The Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) at SRMIST is a unique platform connecting over 150 industries across the country. It helps keep the university’s engineering and management programmes in tune with industry trends, by bringing students face-face with senior managers, vice-presidents, chairmen and the top management of leading companies in the industry. Working in partnership with industry helps students and faculty gain a broader view and gives them the expertise to live and work in a global context. It also gives them the right attitude and aptitude to translate the new knowledge from research to practical ends.
Gateway to Global Opportunities, igniting your international journey
Keeping in tune with Industry trends..
Corporate Advisory Board Members
University Level
| Mr. Govind Hari Snghania Director, JK Organisation | Mr. Gulab chand Editor, Rajasthan Patrika | Mr. Gurcharan Das Ex-Director, Proctor and Gamble India |
| Mr. Harpal Singh Chairman, Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd. | Mr. Pradipta Kumar Mahopatra President & Chief executive, Spencer & Co | Mr. N. Ram Editor in Chief, Hindu |
| Mr. Tapas Roy Senior Director, Oracle University, South Asia Pacific Region, Singapore. | Dr. Madhusudan V Atre President & MD, Applied Materials India Pvt Ltd. |
School Level
| Mr. Abhyakumar Vice Chairman, Asia Cryo-cell | Dr. Anil Kush, Ph.D, MBA CEO, Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation | Mr. Aravind Sitaraman Managing Director CISCO Engineering India |
| Mr. S. Chandramohan Managing Director, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. | Mr. K. Ganesan Vice President - HR, TCS | Mr. Ganesh Margabandhu VP, Global Delivery, IBM |
| Mr. Himesh Misra Country Leader, Global Solutions Acceleration Initiative IBM | Mr. L. S. Jayaraman Executive Vice President (Projects) Sundaram Brake Linings | Mr. Jayaram Rangan Managing Director Fichtner |
| Mr. John Panikar Managing Director Praxair India Private Limited | Mr. P. R. Krishnan Vice President, TCS | Mr. JK Menon Managing Director TCI Sanmar Chemicals LLC, Egypt |
| Mr. Mohan Narayanan Vice President, Cognizant | Mr. K. P. Murthy Strategic Consultant, Bosch Limited | Dr. P. V. R. Murthy CEO - Exclusive Search Recruitment Services |
| Mr. R. M. Muthukaruppan Managing Director Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd. | Mr. S. Nagarajan Advisor, TAFE | Mrs. Nanda Chintaluri Assistant Vice President, OfficeTiger |
| Dr. K. K. Narayanan Managing Director Metahelix Life Sciences | Mr. S. Narayanan Vice President (Operations) Bimetal Bearing | Mr. T. M. Natarajan VP - Global Head Testing, Hexaware |
| Mr. V. R. Pappu Executive Director, Ashok Leyland | Ms. Poornima President, India Semiconductor Association | Mr. M. Rafeeque Ahmed Chairman, Tamil Nadu State Council, FICCI |
| Mr. R. Raghuttama Rao Managing Director, ICRA | Mr. P. S. Rajamani Vice President (Operations), Simpson & Co. | Mr. Rajeev Gupta Managing Director, Carlyle India |
| Mr. Raju Venkatraman Joint Managing Director & COO, Firstsource Solutions | Mr. Ramesh Datla Managing Director, Elico | Mr. Ramesh KymalManaging Director, NEG Micon |
| Dr. C. B. Rao Dy. Managing Director Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | Mr. R.L. Ravichandran CEO, Royal Enfield | Mr. S. Ravi Shankar Director, Super Auto Forge |
| Mr. A. Satish kumar Managing Director, Henkel SPIC India Ltd. | Mr. D. Selvan Senior Vice President, Wipro | Mr. K. Shankar Managing Director, Technip India Ltd. |
| Mr. V. Shankar Vice President, Cognizant | Mr. V. Shiv Shankar AVP, Infosys | Mr. C. Siva Kumar Chief Executive, Prabha Engineers |
| Mr. Srikant CEO, CSM Software | Mr. Srinivasan Chairman, SRA Systems | Mr. Srinivasan Managing Director, Shardlow India |
| Mr. T.V. Subba Rao President, Pottipati Plaza | Mr. Sushil Kapoor CEO, SRF Ltd. | Mr. R .C. Swamy Vice President, L & T Infotech |
| Mr. Thomas Verghese Simon Vice president - HR, TCS | Mr. P. R. Umamaheswaran Vice President (Operations), Lucas TVS | Gp. Capt.R. Vijayakumar Executive Director, MMA |
| Mr. Vikram Shah President, Network Appliance Systems | Mr. Vinay Deshpande CEO, Encore Software Ltd. | Mr. O.P. Yadav President, Madura Coats |
Aspiring for higher level of Excellence
SRMIST is one of the first universities in India to constitute an International Advisory Board (IAB) in 2003 with 31 Distinguished Deans, Directors and professors from top universities across the world. The membership has grown to over 50 today. The IAB is actively involved in building a stronger international dimension – in curriculum, research and teaching methodology. It has helped to create innovative avenues for research and successful careers at SRMIST, by:-
- Advising on implementation of systems and processes to take the standard of higher education to international standards.
- Identifying and facilitating cooperation with reputed universities and industries in their country, for collaborative academic and research programs.
- Formulating research schemes for availing external funding both in India and abroad.
Directory – International Advisory Board Members
| Dr. Al Lieberman Prof. of Marketing, Executive Director Entertainment, Media and Technology Program Stern School of Business, NYU | Dr. Prof. Allan Baker Associate Dean Administration and International Projects School of Cinematic Arts University of Southern California | Dr. Allan L. Fisher President and CEO Carnegie Technology Education, Pittsburgh |
| Dr. Ashish Arora Professor of Economics and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Glaeser Social Science Research Centre Berlin | Dr. Bob Hoekstra Former CEO, Philips R&D Center CEO, Opportunity India Consulting |
| Dr. Bopaya Bidanda Ernest E. Roth Professor and Chair, Dept. of Industrial Engg. Prof. of Business Administration Joseph M. Katz Graduate Business School University of Pittsburgh | Dr. Cauligi S. Raghavendra Sr. Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Prof. Electrical Engineering and Prof. of Computer Science Viterbi School of Engineering University of Southern California | Dr. Christopher R Lowe Director Institute of Biotechnology University of Cambridge |
| Dr. Daniel Chandran Deputy Head of School,School of Systems, Management & Leadership Associate Member, Centre for Human Centered Technology Design University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales | Dr. Prof. David E.Luzzi Dean, College of Engineering 230, Snell Engineering Center North Eastern University | Dr. David L. Bartlett Vice Chairman, Surgical Oncology & Gastrointestinal Services Bernard Fisher Professor of Surgery Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology University of Pittsburgh |
| Prof. Ernest J. Wilson III Dean and Walter H.Annenberg Chair in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California | Dr. Francis Y. L. Chin Associate Dean of Engineering Professor and Chair, Computer Science University of Hong Kong | Dr. Ganesh Krishnamoorthy Professor, Accounting Northeastern University |
| Dr. Gilbert H. Mudge Senior Cardiologist and Senior Medical Advisor Director BWH International Program Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Dr. H. Raghav Rao Professor Department of MSS, School of Management State University of New York, Buffalo | Dr. Hemant K. Bhargava Professor, and Jerome and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology, Management Graduate School of Management University of California, Davis |
| Dr. Hemant K. Jain Professor Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | Prof. J. N. Reddy Distinguished Professor and Holder of Oscar S.Wyatt Chair Department of mechanical engineering Texas A & M University | Dr. Jeremy Howells Dean, Faculty of Business and Law University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Joanne L. Russel Director, Center for Global Health University of Pittsburgh | Dr. John N.Fini Homewood Intellectual Property & Technology Commercialization (Homewood IP), Director, Fast-forward Initiative The Johns Hopkins University | Dr. K. Sivakumar Chairperson Professor of Marketing Lehigh University |
| Dr. Kannan Srinivasan Rohet Tolani Distinguished Professor of International Business H. J. Heinz II Professor of Management, Marketing and Information Systems Carnegie Mellon University | Prof. Katsutoshi Ayano Chief of the Dept. of Business Administration and Political Sciences, Tokai University | Dr. Kenneth K.W. Lee Associate Professor of Surgery Vice Chair for Graduate Education and Program Director Department of Surgery University of Pittsburgh |
| Dr. Lee Loke Chong Executive Director Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology | Dr. Malcom Peat Executive Director Queen’s University | Dr. Mark Stehlik Professor Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education, CSD Carnegie Mellon University |
| Dr. Medini R. Singh Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business Columbia University | Dr. V. G. Narayanan Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Accounting and Management Harvard Business School Harvard University | Dr. V. Narayanamurti Benjamin Peirce Professor and Director of Science Technology and Public Policy Program Harvard Kennedy School |
| Dr. Oliver Linton Professor of Econometrics London School of Economics London | Dr. Parasuraman James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing Professor, and Department Chair, Marketing University of Miami Miami | Dr. Pradeep Khosla Chancellor University of California, San Diego |
| Dr. Prasant Mohapatra Professor, Computer Science Department Associate Chancellor University of California, San Diego | Prof. Raj Acharya Professor and Head, Computer Science & Engineering Director, Advanced Laboratory for Information Systems & Analysis (ALISA) The Pennsylvania State University | Dr. Ramaiya Balachandra Professor, IOA Group College of Business Administration Northeastern University, Boston |
| Dr. Ravi Kumar Associate Dean for International Programs and Professor University of Southern California | Prof. Dr. Rer. Pol. Eberhard K. Hohl Head of MBA Program, International Business Management Director of International Affairs Faculty Technology and Management Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences | Dr. Rohan Abeyaratne Quentin Berg Professor of Mechanics Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Dr. S. P. Raj Professor Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell University | Prof. Satish Udpa Dean, College of Engineering University Distinguished Professor Michigan State University | Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna Professor of Materials Engineering and Director of Center for Nan fibers & Nanotechnology National University of Singapore |
| Dr. Shiladitya Sengupta Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Science and Technology Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Dr. Stacey Lawson Co-Founder and Industry Fellow Center of Entrepreneurship and Technology University of California, Berkeley | Dr. Sunil Dutta Chair, Accounting Group Joan and Egon von Kaschnitz Distinguished Associate Professor University of California at Berkeley California |
| Dr. Sunil Gupta Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration Chair, General Management Program Harvard Business School Harvard University | Prof. Sunil Saigal Distinguished Professor and Dean Newark College of Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102 | Dr. Thas Nirmalathas Director, MERIT Associate Dean of Engineering University of Melbourne |
| Dr. Tom Byers Professor and Academic Director Stanford Technology Ventures Program Stanford University | Dr. N. Venkatraman David J. McGrath Jr. Professor in Management Boston University Boston | Dr. M. S. Vijay Kumar Senior Strategic Advisor for Digital Learning & Director,OEIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Dr. Vithala R. Rao Deane W. Malott Professor of Management Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell University | Dr. Wai K. Cheng Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Sloan Automotive Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dr. William David Evans Head, Dept of Medical physics Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust University Hospital of Wales Wales |
| Dr. Wong Poh Kam Director NUS Entrepreneurship Centre National University of Singapore |
Semester Abroad Programme (SAP)
Students with excellent academic records are encouraged to study one semester in a foreign university. In the recent past, our students have undergone the Semester Abroad Programme (SAP) at :
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Stanford University, USA
Umea University, Sweden
UC Davis, USA
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Teesside University, Middlesbourgh, UK
