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EDII FACULTY EDII FACULTY
Diwakar Singh Abul Kalam Azad
Ph.D. (Management) PhD (Agricultural
diwakar@ediindia.org Extension Education)
abul@ediindia.org
Specializes in conducting programmes on Dr. Azad has more than 5 years of experience
diversity and intercultural management, in Government and academia in climate
leadership and change, positive psychology, change, agriculture, agri startups and allied
innovation, and business models for social sector research, teaching and extension. He
enterprises. Possesses over 25 years of has handled 16 Tribal Development Projects
experience in industry and academia, with of NABARD, Meghalaya, besides a flagship
expertise in leading subjects on social project on 'Promotion of Millets in
e n t re p re n e u r s h i p , i n n ova t i o n a n d Meghalaya'. His efforts have led to promotion
entrepreneurship, business opportunity of noted agri-startups, Farmer Producer
identification, creativity and business plan C o m p a n i e s & C o m m u n i t y - b a s e d
preparation. Dr. Singh is passionate about Organizations. Dr. Azad has several research
contributing to the areas of social, rural, and papers, edited books, book chapters and
women's entrepreneurship through articles to his credit. He is the recipient of
education, projects, and research. prestigious merit fellowships and the Young
Professional Award.
Punit Moris Ekka Mayank Upadhyay
MBA Grad. Cost &
B.Tech. Works Accountants (CWA)
punit@ediindia.org mayank@ediindia.org
An alumnus of IIM Indore and NIT Specialises in the areas of finance,
Jamshedpur, Mr. Ekka possesses more than management accounting, project planning
8 years of work experience in Industry with and strategic management, with extensive
expertise in sales and marketing of banking experience in Onships. development
and financial services. He has authored banking, commercial banking, management
multiple research papers in peer-reviewed consulting and NGO management. Involved
reputed journals and has participated in in conceptualising and conducting of a
academic conferences. In 2022, Mr. Ekka number of national and international
won the Best Paper Award in LUMIERE, programmes in corporate financial strategic
organized by Great Lakes Institute of planning and management, project
Management Gurgaon. His areas of interests formulation and appraisal, microfinance and
are entrepreneurship, sustainability, management control systems.
branding & pricing strategy, marketing of
services and tourism. Mr. Ekka has worked
with FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2014.
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J. B. Patel Piyush Kumar Sinha
B.Sc. (Chemistry & Ph.D. (Management)
Chemical Technology) pksinha@ediindia.org
jbpatel@ediindia.org
Dr. Piyush Sinha has previously served on
Over three decades of experience in the areas of deputation from the Government of India as
business opportunity identification, project Advisor to Rwanda-India Entrepreneurship
formulation, project appraisal, counselling and Development Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.
guiding entrepreneurs. Conducted more than Concurrently, he holds the position of Chief Mentor
10 international programmes and worked as an at the Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme
expert in a number of developing countries in (SVEP), a flagship program of the Ministry of Rural
the above-mentioned fields. He is also the Local Development, GoI. With professional experience
Representative for the Netherlands Senior spanning over 40 years, Dr. Sinha brings extensive
Experts Organisation. expertise in teaching, research, advisory and
training, as well as managerial experience in
entrepreneurship and business strategy. Dr. Sinha
has held prominent academic positions IIM
Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, XIMB, and has also
served as the Dean at MICA.
Shailesh Modi Satyajit Majumdar
Post Graduate Programme Ph.D. (Management)
in Business Administration satyajit@ediindia.org
ssmodi@ediindia.org
Leading expert in business and social
A practising management consultant with a multi entrepreneurship with over 44 years of
disciplinary work record. His experience experience in industry, teaching, research and
encompasses work on SME sector, social mentoring startups. Prof. Majumdar has been
entrepreneurship, energy, hospitality, tourism, Professor and Dean at School of Management
textiles, transport and food processing sectors, in and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai. For more
addition to the development sector. Has also than two decades he has played critical roles in
worked extensively in the areas of business entrepreneurship eco-system with focus on
plans, market research, sectoral studies, cluster ‘technology for societal impact’ especially at
diagnosis and design & management of remote locations and with marginalized groups
development programmes for large companies, of people. Currently he also holds the position of
bilateral and multilateral agencies, Indian Managing Director of TISS Incube Foundation.
development institutions, and state & central
governments. Has authored two manuals on
direct help to small entrepreneurs.
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