An Alumnus of IIT – Kharagpur and Havard Business School, Arjun Malhotra was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Headstrong’s Board of Directors. He founded and built HCL from a six-person ‘garage operation’ in 1975 to one of India’s largest Information Technology corporations. Malhotra founded the Prof. G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications at IIT Kharagpur and is also one of the founding members of SPIC-MACAY – Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture amongst Youth. The Jerusalem Fund of AishHaTorah has honored Arjun Malhotra with the coveted Albert Einstein Technology Medal in 2001.

A Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Chartered Engineer, Aloke Mookherjea brings along a vast and rich corporate experience spanning across many decades. Currently serving as Advisor, Ernst & Young LLP, Mookherjea is involved deeply, as chairman/member of various boards, in the industrial activities in the state and the nation. In the past he has held top management positions, overseeing entire operations and functions. He has had country-wide responsibility for marketing, technology, R&D, Corporate Planning and Communication, Information Technology, HR, Quality Control, Process Improvement, Internal Consulting, etc.

A Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and an associate of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Samir Ghosh is an industry professional with work experience spanning over 40 years in India and overseas. He set up ITC’s Corporate Planning & Diversification division and headed it as Director, Corporate Strategy until his retirement as Vice Chairman, ITC. His experience includes business reconstruction, startups and management of change. He has been associated in advisory roles with Bank of America’s Local Advisory Board, Employers Federation of India, Tyre Manufacturers Association and has been a past President of Bengal Chamber of Commerce.

The Howard Gendal Professor of Marketing and Director, Earl V. Snyder Center for Innovation Management, Syracuse University, Prof. Tridib Mazumdar is an internationally recognized scholar in management studies. With over three decades of teaching experience in renowned academic institutions along with a distinguished career in the banking sector, Prof. Mazumdar earned his MBA and Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, his PGCGM from IIM and his B.Tech from IIT, Kharagpur.

Sandipan Chakravortty is the Managing Director of Chairman, Mjunction Services Limited. A B.Tech & M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, he completed his management course from Case Western Reserve University, USA. He held the post of President of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and was also Chairman of various national and international organizations/associations. He is a member of the Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur and is on the Advisory Council of many other Institutions.

Professor Damodar Acharya, an alumnus of IIT Khargpur held many academic positions in his long career. He was the honorable Chairman of AICTE and has also served his alma mater IIT Kharagpur as its Director. Prof. Acharya earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Rourkela, Masters and Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He has more than thirty years of diversified experience in teaching, research and academic administration in various institutions of repute in India.

Prof. Acharya has successfully handled his responsibilities as an able administrator as Chairman of Vinod Gupta School of Management and as Vice Chancellor, Biju Patnaik University of Technology. An active involvement in the logistics has earned the institutions a distinct place in the eyes of the students and the employers. His unique ability to combine academics with the industry oriented research and development has earned him both accolades and awards worldwide. He has been conferred with Fellowship of both Indian National Academy of Engineering and The National Academy of Sciences. Prof. Acharya’s lifetime contribution to Industrial Engineering has been recognized with the prestigious Lillian Gilbreth Prize, Viswesharaya Samman and Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society, USA award.

With over 30 years of academic experience, Dr. Swagata Sen holds core competency in key areas related to Commerce, i.e. Accounting, Finance and Control. His strong practical background in fostering research-based education in the Indian diaspora has been an immense contribution for learners pursuing Doctorate studies. Present Vice Chancellor, University of Gour Banga, and former Professor of Commerce, Calcutta University, Dr. Sen has been an intensive contributor in some notable academic publications as well. He has chaired sessions at eminent International Conferences, and led a pivotal role of an evaluator in Major research projects under UGC. Apart from being an active member of several academic bodies in recognized Indian universities, Dr. Sen also holds membership of the Editorial Board of National and International Research Journals.

An alumnus of Harvard Business School and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Bikram Dasgupta is among the early pioneers of the Indian Information Technology Industry and has witnessed the emergence of the Indian IT Industry from garage start-ups to billion-dollar behemoths. A technologist, innovator, visionary and a passionate speaker, Bikram was among the core group of professionals who joined HCL in its infancy and his contributions have gone a long way in establishing the market presence that HCL commands today. An out-of-the-box thinker, who strongly believes in ‘ordinary people can do extraordinary things…’whetted his formative entrepreneurial zeal by helping build Pertech Computers Limited (PCL). As the Promoter-Director, he elevated the company to the position of No.1 PC manufacturer in India and single-handedly won the single largest (US$ 50 million) export manufacturing contract from Dell Computer, USA, for computer motherboards, which is still rated as the largest single contract in the computer hardware industry. With the fast-changing IT landscape Bikram foresaw the need for a business model built around the fundamental concepts of Infrastructure and Institution to service the knowledge economy and in 1997 conceptualised Globsyn as a group of companies, which embodied that vision. To realise his vision of building an IT infrastructure of global standards in India, Bikram conceptualized and implemented, India’s first truly intelligent ‘Plug n Play’ infrastructure – ‘Infinity’, the model around which Software Parks have been developed in the country. He conceptualised and pioneered the Knowledge Finishing SchoolTM (KFS) System, which bridges the growing gap between academics and industry through industry relevant programs in a world class infrastructural setting. This, early innovator approach and concept, found expression through Software Finishing School programs at TECHNOCAMPUS in 1997, the then IBM Centre for Excellence. Over the years, 180000+ engineers have been trained in high-demand technology domains through the Software Finishing School programs. Today under Bikram’s tutelage Globsyn 3rd.Life has grown to be one of the largest IT companies set up in Bengal, with over 1000+ executives working in the domains of FinTech and Artificial Intelligence. Bikram’s venture into management education saw him setup Globsyn Business School (GBS) as India’s First Corporate B-School. Driven by Bikram’s vision of continuous innovation in management education for nearly two decades, the 3000+ alumni of GBS are currently working in mid to senior management roles in organizations across the globe.

Prof. Bhattacharya is a Metallurgist by profession and an MBA from Cranfield Business School, UK. Prof. Bhattacharya has also completed a programme on ‘Strategic Thinking and Management’ from Wharton Business School, U.S. Prof. Bhattacharya joined Indian Oxygen Ltd. (now BOC India Ltd.) initially as General Manager-Operations and finally rose to the level of Chief Executive, Eastern Region. He was also the Senior Vice President-Marketing, with one of the Aditya Birla Group Companies before switching over to Academics and Consultancy. He carries more than 30 years of industrial management experience in Operations, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Strategy and General Management. Prof. Bhattacharya has been teaching Marketing, Industrial Marketing, Marketing of Services, Strategic Marketing, Strategic Management and other topics as visiting Professor in many renowned business schools. He has been a visiting professor at IIM-Calcutta for about 20 years. He has conducted more than 30 Management Development Programmes and has published and presented a number of papers in India and abroad. He has first hand experience in Strategic Alliances, Brand Building in Industrial Markets, Corporate Marketing, Relationship Marketing, Loyalty Building etc. He has been a Consultant in the area of Strategic Management with both national and international assignments.

A second generation entrepreneur, with over 18 years of global corporate experience, Mr. Rahul Dasgupta, Director, Globsyn Group and Trustee, Globsyn Business School (GBS), leads the education and vocational training vertical of the Group. An alumnus of Durham Business School, UK, and a graduate of the accelerated development programs from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, and Wharton Business School, USA, Rahul heads the marketing, business development, and new strategic initiatives of the Group.

With a passion for education, innovation, and technology in the country, Rahul has contributed significantly in guiding and growing GBS as India’s only ‘Corporate B-School’. Following the footsteps of his father, Mr. Bikram Dasgupta, Founder & Executive Chairman of Globsyn Group, Rahul believes that technology always needs to be supported with knowledge and thereby academics. He stepped into this business a decade back, and has already become instrumental in creating a niche for GBS on the global industry-academia map.

He is the chief architect behind the digitalization of Globsyn’s academic initiatives – from a ‘Brick Model’ to a ‘Click Model – across all organizational verticals. Under Rahul’s stimulating leadership, and in keeping with the needs of the time, GBS has worked tirelessly to become Eastern India’s No. 1 Business School with 3000+ alumni globally. The B-School has forged many global partnerships, integrating various academic practices and high-end technologies into its delivery through these collaborations.

As an avid technophile, Rahul also drove Globsyn Finishing School (GFS) that was started by his father. GFS has trained over 1,95,000 engineering students through the years in various emerging technology tracks like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Internet of Things, Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Augmented Reality among others. GFS annually trains nearly 5,000 engineering graduates from 150+ colleges across India to equip them with necessary skills to join the Indian IT industry.

During the pandemic, GBS has launched GBS Online – a global platform of digital learning, to create a community of like-minded learners around the world who are able to gain access to online learning resources and complete coursework at their own time, while completing assignments of international standards. GBS Online has already enabled nearly 38,000 minds globally in a short span of time. Rahul’s team plans to digitize the entire curriculum of GBS to make it available to students across the globe through the GBS Online platform, at an affordable cost.

It is his able guidance that has helped GBS stay relevant as a specialized postgraduate education system, remaining ahead of the growth curve in terms of learning and development for the youngsters, with appropriate use of technology, pertinent to the needs of time.

Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyay who has completed his doctoral studies from Academy of Human Resource Development, is a M. Phil with first class and distinction. A graduate from University of Calcutta, Prof. Chattopadhyay has also done his PGDM, along with a program in marketing, sales and advertising management from IMM, Kolkata. He has over 40 years of academic and corporate experience and has had very successful stints in reputed organizations like Merck & Co., Organon and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited. In addition to being an extremely astute academician, Prof. Chattopadhyay is a life member of National HRD Network and ISTD and a member of ISABS, NIPM & CMA. Prof Chattopadhyay completed a program on Strategic Human Resource Leadership from National HRD Network and has also attended Human Laboratory Process Course from Indian Society of Applied Behavioural Sciences.

Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta has commanded prominent positions in several corporate and academic giants for more than 14 years. He has taught at the Florida State University, USA, and has also been a visiting researcher in the University. Dr. Dasgupta, apart from presenting research papers in national and international conferences, also has a number of publications including Scopus/ABDC/UGC Care, edited books, number of cases, book chapters, and a book under his name. He has also received the distinguished Research Excellence Award 2020. Dr. Dasgupta heads the Research and Publications vertical of Globsyn Research Cell. He is also a scientific committee member of TIIKM – Colombo, a member of the American Marketing Association and Calcutta Management Association, and a reviewer in Journal of Brand Management, Journal of Creative Communication, and journals published by the American Marketing Association.