Who We Are

Sumit is a practitioner–academic with nearly 23 years of experience in the financial services industry, followed by three years in academia. His professional expertise spans the marketing and management of financial products and services, credit underwriting, monitoring and recovery, insolvency and bankruptcy, policy formulation, and regulatory compliance. He brings a strong applied perspective to teaching and research, grounded in extensive industry practice. He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and an IICA Certified Independent Director. He holds an MBA from FMS Delhi and continues to pursue advanced professional and academic development opportunities. During his tenure at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sumit served as Program Coordinator for the Online MBA and as Associate Dean, where he played a pivotal role in curating and organizing CXO-level distinguished lectures and managing industry guest lecture series, thereby strengthening industry–academia engagement. His research interests include corporate decline, turnaround management, stakeholder management, and behavioral ethics. He has presented his work at national and international conferences and workshops, and received a grant from the Journal of Management Studies to participate in a Professional Development Workshop at the University of Florida. In 2025, he was sponsored to participate in the Global Business Ethics Teaching Workshop conducted by the Hoffman Centre for Business Ethics, further strengthening his engagement with contemporary ethics pedagogy. Sumit's teaching interests cover Decline and Turnaround Management, Crisis and Change Management, Organizational Design and Business Transformation, Business Ethics, Marketing of Financial Services, Commercial Bank Management, Insurance Management, and Credit Analysis. Looking ahead, he aims to deepen industry–academia integration through career services, executive education, and industry interface initiatives, while contributing as a consultant, process advisor, and insolvency professional to the revitalization of declining organizations.

Mudit Kulshreshtha is a seasoned academic and industry professional with over three decades of experience spanning analytics, strategy, artificial intelligence, and management education. He brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise, leadership experience, and academic rigor across premier institutions, consulting firms, and industry organizations. Most recently, he served as Faculty at the National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Government of India, contributing to capability building in analytics, automation, cloud platforms, and emerging areas such as generative AI. His academic engagement emphasized the application of data-driven methods to decision-making in complex organizational and public-sector environments. Earlier, Mudit served as Professor of Analytics and Machine Learning at the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon (2017–2023). During this tenure, he taught postgraduate and executive programs in Business Statistics, Business Intelligence, Web and Social Media Analytics, Big Data and Cloud Analytics, and Strategy. He is widely respected for bridging the gap between analytical rigor and managerial relevance. Before academia, Mudit held senior leadership roles in industry. As Vice President and Head of Analytics at PAYBACK (an American Express company), he led analytics, customer insights, and data innovation teams, contributing to the development of nationally recognized excellence in customer analytics and loyalty programs. He also served as Executive Director – Analytics and Business Intelligence at Angel One, leading strategic BI and advanced analytics initiatives. Earlier, he played a pivotal role at Deloitte (US offices) in establishing analytics capabilities and the Global M&A Center of Excellence, and managed large analytics teams at WNS Global Services. His early career includes extensive advisory work at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen on power sector reforms and World Bank– and DFID-funded projects, following his initial role as an engineer at Bajaj Auto Ltd. Mudit holds a PhD in Economics from IGIDR, Mumbai (Reserve Bank of India's advanced research institute), an M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from MNNIT Allahabad. He has also completed the Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning at Harvard Business School, reflect

Pradeep is an experienced HR professional with demonstrated capability in impacting business, having worked in a diverse range of industries, including Renewable Energy (Vena Energy & AMPYR Energy), Human Resources Consulting (Mercer), Insurance (Tata AIG), FMCG (Gillette and Perfetti Van Melle), Pharmaceuticals (Eli Lilly Ranbaxy), and Automobiles (Maruti Suzuki). Pradeep currently works as a Consultant and also teaches Management students as a Professor of Practice (visiting Faculty). He has an MBA in HR from XLRI, with over 30 years of work experience in the Human Resources function. His experience has included working with global corporations in start-up and high-growth settings. Pradeep brings strong professional expertise in Human Resources Management, having been in the following HR Leadership roles in global corporations. Human Resources Director (India) Vena Energy Human Resources Leader (Head) for India, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Mercer Human Resources Leader (Head), Global Operations Shared Services, Mercer Vice President & Head of Human Resources, Tata AIG General Insurance Head -Human Resources for South-East Asia of Perfetti Van Melle Pradeep has led & supported diverse HR engagement projects on Organization structure & design, Performance Management, Change Management, Compensation and Benefits Structuresincluding incentive designs, Developing Leadership pipeline, Building Organizational Capability, Enhancing Employee Engagement and Streamlining HR Processes & systems, In his senior Leadership roles Pradeep has provided guidance & counsel on Human Resources related strategies & approaches including working on projects related with org re-structuring, M&As, expansion of business operations etc. His credentials also include Professional Certifications in Competency assessments & Targeted selection, Interaction management, Quality & effectiveness.