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Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma


Professor of Practice – Business Strategy & Corporate Governance
Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad (Public Systems, 2005), MBA (1989)



Institutional Experience profile

  • Academic Institution: Professor, Dean & Vice Chancellor (A) at Ansal University Gurgaon, Head of the MBA program at Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management. Advising/Visiting Faculty roles at Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), MICA, CEPT, IHM, & others.
  • Corporate: CEO at an MNC subsidiary (ArcelorMittal Aktau, Kazakhstan), Strategy Head at a 4 MT Steel Plant, Adani Group Ahmedabad & AnsalAPI Group Delhi
  • Government & PSU: Indian Civil Services, Class I (Indian Railways Traffic Service), SAIL-Bokaro Steel.
  • Entrepreneurial: Projects dabbled in – Skills based Private university in Rajasthan (Project parked), Co-Founder/Consultant/Mentor at Startups in Social Impact Domains viz. Agriculture E-Commerce, Education, Water recycling, Waste Disposal
  • Consulting: Government Conulting Project with MoEF, Startup Consulting, Principal Consultant at a Farmer Producer Company Consortium (Gujpro, Gujarat, 40000 farmers)
  • MDP: Delivered High Impact Strategy & Leadership simulation workshops to Mid-Senior management executives. Programs conducted at IIMA, AIIM, Ansal Univ, Corporates & at Open workshops. Participant profile- mostly CXOs & HoDs across more than 100 MNCs, Indian Corporates and PSUs.
  • Foreign & Multilateral: Consulting projects on Energy & Environment with UNEP, APN, RISOE & Govt of India. Worked in challenging multicultural environments across India, Europe & Eurasia-Kazakhstan.

 

  • 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.
  • Research & Publishing: Multiple Research papers, Case studies, Reviews, Articles, Conference papers, Conference reports, Project reports, Editing, Paper reviews etc.
  • Leadership Coach & Motivational Speaker.
  • Communication Proficiency: Consistently rated in top decile at all rated speaking endeavours.
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Prof. Mukesh Parikh


Adjunct Professor – Center for Transportation


MBA - XLRI, Jamshedpur


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.

 

With Post Graduation in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur (1975-77 batch); he started his Maritime Industry career with The Shipping Corporation of India. 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. Under the TRAINMAR project, he organized a number of training programs for shipping executives in India, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia and Middle East. He was deputed to Oslo, Norway where he attended one year “Professional Shipping” program securing the First Rank among all participants from 14 different countries. He worked for a number of shipping companies in Asia and Middle East.

 

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. Since July 2014, he regularly conducts Executive Training Programs and workshops in Maritime Industry across the world. In November 2019, he joined Adani Institute of Infrastructure as Adjunct Professor in order to support the Institute’s Centre of Excellence – Transportation.

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Dr Rachna Gangwar

Associate Professor – Public Policy

M.Sc. (University of Karlsruhe, Germany), Ph.D. (CEPT University, Ahmedabad)

Rachna Gangwar specializes in transport systems and logistics. She has more than 20 years of experience working across industry and academia in India and Germany. Her research interests lie in the areas of transport policy, public private partnerships, urban transport, and logistics and supply chain management. She has written a number of case studies and published several refereed papers on contemporary issues in the Indian context. She has been a part of research projects undertaken for the erstwhile Planning Commission, Asian Development Bank, and Railway Board on private container train operations, railway turnaround and PPPs in railways.

Prior to joining Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management in June 2020, she held teaching and research positions at University of Karlsruhe Germany, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, and TAPMI School of Business Jaipur. Her industry experience include working for PTV AG, the largest consulting firm of Germany in the area of transport and logistics where she handled several European projects for government clients.

She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport, Transportation Research Group of India, and World Conference of Transport Research Society.




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Our Student Team
                                                                                                                                                                      
   Apoorv Tiwari

    Infrastructure Management


Apoorv is a civil engineer fuelled by his interest in marketing & strategy. He is trained under JSPL and CIL by getting into technicalities of operations as well as management. His openness to new learnings    landed him in Infrastructure management. His profound interest in research helped him in contributing to various publications and his travelling experiences had also helped him in learning new things and has endorsed life skills. 

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    BhumirajSinh Rahevar

    Infrastructure Management

BhumirajSinh is pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Infrastructure Management) from Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management. He has completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Government Engineering College, Modasa under Gujarat Technological University. He has strong interest in Logistic Operations Management. He loves to spend his spare time in drawing and reading.


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   Darshan Thanki

    Infrastructure Management

With work experience of 15 months as an Assistant Tender Executive, Darshan is currently pursuing PDGM in Infrastructure Management from Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management. He had completed his graduation in B.E - Electrical from Gujarat Technological University. He want to develop his career in the field of logistics and supply chain management with key focus on port and transportation sector. He likes to spend his free time reading articles or books related to port and transport industry. 
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   Dhaval Patel 

    Infrastructure Management

Dhaval had pursued his Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in Civil Engineering from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. He completed his summer internship at Linton University, Malaysia where he learned and found new insights about safety aspects in infrastructure projects and also, attended Annual National Conference of Charted Association of Building Engineers. In his spare time, he likes to watch news on politics and like to play cricket.

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   Diwang Basal    

    Infrastructure Management

Diwang has completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal. He had completed one month internship from Indore Development Authority, Indore. He had done voluntary worked with NGOs and also had been an active volunteer in institutional activities. In his spare time, he likes to watch TV series.

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   Harsh Bhatt
   
    Infrastructure Management
 
Harsh is pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Infrastructure Management) from Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management. He has pursued Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Modasa under Gujarat Technological University. He is interested to work in a managerial position in the area of operations. He loves to spend his spare time by playing chess and football.

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   Karan Desai

    Infrastructure Management

Karan has completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil from Gujarat Technological University. Karan has completed one month of training under Metro Construction of MEGA, Ahmedabad. Karan has also contributed in a research paper regarding the noise levels at major cross-roads of Ahmedabad during peak hours. In his spare time, he likes to read about current affairs and new developments related to transportation sector.
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   Kartik Sarda

    Infrastructure Management

Kartik has completed his Bachelor of Commerce from Gujarat University. He has two years of experience in trading of Spinning and Textile machineries. His interest lies in project management and operations management.




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   Kaushik Mukherjee    

    Infrastructure Management

Kaushik has completed his Bachelors in Computer Application from West Bengal Board of Technical Education University. He did his internship in Bajaj Allianz as Marketing Coordinator. He also has completed a project with Siksha on online psychometric assessment. In his spare time, he likes to read about Indian economy and has a keen interest in learning new languages.

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    Mihir Dave 
   
    Infrastructure Management

Mihir has pursued his Bachelor of Commerce from Kachchh University. He has completed an additional course of Diploma in Foreign Trade from Tolani College of Commerce. With a work experience of 28 months with TCS. He possess a keen interest in transportation sector, specially logistics & ports.


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   Suriya Prakash   

    Infrastructure Management
 
SuriyaPrakash is a Civil Engineer by profession and an aspiring Infrastructure manager with strong interest in aviation management, operations management, logistics and supply chain, terminal management, contract management & public private partnership. He loves to keep himself updated with latest development and trends in aviation sector.

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   Vedant Dhakate  

    Infrastructure Management

He has pursued his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil from MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad. Prior to joining this institute, he has interned in the area of field and digital marketing along with a basic understanding of marketing methods deployed for research purposes and has worked in a team promoting and solving client queries through interaction and negotiation. He has a keen interest to learn and understand the know-hows involved in a public-private partnership and its relevant features, infra-consulting and corporate communications. He is fanatically interested towards playing video games, travelling to nature filled destinations and driving.

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