Institute of Management Research, Teaching, and Training (IMARTT) is our Centre of Excellence that is focused on promoting teaching, training, and research in the field of Management Studies. It was founded after studying the Executive Education program offerings of leading management institutions in India. Subject-matter experts with deep conceptual backgrounds and industry experience do not get enough opportunities to deliver a significant number of sessions at leading B-Schools and are invited to take only a few sessions. IMARTT provides an opportunity for practitioners to share their thoughts and experiences on specific topics, take full ownership of a program, and do a deep dive that can be super useful to participants.
IMARTT provides the space and opportunity for subject-matter experts, industry practitioners, and academicians to share insights that are grounded in theory and practice. Faculty delivering programs have excellent academic credentials, have held senior leadership positions in the industry, and are passionate about teaching and sharing their knowledge with others.
The programs curated by IMARTT are based on deep research and designs that can help working executives build new perspectives and apply the learnings in their workplaces. This results in tangible takeaways for participants.
Corporations would find immense value in sponsoring their employees to IMARTT programs, as it is likely to have a significant impact on the organization at an affordable cost. LabinMotion certificates are issued by IMARTT.
Prof. M V Shyam Kumar is Professor of Management at the Rensselaer Lally School of Management, Troy, New York. His research examines how firms grow and attain competitive advantage through strategic decisions, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His current work focuses on the role of AI and time in organizations. He received his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. He earned his doctoral degree in Strategy from the University of Illinois.
Ashok Samuel is a retired private equity professional with thirty years’ industry experience, most of it in a Sovereign Wealth Fund. He has extensive experience across investment, strategy, risk, operations and team management. He has an interest and experience in teaching and philanthropy. Strong affinity for cultivating relationships; skills and experience in consensus building. He worked with GIC, Singapore, for more than 22 years, and his last held position was the head of Private Equity at GIC, Singapore. He was with ICICI Ventures prior to GIC. Ashok completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1990.
K V Ramakrishna (a.k.a Ramki) has 28+ years of experience with 26+ years of experience in Venture Capital /Private Equity – Kotak PE, Carlyle Group & ICICI Venture. He was most recently the CEO of Kotak Private Equity, the Private Equity arm of Kotak Mahindra Group, where he was responsible for managing various growth funds with AUM of over $700mn. Ramki is a Computer Science and Engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal and is a Post Graduate in Management from IIM, Bangalore. His investment experience spans across Life Sciences, Technology, Retailing and Services and has developed a strong network in these segments. He actively participates on the Boards of his portfolio companies and has helped them scale their businesses while managing growth.
Jayanta Kumar Banerjee has over three decades of work experience and has worked in multiple leadership roles. He has spent most of his career in private equity and has a background in corporate finance. He is the Executive Vice Chairman of Florintree Advisors. Prior to that, he co-founded a mid-market private equity fund management company in joint venture with ASK Group. Before that, Jayanta worked with organizations such as ICICI Venture, Lehman Brothers, EY, ICICI Securities, Bank of America, and Siemens. He has served on the Board of Directors of multiple companies across industries. Jayanta holds a PGDM (MBA) from IIM Bangalore and a BE from Jadavpur University.
S Parthasarathy (a.k.a Partha) has over three decades of entrepreneurial and industry experience. A serial entrepreneur, Partha developed India’s first SaaS-based solution to manage apartment complexes in 2008. He also developed a jobs portal in 1999 and a SaaS based software solution for microenterprises in 2012. He successfully ran a manpower recruitment solutions firm for over a decade that catered to many MNCs in India. Before his entrepreneurial stint, he worked as a merchant banker with ITC Classic Finance, the NBFC arm of ITC Ltd. He has mentored many early-stage startups at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore. He is also a co-founder of a firm that is focused on mental health. Partha is the author of two books – “Unmet Needs of Entrepreneurship – Why Entrepreneurs Do What They Do?” (2018) and “How to Discover Customer Value” (2021), both published by Rupa Publishers. He completed his PGDM from IIM Bangalore.
Rajbir Singh, PhD
Rajbir Singh is a founder and Consulting Partner at Value Centria, a boutique business consulting firm that leverages customer centricity and digital to drive growth and innovation. Additionally, he is the co-founder and CEO of the i4 Mentors Foundation, a startup accelerator. As a not-for-profit, i4 Mentors Foundation is working for “Build for India”, and Healthcare is one of their focus sectors.
Before this, Rajbir led Global Business and IT Consulting businesses at IBM, Oracle, HCL Technologies and Tata Unisys for 25+ years. He has led large, multi-cultural teams spread across the globe and has consulted with Fortune 500 clients across industries, including BFSI, Media, Telecom, Utilities, CPG and Manufacturing. His areas of expertise include Customer Strategy, Innovation Strategy, Business Strategy and Change Management. He has received recognition from Forrester, Pega, SAP and HCL Tech for developing innovative products.
Rajbir has been a visiting faculty at IIIT Delhi, IIT Delhi, NSUT and BIMTech. He is also on the board of a few startup incubators.
Rajbir is an Electronics Engineer from IIT Delhi, an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a PhD from IIT Delhi.
Websites: https://www.valuecentria.in/; https://www.i4mentors.com/
Sudarsan Chakravarthy
Founder, Chief Mentor & Success Coach – myDharma Global
A Spiritual leader, leadership coach, motivational speaker, accomplished global business leader, and an author with keen interests in ancient wisdom, spirituality, science, philosophy, and the arts.
An MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B, Class of 93), India’s premier B-School, with a proven track record in building business, driving revenue & profitability growth and maximizing stakeholder delight.
Versatile and highly accomplished Management Professional with 25+ years of experience in the IT industry spanning across India, ME, Europe and North America.
Has rich experience across a wide range of areas – Digital Transformation, Line of Business Management, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT Strategy, Operations, Finance, Product Management, and Service Delivery Management.
Worked with GBM (IBM GMSR) in Dubai for 20+years and championed several key strategies, including Business transformation, SAP implementation, Market Coverage, Growth Initiatives, Merger, Organizational restructuring, Low-cost services delivery, Market Research, IT Strategy, Business Partner / Channel Management, Operational Excellence, Sales Management, CRM, etc.
A motivational speaker with rich experience in running inspiring empowerment workshops; Has been inspiring and enthralling audiences of all age groups – individuals, groups, youth, families, corporate leaders – across several parts of the world with his captivating lectures; Meticulously gleans profound insights from the treasury of ancient wisdom and presents them in a way that illuminates the contemporary mind and resonates with today’s needs, interests, and challenges.
His life’s mission is to instill nobility and greatness across various strata of society.
Skillfully harmonizes the seemingly conflicting material and spiritual worlds and empowers individuals with a revitalising transformation and helps them to strengthen faith in their limitless potential; Is dedicated to unlocking the God given talents and highest abilities in people and empowering them to celebrate life through their unique contributions to the making of a new and beautiful world.
Subha Parthasarathy has been working with children, parents, and adults since 2006 and is the founder of Magichive. She is a Counselling Psychologist with over 20,000 counselling and training hours spent on 1-on-1 sessions with adults/children and group training sessions. Subha is an experienced trainer and facilitator who delivers workshops and programs that focus on enriching relationships with self and others. Her workshops “Chetana” (parenting workshop since 2009) and “Compassionate Communication based on NVC (since 2016)” are centred around increasing self-awareness and equipping participants with tools and insights that can help in leading an enriching life.
Person Centric Therapy, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Communication form the cornerstones of her work. She is a Vipassana meditator and has certifications on various methods of interventions based on NLP, CBT, TA, NVC, Gestalt, Movement therapy, Reiki, Deep Listening, etc. She has delivered sessions in IIM Bangalore, IIM Kashipur, Infosys, Infosys BPO, Cap Gemini, Northern Trust, HSBC, etc.
Case Study: Case study on Magichive through Ivey Publishing, Ivey Business School, Canada (Click here for details) published in Oct 2024
Podcasts: Subha has hosted more than 20 free podcasts centred around mindfulness hosted on Spotify ( Click here for details)
Book: A book of 19 poems titled “Verses for Better – Parenting Lessons from Parenting Failures“, a collaborative effort between Magichive and Wunderman Thompson, was published in 2018. The book was nominated for two categories in the prestigious National Level Kyoorious Creative Awards 2019.