School of Management

School of Management

Mahindra University’s School of Management aspires to be a new age business school and will strive to achieve excellence across undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It offers undergraduate programs in Finance, Economics and Business , an EMBA program as well as a Ph.D. program and will soon launch Master’s programs in multiple formats. (full time, part-time and modular) over the coming years.

Besides fostering a student-centred learning environment, the School seeks to achieve excellence in both knowledge dissemination (teaching and writing for practitioners) as well as knowledge creation (research published in high quality international peer-reviewed journals)

Dr. Anadi Saran Pande

Dr. Anadi Saran Pande

Dean of School of Management

Dr. Anadi Saran Pande has been a Professor of Strategic Management at IIM Lucknow where he was a full-time faculty member in three distinct periods. These being 2000 to 2006; 2014 to 2015; and 2016 to 2024. He has a unique amalgam of academics and industry. He worked with Tata Motors for sixteen years and was promoted to leadership positions through fast-track scheme of the company in 1992. He was Head of Project Planning at TML’s Lucknow plant during its creation and later was ‘Factory Owner’ of its Vehicle Assembly factory. He worked at Hero MotoCorp for eight years as the Head of Corporate Planning and Corporate HR. He led amicable separation negotiations with Honda, and built global technology alliances for the company’s R&D. He revitalized company’s HR systems to industry benchmark level. While expanding capacity for Hero, as project head, he executed the world’s largest two-wheeler factory at Haridwar. In 2014 he moved to Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai, where he was the Head – Corporate Strategy/Initiatives. Later he joined Hero Cycles as Director, Corporate Strategy and Corporate HR. Here he participated in making international company acquisitions and joined the Board of Directors of a British Subsidiary, Avocet Sports, Manchester, UK. He has published research in national and international journals of repute.

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Vision

Developing ethical, entrepreneurial and technologically astute Business Leaders

Mahindra University School of Management aspires to become a leading business school in India by developing ethical, innovative, entrepreneurial, technologically astute, culturally aware and socially conscious managers, leaders and scholars who will contribute to the development of the economy and society.

Values

Developing ethical, entrepreneurial and technologically astute Business Leaders

  • Ethics – A strong moral compass
  • Entrepreneurship – opportunity focused, quick adaptation to change, conducting small scale experiments before scale-up, frugal use of resources, decision making under uncertainty.
  • Inclusivity – of race, ethnicity, nationality, colour, religion, caste, gender, ability, educational background, socio-economic status.
  • Team orientation – working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Learnability – critical thinking, problem-solving, curiosity, humility, ability to continuously learn new knowledge and skills.
  • Digital Expertise – inculcate skills and toolkits required to operate in the digitally-driven business world.

Programs Offered

Combining a rigorous curriculum with industry exposure and mentorship, our program equips students with the tools and confidence to excel in the dynamic field of management, opening doors to fulfilling career paths.

Keeping in mind the changing demands in education, Mahindra University keeps up with the ever-changing and diverse curriculum that prepares its students for the future workplace.

IMPARTING QUALITY EDUCATION

Mahindra University is among the first institutions in the country to transform the way millennials are studying by combining AI and EI to optimize learning in each of its Schools. Mahindra University aims to energize, challenge and shape young minds to help them become “Global Thinkers. Engaged Leaders.”

MU SoM students discuss business with COO of Rainbow Hospitals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHhWYVsFF0

Webinar on- How China Caught Up With America:
https://youtu.be/sMN-UifC2Ug

Webinar- Cutting Edge Charcha on Management:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFluwGO0frA

Developing

Ethical, Entrepreneurial and
Technologically Astute Business Leaders

Dean & Professor

  • Anadi Saran Pande
    Dean, School of Management

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Best of Faculty

  • Pradeep Racherla
    Assistant Dean and Professor of Marketing,  School of Management

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  • Prof. S. Ramakrishna Velamuri
    Visiting Faculty, School of Management

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  • Nilanjan Banik
    Professor

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  • Dr. Debopam Chakrabarti
    Professor

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  • Vishwanatha Saragur Ramanna
    Professor

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  • Sanjay Singh
    Professor of Practice

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  • Pingali Srinivas Rao
    Visiting Faculty

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  • Sanjay Mansabdar
    Professor of Practice

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Advisory Board

The School of Management is dedicated to transforming teaching and learning to develop students who can change the world for the better. The Industry Advisory Board has been formed for ensuring that the curriculum is not only academically rigorous, but industry relevant. We have reached out to experts at the intersection of management and technology who can help us groom our students better by keeping our curriculum contemporary and relevant. The IAB members will guide us in fine tuning the curriculum and course contents and in suggesting ways in which the classroom learning can be enriched through industry internships and projects where students can apply what they have learnt in the different courses.

  • Sandhya Kuruganti

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  • Rukmini Kumar
    Founder and Chief Scientist, Vantage Research

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  • Raj Katari

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  • Mary Rupa Tete

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  • Srikanth Meenakshi

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  • Yegneswaran Kumar

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  • Mr. Harshvendra Soin
    Member
    President - Asia Pacific and Japan Businesses at Tech Mahindra

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Expert Mentors

Mahindra University believes that students should not only excel in the classroom but also be able to connect those learnings with the latest trends from the industry. To benefit our students from the career guidance of experienced professionals, We have highly qualified industry experts join our panel of ‘Expert Mentors’ to impact our students lives with their expertise and experience by conducting workshops, guiding them on live projects and by advising and mentoring them.
Meet our expert mentor panel. Highly accomplished professionals who have graciously agreed to work with our students. Please contact us at Priyanka.sankhala@mahindrauniversity.edu.in email if you want to join the panel.

  • Sheetal Pakhare

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  • Sanjay Banka

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  • Vickrant Singh

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  • Suresh Babu

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  • Sunil Subrahmanyam

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  • Sudharsan Mani

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  • Srinivas Medishetty

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  • Shravan Karpuram

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