ISME regularly invites corporate leaders to speak to our students to give them practical insights about industry practices and trends. On an average 100 guest lectures are conducted every year. Guest lecture topics are related to curriculum and skill building for managerial jobs. This provides an opportunity to students to interact with industry leaders during Q & A session. Some of the speakers who spoke to students recently are set out below:
Mr. Ankur Verma
Entrepreneur – Career Coach (Work Shop)
Prerana M
Financial Analyst – Auto Desk
Shiv Sharan Singh
WeRize – Sustainable Marketing Practices: Highlighting Eco-Friendly Features
Suma Annegowda
TEDx Speaker, LinkedIn Brand specialist
Anirban Konar
Indian Statistical Institute
Deepesh Deomurari
Sr. Engineering Manager in Airtel
Evangeline
Entrepreneur Enhub. ai
Mathew P L
Retainer HR IR Consultant
Prakash Maharaj
Founder at Blooprint
Reedhima G
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Saikat Das
Walmart Global Tech
Sebasis Nayak
Upgrad
Vijay Raja
Partnet at Guru & Jana
Z Mohamed Nassar
Director in Jubilant
Deeksha Agarwal
Director Stock Market Operations
Dilip Suthar
HR Specialist Eisner Amper
Dr.N Jayasankaran
K K Cariapa
Founder Beanpod
Murali Krishnan S
Director DAA Associates
Ravi Sharma
Director IDC
Samuel Sudhakar
Project Manager Eviden
Saravanakumar R
Entrepreneur
Shibina Ramla
HR Head Krafton
Akansh Rastogi
Analytics Manager At AXIS Bank
Aravind Warrier
Lead – People, Strategy & Culture – Digital & IT
Arvind Pachhapur
Chief Commercial Officer- Strand Life Sciences
Brunda S
DevOps Cloud-AWS Certified-TCS Digital
Chirag Sutar
Communication Lead- Wipro Foundation
Deepika Sandeep
AI Leader Honeywell
Dr N Jayasankaran Natesa Ayyar
Advisor VIT
Dr Pavan Soni
Author and Design Thinking
Gaurav Nigam
Field Marketing – Dell
Greeshma S
Deputy General Manager at Reliance Jio Mart
Megha Malhotra
Country Manager, Robert Gordon University, Scotland
N Dhanushkodi
Co-founder & Director- Bizcatlyst Consultants (Pvt) Lts
Naru Navele
Sr. Partner Deloitte
Parvathy Rajmohan
Creative Director- Ogilvy
Prasad Dhullipalla
Grant Thornton
Rajesh Rajendran
Principal Data Scientist – Infosys
Ravi Madhira
EVP- Pine Labs
Rishikesh Kumar
Business Head-Jobwise Consultants
Roopesh-Rai
Founder & CEO at Bakri Chhap Agro Tourism
Samir Jayaswal
Co-Founder at Taxbuddy.com & Finbingo.com
Saurabh K V
Brand Strategist Ogilvy
Shikha Nag
Founder and Director at Indian Academy of Public Speaking
Stuti Agarwal
AVP- Analytics Consultant- Citi Corp
Sumant Singh
Director HR- Simplilearn
Venkitesh Iyer
Founder- Yogakshema Consultants
Abhineet Joshi
HealthCare Investment, EY
Dr. Amey Karkare
Associate Professor, CSE, IITK
Gayatri Kalia
Strategy & Delivery Expert – SDGs
GK Raju
Founder and CEO, Race 2 Cloud
James Harkness
Managing Director – Strategic Programs at State Street
Manisha Singh
GM & Head, CSR South Asia at Schneider Electric
Satish Viswanathan
Chief Product Officer & Marketing Head at NxtGen Datacenter & Cloud Technologies Pvt Ltd
Shiv Khera
International Bestselling Author Educator Business Consultant Motivator Speaker Entrepreneur
Shivamurthy G K
Lead Specialist – Portfolio Reference team at Analytical Data services. at Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd
Avesh Jha
Sr. VP HR & OD, HGS,Leadership & Organisational Development
Hirendra Badhiye
VP-HR, Northern Trust, Ethical Corporate Behavior
Martin Athanas
Founder, Train to Prosperous Training Service, Emergence of Collaborative Leadership
Pravin Agarwala
CEO, Better Place, Journey of Better Place
Puneet Jain
MD, IHS Markit, Strategic Formation at IHS Markit
Sanjeeb Das
Associate GM, HCL, Corporate Rediness and Network Marketing
Vidya Bai
DGM – Learning Developmnt, Quess Corp, Career Guidance & Interview Skills
Vijai S R
Global Lead – Insurance Domain, Wipro, New Technologies in Operating Models
| Date | Name of the Guest | Topic | Designation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-16 | Mr.Nakul Gupta | Business Management | Chief Marketing Offcier |
| 2025-07-16 | Dr. M Shanmugapriya | PoSH | Associate General Manager |
| 2025-07-17 | Ms. Shikha Nag | "Brand You " | Leadership Coach |
| 2025-07-17 | Ms Suma Annegowda | LinkedIn Session | Entrepreneur |
| 2025-07-17 | Mr Ajit Kaikini | General Career Briefing | Founder |
| 2025-07-18 | Dr Sathish Puranam | Opportunities in Retail | Vice President |
| 2025-07-18 | Mr Kiran Kumar | Gen AI for higher productivity & efficiency | CEO & Founder |
| 2025-07-21 | Mr Sushant Singh Rajput | Life Skills | Freelance |
| 2025-07-21 | Dr. Jacob Alexander | Importance of Business Communication | Entrepreneur |
| 2025-07-22 | Mr. Charan Pal Singh | Creating entrepreneurs through technology | Founder |
| 2025-07-23 | Mr. Victor Sunderraj | Infosys Springboard | Associate VP, L&D, |
| 2025-07-23 | Mr Ram Prasad | Oppotunities in GCC | HR Leader |
| 2025-07-26 | Ms ShanmugaPriya | Organization Development Consulting as a career path | HR Leader |
| 2025-07-30 | Ms. Uttanshi | PoSH | Lead, Consulting |
| 2025-07-31 | Ms. Jaicy George | Being a trusted professional | Personal Effectiveness Coach |
| 2025-08-02 | Mr.Mahesh Mahadevaiah | The thinking of an effective leader | Assistant General |
| 2025-08-12 | Mr. Pradeep Swaminathan | How to Become a Successful Investor | Visiting faculty |
| 2025-08-14 | Ms.Shilpi Srivatsav | NCFE basic finance training | Financial Education Trainer |
| 2025-08-19 | Mr. Anvesh R | Driving Innovation: The Role of Web Technologies in Shaping the Modern IT Industry | Software Development Engineer |
| 2025-08-19 | Ms. Reedhima G | Database Management System (DBMS) | Senior Technical Lead |
| 2025-08-20 | Mr. Sijo Skaria | The Importance of Customer Experiences in Services | Key Accounts Manager & Sales Trainer |
| 2025-08-29 | Mr.Mallikarjun Sarvepalli | Agentic AI – Core Principles and its Role in Industry Transformation | Co-Founder |
| 2025-08-29 | Mr.Prithviraj Mujumdar | Risk analysis in capital budgeting | Senior Manager |
| 2025-09-11 | Mr. Prashanth GB | Transform raw data into strategic intelligence | Team Lead - Data Engineering |
| 2025-09-12 | Mr. Dheeraj Pulavarthy | Insights from data and business perspective- A story telling approach | Lead, Performance Marketing, Ditto Insurance |
| 2025-09-13 | Mr. Dilip Suthar | The Future of Work and Employee Experience | HR Leader |
| 2025-09-15 | Mr Abhishek Kumar | Sustainable practices in Modern Operations | Senior Manager - Supply Chain |
| 2025-09-17 | Mr. Purushottam Potnuru | Technology in Business Communication | Project Manager |
| 2025-09-17 | Mr. CA Harshith K S | "Bridging Classroom Learning with Industry: Cost Accounting in Action" | Chartered Accountant |
| 2025-09-22 | Mr. Utakrsh Mishra | Financial Statement Analysis | Financial risk analyst |
| 2025-09-25 | Mr Rajendra Kumar KN | Navigating Global Supply Chain | Manager |
| 2025-10-13 | Ms. Sujitha N and Mr. Anand Jayan | Empower Your Future: Financial Wisdom and Banking Careers Ahead | Senior Manager |
| 2025-10-14 | Mr Saravanakumar Ramesh (Mr Charan) | Ethics in AI - Data Privacy and Consumer Consent? | Co- Founder |
| 2025-10-14 | Mr. Charan | Digital Entrepreneurship 101 A Spotlight on 0 to 1 | Co- Founder |
| 2025-10-15 | Mr. Ankur Verma | Technology -Driven Compensation Management Systems | Career Coach |
| 2025-10-15 | Mr Sijo Skaria | Consumerism and Consumer Satisfaction | Trainer Sales and Customer Interaction |
| 2025-10-17 | CA Harshith KS | Financial Management in Action: Real-Life Applications Beyond the Classroom | Founder and CEO |
| 2025-10-22 | Mr. Ankur Verma | From Idea to Execution: How Managers Build Organizations from Scratch” | Career Coach |
| 2025-10-29 | Dr. Koyal Biswas | Bhasha shikshan evam hindi cinema | HOD-Hindi |
| 2025-10-31 | Mr.Debankur Bandyopadhyay | Understanding IP and IPR | CEO & Founder |
| 2025-10-31 | Ms. Swapna rao | Protecting Ideas & Powering Growth | Principal Mentor |
| 2025-11-03 | Mr. Debajyoti Bhattacharyya (Deb) | Technology and AI in Business Communication | Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer (AI for Life Sciences) |
| 2025-11-07 | Ms. Somaya Chaddha | Building Future Leaders: Performance Management, Succession Planning, Compensation and Benefits | Head |
| 2025-11-12 | Mr. Praveen Kumar U | Quantitative Data Analysis, General Data Analysis and Data Science | CFA, VP |
| 2025-11-18 | Mr. Vijay Kumar | BU Exams Preparation | HOD of Kannada Department |
| 2025-11-19 | Mr. Jyoti Pradhan | Business Strategy evolution at the Manipal Group and Key Success Factors | Executive Director |
| 2025-11-20 | Mr. Sunil Kalaburgi | Corporate Lifecycle: From Formation to Liquidation – Legal Framework, Governance & Compliance under Companies Act, 2013 | Senior Consultant |
| 2025-11-21 | Ms. Manjula M | Desh Apnayen NSS Project | Desh Apnayen Project & Engagement Manager |
| 2025-11-24 | Mr. Mukundakumar KG | "Design your professional character" | Founder |
| 2025-11-27 | Mr. Shankar | Various Investment options | Head of sales |
| 2025-11-27 | Mr. Biji Varughese | The Culture game in M&A: Mitigating risk, Maximizing value | Head-Shared Service Centre |
| 2025-11-28 | Mr. Anirban Banerjee | B2B Marketing Industry Scenario and Success Tips | Former CXO-Level Executive |
| 2025-11-28 | Mr. Ahmed | Harnessing NLP to Decode Customer Emotions and Transform Reviews into Actionable Business Intelligence | Trainer & Consultant |
| 2025-12-01 | Mr. Charan | Psychology of Buying Behavior with respect to Sales Promotion Activities | Co-Founder |
| 2025-12-02 | Mr.Ganesh Perumal M | Applications of Neural networks in predictive analytics | Principal consultant Analytics |
| 2025-12-05 | Mr. CA Dinesh Agrawal | Business and Management through Indian Food and Cuisines | Chartered Accountant |
| 2025-12-05 | Mr.Abhijith | Next-Gen Retail Store Management- Driving Profitability through Data, Design & People in the Omnichannel Era” | HR |
| 2025-12-08 | Dr. Shantanu Raman | Insights on Taxation & Market Dynamics | Retail & FMCG Leader |
| 2025-12-12 | Mr. Sorkin Siamen | Entering Foreign Markets, Marketing management and pricing strategy | Senior Lecture |
