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Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma
Professor of Practice – Business Strategy & Corporate Governance
Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad.

Dr. Sharma has experience across a diverse range of functions in challenging contexts viz. Strategic Planning & Vision Development at a US$4 bln steel plant; operating within tight financial discipline and ambitious budgets during downturn; turnaround management with a sick enterprise; Greenfield project building & operation stabilisation; Organisation Restructuring & Development in an M&A integration environment; Large multinational team communication & coordination; Commercial Business Development in an Entrepreneurial environment; a General Management (CEO) role at an Engineering Organisation;  Vice Chancellor (A) & Dean at a large university in NCR Delhi; Ideating, Seeding & Growing Startups in Social Impact domain etc.

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Prof. Mukesh Parikh, 
Adjunct Professor – Center for Transportation
Professional Shipping - Norwegian Shipping Academy, Oslo


Mr. Mukesh Parikh is a trainer and consultant for Global Maritime, Logistics and Supply chain Industry with over 40 years hands on Industry experience. First half of his career was in Commercial Shipping, while the second half is in Ports & Terminals and Logistics Industry. During his career with The SCI, he was trained as an Instructor by UNCTAD. As a trained instructor, he was actively involved in Training through an UNCTAD+UNDP project TRAINMAR. In 1997, he joined The Adani Group in Senior Management position from the inception stage of Mundra Port and made a major contribution to set up Business Development and Marketing team as well as prepare Standard Operating Procedures for the entire spectrum of Operations in the port.

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