{"id":6471,"date":"2021-06-07T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T08:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/?page_id=6471"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:56:59","slug":"academic-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/academic-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6471\" class=\"elementor elementor-6471\" 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elementor-size-default\">Chair:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-07e6934 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07e6934\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97db2a8\" data-id=\"97db2a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-706588d elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"706588d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div 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250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Dr. Babu M<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor - Bharathidasan School of Management, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a39c033 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"a39c033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dr.-Radhakanta-Mahapatra.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dr.-Radhakanta-Mahapatra.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dr.-Radhakanta-Mahapatra-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Dr. Radhakanta Mahapatra<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor (Information Systems and Operations Management), the University of Texas at Arlington<br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/radha-mahapatra\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5a954 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ec5a954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/monica.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/monica-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Dr. Monica Singhania<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi<br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/monica-singhania-7ba8ba60\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8732676 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8732676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor of Operations and Logistics Management and Supply Chain at University of Sussex <br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nachiappan-subramanian-b1a243b\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc55a0 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"afc55a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 20 16&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;1&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cg transform=&#039;translate(-12.000000, 0)&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M28,0L10,18&#039;\/%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M18,0L0,18&#039;\/%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M48,0L30,18&#039;\/%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M38,0L20,18&#039;\/%3E%3C\/g%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d67617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d67617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Industry Experts \/ Alumni:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb536d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb536d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-718dcf1\" data-id=\"718dcf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-675285b elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"675285b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/T-R-Ramachandran.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6491\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/T-R-Ramachandran.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/T-R-Ramachandran-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Mr. T. R. Ramachandran<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Group Country Manager-India and South Asia, VISA<br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/trramachandran\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682b6cf elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"682b6cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ram-Manjeri.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6493\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ram-Manjeri.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ram-Manjeri-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Mr. Ram Manjeri<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Chief Revenue Officer, RoundSqr\u00a0<br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rammanjeri-roundsqr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-037e2c1\" data-id=\"037e2c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b58cf elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"12b58cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Vinod-Kala.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Vinod-Kala.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Vinod-Kala-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Mr. Vinod Kala<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Founder, Director at Emergent Ventures India Pvt Ltd<br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vinod-k-kala-2101194\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c1644 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c5c1644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ARNAB-MITRA.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5864\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ARNAB-MITRA.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bim.edu\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ARNAB-MITRA-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Dr. Arnab Mitra<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Executive Director, <br\/>PricewaterhouseCoopers Services LLP<br\/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-arnab-mitra-68422216\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" style=\"color: #0e76a8; font-size: 16px;\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e70618d elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e70618d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 20 16&#039; fill=&#039;none&#039; stroke=&#039;black&#039; stroke-width=&#039;1&#039; stroke-linecap=&#039;square&#039; stroke-miterlimit=&#039;10&#039;%3E%3Cg transform=&#039;translate(-12.000000, 0)&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M28,0L10,18&#039;\/%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M18,0L0,18&#039;\/%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M48,0L30,18&#039;\/%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M38,0L20,18&#039;\/%3E%3C\/g%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11f8b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e11f8b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Internal Faculty:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c3846 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"50c3846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Dr. S N Raghavendra - Chair - Post-Graduate Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Dr. V P Sriraman - Area Chair - Finance and Economics<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Dr. S. Jaya Krishna - Controller of Examinations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Dr. Satyanarayana Rentala - Chair - Placement and Alumni Relations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Prof Mahalingam D - Member Secretary<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Chair: Dr. Asit K Barma Director and Professor, BIM Academic Experts: Dr. Babu M Professor &#8211; 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