Ramakanta Sahu

Visiting Faculty

Educational Background

• MBA – Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore)
• Bachelor of Technology (Instrumentation & Electronics Engineering) – Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR)

He has 12 years of experience in strategy and product management. His area of interest includes AI, ML, Technology, Healthcare and Life Sciences in Business & Lean Concepts. He was the Head of Product for OLA in various areas including Customer Experience, Payments Platform, Fulfilment, and Financing Products. Prior to OLA, he was with PayPal and also a founding team member of a start-up (NextHuddle) where he led the product strategy and growth. His background includes management consulting experiences across Monitor Deloitte, Accenture Strategy, and Cognizant that involved corporate and business unit strategy, new product launch, GTM strategy, M&A CDD and marketing strategy. 

Areas of Focus

• Consulting: Corporate and Business Unit Strategy, Consumer Strategy, Inorganic Growth Models 
• Teaching: Business Strategy; Product Management; Machine Learning
• Research: Human-centred design practices to design AI product experiences

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rksahu87/