back” Brand Story at SJIM
Date: 13th December 2023

Name of the speaker : Mr. Pratheep Balraj J
Designation of the speaker :Assistant Vice President (AVP) at Federal Bank
Topic of the guest lecture: Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
Date: 16th September 2023

Name of the speaker : Ms. Neha Phull
Designation of the speaker : Consultant on talent management, hiring processes, learning and development
Topic of the guest lecture: 'Communication: Cornerstone to workplace effectiveness'
Date: 7th September 2023

Name of the speaker : Mr. Allen Rodrigues
Designation of the speaker :Careers in Finance
Topic of the guest lecture: Interactive Guest Lecture on Careers in Finance
Date: 28th August 2023


Name of the speaker : Mr Nizam Uddin
Designation of the speaker : National Manager of AB InBev
Topic of the guest lecture: Quality & Logistics in Water Business.
Date: 22nd August 2023

Name of the speaker : Ms. Uma Maheswari
Designation of the speaker :Founder of WeMana Nutrition
Topic of the guest lecture: Guest Talk on Social Entrepreneurship
Date: 16th August, 2023


Name of the speaker : Dr. Ajay Abraham
Designation of the speaker :Associate Professor of Marketing, Seattle University (USA)
Topic of the guest lecture: “AI-Powered Consumer Insights: The Future is Here”
Date: 16th August 2023

Name of the speaker : Col. Venkatesh
Designation of the speaker :Colonel, Indian Army (retd.)
Topic of the guest lecture: Marketing for High Technology in the Armed Forces
Date: 19th February 2020


Name of the speaker : Dr. G. Anand Anandalingam
Designation of the speaker : Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, USA
Topic of the guest lecture: Family Business – Success and Failure: Some Lessons from Research
Date: 10th September 2019

Name of the speaker : Mr. Karthikeyan Jaganathan
Topic of the guest lecture: RCareers in Automation, BI and AI
Date: 28th, February 2019


Name of the speaker : Mr. Allen Rodrigues
Topic of the guest lecture: Careers in Finance
Date: 11th, January 2019

Name of the speaker : Mr. Phil Abernathy
Topic of the guest lecture: Leadership and the importance of a great working culture
Date: 15th, November 2018

Name of the speaker : Kumar Visvanathan
Topic of the guest lecture: Guest Lecture- Competency Modelling & Leadership Development
Date: 10th, October 2018


Name of the speaker : Mr. Zakhir Ulla and Mr. Martin Pampilly
Designation of the speaker : National Manager of Internet and Mobile Banking from Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
Topic of the guest lecture : Digital Branchless Banking
Date: 4th, September 2018

Name of the speaker : Mr Sunder Rajan
Designation of the speaker Consultant
Topic of the guest lecture: Current Trends in Industrial Relations
Date: 27th, August 2018


Name of the speaker : Mr. R. Kesavamurthi
Designation of the speaker : PGDM (IIM Calcutta)
Topic of the guest lecture : Marketing and sales in the jewelry and oil/gas retail industry
Date: 24th August 2018

Name of the speaker : Mr Kenneth Joshua
Designation of the speaker
Topic of the guest lecture: Compensation at Lenovo India
Date: 11th, August 2018



Name of the speaker : Dr. Govind Iyer
Designation of the speaker : Professor of Accounting in the College of Business, University of North Texas, USA
Topic of the guest lecture : Discussion on Financial Analytics
Date: 3rd August, 2018

Name of the speaker : Mr Dinesh Seemakurty
Designation of the speaker Founder & CEO, Stasis
Topic of the guest lecture: How to become an Entrepreneur
Date: 10th, July 2018


Name of the speaker : Mr. Nagaraj
Designation of the speaker : DGM of Bharat Electronics Limited
Topic of the guest lecture : Ballot on a Button
Date: 6th July, 2018

Name of the speaker : Mr. Kheda Sanjenbam
Designation of the speaker Senior Analytics Professional, Tata Consultancy Services
Topic of the guest lecture: Analytics and Six Sigma
Date: 17th February, 2018


Name of the speaker : Mr Vijay Pandey
Designation of the speaker : Former Regional President , Robert Bosch
Topic of the guest lecture : Winning skills to succeed in the Corporate World
Date: 14th February, 2018

Name of the speaker : Mr. Prakash Bagri
Designation of the speaker Former Director of Marketing (South Asia) and Director of OEM Business, Intel
Topic of the guest lecture: Mr. Prakash Bagri spoke about his experiences in the marketing
Date: 13th February, 2018

Name of the speaker : Mr. P.K. Faizal
Designation of the speaker :

Topic of the guest lecture : CRM in Retail
Date: 23th November, 2017

Name of the speaker : Rajesh Natarajan
Designation of the speaker : Adjunct Professor at Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University USA/ Microsoft USA
Topic of the guest lecture : Prof. Natarajan, through an interactive session
Date: 6th October, 2017

Name of the speaker : Mr. Kenneth Joshua
Designation of the speaker Head of India Compensation, Lenovo India
Topic of the guest lecture: Compensation & Benefits at Lenovo India
Date: 5th Aug 2017


Name of the speaker : Mr G S Raghu
Designation of the speaker : Associate Vice President , Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd
Topic of the guest lecture : Quality Activities in Manufacturing Industries
Date: 8th Aug 2017

Name of the speaker : Dr Govind S Iyer
Designation of the speaker Professor of Accounting in the College of Business, University of North Texas, USA
Topic of the guest lecture: Dr. Govind S. Iyer gave an insightful talk about business analytics
Date: 7th August, 2017

Name of the speaker : Dr. Russell Powell
Designation of the speaker : Associate Provost for Global Engagement, Seattle University
Topic of the guest lecture : Corporate Law
Date: 22th June 2017

Name of the speaker : Dr. Madhu Rao
Designation of the speaker Associate Dean, Albers School of Business, Seattle University
Topic of the guest lecture: Big Data and Business Analytics
Date: 21th June 2017


Name of the speaker : Mr. S Murali
Designation of the speaker : Former Director at HAL
Topic of the guest lecture : Practical insights of Strategy Formulation and Implementation
Date: 14th July 2017