Esteemed Faculty

Dr. Page Vijay Raghunath
Director
PH.D., MMS, B.COM

Dr. Vijay Page is an alumni of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies of University of Mumbai belonging to the Master Of Management Studies (MMS). He has also completed his Doctorate in “Special Economic Zones in India”. He has started his career as a Management Trainee with Delhi Cloth & General Mills as Senior Management Trainee (SMT- MBA-I). Subsequently, he has worked with the Private Sector corporate houses in the fields of textile, synthetic fibers, FMCG, plastics and fertilizers, etc. He was the CEO of Konkan Development Corporation – a Public Sector Regional Development Corporation. He has also headed NGO’s in the draught prone areas of Maharashtra while designing and implementing rural and agri-business development programmes. He has been a consultant to leading MNCs including Tata’s, Forbes, Kalyani Steel, Fomento Iron Ore Company. He has been a consultant to U.S.A.I.D & FAO and a visiting professor at Michigan State University, USA.

He has been the Director General of MET Institute of Management for two decades having been associated with its various initiatives in management education. He has worked for establishment of MET in seeking of consultative status to UNECOSOC (New York)/UNAOC since 2003 and participated in their New York and Geneva Dialogues. He has widely travelled in Europe, US, South-East Asia, including China, Japan and Australia.

Dr. Tandon Sangeeta Pradeep
Deputy Director
Ph D (Management), MA (Indus. Eco), MA (Eco), B Ed, PGD (PM & IR)

Dr. Sangeeta Tandon is the Deputy Director of MET Institute of Management, affiliated to the University of Mumbai and is also the MMS Course Coordinator for the Masters in Management (MMS) Program. She holds a Ph.D. in Management, has two post-graduate degrees in Economics and also a B. Ed. from University of Mumbai, to her credit.

She has authored two textbooks in Economics and one in Environmental Management for post graduate students. With a flair for writing, she has presented and published several research papers in National Conferences and management research journals as well as written for many magazines. She has received the ‘Best Paper Award’ trophy at the National Conference on Managerial Excellence in the 21st Century sponsored by Pune University.

She is known in management circles for her skills at conducting workshops and imparting training to students and corporates. She has spearheaded MET’s China Study Mission for three consecutive years. She has organized several alumni meets and also one in Dubai. For over two decades, she has organized many seminars, conventions and ‘mega’ cultural events like MET Utsav and coordinated prestigious events for corporates like the All India Management Association’s National Competition for Young Managers and National Management Quiz.

At the professional front, four times she has been the recipient of the MET Pragnyavant Award for contribution to Management Research, she is the winner of MET Gaurav Award for Academic Excellence and has also been honoured with the MET Bhushan Award for her integrity and selfless service to her institution for more than 22 years.

Mr. Naik Vikas Virupaxa
Professor
MS (USA), BE (Mech)

Dr. Joshi Nirmala Sanjay
Professor
PH.D., M.COM, MFM, B.COM

Dr. Nirmala Joshi - Professor for Finance has illustrious academic performance at each of the board exams that she appeared right through her school and college years have been nothing short of ‘landmark’ milestones set on the highway of academic brilliance. She has been meritorious students throughout her academic career. In 1991, as the first candidate to clear NET-JRF. In 1995, she was the youngest Ph.D. degree holder in the whole of Rajasthan.

She has successfully guided six Doctoral Research projects and more than 150 Master level research projects. She has authored two books for MMS program for University of Mumbai. She has presented and published many research papers at national and international level conferences. She has attended MDPs/FDPs in IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras, IIM-K and IIM Bangalore for continuous improvement of quality of teaching and mentoring students.

Dr. Virani Farida Wajid
Professor
PH.D., MHRDM, BA, Dip T & D, Dip Edu Mgt

Dr. Farida Virani is the HoD, Professor of Human Resources Management and Behavioural Sciences at MET Institute of Management. She has earned her Master’s in Human Resources from the Mumbai University and her Ph.D. from SVKM’s NMIMS – Deemed to be University – Mumbai. She is a Certified Mediator from Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London and is an International Trainer for the International Conciliation and Arbitration Board (ICAB) under the aegis of the Aga Khan Foundation.

She is an author of numerous research papers, journal articles, book chapters, newspaper contributions and working papers. Her current research interests are in the field of Conflict Resolution through Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) from a community based perspective. A recipient of various recognitions, she was awarded the ‘Best Management Faculty’ for her outstanding contribution to Teaching and Education, by the Higher Education Forum.

Mr. Shirodkar Vikas Sharatchandra
Professor
Fellowship of IIM Calcutta, MA (Indu. Psych), BS (Hons)

Dr. Gupte Rajiv Madhusudan
Associate Professor
MMS, B.PHARM

Prof. Rajiv Gupte: A Pharmacist (B.Pharm) by training and Management graduate (MMS) from University of Mumbai, started his career in fast growing pharmaceutical company in product Management division; rose to the level of profit center head. He has successfully launched many pharma OTC and consumer products. Also trained in complexity science, ecology and holds a Ph.D. in International relations.

Joined MET – IOM in 2001, and teaches Strategic Management as well as marketing related subjects. Has authored a book on ‘Strategic Management’ based on the University syllabus. Prof. Gupte is a frequent contributor in international and national conferences and has more than 20 papers to his credit. He is also associated with two well-known think tanks in Mumbai.

Prof. Gupte has also attended forum modules in strategic management in IIMs, IIFT, BITs.

Dr. Shirodkar Preeti Sharatchandra
Associate Professor
PH.D., MA, BA

A Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Mumbai, Dr. Preeti Shirodkar, Associate Professor, Communication and Soft Skills, has over 26 years of experience. She has served in the English Language and Literature Department of The D. G. Ruparel College and IDOL and has been to Germany and England as a Visiting Scholar. A Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, she has also completed 2 Minor Research Projects for the University of Mumbai. She holds university ranks at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is a recipient of the B G Joshi Prize, the Kamal Wood Prize, the Indira Gandhi Women Achiever’s Award and Best Paper in HR awards, among others.

She has written 7 books, 28 articles and 26 papers and presented 48 papers. Passionate about teaching, editing, creative and critical writing, she has conducted numerous training programmes for the academia and industry.

Dr. Kulkarni Nitin Suresh
Associate Professor
PH.D., P.G.D.B.A., MFM, BE (Mech)

Dr. Nitin S. Kulkarni has completed his mechanical engineering, perused Masters of Financial Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. He has completed his Ph.D. in Business Administration. He has worked in industry for a decade before joining the field of education and research. He has published / presented twelve research papers in the field of Business Administration and Management in National and International Journals. He is a recipient of “Outstanding Paper Award” in Finance stream at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS) organized International Research Conference IRC 2015 and 2016. He is also a member of reputed institutions such as, The Institution of Engineers and Indian Commerce Association. He has a special interest in the issues pertaining to Micro and Small, Medium Enterprises, International Economics & Finance, and Corporate Finance and Business Failures predictions. He is also keen in adapting and learning new teaching pedagogy and methodology.

Mr. Emmanuel Alex
Associate Professor
MA, BA

Mr. Alex Emmanuel has complete BA in English Literature and an MA (post graduate) from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mr. Alex Emmanuel brings to the table Research / Consultancy and hands on corporate experiences. More than a 100 organizations - Industry | NGOs | Education - have gained substantially from the organization & capability building initiatives by him and his organization, the People Plus. He spends nearly three decade in the corporate world as was associated with TATA Sons, TATA Liebert, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Boehringer Mannheim India & Excel Industries in different capacities . He was also a member on the senate of the SNDT University, for two terms, a visiting faculty at a few of the leading Management Institutes and conducted numerous workshops for students and faculty.

Dr. Chopde Sandeep Liladhar
Associate Professor
M.PHIL, UGC-NET, PGDBA, MA, B.SC.

Prof Sandeep Chopde is PhD, M.Phil, UGC-NET, PGDBA (Finance). His PhD thesis is on “Impact of Demographic Factors, Personality Traits and Behavioural Biases on Investment Decision Making of individuals in Mumbai.” He has 5 years of Industrial experience in valuation of assets and more than 15 years of teaching experience in various finance related subjects such as Financial Management, Corporate valuation, Cost and Management accounting with special interest in Behavioural Finance. He is currently associated with MET since last 14 years and is a Course Co-coordinator for three year Part Time Executive MBA (MMM/MFM/MHRDM/MIM) program affiliated to University of Mumbai.

He has written/presented 6 research papers till date which are published in various National and International journals. He has also co-authored text books for M.Com, BMS and BMM courses affiliated to University of Mumbai.

He has been awarded MET Gaurav award once and MET Pragnyavant award four times for his contribution in the field of education by MET Institute of Management.

Mr. Mayee Anand Jayant
Assistant Professor
MBA, B.COM

Prof. Anand J. Mayee has been associated with MET Institute of Management, leading B-School in Mumbai, as a faculty in Marketing since 1998 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at Pacific University Udaipur. He is an expert in the area of rural marketing and also has a number of publications related to rural marketing to his credit. He was on lien for a decade overseas in the ‘Sultanate of Oman’.

He has been awarded the ‘Employee of the Month Award’ by the Ministry of Manpower, Government of Oman for his innovations in teaching and learning. He was also appreciated and rewarded by the board of trustees of MET for excellence in teaching.

He also has a couple of years of Industry experience. He worked in the Newspaper industry and was responsible for advertising revenues and coordinating with agencies and clients.

Mr. Patil Arun Shankar
Assistant Professor
LLB, MA, BA

He has over 37 years’ experience in life insurance industry. He joined LIC as a Direct Recruit Officer and worked in various departments such as Sales, Marketing, Publicity, Housing, Branch and Division administration all across the country, including foreign deputation to Fiji Islands for five years. He also informally handled diplomatic functions there in absence of Indian High Commission. He worked as Senior Vice President in ICICI Prudential and Kotak Life Insurance companies.

Widely travelled all over the country and the world, Mr. Patil has published about 200 articles and has authored seven books.

He conducts Seminars and Work-shops on topics such as “Joy of Work”, “Emotional Intelligence”, “Marketing Strategies”, “Work-Life balance”, “Cultural Integration” etc.

Ms. Narottam Vidya Bharat
Assistant Professor
MHRDM, B.SC.

Mrs. Sekar Saraswathi
Assistant Professor
BA (Bangalore University), MHRDM (Mumbai University), PGCHRM (XLRI)

Ms. Ghatekari Sangeeta Mahadev
Assistant Professor
MHRDM, M.COM, B.COM

Ms. Pardeshi Vaishali Hemant
Assistant Professor
M.PHIL, MCM, B.COM

Prof. Vaishali Pardeshi is presently working as Assistant Professor at MET Institute of Management, Mumbai, India. She is currently doing her PhD from the University of Mumbai. She has done M.Phil.in 2009 and Masters in Computer Management from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India in 2003. She has also done M.B.A (Marketing). She has 14 years of rich teaching & research experience. Her research area includes Online Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Cloud Computing implementation for higher education, She has published/presented 10 papers in reputed Journal/ conferences. Some of her publications are published in repute journals like Elsevier (h-index, i-index), Bonfring (i-index), American Scientific publisher and Journal of Customer Behavior , Westburn publisher (ABDC Category journal). Her papers have been citied by several authors. Her Citation count as per Google Scholar is currently 61. She has been certified as the Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier Publisher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) in the year 2017.

Ms. Khan Sana Ali Ahmed
Assistant Professor
MMM, B.SC.

Ms. Sana Khan is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and IT Management subjects in MET Institute of Management.

She is registered PhD scholar of Pacific University, Udaipur. She is studying the impact of disruptive trends on iGen consumer behaviour as well as the psychology of decision making in FMCG industry - White Goods. She has presented and published various research papers in prominent international and national journals.

She has 12 years of multifaceted industrial experience in IT, Media and Academy. Her practical knowledge and expertise has given her an edge to teach Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Financial Aspects of Marketing, eCommerce, Managing Technology Business & IT Resource Management. She has also conducted workshops on basic and advanced excel. Apart from her teaching profession, she is also the core member of the MET’s Corporate Social Responsible (CSR) activities and member of editorial boards of Research Journal MET Management Review (MMR). She received a bachelor's degree in Science. She has completed her Masters in Marketing Management from the University of Mumbai and Masters Certification in Digital Marketing. She is interested in research work in the fields of Digital, IT, Marketing and Strategies Studies.

Her objective as a faculty is to persuade students to develop their own learning interests and critical thinking to establish a learner-centered environment in the classroom.

Mrs. Kaware Pooja Mahesh
Assistant Professor
LLB, MBA, B.COM

Mrs. Kokate Yashashree Anil
Assistant Professor
MFM, B.SC.

Ms. Yashashree Kokate holds Masters of Financial Management from University of Mumbai, besides being a graduate in Sciences and Diploma Holder in Human Resource Management. She was working as a HR Consultant for two years after which she joined as Research Programme Associate in MET IOM a decade ago. Since then she has been actively involved in preparation of research papers and conducting paper presentation at MET Institute of Management and other forum. She is also being networking with students guiding them to prepare research documents for submission to University of Mumbai and other institutions of higher learning. She works with the MET IOM Ph.D. cell and is involved in compilation of Research articles and papers for in-house research journal, MET Management Review. She is proficient in Microsoft Office, SPSS and Data Analytics competency skills.

Mrs. Maske Neelam Budhabhushan
Assistant Professor
PGDFT, B.SC., MMM, Dip. HRM

Ms. Gala Dharmishta Amarshi
Assistant Professor
B.Com, B.Ed., MFM

Ms. Dharmishta Gala is an Assistant Professor MET Institute of Management, well-known for its PG Programs.

Her teaching interest includes Operation Research, Operation Management, Business Economics and Mathematics. She is also doing collaborative research, her interest areas are Culture. She also teaches the underprivileged children in Kalina, Mumbai.

She received a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and also persuaded her further studies in Bachelor's degree in Education (B. Ed) and completed her Masters in Finance from Mumbai University.

Ms. Pranita Waghmare
Assistant Professor
UGC-NET, MMS, M. COM, BMS

Miss. Pranita Waghmare is an Assistant Professor of Finance at MET Institute of Management, a top MBA College well-known for its PG Programs.

She is registered Ph.D. scholar of University of Mumbai. She is studying behavioral economics and finance as well as the psychology of decision – making in Gold Investment. She has published research papers in prominent journal and working on the same. She is investigating the implication of irrational behavior towards Gold investment decision of investors. She is also doing collaborative research with IIT Bombay on same.

She is UGC-NET qualified Faculty of Management and has served as Junior Research Fellow of the University of Mumbai. Her teaching interest includes Accountancy, Financial Management, and Behavioral Finance. She received a bachelor's degree in Business Management. Soon after, she received MMS in Finance and M.Com in accountancy from the University of Mumbai. She has been contributing her expertise in teaching for eight years.

She believes that “Teaching is not about the Information to share but it’s about the honest intellectual relationship with your students”

Mr. Pravin Kamble
Assistant Professor
UGC-NET, ADSE, MMS, B.SC. [IT]

Mr. Pravin Kamble is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management at MET Institute of Management. He has completed Masters in Human Resource Management from the University of Mumbai and UGC NET in Labour Welfare/Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management. Additionally, his expertise also lies in SPSS and AMOS, which are the latest software technologies, in the field of research.

He is an author of 2 International and 1 National research papers. His primary research concentrates on Employee Engagement with special reference to the Banking Sector. He is an active RMS member of the esteemed International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts.

Mr. Tayshete Charushil
Assistant Professor
B.A.,M.A. (English Literature), M.B.A.(HR)