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Visiting Wisdom and CEO Quest

Students at S P Jain have benefited from the presence of some of the most respected and renowned people at the campus. Normally, one afternoon of the week is devoted to non-academic development programs, in the form of guest lectures.

These special lecture sessions are conducted by industry leaders, academicians, and eminent and distinguished personalities who give students a rare 'real world' glimpse of what the skill sets required by a manager are. In addition, these professionals discuss detailed inputs about the course specialization streams, and of course, the job market scenario in the UAE, Singapore, and other countries.

CEO Quest is another interesting and relevant initiative at S P Jain where CEOs and top executives from leading corporates and business houses are regularly invited to the campus to share their success stories, which is followed by an interactive Q and A session. This benefits the students largely because of the sharing of real life experiences and knowledge.

This Visiting Wisdom and CEO Quest initiatives play a very important contributory role towards the program's enhancement and development. It has been S P Jain's honor and privilege to host many prominent speakers in the past, some of whom are listed below.

• Mr Monesh Advani
  Investment Manager, Dubai Bank, UAE
  
  
• Mr Gaurav Agarwal
  Head of Credit and Asset Valuation, Tamweel, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Lalit Agarwal
  Director Investments, Starling International Management Ltd, UAE
  
  
• Mr Arvind Agarwalla
  CEO, Fact Software International Pte Ltd, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Ghanshyam Ahuja
  Business Development Manager - APAC, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Imad Akkasha
  Partner Manager, Enterprise Division, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, PJSC, Dubai
  
  
• Ms Andal Alwan
  Director, EPOKUS Management Consulting Co, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Ashish Anand
  Senior Manager, Royal Bank of Canada Global Pvt Banking, UAE
  
  
• Mr Sanjiv Anand
  Managing Director, Cedar Management Consulting International LLC, UAE
  
  
• Mr Srinivas Arun
  Chief Financial Officer, Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, UAE
  
  
• Mr Vinay Bajpai
  Director & Head - Investment Advisory and Products, Deutsche Bank AG, India
  
  
• Mr Ashok Bhanaut
  Managing Director, Bhanaut IT Systems International BV, Netherlands, Ex Head of IT Strategy, IBM
  
  
• Mr Siddharth Bhandari
  Director, Private Banking, Societe Generale, UAE
  
  
• Mr Giridhar Bhatia
  Vice President, Credit Suisse, Dubai, UAE
  
  
• Mr Ajay Bindroo
  Managing Director, Wesley International Limited (SuperMax), UAE
  
  
• Mr. Jason Bushnell
  Asst Vice President, Human Resources, Global Wealth Management, Citibank
  
  
• Mr Rajeev R Chitrabhanu
  CEO, JM Morgan Stanley Retail Services Private Ltd, India
  
  
• Mr Koh Seng Choon
  Executive Director, The Restaurant Association of Singapore, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Neetan Chopra
  Manager, Information Services, Emirates Group, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Ishwar Chugani
  Executive Director, Giordano Middle East and Africa, UAE
  
  
• Mr Ramesh Cidambi
  Director IT & Logistics, Dubai Duty Free, UAE
  
  
• Mr Husam Dajani
  Vice-President, Middle East and Africa, Oracle, UAE
  
  
• Dr James Kurt Dew
  Certified Financial Risk Manager, Professor ISIK University, Turkey
  
  
• Mr Syed Fahad Farooq
  Senior Relationship Manager, Barclays Bank, UAE
  
  
• Mr Krishnendu Ganguly
  Dy. General Manager, Nikai, UAE
  
  
• Mr Denny George
  Head of Human Resources, Al Tayer Motors, UAE
  
  
• Mr Ujual George
  Senior Partner, Encreate FZ LLC, UAE
  
  
• Dr Kaushik Ghatak
  Director, SCM Applications, Applications Global Sales Support, Oracle, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Sandeep S Gill
  Managing Director & Head, Credit Structured products, Global Financial Markets, DBS Bank Ltd. Singapore
  
  
• Mr Shalley Goel
  Marketing Manager, Dabur Dubai, UAE
  
  
• Mr Nirmal Govindadas
  Finance Manager IT, Emirates Group, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Gautam Sen Gupta
  Managing Partner & CEO, Market Vision Research and Consulting Services, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Girish Gupte
  General Manager, Al Futtaim Group, UAE
  
  
• Ms Maya Husseini
  Training Manager, Al Shaya, UAE
  
  
• Mr Shekhar Iyer
  Sr. Vice President, Business Development & Operations,
  Zee Network-Real Media FZ LLC, UAE
  
  
• Mr Manu Jeswani
  Managing Director of Shoe Mart (Landmark Group), UAE
  
  
• Mr Pramukh Jeyathilak
  Regional HR Director, Microsoft Middle East, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Pramit Jhaveri
  Managing Director, Head of India Investment Banking, Citigroup, India
  
  
• Mr Sameer Joshi
  Vice President & Senior Relationship Manager ABN AMRO NV, UAE
  
  
• Mr K V Kamath
  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank Limited, India
  
  
• Mr Khalid Al Kassim
  Deputy Director General, Planning & Development,
  Government of Dubai - Department of Economic Development, UAE
  
  
• Mr Paras Kaushik
  Manager Corporate Human Resources , Aditya Birla Group, India
  
  
• Ms Sabina Khadwani
  Head of Research & Marketing Burjuman, UAE
  
  
• Ms Mariah Khan
  Wealth Manager and Consultant, UAE
  
  
• Mr Vasih Khan
  Cargo System Analyst, Emirates Airlines, UAE
  
  
• Mr Murali Krishna
  Head Human Resources, MMI, UAE
  
  
• Mr Venu Krishnamurthy
  Managing Director, CFO and Head of Strategy, Citigroup Global Wealth Management, Asia Pacific and Middle East
  
  
• Mr Rajeev Kulkarni
  Chief Curriculum Architect, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Premchand Kurup
  CEO, Paramount, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Andrew Lim
  Consultant, Balance Scorecard Solutions PTE Ltd, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Ramesh S Mahalingam
  Financial Controller, Ajman Sewerage Company Ltd, Ajman, UAE
  
  
• Mr Raj M Maiden
  CEO, Five Pillars Associates Pte. Ltd, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Chetan Mehra
  Deputy General Manager, ICICI Bank Limited, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Vahid Mehrinfar
  Executive Principal & Chief Brand Futurist-Vahid Associates Brand Futurists, Bahrain
  
  
• Prof Vijay Mookerjee
  Permanent Affiliation Charles and Nancy Davidson Distinguished Professor, Area Coordinator IS and Operations Management, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
  
  
• Mr Ananta Nageshwaran
  Managing Director, Head of Investment Research, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Bank Julius Baer, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Arvind Nair
  Chief Operating Officer, Jumbo Electronics Co. Ltd (LLC), UAE
  
  
• Mr Dileep Nair
  Consul General of Singapore in Dubai, UAE
  
  
• Mr Mohnish Pabrai
  Managing Partner, Pabrai Investment Funds, USA
  
  
• Mr Arif Padaria
  Sr Associate Techno Venture Management, USA
  
  
• Mr Hari Padmanabhan
  Dy. Managing Director, 3i Infotech, Dubai
  
  
• Ms Alyssa Palaganas
  Director Quality & Training, Ritz Carlton, UAE
  
  
• Swami A Parthasarathy
  Founder, Vedanta Cultural Foundation
  
  
• Mr Prem Pavan V
  Manager, Business Development, Covansys (Asia Pacific) Private Ltd, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Sam Pitroda
  Chief Technology Advisor to Prime Minister of India and CEO World Tel, India
  
  
• Mr T N Pratap
  CEO Ben Hendi Enterprises, UAE
  
  
• Mr D.M Arul Raj
  Head Organisation Effectiveness, Client Relationships,Wholesale Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Ranjit Ramakrishnan
  COO, Secura Systems, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Kurt Ramin
  Commercial Director, International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, UK
  
  
• Dr Hubert K Rampersad
  Chairman of the Board and President
  TPS International Inc, California
  
  
• Mr Anand Rathi
  Chairman, Anand Rathi Securities, India
  
  
• Mr Atinkumar Saha
  Director, Private Wealth Management, Deutsche Bank AG, India
  Mr Manoj Sahai
  Regional Director Middle East & Africa, Tata Consultancy Services, UAE
  
  
• Mr P S Sastry
  Senior Manager, CEO's Office, National Bank of Dubai, UAE
  
  
• Mr Rajan Sehgal
  Director, Merrill Lynch, UAE
  
  
• Mr Jesper Solgaard
  Head of International Tax Services/Transfer Pricing, Ernst & Young, Singapore
  
  
• Mr D K Sen
  Human Resource Manager, Gulf Agency Company, UAE
  
  
• Mr. Manoj Shah
  Senior Manager, KPMG, Dubai
  
  
• Mr Parag Shah
  Chief Manager, ICICI Bank Ltd, UAE
  
  
• Ms. Tan Shu Shan
  Managing Director, Global Market Manager Singapore, The Citigroup Private Bank.
  
  
• Mr Andre Moe Sharif
  Investment Banker & Asset Manager, Wall Street Investment Analyst & Banker,UAE
  
  
• Prof Ravi Sharma
  Professor NTU, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Madanjit Singh
  Segment Sales Manager Asia Pacific/Japan, HP Financial Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Y K Sinha
  Consul General of India in Dubai
  
  
• Mr Alex Siow
  Head of Business Markets, Star Hub, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Eddie SNG
  Director, Airfreight, Asiapac, Singapore
  
  
• Mr. Ajay Sondhi
  Managing Director, Head-Global India, Global Wealth Management, Citigroup
  
  
• Mr A T Srinivasan
  Vice President, Mercator, Dubai
  
  
• Prof Atul Tandan
  Director, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad
  
  
• Mr Navneeth Tandon
  Vice President, Raqmiyat, Dubai
  
  
• Mr S U Thayill
  General Manager, Barber Ship Management, Singapore
  
  
• Mr Ravi Trivedy
  Partner & Head Financial Services & Technology Strategy, IBM Consulting Services, India
  
  
• Mr Shashi Ullal
  Chief Executive, Computer Society of India, India
  
  
• Dr Manoj Vaish
  President - Financial Practice, Dun & Bradstreet Ltd, India
  Ex-CEO Bombay Stock Exchange
  
  
• Mr Ashok Vaswani
  Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Consumer Banking, CitiGroup, Singapore
  
  
• Mr R Venkatachalam
  Senior Manager, Emirates Bank International, UAE
  
  
• Mr Ashok Wadhwa
  CEO & MD, Ambit Corporation Finance,
  Erstwhile Managing Partner of Arthur Anderson, India
  
  
• Mr Philip Wee
  General Manager, Ikea Singapore
  
  
• Mr Sean Woodfall
  Director of Operations, Chilis, UAE
  
  
• Mr Chan Chee Yuen
  General Manager, Business Development & Technology, Sulzer Chemtech Pte Ltd, Singapore