Prof. Sameer Jain has a diverse educational background, having completed his B.E in Information Technology from Nagpur University and a Post Graduate degree in Embedded Systems from Jaypee University in Noida, followed by a Post Graduate degree in IT Systems from All India Management Association in New Delhi. He further enhanced his knowledge with a Post Graduate degree in IPRM Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies University in Mumbai and an Advanced Certificate in Software Engineering from IIT Madras. Prof. Jain specializes in teaching various subjects such as Information Systems, Analytics and Machine Learning, Data Visualization, Project Management Software, and Industry 4.0 technologies. His expertise is recognized in both academia and industry.
Prof. Jain has an impressive professional history, having served in esteemed institutions such as Delhi Transco Ltd., a government organization under the Government of NCT of Delhi, and NMIMS University in Mumbai. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including the prestigious Gold Medalist award and a Special Recognition Award from the Confederation of Indian Industry. He has also been honored with a Excellence in Teaching, National Service Award and a Certificate of Appreciation by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi for his contributions to Digital Distinction: Technology Conformance to NEP.
With a passion for research, Prof. Jain has published over 50 papers in various national and international journals/conferences, earning him significant recognition in the academic community. He has also demonstrated his expertise by reviewing numerous Journals papers and being awarded certificates of Excellence for his insightful evaluations. Prof. Jain actively engages in various roles and responsibilities within his field, including being a coordinator for MDPs (Management Development Programs), Thesis Coordinator, Seminar Coordinator, and actively participating as an organizing member in international conferences. Additionally, he acts as an NICMAR University Coordinator for External Industry Collaboration, fostering collaboration between academia and industry.

Dr. Srividhya Raju Sridharan holds a doctorate in corporate finance. She is a certified chartered accountant, cost and management accountant. She has over 2 decades of experience in both the corporate as well as academic worlds. She teaches courses in accounting, finance, taxation and financial systems.

Joined NICMAR in 1995. Currently working as Professor at NICMAR Business School. Was ranking Indian Construction, Construction Equipment and Material Manufacturing Companies from 2001 onwards. From 2003 till last year Construction World, a Magazine, was giving award for the top companies from the list. Was resource person for Infrastructure Awards given to construction projects by CNBC TV (Channel E18) which was conducted on March 25, 2009 (for 2009) and March 18, 2010 (for 2010). Authored 3 books and several research papers. He is a member of consultants of Asian Development Bank, Manila.

Dr. Avinash Purandare is B.E. (Industrial and Production Engineering), M.B.A. (Marketing), UGC -NET (Marketing), P.G.D.F.T. (International Business), M.I.E. Chartered Engineer, Ph.D. (Marketing). He is a Gold Medalist in International Business from Pune University.

His teaching expertise is in the areas of Marketing Management, International Business Management and Supply Chain Management. He teaches over 10 different subjects in these three areas. He has over 32 years of total experience.

Dr. Soumi Rai is an MBA (HR) with a Doctorate in Management from Symbiosis International University. She has 23 years of professional experience in corporate and academia, in the domains of HR consulting and People management. She is a researcher in the field of leadership, gender, generation and cross-cultural issues. Dr. Rai has worked on prestigious assignments, including with Social Research Centre (WZB) Germany and University of Ljubljana, and her research work has been published across reputed publications.

I, Dr. Darshan A. Mahajan hold a bachelor’s degree in economics and Master degrees such as Master in Computer Management, Master in Business Studies, PGDBM from Savitribai Phule Pune University. I completed my doctoral degree from Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth in management. I have professional experience of 17+ years in Teaching, Training, Academic Administration. I teach courses in Information Technology. My research work includes Information Technology and Management area.

Dr. Vikas Prasad holds a Doctoral degree in ERP, MPhil (CS) and dual Master’s Degree in Computer Applications and Operations Management. As a practitioner academician he has worked as SAP techno-functional consultant on more than dozen ERP projects and has worked for academic institutions of international and national repute. His area of interests includes ERP, Data analytics, Machine Learning, Power BI, Tableau, Project Management Software and Construction digitalization.

A gold medalist at the undergraduate level, Dr Vandana Bhavsar holds a postgraduate degree in Economics with a specialization in econometrics. She acquired her Ph.D. in Economics in 2009. Her research involves works on gender budgeting, public expenditure, economic issues in construction, housing prices, and digitalization in construction. She has published her research articles in various ABDC/Scopus-indexed journals. Her contribution to the field of teaching was recognized with Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015.

Dipayan Roy is a faculty of NICMAR Business School and is currently the programme director of Integrated MBA. He is a Fellow of Indian Institute of Management Indore. His teaching expertise lies in the area of Finance, Statistics, Spreadsheet Modelling, Project Finance and Quantitative Finance. His research interests comprise areas of Financial Modelling, Business Methods, Quantitative Techniques, Analytics, Efficiency Analysis. He has published papers in Journals of Repute and has received awards for best research papers at various conferences.