ABOUT FLAME UNIVERSITY
Board of Management
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.
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. Vinod Vidwans is a Senior Designer (Professor) and an Ex-Vice Chairman (Research) at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. He headed the Departments of New Media and Software Users Interface Design at NID. He has been a Visiting Faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad, IIT Kanpur, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, D. J Academy of Design, CoiM.B.Atore, and Pt. Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar. Prof. Vidwans is a cognitive philosopher, a designer and a portrait painter.
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.
Mr. Krutarth Shah 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. He holds a Master’s degree from Cass Business School, City University London and a B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He has ten years of industry experience. His passion lies in creating and building institutions. Mr. Shah is an ardent follower of the latest technological trends. His energy, enthusiasm and interpersonal skills help him negotiate the complex enterprise of building a world-class university. He is also an avid photographer and enjoys singing and travelling.
Mr. Tejas Trivedi has been in the capital markets since 1993. After receiving a rich experience of core research at Corporate Database (equity research-based organisation), he has been associated with Anvil group, a broking and wealth management organisation. As a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant, his core interests lie in research, investments and yoga.
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.
Kuntal Shah is a value investor with three decades of experience spanning various aspects of the capital market. He is an investor turned entrepreneur with experience of having invested in all sorts of enterprises-seed, early growth, and late-stage growth. Now working on developing technology related solution to deal with unstructured streaming data and founded Needl. Ai
Prof. Smita Chaudhry is a faculty in the Department of Human Resources. She teaches in the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the domain of Human Resource Management. The courses taken by her are Leadership, Change Management, Strategic and Global HRM, Team Management and Organisational Development.
Prof. Poonam Gandhi is currently an Associate Professor at FLAME University.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and has a Master’s degree in Sociology from The M.S. University of Baroda. She has a doctorate in Sociology and her doctoral research is in the field of sociology of art. She also holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management and a Diploma in Foundation Art.
Prof. Niraj Mankad is a dynamic academician and researcher and an Engineer by education. His experience is spread across diverse industries like petrochemicals and plastics, software products and services and consulting. In his corporate career spanning almost a decade, he has worked with companies like Reliance Industries Ltd. and Mind Technologies. It is this diverse experience that makes him bring richness to the classroom besides providing an interdisciplinary approach to his research.
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.