Chetan Tolia
Director, TMTC

Chetan Tolia took charge as the Director of the Tata Management Training Centre on the 1st August 2008. Prior to this assignment, he was the Managing Director of Tata BlueScope Steel Limited, a 50-50 joint venture between BlueScope Steel and Tata Steel, that was established in 2005. Headquartered at Pune, Tata BlueScope Steel markets Buildings Solutions and Coated Steel for applications in the construction sector and operates manufacturing facilities at Pune, Delhi, Chennai, and Colombo, and is establishing a new manufacturing facility at Jamshedpur.

Chetan led the Strategy and Planning function at Tata Steel from 2001 to 2005. From 1997 and 2001 he headed the Pune Business Unit of Tata Ryerson Limited. He worked in various marketing, projects and sales assignments at Tata Steel between 1987 and 1997.

He studied at Rishi Valley School, IIT Madras and IIM Calcutta, before joining Tata Steel in 1987.

Dr B Bowonder
Dean of Studies and Director, Research

Dr B Bowonder is the Director, Research and Dean of Studies, TMTC. Prior to this, he was the Dean at Administrative Staff College and ITC Chair Professor on Strategic Management of Technology. International Association of Management of Technology, USA presented him the Excellence in Research Award in April 2004 for his contributions to innovation management.

A PhD in Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, he was the Hallsworth Visiting Professor at Manchester Business School, Manchester in 1999. He had worked as an Expert on Manufacturing Technology for the United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok from 1986 to 1989. He was a Visiting Professor at Clark University and George Washington University. He is the Editor of International Journal of Information and Technology Management published from Geneva. He has published about 100 papers in international journals in themes such as technology and innovation management.

Pratip Kar
Dean of Finance and Corporate Governance

Mr Pratip Kar holds an MBA degree in Finance from INSEAD, and a banking certificate from the Indian Institute of Bankers, besides being a post graduate in solid state physics.

He had a long career at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which he joined when it was set up in April, 1988. As the Executive Director of SEBI, since 1992, Pratip has played a key role in the reform of the Indian securities market, framing its regulatiory policy and framework as well as implementing the regulations in diverse subjects such as - the primary market, disclosure norms, accounting standards, corporate governance, takeovers and substantial acquisition of shares, foreign institutional investement, mutual funds, automation and modernisaton of the stock exchanges, the insider trading regulations, the regulations of the stock exchanges, demutualisation of stock exchanges, regulation of the equity, bond and derivative markets, risk management, dematerialisation of securities, clearing and setlement systems, surveillance and investigations and policy research. In the area of corporate governance he was invloved in the preparation of the reports on corporate governance of the two committees set up by SEBI and in the preparation of Clause 49 of the listing agreement and in its implementation.

Pratip also has a rich experience in international regulations and has been a regular participant at the meetings of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, the OECD and the World Bank in the areas of securities market and corporate governance.

He has been a member of a number of high powered committees set up by the SEBI, the Reserve Bank of India and Ministry of Finance, Government of India as well as by the IOSCO, t he OECD and the World Bank.

Currently he is also on the Board of Governors of the National Instutute of Securities Market set up by SEBI.

A gold medallist in graduation, Pratip Kar is also a National Merit and National Science Talent scholar. His early banking career included working with a commercial bank, IFCI and IDBI (project finance).

Cyrus B Irani

Cyrus Irani, Senior Manager, Administration, is a BSc in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (Hons), CAIIB (Part I) and holds a Masters Degree in Personnel Management. He has been with the TMTC since November 1980, following a stint with Forbes Marshall as Assistant Commercial Manager in the Finished Goods Store, and looks after administration. He has also put in seven years in various departments such as Foreign Exchange, Loan Collection etc with the Bank of India.

His topics of interest are TBEM, Code of Conduct and Ethics and Tata Communication Cascade. He has been programme director for general management and finance programmes.

Dr Mukta Kampllikar

Armed with a BSc from the Holkar Science College and a Masters in Business Economics from DAVV, Indore, Mukta also holds a PhD in Marketing from the DAVV. She is currently pursuing her post doctoral research in marketing under the (Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia) AMDISA Commonwealth fellowship.

She worked with National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, as faculty and with DAVV, Indore, prior to joining TMTC. She has been a guest faculty member at many B-Schools including IIMK and has a total teaching/training experience of five years. At NIBM, she had taken up consulting assignments for State Bank Of India and State bank of Indore. She has 12 publications to her credit and her areas of interest are Services Marketing and Marketing Strategy.

Dr Rajeev Kumar

Rajeev Kumar is a specialist in the discipline of organizational communication management. His doctoral work at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, focused on the use of metaphors in organizational diagnosis and change management. His qualitative research compared the downsizing and turnaround strategies of SAIL and Voltas through a metaphorical lens. He was awarded the Fulbright Doctoral Fellowship at Texas A&M University in 2006-07 for his research.

His earlier study on ‘Communication in Downsizing at Tata Steel’ drew him to publish two teaching case studies in international publications. For these text book cases, he was awarded the Gold Quill Award for ‘Strategic Communication Excellence’ by the International Association of Business Communicators, San Francisco, in 2006.

He holds three degrees at the Masters level – M.Phil. in Social Sciences - Organizational Communication (TISS) ; Masters in Communication Studies (University of Pune) with specialization in Media Research and Masters in Defense Studies (University of Madras).
He is also qualified in Creative Writing, Computer Management, French Language, Journalism, Video Production and Research Methodology.

After 28 years of distinguished military service, Rajeev prematurely exited the Army as a Colonel in 2006 to avail of the Fulbright Fellowship. Besides his infantry combat experience in insurgency prone environments, he has held varied command, staff and diplomatic assignments.

He taught at the Infantry School,Mhow, and later, was faculty at the renowned Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, where he taught the Masters in Defense Studies degree course to middle level officers of Indian and international armed forces. While on staff at the Directorate of Military Training, Army Headquarters, Delhi, he was involved in macro level development, monitoring and evaluation of training policies and programs of the Indian Army. He had also held the appointment of Director Media at the Army Headquarters,, wherein he managed operational publicity for the Indian Army in print, electronic and web media.

He was deputed by the Indian government to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission as a military observer after the first Gulf War in 1991-92 and was awarded the United Nations Medal for Peace.

He is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators; International Communication Association; All India Management Association; and the United Services Institution.

His consulting and teaching areas include Strategic Communication Management in support of corporate restructuring and change objectives; Crisis Communication; Conflict Resolution and Negotiation; Organizational Development; Media Management; Leadership Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility.

His qualitative research interests are in the area of Organizational Communication with focus on Discourse Analysis; Metaphorical Analysis; and use of Strategic Ambiguity in Change Processes.

Ramakrishna Sunder

Ramakrishna Sunder is currently a Senior Consultant at the Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC). He joined TMTC in May 2007.

Sunder holds B.Com (Hons.), degree and AICWA, PGDM from IIM, Bangalore with a specialization in Finance, ACS

Sunder brings with him about 25 years of experience in a number of industries, national and international such as Crompton Greaves, National Methanol Company, Saudi Arabia, Hindustan Motors & Tata Tea. He has worked in all facets of finance - Sales Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Cost Accounting & Project Finance, Strategy Formulation & Mergers & Acquisitions.

He joined Tata Tea in 1993 and has worked in several portfolios - Finance Head of Exports division, CFO of Watawala Plantations, Sri Lanka (a subsidiary of Tata Tea), member of the Tetley Acquisition team, setting up projects in Bangladesh & Pakistan. Last assignment was as the Chief of Business Excellence of Tata Tea.

He has contributed extensively in TBEM (Tata Business Excellence Model) and has undertaken several TBEM External assessments as Lead Assessor and also been a faculty for various TBEM programmes in the Group. He has conducted seminars and been a faculty for programmes on Process Excellence, Quality & Balanced Scorecard.

Dr Sangeeta Mathur
Sangeeta Mathur is a Senior Practice Consultant at the Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC). Sangeeta holds a Doctorate in Human Development from Purdue University, U.S.A. Prior to joining TMTC, Sangeeta was an assistant professor at ICFAI, Mumbai, where she taught courses in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in the full-time MBA and executive education programs, as well as conducted management development programs in team building and assessment centres for corporates in Mumbai. Sangeeta also spent several years in the USA, where she was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester, NY, and led research initiatives in a number of areas in the school districts of New York and Wisconsin. Sangeeta’s areas of specialization include Human Resource Development, Leadership and Team Building, Program Evaluation and Measuring Training Effectiveness. At TMTC, Sangeeta’s research covers ‘Lessons of Experience’ (LOE), Factors of Executive Success and Derailment, Leadership Gap Study, and Bridging Cultural Boundaries. She is collaborating with the Center for Creative Leadership, USA. In addition, she also directs HR Gurukul, a program for HR professionals offered by TMTC. Sangeeta has several research papers to her credit.