MBA Brochure 2015-17

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MBA, IIT KANPUR Ranked No.9 by MHRD The MBA Programme of IIT Kanpur has been ranked 9 in Management Category “A� colleges by th

Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The MHRD India Rankings 2016 has been done under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) which has rated the institutions based on five broad generic parameters, namely: 1.

Teaching, Learning and Resources

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Research, Consulting and Collaborative Performance

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Graduation Outcome

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Outreach and Inclusivity

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Perception

To know more about the ranking, methodology and metrics used by NIRF, please refer the below link: https://www.nirfindia.org/mgmt The rankings showcase the trust that the industry and peers have for the quality of MBA , IIT Kanpur.

This achievement emphasizes our unwavering endeavour to continue our legacy of excellence in nurturing Techno-Managers of tomorrow.

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Innovation in management is as important as the science and technology of any engineering practice. MBA students of IIT Kanpur have been exhibiting leadership qualities and passion to serve the society as responsible managers of the corporate world, true to the IIT tradition.

The MBA programme at IIT Kanpur was initiated with the guiding principle that a sound technical expertise coupled with right management acumen, is the key to survival in a contemporary competitive environment. In fact, the programme is a testimony to one of the key strengths of IIT Kanpur, which is its articulate understanding of the existing and future needs of the corporate world. This inherent dynamism is expressed through path-breaking innovations in both its programmes and its research to keep abreast with the latest.

Globally accepted as a vibrant seat of academic and professional excellence, IIT Kanpur is known for its innovative approach, participative culture and academic rigour. Over eighteen thousand engineers, technologists, scientists, managers and entrepreneurs from IIT Kanpur are today active across the globe.

Though the MBA programme offered by the IME department is still relatively, nascent, it retains a strong interaction with the industry or account of its courses in industrial Management. The strong industry linkages ultimately go a long way in providing a holistic approach to research and education. Special efforts to recruit talented faculty on a global basis and stringent admission procedures to select brilliant students across the country, ensures a pool of formidable intellectual capital at any given time in the campus. This helps in a healthy and dynamic exchange of ideas which incubates leaders for the corporate world. No wonder that IIT is perhaps. India's most recognized brand the world over.

Needless to say that the MBA students of IIT Kanpur have been exhibiting leadership qualities and passion to serve the society as responsible managers of the corporate world, true to IIT tradition. Students of the earlier batches have carved out a niche for themselves as assets to the organizations. This fact is reinforced by enthusiastic response from the corporate world in the form of placements. I feel confident that this pool of professionals will be another feather in the glorious crown of IIT Kanpur. I wish them all the very best in all their future endeavors.

Indranil Manna Director, IIT Kanpur

The engine of today's economy - the business world, is increasingly becoming demanding and dynamic. In such a challenging scenario managing people, information and technology in an integrated fashion is going to be the mantra for a successful manager. The MBA programme at IIT Kanpur is an attempt to address this concern in a scientific spirit. Being an integral part of an institution of the stature of IIT Kanpur naturally helps the budding spark to imbibe all the values and ethos that have made it an epitome of excellence.

Our tryst with management started way back in 1974, when the Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) programme was initiated to teach methods to plan, design, implement and manage production and services. The MBA programme introduced in the year 2001, was thus a structured culmination of the process of dissemination of knowledge that had been gathered over the years.

The rising complexity of the business environment has made it mandatory for an engineer to unshackle himself from the confines of mere technical competencies and assume the role of a complete manager. The course of MBA at IIT Kanpur is uniquely designed to train engineers into managers with a holistic outlook. The course is rooted in the Indian environment, along with the required international perspective. With a carefully designed syllabus, we keep up to the true IIT Kanpur tradition of sensitizing ourselves with the latest in the industry. The emphasis is on building people skills, with focus on team skills, indispensable to any organization. The class being a heterogeneous mix of engineers from diverse fields naturally enriches the learning environment, turning it into a fountainhead of vibrant ideas.

The response from the industry has been very enthusiastic and encouraging. This bears testimony to the value adding output that the students of MBA at IIT Kanpur have been giving to the industry and the society. I am sure that the encouragement from the industry will continue in the coming years as a reinforcement of the esteem in which IIT Kanpur and our MBA programme is held.

Prof. Rahul Varman Head, Industrial & Management Engineering IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur IIT Kanpur is one of the premier institutes established by the Government of India in 1959. Since its inception, IIT Kanpur has been striving to develop into an institution of excellence in education and research in consonance with the contemporary and future needs of India. The combined record of its faculty and students along with the alumni spread across the world is awe inspiring. With path-breaking innovations in both curriculum and research, the institute has carved an exclusive name for itself.

The Institute offers its students an outstanding academic environment coupled with world-class infrastructure. Not only does it celebrate freedom of thought, cultivate vision and encourage growth, but it also inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the society.

The special efforts to recruit talented faculty on a global basis and stringent admission procedures to select brilliant students across the country, ensures a pool of formidable intellectual capital at any given time in the campus. This helps in healthy and dynamic exchange of ideas which incubates leaders for the corporate world.

IME DEPARTMENT With the establishment of the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) in 1974, IIT Kanpur extended its technical supremacy to managerial disciplines. The IME department was established with the aim of combining the strength of technology and management. This synergy is the foundational bedrock of all IME programs - MBA, M.Tech. and PhD. Keeping up with the tradition of innovation, the 2-year MBA programme aims at creating business leaders and entrepreneurs by leveraging on its strengths in technology, computing and social sciences The department is currently engaged in a diverse set of activities including teaching, academic research, industry consulting, management development programmes, and public sector projects. The curriculum of the department is constantly updated based on the changing needs of the industry.

Emphasis is given to industry interaction by means of academic projects, internships and special studies.

IIT Kanpur boasts of world class infrastructure facilities. The department has been endowed with enviable computational facilities. The IME department has the following labs: • Smart Systems and Operations Lab • Ma age e t Computing Lab Product Lifecycle Management Lab • Virtual La - Production Shop Simulation Lab of MHRD • Management Simulation Lab Finance Software: Primavera, Project Finance International, Risk Simulator Operations Software: DEASolverPro8.0, Product Lifecycle Management Software Automation and Strategy: Arena 13, Stella 9.1, Data Transformation Services Statistics Software: SPSS, SAS, MATLAB, MINITAB, R, NX Unigraphics, ArgoUM Knowledge Resources: The P.K. Kelkar library, rated among the best libraries in the country, has about 4.5lakh books that deal with various aspects and intricacies of science and management in addition to about 1500 periodicals and journals. Each year, on an average 4500 books and journal volumes are added to the collection. The department also has a library to cater to the literary needs of the students. Eresources like online databases and archives of journals are also provided to facilitate easier access to knowledge. The IME department subscribes to online databases like Prowess, Alpha, EBSCO, EMERALD, Indiastat, Proquest, Capitaline, INDEST Besides this, there are regular subscriptions to a gamut of reputed management journals and magazines like Journals on Marketing, Strategic Management, Manufacturing Systems and Financial Economics a part from the Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review etc.

Anoop Singh

Amit Shukla

Areas of Interest: Power Sector Regulation, Policy & Finance. Energy Economics, Energy Pricing, Energy Efficiency.

Areas of Interest: Emerging Employment Relationship, Citizenship Behaviour, Psychological Ownership, Positive OB, Academic Excellence, Staffing, Talent and Performance Management

• Former Deputy Director Economics), Haryana Electricity Regulatory • Me er of the Working Group on Power for the 12th Five-Year Plan, Planning Commission • Me er of Core Group o Ne t Ge eratio Net orks (Licensing Issues), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) • Member, Electricity Contract Advisory Board of Mufti Commodity Exchange of India (MCI), Mumbai • Co sulta t to the World Bank, UNIDO, and UNU/IAS

• Gold Medallist, B.Tech ISM Dhanbad 2001

B. V. Phani Ph.D. (2005), IIM Calcutta

Avijit Khanra Fellow (Ph.D.), IIM Ahmedabad Areas of interest: Inventory and Demand Management; Stochastic Modelling, System Analysis and Optimization

Areas of interest: Financial Intermediation, Credit Risk Modeling, Securitization, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Market microstructure and valuation.

 BE (Mechanical), 1987, MVSR Engineering. College, Osmania University

Deepu Philip

Devlina Chatterjee

Areas of interest: Production and operations management, Systems engineering and simulation, Local search and optimization, Unmanned Aerial Systems

Areas of Interest: Managerial Economics, Applied Econometrics, Rural Economics, Empirical Finance.

Faiz Hamid FPM, IIM Lucknow Areas of interest: Combinatorial Optimization, Network Optimization, Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Data Mining, Recommender Systems

• Dual masters from US at Penn State University and earned two masters degrees - Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Economics.

• Worked with IFCI (New Delhi), GE Capital (Bangalore) and Antrix Corporation (Bangalore) • Specialization areas: Applied Economics, Statistical Modeling, Rural and Agricultural Markets.

Jayanta Chatterjee

Kripa Shanker PhD (OR&IE), Cornell University, USA

Areas of Interest: e-Marketing, Knowledge Management, IPR, Intelligent Business Decisions • Co-Founder and director -Strategy Innovation Inc., Softedge International, VI ePlex • E e uti e dire tor a d V.P, Ro k ell I ter atio alAsia Region President and CEO, Allen Bradley India Ltd. • Visiti g Professor, Desig Fa tor , Aalto U i ersit , Finland Adjunct Professor Hong Kong Poly1.1

N. K. Sharma

Areas of Interest: Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Marketing of Services (PG), Managerial Communication (PG).

Areas of interest: Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Management, Supply Chain & Logistical Management, Quantitative & Statistical Decision Models, MIS and Simulation, Financial Engineering   Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow Chairman,  Board of Apprentice and Training (Northern Region) Member, AICTE National Board of Accreditation of Management Institutions  Visiting Faculty, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand  Visiting Faculty, Cornell University Visiting Faculty, Mazandran University, Babol, Iran.  MS (OR), Cornell University, USA  M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), IIT Kanpur  B.Sc. Engg. (Mechanical), IIT BHU

Puneet Prakash

 Association with Educational Film: "Communicating Through Blackboard'  Conducted several seminars/courses/workshops  Published several papers in leading journals like quarterly journal of Experimental Psychology,  Behavioral scientist, Psychological studies, journal of Technical and vocational Education.

Areas of interest: Finance, Financial Risk Management, Risk & Insurance Management.

RRK Sharma

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Member of professional organizations FMA, AFA, and VASUG

Raghu Nandan Sengupta Areas of interest: Operations Research, Operations Management, Strategy

FPM (Operations), IIM Calcutta (2003)  BE Mechanical Engineering, VNIT Nagpur  117 publications (24 book chapters; 16 international conferences published and 57 journal publications) till date.  Published two books (one on MRP systems and one on management control systems of organizations)

Rahul Varman Fellow in Management (IIM Ahmedabad)

 B.E, Mechancial Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi (1992)  IUSSTF-2008, to Operations Research & Financial Engineering Department, Princeton University, USA, 2008.  Visiting Faculty to AIT, Bangkok, THAILAND under MHRD, GoI, INDIA, 2011.  EMEA-2011 Fellowship, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, POLAND, 2012.  EU-NAMASTE-2014 Fellowship, Operations and Logistics, Centre of Engineering and Management Studies (CEG-IST), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon (UTL), Portugal.

Shankar Prawesh

Areas of Interest: Organisation Theory, Industrial Relations, Business & Society.  Consulting with UNIDO, Govt., and industry, especially SME's in the area of organization development, change and restructuring as well as HR issues.  Founding head of the incubation center at IIT Kanpur.

Areas of interest: Big Data, Recommender Systems, Social Media, Agent Based Simulation.

Shashi Shekhar Mishra

Subhas C. Misra

Areas of interest: Marketing Strategy, New Product Development, Marketing Research.

Areas of interest: Business Process Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), ERP and Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics/Data Analysis, EGovernance, Project Management.

 Paper presented at ISBM-Penn State University Conference held at Harvard Business School (USA)

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Uday S. Racherla PhD (Purdue University)

PDF (Harvard University) M.S. , University of New Brunswick, Canada M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur, India BE, Andhra University, India

Veena Bansal

Areas of research interest: Strategy, Innovation, Intellectual Property Management, Technology Management, Sustainability.  Executive MBA (Kellogg School of Management)  Taught at Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, USA  Over 25 years of leadership and management experience in  Fortune 500 companies in the US: Senior Director R&D Innovation (PepsiCo),  Worldwide Director R&D (SC Johnson), Global Director R&D Innovation(NU  Skin Enterprises), Senior R&D Executive positions (Unilever)  Invented and commercialized many new technologies worldwide  Published over 120 research papers and 9 patents.

Areas of interest: Document and Image Analysis, Information Technology  MS, University of Connecticut, USA  Adjunct faculty at IIM Lucknow  Visiting faculty at Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Vanamalla V PhD (IISc. Bangalore) Areas of interest: Applied Operations Research, Optimization and Game Theory.

Adjunct Faculty

Chandra Vir Singh

Dipankar Ganguly

Vice President(Retd.), Tata Motors Lucknow and Tata Daewoo, South Korea

Areas of interest: Chartered Accountant Law and Taxation

Areas of interest: International Business Management, Strategic Planning Process, Process Management and Business Excellence

Sunil Gupta

Hari Parmeshwar

SVP at ITC Infotech Areas of interest: IT Strategy

Areas of interest :Human Resource

V.S. Verma Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Areas of interest: Power sector: regulation/ policy

Vinay Khanna Principal, VK Associates Areas of interest: Marketing, Strategy, Human Resource

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A monthly business e newsletter was started by the MBA students at IIT Kanpur to serve as a platform for them to express their views on the major business events happening around the world. From the latest disruptive startup to IPOs, to M&A’s, to new legislation, the students give their point of view on how these affect the global business environment.

The Business Club aims to inform, inspire and encourage students about business and entrepreneurship. The club enhances one's acquaintance with the business world with the help of focus groups.

The MBA students occupy crucial positions like Head and Lead Coordinator and ensure the smooth functioning of the Business Club.

INDUSTRY INTERACTION S.No.

Name Of The Speaker

Designation

Organization

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Mr. Divyaroop Bhatnagar

Managing Director

Yfactor Marketing Pvt Ltd.

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Mr Raju Ahluwalia

General Manager

Wipro Limited

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Ashu Sabharwal

Principal Founder

Qualisys

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Vishal Sharma

Director

Deloitte Consulting Llp

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Mr. Piyush Upadhyay

Tata Power Company Limited

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Dr. Julian Gaspar

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R Nand Kumar

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Ruchika Chawla

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Amitabh Mishra

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Jalpa Bhatt

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Manoj Jain

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Narendra Sonawane

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Nirupam Srivastava

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Pramod Singh

Chief - Strategic Hr Executive Director, Center For International Business Studies Head Corporate Communications Associate Director,Infrastructure And Government Services Senior Vp, Head Of Technology PMP Director-Technology Development AVP Managing ConsultantBusiness Strategy Director

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Nalin Tiwari

Senior Manager

Accenture

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Siddhartha Chatterji

Senior Manager

Accenture

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Sunil Kardam

Manager

Capgemini

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Ankur Choudhary

Head of E-Commerce

Reckitt Benckiser

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Harshavardhan Kathaley

Director, Enterprise Channels

Juniper Networks

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Mukesh Lal

AVP

EXL Services

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Vyom Upadhyay

Head,Business Intelligence

ICICI Bank

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Sridevi Vadapalli

Senior Practice Lead

Infosys

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Salil Agarwal

FoodPanda,GoPeppers,ZiffyHomes

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Vikas Agarwal

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Prithvi Raj Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan

Serial Entreprenuer National Head - Customer Servicing Lead-Mobile Insights Director & Business Head

Shopclues

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Texas A&M University Acc Limited KPMG Snapdeal L&T Infotech Make My Trip Business Service, Infosys IBM Hewlett Packard

Indiamart Nielsen

Final Placement Process The placement process for MBA programme at IIT Kanpur commences from the first week of December. The batch of 2015 consists of 55 students, with 96 % possessing rich work experience across industry sectors. The academic rigor combined with the cultural vibrancy of the campus makes them prime assets for any organization.

Pre Placement Talk (PPT) Pre-placement talks provide opportunities for students to know more about a prospective employer along with the job profiles and career growth opportunities available. As a standard practice, prospective recruiters have shown interest in conducting formal presentations followed by an interactive discussion.

Selection Process The selection process is designed to be in tune with the rules and regulations of the institute as well as catering to the unique requirements of each participating company.

Campus Recruitment 2015-17 A company is provided a slot on a given day during the placement week. The slot scheduling is based on following criteria:  Job profile offered  Career growth opportunities  Remuneration  Past relationship with MBA, IIT Kanpur

Lateral Recruitment Through lateral recruitments, companies can hand pick students who are a good match for their organization. For more information about the lateral recruitment process, kindly get in touch with us at mba@iitk.ac.in.

Placement Guidelines Companies need to fill up and submit a recruitment form.  A date of mutual convenience will be decided for PPT and recruitment process.  It is expected that final results will be declared immediately after the interview.  Please e-mail us at mba@iitk.ac.in for any query.

Analytics: Analytics was the most sought after domain with 35% of the students being offered roles in this domain.

Some of the prominent recruiters for Analytics profiles were EXL, Infosys, Cognizant.

Operations: This year witnessed 17% of the students being offered roles in Operations management.

ITC Infotech, Connect India, Avery Dennison among others were the companies offering Operations profile.

Finance: 10% of the students were offered profiles like Financial Consultant, Management Trainee in the Finance domain during this placement season.

CRISIL, GREX etc. were the major recruiters for Finance profiles.

Abhas Vyas Bachelor of Technology, Mechatronics Sastra University Assistant System Engineer Tata Consultancy Services (21 months) mail: abhasvy@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Magic9

Abhilash Chandra Bachelor of Technology, Information Science and Engineering M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology Associate Software Engineer Societe Generale Global Solution Centre(25 months) mail: achandra@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: LAVA International

Aman Agarwal Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Tele Communication Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology System Engineer Tata Consultancy Services (34 months) mail: amana@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Tata Motors

Arka Goswami Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering West Bengal University Of Technology Executive Engineer Vedanta Resources Plc (47 months) mail: arka@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: ACC Limited

Arpit Jain Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science Engineering Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Senior Technical Associate Dell International Services India Pvt Ltd. (23 months) mail: arpjain@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: IndiaMART

Arunangshu Ray Bachelor of Technology,Computer Science Engineering West Bengal University Of Technology Programmer Analyst Cognizant Technology Solutions (20 months) mail: arunray@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Deloitte

Bhavna Uttamchandani Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Institute of Engineering and Technology, DAVV Design Engineer TATA Technologies Ltd (15 months) mail: bhavnau@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: ACC Limited

Deepti Sekhri Bachelor of Technology,Electronics and Communication SSGPURC, Hoshiarpur (Panjab University) Software Engineer Aricent (08months) mail: deeptis@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Idea

Gaurav Dawrani Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Senior Systems Engineer Infosys Ltd (31 months) mail:gauravd@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: ACC Limited

Gaurav Shah Bachelor of Technology, Civil Engineering Engineering NIT Jaipur Assistant Engineer WS ATKINS India Pvt Ltd (35 months) mail: gshah@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Nielsen

Himanshu Negi Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering DIT,Dehradun Trainee Graduate Engineer MINDA Sai Ltd (08 months) mail: hnegi@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: BPCL

Ishaan Singh Bachelor of Technology IT Engineering MSIT (GGSIPU) mail: ishaan@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Sanofi

K Prakash Raju Bachelor of Technology, Biotechnology GRIET(JNTU, Hyderabad) Assistant Systems Engineer Tata Consulatancy Services (17 months) mail: kraju@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: My Andaman

Kartik Bajaj Bachelor of Technology Electronics Engineering College of Engineering Studies, UPES mail: kartikb@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: LAVA International

Kinsuk Ghatak Bachelor of Technology, Production Engineering Jadavpur University Engineer- Marketing & Project Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. (23 months) mail: kinsuk@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: ACC Limited

Kumar Shashwat Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Siddaganga Institute Of Technology, Tumkur Design Engineer QUEST GLOBAL ENGINEERING & PVT LTD(20 months) mail: kmrshash@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: NOVONOUS

Manpreet Singh Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Lovely Professional University Operations Manager Shine Industrial Corporation (13 months) mail: manpret@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: GREX

Meenal Gupta Bachelor of Technology Computer Science Engineering Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology, UPTU mail: meenalg@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: CARE24

Mohit Yadav Bachelor of Technology, Aerospace Engineering UPES, Dehradun Assistant Systems Engineer Tata Consultancy Services (24 months) mail: mohitrao@iit.ac.in Summer Internship: NOVONOUS

Nitin Rawat Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science Engineering Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology Software Engineering Analyst Accenture (23 months) mail: nrawat@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Godrej

Pallavi Lohia Bachelor of Technology, Civil Engineering Galgotia's College of Engineering & Technology Junior Engineer Public Works Department, Rajasthan (36 months) mail: lohia@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: GREX

Parmanand Nagdev Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering Medicaps Institute of Technology and Management Product Developer Computer Sciences Corporation (12 months) mail: nagdev@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Boeing

Saikat Chatterjee Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College Programmer Analyst Cognizant Technology Solutions (21 months) mail: saikatch@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Deloitte

Sapna Tuteja Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics HMR Institute of Technology and Management Lecturer PUSA Polytechnic (06 months) mail: sapna@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: ACC Limited

Shreyansh Singh Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation SRM Engineering College, Chennai Assistant System Engineer Tata Consultancy Services (24 months) mail: shresing@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Deloitte

Shubham Gour Bachelor of Technology Information Technology Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology (GGSIPU) mail: gour@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: ACCLimited

SoďŹ a Sunny Thomas Bachelor of Technology Mechanical Engineering TKM College of Engineering mail: soďŹ ast@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: LAVA International

Somya Goel Bachelor of Technology Computer Science Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad mail: somya@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: CARE24

Soumya Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University mail: soumyasj@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: IndiaMART

Sourav Ghosh Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Jadavpur University Engineer (Materials) Andrew Yule & Co Ltd (49 months) mail: ghsourav@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: White Data System

Utkarsh Maurya Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication SRMCEM (Uttar Pradesh Technical University) Assistant System Engineer Tata Consultancy Services (17 months) mail: utkarshm@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Nielsen

Vibhu Upadhyay Bachelor of Technology, Communication and Computer Engineering LNM Institute of Information Technology Inspector Central Excise (43 months) mail: vibhuup@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: IndiaMART

Vijaya Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering Jadavpur University Management Trainee Larsen & Toubro Limited (53 months) mail: vijaya@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: IEX

Vikas Kumar Sinha Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering CSIT, DURG (CSVTU BHILAI) Chhattisgarh Faculty T.I.M.E. (13 months) mail: vikasks@iitk.ac.in Summer Internship: Arvind Mills

Detailed Batch Profile Abhas Vyas Summer Internship: Magic9 Profile: Consulting Key deliverables: Feasibility study of a self-sustainable primary school teacher engagement program. Primary and Secondary data collection through district education offices and census and in- depth interview of primary school teachers to identify current state of these schools. Narrowing down on a certain set of activities that can be performed given the time and other constraints.

Projects Undertaken: • Uber - Radio taxi industry trends and future • Application of time series analytics for forecasting sales of a souvenir shop • Marketing research project on Identification of Customer In-Store and Pre-Purchase Touch Points and their Effect on Customer Preferences for Cafes • Simulation project on strategic marketing of a new product • Organization behavior project on studying the evolution, function and impact of environmental factors on the organization Dainik Jagran, Kanpur • A literature review on inventory control of perishable items

Abhilash Chandra Summer Internship: Lava International Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Marketing research, branding and collaboration Projects Undertaken: • Linear regression model of factors affecting the life expectancy of human across the world with respect to several regressors • Conceptualization of application of Drone in agriculture in India • Organisation behaviour project at Indian Institute of Pulse Research (IIPR), Kanpur • Marketing research: To identify the requirement of tiffin service among college students based on qualitative and quantitative analysis • Marketing of services: A critical analysis of Pepperry.com • Inventory Management at Dominos and Brand Factory (Operations) • Panel data regression for predicting crime rate across countries

Aman Agarwal Summer Internship: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Market Research on penetration of lubricants in Indian industries Projects Undertaken: • Statistical Models to Identify the Overall Ability of a Football Players • Simulation project on Market Analysis, Promotional Strategy formulation and Sales Projection for FOLDA (foldable car)

Arka Goswami Summer Internship: ACC Limited Profile: Operations Key Deliverables: 1. Outbound logistics network optimization for ACC allied products (use of hub & spoke/ milkrun model).

2. Building web based platform for aggregation of Transit Mixer (used for transportation of RMX concrete) aimed for industry wide application.

Projects Undertaken: • Petro-Refinery catalyst production process analysis at Johnson Matthey, Panki Works, Kanpur • Prediction of weight of new born baby on the basis of various factors related to mother using multiple linear regression • Product Strategy and devising Marketing Plan for Social Startup (ProSoc Innovators), dealing with products targeted to underprivileged population • Effect of Maggi ban on the whole Instant Noodles category

Arpit Jain Summer Internship: IndiaMART InterMESH Limited Profile: Business Analyst Key Deliverables: Development of NPS (Net Promoter Score) predictor system.

Prediction of NPS considering the overall customer base on the basis of past responses.

Projects Undertaken: • Statistical Modelling for Business Analytics: Multiple Linear Regression for prediction of weight of new born baby on the basis of various factors related to mother

Arunangshu Ray Summer Internship: Deloitte USI Profile: Technology Consultant Key Deliverables: Project Management and Quality Assurance POC in Insurance Domain for a US based Insurance Company Projects Undertaken: • Analytics: Linear Multiple Regression through R to analyze the dependence of various factors on lung capacity • Marketing: To study the change in customer's perception of instant noodles food • Analytics: To predict the gasoline consumption using panel data regression using R Studio • Operations: Study on Major Operations and Contingencies at TMS, Kanpur (North Central Railway) • Marketing: Product Strategy and devising Marketing Plan for Social Startup (ProSoc Innovators), dealing with products targeted to underprivileged population

Bhavna Uttamchandani Summer Internship: ACC Limited Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Sales force effectiveness & Value Added Solution branding including Market Feedback Analysis, Formulating communication strategies, Interaction with sales force, Social media marketing of allied products.

Projects Undertaken: • Marketing Research -Identification of Customer in-store Touch Points for Cafes • Statistical Modelling - Analysis of the dimensions affecting a Countries Peace Index • Organization Design study of CCD, IIT Kanpur • Study of Production and Operation Management of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India

Deepti Sekhri Summer Internship: Idea Cellular Ltd Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Measure and improve communication efficiency of VAS. Product testing of all the VAS services of Punjab circle Identification and analysis of various KPIs developing effective customer segmentation for VAS service Projects Undertaken: • Study on the business model of "Rent the Runway" • Identification and analysis of customer in-store and pre-purchase touchpoints for a cafe business • Study of operations management at ALIMCO

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Statistical analysis of peace index of countries (time series and panel data) Marketing Project for wheelchair commercialization Studying Organizational Behavior of CCD at IIT Kanpur campus

Gaurav Dawrani Summer Internship: ACC Limited Profile: Operations Key Deliverables: To conceptualize and create online portal to share Transit Mixers among big players of concrete industry on daily basis.

Studied the Concrete Market and met 5 big players of the industry to pitch for the sharing of TMs. Performed regression analysis, financial analysis, designed website structure.

Projects Undertaken: • Organizational Behaviour: A live project on studying the evolution, function and impact of environmental factors on the organization Dainik Jagran.

• Marketing: A simulation project on market analysis, promotional strategy formulation and sales projection for a new product (Dri-SAFE) • Marketing Research: To identify the requirement of tiffin service among college students based on qualitative and quantitative analysis • Real Options: Laborer vs Auto Rickshaw Driver: A Real Option (Option to abandon) • Investment Valuation: Financial Analysis of a company using horizon method using financial statements of the company • Analytic: Forecasting of tourist footfall in India using Time-Series Analysis • Analytic: Analysis of Funding Received by Start-Up Companies and Factors associated with it • Operations: Optimizing the Working Capital in Manufacturing of Camphor and Reducing Seasonality of the Business

Gaurav Shah Summer Internship: Nielsen Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Understanding the client’s problem and converting it into the Market Research Problem.

Extracting the relevant data from the Database and analyzing it to answer the MR Problem.

Consulting the clients for pricing, promotions, assortment and distribution network and preparing the sales strategy.

Projects Undertaken: • Study of Big Bazaar's Store Operation • Measuring Loyalty for E Commerce Companies • Analysis of Real Estate price using Linear Regression • Analysis of Factors affecting Chicken Pox using logarithmic Regression

Himanshu Negi Summer Internship: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Market Research on penetration of lubricants in Indian industries

Ishaan Singh Summer Internship: Sanofi Profile: Consulting Key Deliverables: Disaster recovery plan for all the local applications of Sanofi India.

Designing framework for Parents insurance scheme to be launched.

Operational BI for E-pandit and E-pricing applications.

Projects Undertaken: • Marketing of Service Business Plan (ZUBAN_ A Story Telling Platform) • Forecasting the Price of Minerals (Analytics) • Feasibility of Human Library at IIT Kanpur (Marketing Research) • Inventory Management at Dominos and Brand Factory (Operations • Organized Study -Kanpur Central Railway Station (Organizational Behavior) • Marketing Strategy: Wheel Chair

K Prakash Raju: Summer Internship: My Andaman Profile: Marketing

Kartik Bajaj:

Summer Internship: Lava International Profile: Marketing Projects Undertaken: • Organizational Study of Kanpur Central Railway Station • Feasibility of Human Library at IIT Kanpur (Marketing Research)

Kinsuk Ghatak: Summer Internship: ACC Limited Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Primary data collection through survey for the analysis of usage pattern, consumption and competitors' strategy...

Secondary research to understand the potential of the market in Mumbai and Western area.

STPD, SWOT Analysis, Statistical Analysis using R,SPSS to formulate a strategy to grab a market share of 4-5% within 3 years by emphasizing more on product , pricing , packaging and promotional channels.

Projects Undertaken: • Product Strategy and devising Marketing Plan for Social Startup (ProSoc Innovators), dealing with products targeted to underprivileged population • Linear Regression Model of Sales volume of fashion retail stores in Netherlands with respect to several independent regressors • Panel Data Regression Model to understand the factors affecting cigarette consumption (Secondary Data from USA: 1985-1995 across 48 states) • Operations Management Project : Time Study Analysis and Storage Efficiency analysis of Raw material inventory at InjectoPlast (Lohia Corp.) – Kanpur • Marketing Research Project: To identify the usage pattern and buying behaviour of deodorants among Indian men segment (Link) • Marketing of Services: AirBnB: A Critical perspective, opportunities & analysis of sharing Economy business model with respect to Indian Context

Kumar Shashwat: Summer Internship: Novonous Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: To compile syndicated marketing research reports on various markets and Profile various industries.

Also, analyze current market trends and suggest strategies to utilize the same.

Projects Undertaken: • Analysis Of The Organizational Structure And Functioning Of IIPR • Conceptualization Of An Innovative Product And Analyzing Its Opportunity Avenues In The Market • Analysis Of The Factors Governing The Consumer Behaviour While Making Purchasing Decisions On An E-Commerce • Analysis Of The Silver Market For Its Potential In The Service Industry • Multivariate Regression Analysis In R • Critical Analysis Of IRCTC As A Service Industry, Current Standing And Scope Of Improvement • Analysis And Forecasting Of Minimum Temperature In Melbourne Using The Daily Readings From 1981-1990

Manpreet Singh: Summer Internship: GREX Profile: Finance Key Deliverables: Study on scope of Private Placement Platforms in India. Analysis of different models and processes followed by various Investment based Funding platforms of USA and Europe. Study on various entities involved in Crowdfunding and identifying the potential third party legal and due diligence service providers. Competitor analysis of various Crowdfunding Platforms in USA, Europe and India.

Analyzing the scope of Over the Counter markets and Alternate Trading Platforms (ATS) in India.

Projects Undertaken: • Operations: Optimizing the Working Capital in Manufacturing of Camphor and Reducing Seasonality of the Business

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Analytic: Analysis of Funding Received by Start-Up Companies and Factors associated with it Analytic: Forecasting of tourist footfall in India using Time-Series Analysis Investment Valuation: Financial Analysis of a company using horizon method using financial statements of the company Real Options: Self Sponsored V/S Company Sponsored Master’s Degree Marketing Research: To identify the requirement of tiffin service among college students based on qualitative and quantitative analysis Marketing: A simulation project on market analysis, promotional strategy formulation and sales projection for a new product (Dri-SAFE) Organizational Behaviour: A live project on studying the evolution, function and impact of multi-party working - environmental factors on the organization Brand Factory.

Meenal Gupta Summer Internship: Care 24 Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Responsible for Digital Marketing: Performance Marketing- Targeting, Budgeting Engagement posts for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Did differential Pricing for Physiotherapy Handling the Project of making service videos for all categories for Care24 Projects Undertaken: • Organization Study-Kanpur Central Railway Station (ORGANISATION BEHAVIOR) • Designing Marketing Strategy for RUTAG Amla Pricking Machine (MARKETING MANAGEMENT) • Study of Operations of Big Cinemas, Rave Moti (Production and Operation Management) • Feasibility of Human Library at IIT Kanpur (Marketing Research) • Statistical Models To Identify the Overall Score of a Football Player on the basis of various variables (STATISTICAL MODEL FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS) • To study the amount of precipitation in East Port, USA for 1887-1950 (STATISTICAL MODEL FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS)

Mohit Yadav Summer Internship: Novonous Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Market research on Global Packaging Industry, Global Sensors Market, Mobile Manufacturing in India Projects Undertaken: • Marketing of Amla Pricking Machine developed by RUTAG, IIT Kanpur • Analysis of Financial Indicators as Determinants of Market Valuation of Football Clubs

Nitin Rawat Summer Internship: Godrej & Boyce Profile: Marketing Projects Undertaken: • Brand Factory - Organization Study • Operations: Optimizing the Working Capital in Manufacturing of Camphor and Reducing Seasonality of the Business • Analytics: Analysis of Funding Received by Start-Up Companies and Factors associated with it • Analytics: Forecasting of tourist footfall in India using Time-Series Analysis • Marketing Research: To identify the requirement of tiffin service among college students based on qualitative and quantitative analysis

Pallavi Lohia Summer Internship: GREX Profile: Finance Key Deliverables: Study on scope of Private Placement Platforms in India. Analysis of different models and processes followed by various Investment based Funding platforms of USA and Europe. Study on various entities involved in Crowdfunding and identifying the potential third party legal and due diligence service providers. Competitor analysis of various Crowdfunding Platforms in USA, Europe and India.

Analyzing the scope of Over the Counter markets and Alternate Trading Platforms (ATS) in India.

Projects Undertaken: • Undertook a project on marketing strategy to sell RuTag Amla pricking automated machine designed by IITK students itself.

Parmanand Nagdev Summer Internship: Boeing Profile: Strategy and Business development Key Deliverables: Strategizing the turnaround plan for the client Air India, flag carrier airline of India. Evaluated all possible potential sources of revenues that could be revised. Developed a unique framework for allocating resources to maximize the revenues for airline.

Projects Undertaken: • Investment Valuation of multiple companies using major different techniques such as Gordon Growth Model, Valuation using Multiples and Asset Based Model.

• Management Consulting for Swiggy - A critical perspective, opportunities and analysis of services offered by Food-Tech industry with respect to Indian Context.

• Real Option Pricing to make capital budgeting decisions of R&D for a Pharmaceutical company.

• Econometrics: Application of Time Series Analytics for forecasting sales and analyzing the underlying economic impact of forecasted sales for a souvenir shop.

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Marketing: A simulation project on market analysis, promotional strategy formulation and sales projection for a new product (Dri-SAFE).

Saikat Chatterjee

Summer Internship: Deloitte USI Profile: Technology Consultant Key Deliverables: To help Management improve the Productivity and Efficiency of the Project Team by Strategic Alignment and Integration of People Expectations and Business Objective, conducting Employee Engagement Survey, Critical Analysis of Employee Satisfaction and Motivation Factors.

Projects Undertaken: • Organization Study-Kanpur Central Railway Station (CNB) • Study on Major Operations and Contingencies at TMS, Kanpur (North Central Railway)

Sapna Tuteja Summer Internship: ACC Limited Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Designing the incentive schemes for the dealer of the products offered by the company.

Designing a road map for promotional strategies for allied products.

Projects Undertaken: • Organization Study and Supply Chain Management of BIG BAZAAR • Term Paper on a new Business Plan for a startup • Marketing Research On Brand Loyalty And Discounting Strategies Of E-Commerce Websites • Total Quality Management- Implementation Of TQM To Service Industry • Statistical Modelling For Business Analytics- Analysis Of Construction Factors As Determinants Of Market Value Of House • Analysis And Forecasting Of Measles, Mumps And Chickenpox Using Time Series Data

Shreyansh Singh Summer Internship: Deloitte USI Profile: Technology Consultant Key Deliverables: Management and execution of Quality Assurance processes including identification of test scenarios based on business requirements for E-commerce, Point-Of-Sale and Mobile systems modules for a US based furniture retailer.

Projects Undertaken: • Marketing Management: Devising Product Strategy and Marketing Plan for Social Startup (ProSoc Innovators), dealing with products targeted to the underprivileged • Analytics: Linear Regression Model of Sales volume of fashion retail stores in Netherlands with respect to several independent regressors.

• Analytics: Panel Data Regression Model to understand the factors affecting cigarette consumption (Secondary Data from USA: 1985-1995 across 48 states)

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Marketing Research Project: To identify the usage pattern and buying behaviour of deodorants among Indian men segment Marketing of Services: AirBnB: A Critical perspective, opportunities & analysis of sharing Economy business model with respect to Indian Context Organization behavior project on studying the evolution, function and impact of environmental factors on the organization Dainik Jagran, Kanpur POMS: Petro-Refinery catalyst production process analysis at Johnson Matthey, Panki Works, Kanpur

Shubham Gour Summer Internship: ACC Limited Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Worked as a consultant for Allied Products to increase a pull in the market. The internship had application of market research, marketing management and consumer behavior.

Projects Undertaken: • Marketing Strategy for FOLDA (foldable car) including new product launch, market segmentation, positioning, cost-benefit analysis.

• Statistical Models to Identify the Overall Ability of a Football Players • MODELS TO STUDY THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN EAST PORT, USA • Organization Behaviour of contingencies faced in working of an organization (Café Coffee Day, IIT Kanpur)

Sofia Sunny Thomas Summer Internship: Lava International Profile: Marketing

Somya Goel Summer Internship: Care24 Profile: Operations Key Deliverables: Market research, package formulation and forming strategic tie ups for a launch of new service Projects Undertaken: • Analytics: Linear Multiple Regression through R to analyze the dependence of various factors on lung capacity • Marketing: To study the change in customer's perception of instant noodles food • Analytics: To predict the gasoline consumption using panel data regression using R Studio • Operations: Study on Major Operations and Contingencies at TMS, Kanpur (North Central Railway)

Soumya Sajwan Summer Internship: IndiaMART InterMESH Limited Profile: Business Analyst Key Deliverables: Development of NPS (Net Promoter Score) predictor system Prediction of NPS considering the overall customer base on the basis of past responses.

Projects Undertaken: • Marketing Research on Brand Loyalty and Discounting Strategies of E-Commerce Websites.

• Analysis Of Construction Factors As Determinants Of Market Value Of House

Sourav Ghosh Summer Internship: White Data Systems India Pvt Ltd Profile: Operations/Analytics Key Deliverables: Understanding the underlying facts, mechanics, and major driving factors as a whole and from the perspective of all stakeholders for the heavy duty commercial vehicle industry in India (long haul).

Thorough analysis of GPS data for few specific inter-state route Providing benchmark solution to attain maximum vehicle optimization Projects Undertaken: • Linear multiple regression through R using secondary data source (total sales of 400 fashion retail stores of Netherlands) • Regression of Panel Data to identify several factors that affect consumption of cigarette (based on secondary data) • Time study analysis for boot adapter at Injectoplast, Lohia Industrial Complex, Kanpur • Marketing research project to identify the usage pattern and buying behaviour of body spray among Indian men, through online survey, qualitative and quantitative analysis (Link) • Valuation of Colgate Palmolive by horizon method using financial statements of the company • Evaluating the option of a student for going to higher study immediately or after one year job

Utkarsh Maurya Summer Internship: Nielsen Profile: Marketing Key Deliverables: Analyzing data of refined and Non-refined oil category in FMCG sector.

Giving recommendations to client on Product segment, Key zones (North/East/West/South, States giving the maximum value for money, Effect of promotions on sales Projects Undertaken: • Valuation of TCS by horizon method using financial statements of the company.

• Real Options- Evaluating the option for an air rilfe shooter to open a training academy.

• Analytics- Analysis of the effect of cost of doing business of employer on the wages of employee

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Analytics- Analytics and forecasting of minimum temperature in Melbourne using daily readings from 1981 to 1990 Operations project on Big Bazaar

Vijaya Mishra Summer Internship: IEX Profile: Finance

Vikas Kumar Sinha Summer Internship: Arvind Mills Profile: Operations Key Deliverables: Reduction of criticality of lot change time, human fatigue and labour needed. Reduction of human fatigue by ergonomics implementation. Project on the system to keep track on empty beams in production planning and Control Department of Denim Manufacturing Industry.Technical advancement in the surveillance of empty beams by RFID installation at the loom exit to help the account tracking for PPC department. Reduction of cycle time by changing creel package.

Projects Undertaken: • Trust and Security concerns due to ERP implementation in Rolls-Royce • Intellectual Property Rights: Gordon Gould Father of Laser Technology • Application of Total Quality Management in Steel Manufacturing Industry • Panel data regression for predicting crime rate across countries • Linear regression model of factors affecting the life expectancy of human across the world with respect to several regressors.

• Conceptualization of an Innovative Product and Analyzing its Opportunity Avenues in the Market • Analysis of the organisational structure and functioning at IIPR • Implementing Concepts of Production and Operations Management at Cafe Coffee Day

KEY RECRUITERS

Dr. Devlina Chatterjee Faculty Student Placement Advisor, IME Department Phone: +91-512-259-6960 | email id: devlina@iitk.ac.in Sruthy Sreekumar In-charge: Placement, Alumni and Industry Interaction, IME Department Phone: +91-512-259-6420 | email id: sruthy@iitk.ac.in Stude ts’ Place e t Office 109, Outreach Building, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India.

Phone: 91-512-259-4433/34 I Fax: 91512-259-4434 email id: spo@iitk.ac.in , mba@iitk.ac.in Student Coordinators: Shreyansh Singh Phone: +91- 9790860113 email: shresing@iitk.ac.in Parmanand Nagdev Phone: +91- 7869848341 email: nagdev@iitk.ac.in

DESIGNED BY ARUNANGSHU RAY & SHREYANSH SINGH

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