ABOUT FLAME UNIVERSITY
Academic Council
Prof. Dishan Kamdar is the Vice Chancellor of FLAME University. He took charge of this position on August 8, 2018. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Dean of Academic Programmes and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Indian School of Business (ISB). A leading researcher, senior faculty member, executive coach to CEOs of renowned corporates and family businesses in India, and a favourite professor to all his students, Prof. Dishan handles these multifaceted roles with equal ease.
Prof. D. P. Agrawal is the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi since 16th August 2008, before which he was a Member of the Union Public Service Commission.
Dr. Rafiq Dossani is the Director of the RAND Centre for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP), a Senior Economist at the RAND Corporation, and a Professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He works on education, regional development, security, finance, and technology issues. His projects in education include the relationship between financing, governance and ownership in higher education, addressing the digital divide in early childhood education, college search, and blended delivery models in higher education. His projects in regional development include the political economy of trade in South Asia and Pakistan's urbanization.
Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri is a B.Tech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and a Fellow of IIM-Ahmedabad with a specialization in Business Policy.
He taught at IIM-A from March 1981 till November 2002.
Dr. Santosh Kumar Kudtarkar holds a Master’s in Physics from IIT-Madras and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (MATSCIENCE), Chennai. A Theoretical Physicist by training, his research interests are in applications of field theory in High Energy and Condensed Matter Physics, Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Modelling in the Social and Management Sciences. He is passionate about Quantitative Models and has completed multiple industrial projects.
Prof. Dinesh Shenoy has a combined industrial and academic experience of more than 22 years. Between 1995 and 2009, he was associated with companies such as Infosys, ANZ Bank, Thomson Corporation and Barclays Capital. During this period, as a Project Manager, Prof. Shenoy successfully executed several software development projects, including a web-based forward and options trading system for the ANZ Bank, Melbourne, and a risk management platform for Barclays Capital, Singapore.
Dr. Maya Dodd received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in Modern Thought and Literature. Subsequently, she received Post-Doctoral fellowships at Princeton University and JNU, India. Dr. Dodd also taught in the Department of Anthropology at Princeton University and in the English department at Stanford and the University of Florida. Currently, she teaches Literary and Cultural Studies at FLAME and also founded FLAME's Centre for South Asia.
Prof. Sajith Narayanan is an expert in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. His passion for teaching led him to join academics at a relatively young age after a learning stint in the industry and as an entrepreneur. He set up Plink Solutions, a communication consultancy for SMEs and NGOs, in Ahmedabad. He also participated in numerous other start-ups in the for-profit and social space. He received the Star Entrepreneur Award in 2011 at the 4th Indira India Innovation Summit, held in Pune. Before joining MICA, he worked with Standard Chartered Bank as a Team Leader.
Prof. Amit Kundal is Associate Professor & Associate Dean - Faculty of Design, Art and Performance and has He received the Doctorate Degree in Human Centred Design and Master of Design from IIT, Kanpur; and his Bachelor’s Degree in Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar.
Viraj Shah is an archaeologist who has specialised in ancient Indian art, architecture, iconography and socio-religious history. She has a Master’s degree in Ancient Indian Culture and Archaeology from Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, and in History from MuM.B.Ai University. She earned her Ph.D. in Archaeology from Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed University), Pune. Her doctoral dissertation has been published under the title of ‘Jaina Rock-cut Caves of Western India’.
Mr. Tejas Patani is a member of the proprietary investing team of ENAM Holdings Pvt. Ltd. ENAM Holdings is a privately managed principal investment group with a long heritage of investing in the Indian capital markets. Before ENAM, Mr. Patani worked at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in New York as a member of their U.S. Large Cap Equity Research Team. He is a CFA Charterholder. He also holds a BS, magna cum laude, from Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. An avid sportsman, he plays cricket, volleyball and squash regularly. A relentless passion for perfection and an eye for detail are the hallmarks of his organising abilities.
Prof. M.A. Venkataraman is a renowned academic in the field of technology management, decision support systems, supply chain management, computer simulation, and enterprise resource planning. He currently serves as the Vice Provost for Finance and Strategy, Jack R. Wentworth Professor, and Professor of Decision Sciences at the Department of Operations and Decision Technologies at Kelley School of Business. He holds a PhD in Business Analysis from Texas A&M University, an MS in Business Computing Science from Texas A&M University, and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras.
Yugank is Associate Professor – Public Policy at FLAME University. In 2009, he joined O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) as one of its founding faculty member, steering a range of institution building efforts, in particular its research infrastructure and international collaborations. Prior to JGU, he worked with a major private bank, consulting its rural infrastructure projects in eastern India.
Member Secretary
Virender Sharma is a postgraduate in English from Panjab University and holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Pune.
With over four decades’ association with some of the leading and premier educational institutions of the country, he brings a wealth of experience and expertise in academic administration. Before joining FLAME, he was the Head of Administration of the National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune, for over ten years. Preceding that, he held the position of Registrar at the National Defence Academy (NDA), Pune.