The IBA Academic Council has the mandate of bringing in the highest standards of course content, delivery, assessment methodology and assisting in continuous improvement of quality in management education.
Shri A Thothathri Raman
He is a globally recognised International Accreditation Champion, a business journalist with over 30 years of experience and India’s first and longest serving B-schools Ranking and Rating Editor at Business India. Recipient of Frank V Mastrianna Education Leader of the Year award instituted by the International Accreditation agency, IACBE, USA. The career profile includes India’s best known business papers and magazines including the Financial Express, Business World, The Hindu Business Pages, The Economic Times & Indian Management Journal of All India Management Association and HRD Newsletter of NHDRN. He is currently the Chairman of the Standards for Educational Advancement & Accreditation (SEAA) Trust, New Delhi, a global international accreditation advocacy and facilitation organisation. He is also an author with 13 titles and a well acknowledged management teacher.
Dr. Alka Prakash
Renowned academician and author in areas of Human Nutrition, Physiology, Human Neurobiology, Genetics & Epigenetics at School of Applied Science (SAS) at the Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. Certified Life Skills and Wellness Consultant and known Yoga Therapist.
Shri. Chandra Kant
Prof. Kant completed his B. Tech. from IIT – Kanpur and PGDM from IIM – Calcutta. He has over 25 years of experience in Strategic Implementation of IT for the Banking and Financial Services Sector and 13 years of experience of teaching management. He has been with IBA since its inception and has held senior positions in companies like Credit Suisse, JM Group of companies, Perot Systems (India), Merrill Lynch and Quintegra Solutions. He is a consultant to various companies advising them on Technology and Strategic Alignment. He is also on the board of advisors of 2 technology start-ups.
Ambassador Dr. Deepak Vohra
He has served as an Ambassador of India to Armenia, Georgia, Sudan, South Sudan, Poland and Lithuania. He was an Officer on Special Duty to the Technology Adviser to the Prime Minister of India. He is a Special Advisor to the Governments of South Sudan, Guinea-Bissau and the Kingdom of Lesotho. In 2015 and 2016, he was appointed Special Advisor to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils, Kargil and Leh. He is the Chairman of a school for special children in Jodhpur and the President of the World Buddhist Centre in New Delhi.
Dr. Manish Jain
He is currently the Chairman of Indus Business Academy, Bangalore. He has managerial experience at MICO & Tata-IBM and is also presently the Director, MUHEPL. He received Distinguish Service Award at IIM Ahmedabad for his contribution of developing Management Education in India. He is the driving force behind IBA.
Shri Prem Prakash
Shri. Prem Prakash has completed his B.E. from Delhi College of Engineering and Masters from FMS, Delhi. He has over 48 years of industry experience, he is presently an Independent Management & Software Consultant. Prior to this he had served as CEO (Asia Pacific) for Vmoksha Technologies Singapore. He is also a guest faculty for Global Business Operation Programme at Shri Ram College of Commerce – University of Delhi.
Prof. Rajen K. Gupta
He was a professor of Human Behaviour & Organization Development at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He has completed degree in electrical engineering from IIT Kanpur and later did his doctorate in management from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked with SBI and Jyoti Ltd. after which he joined as a faculty at IIM Lucknow. Currently he is an Independent Director on the Board of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. He is also a member of the Academic Councils of the KIIT University, Bhubaneswar and Navrachna University, Baroda. He has been a member of the faculty selection panels of IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Rohtak, etc.
Dr. Shiv K Tripathi
Dr. Tripathi has 25 years of experience in teaching research and education management. In addition to his full-time experience in different roles as educator and academic leader, he has been visiting faculty/ researcher to: Coventry University (UK) and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (India) programs in Tanzania; HEC, Paris; University of Witwatersand, South Africa; ISAE, Brazil; and BITS, Pilani, India. He has worked with a different companies, institutions and international agencies including NTPC, India; and INASP, UK.
Founder of an start-up in Estonia, his corporate experience includes advisory and board membership roles in different companies in India, South Africa and Tanzania including University of Stellenbosch Executive Ed. Ltd. South Africa.
He is currently the Dean of Faculty of Economics and Business, Berlin School of Business & Innovation (BSBI)
Dr. Subhash Sharma
Dr. Subhash Sharma holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and PhD from University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Dr. Sharma is the author of the path breaking books, ‘Management in New Age: Western Windows Eastern Doors’ and ‘New Mantras in Corporate Corridors: From Ancient Routes to Global Routes’. His other books ‘Creation from Shunya’, ‘Quantum Rope and Arrows of Time’ are also known for their creative ideas. Dr. Sharma is associated with many educational institutions and professional bodies. He is also a Founding Member of Indus Business Academy.
Dr. Subhendu Dey
He is a passionate educationist, researcher, consultant; & specialises in providing people, strategic and operational leadership in the area of academics. An advocate of the case based teaching methodology, Prof Dey has developed more than a dozen Indian cases apart from conducting multiple workshops on case writing and teaching. He is currently serving as a Director – IBA Bangalore.
Dr. Swapna Abraham
A multiple world record holder and award winner, Dr. Swapna Abraham is a singer-songwriter, actor, author, interior designer, mentor, and marketing and branding enthusiast with her roots and formation in India and prime experience in the UAE.
Dr. Swapna has authored and produced 21 musical albums and performed extensively on the international gospel music platform (www.swapnaabraham.com). Holding 4 world records in singing and songwriting with the Golden Book of World Records (www.1000songsin1000days.com), she has also published a memoir ‘She Played In The Dark’ entailing the journey and lessons through the 1000-day world record journey.
The objective is for IBA to align itself with international business education practices. The Academic Advisory Council members actively participate in the following processes :
- Student Induction and Placement
- Course Structure, Design and Content
- Management of Post Graduate Programme
- Student Evaluation System and Processes
- Teaching and Training Methodologies
- Faculty Recruitment and Retention
- Infrastructure & Facilities Upgrade
- Integration of Global Trends in Managerial Education to IBA courses
- Execution of Management Development Programmes