Faculties
Arun
Purohit
Arun Purohit
Mr Arun Purohit currently works as a co-founder of Posterica®, an art startup based in Pune. He is a digital Ux practitioner who has architected 25+ digital products since he got into interaction design 20 years ago. In his last corporate role, he was Director and Vice President (UX) at JP Morgan and Chase Pune, where he led design teams developing solutions for Chase travel. He has essayed multiple design roles, including Practice Head at Unisys Global where he designed the famed DigiYatra and AirSewa for the Govt of India and the National Identity program for the Govt of the Philippines.
He had been a visiting professor at the College of Military Engineering, Pune, and also at the SAP Hana innovation lab in Bangalore. Arun also had a 6 yrs stint in the Indian Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant, where he led missile systems engineering teams.. He has worked on multiple domains comprising travel, govt, e-commerce, analytics, banking, 3D CAD, machine vision, and drones. He has led AI-driven UX, multi-channel experiences, and open banking innovations on project sizes as big as 1.4 Bn dollars. A patent author, keynote speaker, and Red Herring Asia 100 winner, he mentors designers, entrepreneurs, and product managers on usability, behavioural UX, and high-impact digital experiences.
Deepak
Deolalikar
Deepak Deolalikar
Deepak Deolalikar has 14 years of experience in Enterprise B2B Product Management. He was an early founder at iCharts which went through 3 pivots and eventually found PM Fit as an embedded BI for Netsuite. Later he spent 5 years at SugarCRM where he launched Sugar Reporting, Sugar Hint, Sugar GDPR and Sugar Serve. He then spent 2 years as a VP/GM for Brightedge where he created a new add on product for SMB customers. Deepak also has 12 years working in a Big 5 consulting helping Fortune 100 clients with their analytics and technology strategy. He started as a programmer and built an ERP/CRM package for small manufacturers in India. Deepak has a BE Comp Sc from MS University, Vadodara and an MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He is currently a coach at the PM studio program at UC Berkeley and also an advisor at Berkeley Skydeck accelerator.
Muthuraj
Thangavel
Muthuraj Thangavel
Muthuraj Product Leader with a mix of business, technology & design acumen, contributing to key business outcomes and success. He has been practicing & evangelizing design thinking from the last 8+ years and he is a core team member of Product Managers Forum and an innovation catalyst. He has been awarded with two international fellowships, two USPTO patents.
Nitin
Pulyani
Nitin Pulyani
Nitin Pulyani is a dynamic and accomplished product and business leader with extensive experience in building and scaling consumer-focused digital products that serve millions of users. He has held leadership roles in major companies such as PhonePe, Ola, NeoGrowth, and TaxiForSure, where he was responsible for defining product vision and strategy, identifying new business opportunities, and driving digital transformation and revenue growth. Nitin is known for his ability to create innovative product strategies, build high-performing teams, and deliver impactful consumer experiences. His expertise spans product lifecycle management, scaling products to address large markets, and fostering new revenue streams. Nitin combines a deep passion for product leadership with a strong operational mindset to champion world-class product execution and customer delight.
Noorul
Ameen
Noorul Ameen
Noorul Ameen is a User Experience Strategist with close to 2 decades of Product Design experience. He has helped build usable, memorable & delightful user experiences for enterprises, startups and design studios. He has worked across various design positions and currently he is the Director of Design at Mitratech where he manages the design practice for 20+ products in the regulatory, compliance and risk management space. He loves to strategise product UX, lead design teams, create great user experiences, generate revenue for design agencies and mentor young designers. He applies the analytical skills from his engineering discipline and strategic design thinking skills from his management studies to provide scalable, accessible and sustainable solutions. He embraces the world of design from the perspectives of science and art at the same time which helps him create innovative and enjoyable product experiences.
Sathyanarayana G
Sathyanarayana G
Sathyanarayana G - AVP Growth and Marketing at Xoxoday. He is the ex-founder of a growth marketing agency - Growth Meets. He has worked closely with startup founders to help them take their products to the next stage by acquiring customers and scaling their growth efforts. Having worked with startups for 10+ years, he follows the mantra "Get Results without Breaking The Bank". You can find him on LinkedIn actively sharing snippets of daily learnings and insights on product, growth and marketing.
Santosh Hunugundmath
Santosh Hunugundmath
Prof Santosh Hungundmath is an enterprising product leader with a decade of experience in building new products as well as scaling products 0 to 1 in B2B and B2B2C space across various business domains- Telecom, BFSI, Healthcare and MarTech. Currently, he is heading the product management and marketing function at Comviva for the Communications product line.
He carries the charter for driving vision, strategy till execution to make Comviva a world-class Cloud communications player. His strong global exposure to several clients, business and technology skills helps to quickly spot market needs, build scalable products that deliver value, and drive adoption for success. Starting his career as a software developer, he has moved to play product, business and technology consulting roles at Wipro, Reliance ADA group in the past. At Wipro, as part of his charter in IP and Innovation, he has mentored to shape several product ideas for corporate seed funding from the strategy office. He holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from S.P.Jain and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) from VTU.
Shreyas
Waghmare
Shreyas Waghmare
Shreyas Waghmare is a seasoned Product Leader with extensive experience driving product strategies across SaaS, wellness, storage, and cloud industries. I specialize in coaching aspiring product managers, helping them sharpen their strategic thinking, leadership skills, and decision-making capabilities. Having led cross-functional teams and successfully launched innovative products at companies like NICE, Mindbody, and Hewlett Packard, I offer tailored guidance to help you align your career growth with business impact and accelerate your path to product leadership.
Subodh Kar
Subodh Kar
Subodh Kar is Associate General Manager – Product Management at Schneider Electric. He is an experienced PMO with a demonstrated history of working in the domain of Industrial Automation and IT. He has more than 20 years of experience.
Ray Titus
Ray Titus
Ray Titus serves as Professor of Marketing & Dean at the Alliance School of Business, Alliance University. He is also a Consulting Advisor at Sphere Thoughts, a Bangalore based Research & Consulting Firm. Ray has served as Visiting Professor at IIM Bangalore, SP Jain Center of Management, Dubai & Singapore, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and ICICI-Manipal Academy for Banking & Insurance. As a Marketing Consultant, Ray aids clients in building their Go-to-Market and Digital engagement strategies. Ray is the founder of Dabit Lab, a digital habits research lab based in Bangalore.
