Core Faculty


Core Faculty

Dr. Shriniwas Dhure
Director, SIMSREE

Dr. R.K.Srivastava
Professor, SIMSREE

Dr. Sangeeta Pandit
Associate Professor, SIMSREE

Dr. Aashish Pawaskar 
Associate Professor, SIMSREE

Prof. R. Waikar
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Prof. Hanumant Ubale
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Prof. Rohan Ahale
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Dr. Pavan Patil
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Prof. Machindra Katare
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Prof. Puneet Tulsyan
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Mr. Ravindra Pandurang Nannaware
Research Assistant, SIMSREE

Ms. Sheetal Gangaramani
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Ms. Rashmi Das
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Dr. Deepa Chavan
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Prof. Rajeswari Ravi Shankar
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Dr. Nimit Sheth
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Dr. Ranu Jain
Assistant Professor, SIMSREE

Masters Degree in Administrative Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute. 40 years Work experience with Tata’s. Subjects: Strategic Management, International Business, Entrepreneurship Management

Ph.D. (Statistics), Jt. CSIR-UGC JRF-NET qualified in Mathematical Sciences. His area of expertise is Business Analytics, Statistics, Data Science, Multivariate Data Analysis, Decision Modeling, Optimization, Research Methodology etc. He has wide experience of consultancy and also has taken more than three hundred FDPs/MDPs in various areas.
He has co-authored the famous book “Statistics for Management” (ISBN: 978-93-325-8118-0; Pearson Publications). He has more than fifty research papers to his credit in various internationally acclaimed journals and has more than five hundred fifteen google-scholar citations, including eleven h-index and twelve i-10 index as on today.

Education :
——————
BE (Electronics & Telecommunications)

MHRDM

Experience :
——————
Jan 1998- October 2005
(7 yrs , 10 months) at Vodafone as Billing Complaints Team Leader

Visiting faculty at MET since January 2010 ( 12 years )

Visiting faculty at SIMSREE since 2019 (3 years )

Board Of Directors – Human Resource Portfolio at AKDN from Dec 2005 – Dec 2016 (10 yrs )

Subject Expertise :
—————————-
Organisational Behaviour
Prespective Management
Human Resource Development
Organisation Development
Human Resourse Planning
Training & Development

Managing Director, Brand Finance India & Founder of Grassroots
Ajimon is one of the first team members of Brand Finance India in 2006 and has worked on various
Brand Valuation projects for companies such as Tata Group, Godrej Group, Raymonds, Lafarge,
Vedanta Group, L&T, Amalgamation group and many more in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
He has gained expertise in the area of Brand Valuation, Brand Strategy, B2B research & Due
diligence and has worked extensively with Stock Exchanges, Capital Markets, Financial Services,
NBFCs, Engineering Services, Core Manufacturing and F&B sectors over the last 18 yrs.
Prior to his consulting career, Ajimon has 10 years of corporate experience with Rasna & Philips
India. During this period, he worked with complex retail distribution systems and brand
management challenges in a highly competitive marketplace.
He is passionate about teaching and has been a visiting lecturer in Sales and Marketing subjects at
institutes such as SIBM Pune, IMDR Pune, SP Jain & Sydenham in Mumbai. He is a Chemistry
Honours graduate and an MBA in Marketing Management. He is a certified Brand Valuer &
Competency assessor.

Qualifications: D.Litt., Ph.D. MPhil., MPS., ME., MMS., LLM., MSc, MCA., MSW, MJ., MEd
Experience: Industry-17 Years till 2004. Management Education Teaching-till date 18 years
Subjects Taught: Strategic Management, Economics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, Project Management, Research Methodology, Information Technology, Operations Research

Management Consultant | Leadership Trainer Coach | Specialist in Process design, improvement & Transformation |
Strategic driver of Customer centricity through measurable tools.
Former General Manager at Vodafone. Leadership innovator adviser at Vaux.
Visiting Faculty at B-Schools.
Chairman of Governing Board at iFEEL Institute.

Education : B.tech.( IIT Bombay), M.M.S.( Bombay Univ), FDP ( IIM Bangalore)
Experience : 16 yrs Industry, 21 yrs Academic
Consultancy: Statistical estimation, Market Research, SCM optimization, coal gasifier modelling in Dun & Bradstreet, Indian Institute of Packaging, Proctor & Gamble, Ingenero resp.
Subjects taught : Operations Management, Operations Research, Operations Analytics,
Project Management, Business Statistics, Business / Supply chain Analytics.

IMC Chair Professor of Banking and Finance |Teach Financial Accounting, Corporate Laws, Financial Management | Professor of Banking and Finance at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

Registered Valuer – Securities or Financial Assets | Principal at Credence Consultants | Business Valuation, Intangibles Valuation, Purchase Price Allocation, Impairment Reviews, Fairness Opinions, ESOPs Valuation, Preparation of Business Plan, Assessment of Financial Viability and Business Development

Name : Aashish Pawaskar

Telephonic Contact : 9323392305

Qualifications : MMS, LLM, PHD, NET, Maharashtra SET, Master in Screenplay Writing – FTII

Teaching Experience :

* Head Examinations and Associate Professor Government of Maharashtra’s SIMSREE, Mumbai ;

* Founding Coordinator University of Mumbai’s Thane Campus ;

* Expert Committee Member and Supervisor : AICTE, NTA, University of Mumbai, MPSC, Government of Maharashtra’s CET Cell ;

* Member of the Syllabus and Exam Committees of the University of Mumbai, NMIMS University, HSNC University – Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Law Studies ;

* Visiting Faculty at various Management, Law and Media Studies Institutes in India and Overseas for the past 26 Years ; &

* Written and Reviewed various Research Papers and Articles for various National and International Research Journals.

Professional Work Experience :

* Professional Screenplay & Dialogue Writer and Regional Marathi Film Producer ;

* On the Board of Directors of various Companies in Media, Hospitality and Educational Sectors for the past 30 Years ; &

* Jury Member of Film and Media Awards Panel for the past 10 Years

Machhindra Katare is an Assistant Professor of Finance at SIMSREE and Government of Maharashtra Officer (Group A). Before joining SIMSREE he was working as a Banking domain consultant with Infosys for around 5 years. He holds B.Tech from Government College of Engineering Pune (COEP) and MMS (Finance) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS). He received the JRF prestigious government fellowship JRF twice. He is currently pursuing a PHD from University of Mumbai in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions. His other research interests include Value investing, behavioural finance and financial technologies.

Dr. Deepa Chavan
B.com, LLb, DCA, DAFM, MFM, Ph.D. (Finance – Business Administration and Management)

She has corporate experience of 15+years in handling national and international projects as a General Manager and around 12 years of academic experience in top B-schools. She also has to her credit 8 international research out of which 6 are published in SCOPUS An indexed journals and 15 national research papers in esteemed Journals of Institutes such as IIT Roorkee and IIT Kharagpur. She also is a published author for a book named “Corporate Restructuring, Merger and Acquisition”.

Dr. Hanuamant D. Ubale
Assistant Professor, Operation, Maharashtra Education Services, Grade A
Education-B.E., M.B.A. (Production& Materials Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management- Pune University), Ph.D. (Management-Mumbai University) UGC-NET(Management)
Experience- Total 14 Years of Academic plus Industrial experience
Areas of expertise- Operations Management, Operations Research, Materials Management, Statistical & Quantitative Methods, Bussiness Process re-engineering etc. Published research papers in various UGC listed, Peer reviewed, refereed Journals.

Name – Prof. R. S. Ahale
Educational Qualifications – MBA, UGC-NET
Area of Interest – Organizational Behaviour, General Management, Human Resources

Nimit M Sheth a B. Com, LLB. MBA in Marketing & PHD. Author, Researcher. Compiler of Articles, Papers in Journals of International repute.

He has a wide and varied knowledge of Legal, Banking, Taxation, Commercial, Foreign Trade and allied Legislations. An entrepreneur of repute, especially in the fields of Marketing, Legal, Skill Development, International Business and Cross-Border Logistics, He is also a qualified Indian Customs House Practitioner brings his negotiating skills to the Institutional corpus.

A born achiever, with close to 22 years of hands-on Industrial experience along with 12 years of Teaching Experience, He loves to devote his energy towards encouraging the youth to take up correct career paths to ensure a robust intellectual capital on a national level.

He is also on the Interview & Selection panels of various prestigious Institutes & Colleges affiliated to University of Mumbai, AICTE Expert Member, NTA Observer, and advisor to State & Central level Committees.

He has continuously encouraged youngsters to develop their entrepreneurial skills and drive towards making them self-reliant. His latest endeavours have been appreciated by many Social and Trade bodies at National level.

Achievements:

In 2012 awarded as “Best Youth Enterprising Mentor” by Oriental Institute of Management.

Inspired MBA Students and conducted 2 mega Job Fairs at Vashi in association with shine.com (more than 10,000 students got placement assistance through that).

Introduced ISR Program – “INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY” in Various MBA Institutes.

Recently awarded for suggesting Best Tag-Line to promote “HLM Consumer App & Logo” under Handloom Mark Scheme implemented by the Textiles Committee, Ministry of Textiles Government of India.

Social Achievements:

He is Trustee – TIRTH GLOBAL FOUNDATION, an NGO.

He is active Member and Activity Head for ARHAM YUVA GROUP (NGO – MUMBAI) since 2006.

His various social articles is appreciated by press media like, Times of India , Mid Day , Maharashtra Times and his various interviews are also telecasted on zee 24 Taas & other Television Channels etc., for his noble idea and selfless service to the society by their activity called “FOOD FOR CHERITY” where in the NGO devotedly collects the party and other events left over food and distribute it to poor people along with that every Saturday morning they provide Brunch to Patients’ relatives in Government Hospitals including the reputable Nair hospital , Wadia hospital , Tata hospital , Sion hospital etc.

In 2015 there was an article in Times of India and various other newspapers for a social cause called “Pasti / Raddi say Pustak tak” on 1st march 2015 they have registered for Guinness world record for collecting 61825 kgs of old newspaper from Mumbai Region in single day and made a new Limca Record.

“Sangeeta Pandit is a Chartered Accountant and was partner from 1984 in a Chartered
Accountancy firm of repute. She has now diversified to teaching and training.
She is head of department of finance at the premier Sydenham B-School – SIMSREE. She is
invited to conduct workshops at other B-schools of repute like XIMR and JBIMS. She gives
guest lectures at US Universities. She is involved with the training initiatives of ICAI. She was
part of Start-up team of Management Institute-United World School of Business and of
programs of Bombay Stock Exchange.
She has many publications to her credit in reputed academic Journals, written chapters of
books by international reputed publishers and has presented papers in International and
National management conferences.
She is an accredited cancer patient counsellor and obtained her PhD in issues relating to
healthcare.
She works closely with various NGOs and Foundations for financial inclusion, education and
in healthcare.
She is an Independent Director in listed companies.
She does consultancy in financial strategy and consultancy to start-ups. She is invited as
faculty by corporates for conducting training sessions on topics related to finance, soft skills,
and life skills.
She was awarded the Leadership in Education award by World Education Congress and
Educator award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.”

Present: Prof and HOD –Marketing and research , Govt of Maharashtra ‘s Sydenham Institute of Management Studies research and entrepreneurship education -University of Mumbai- 150 years of standing
Total years of experience as Prof :over 18 years . Has over 30 years of managerial experience in the Pharma industry and practicing consultant to companies , has organized many national and international conferences,was rated by DNA Newspaper and Star as Innovative Professor of year2013 .Marketing innovation award for 2014 by Star News and 2017 best marketing professor by ABP NEWS and most dedicated 100 prof of the world at the world congress on education -2018. He has given lectures In the US ,Canada ,South Africa,Denmark,Thailand,Nepal and Srilanka.
Dr. Srivastava has published over 195 research articles in International and National Referred Journals. He has chaired session at international conferences at US(Icl.Harvard)Canada, Malaysia, Korea, and India and written seven Books in the areas of Product Management and Sales Management, Negotiation, International Business-culture and Retail case study. He is approved as a Ph.D. Guide since 2005 of University of Mumbai and has guided over 31 students in the field of Marketing..At present, member of the editorial board of many international journals .