Notable Alumni of Goa Institute of Management

Shilpa, a 1998 pass-out, was the first woman CFO at the global retail giant IKEA and the first Indian at the position. However, due to chronic illness (cancer), she had to voluntarily give it up for the best of interest of the organization. Despite all odds, this did not deter her from pursuing her professional dreams. She has been bravely fighting the disease, managing her family and is still on the path of seeking excellence in leadership, management processes, and change management. She specializes in Business operations, Forecast analysis, Budgeting, Profit and Loss Management, and Business Plan Creation and Execution.

Anant is a very special alumnus of GIM and the most recent on our list. After completing his post-graduation from GIM and a couple of jobs here and there, he concluded that a typical corporate lifestyle was not his calling. He was keen on trying his hands on a physical business and thus took up the challenge in the form of Delhi Dance Academy (DDA). DDA was a small dance academy in South Delhi. Under his leadership and expertise, it has grown to be Delhi’s no.1 dance and fitness school and in 2014 was conferred the “Best Dance Academy in Delhi.” He credits the two years he spent at GIM with his peers, seniors, and faculty as a stepping stone to where he is today.

Prasenjit is an independent trainer and teacher in the field of market research. Before this, he has worked for 13 years in various leadership roles with companies like Nielsen and IMRB. He is a distinguished alumnus of GIM and completed his PGDM, Marketing in 1998. He is also a visiting professor, recruiter, part of admission panels of GIM. He recently took a session in August 2018 as part of Hangouts 2018 which was organized by the Students Alumni Relations Cell.

Nisheeth completed his PGDM, General Management in 1999 and has leadership experience of more than 19 years with biggies like NIIT, Satyam, Spicejet Ltd, Hindustan Times, and Accenture. He has worked in various domains such as automotive, aviation, technology, and consulting. He specializes in business consulting & solutions delivery, program management, scaled operations management, customer engagement, and technology solutions. He exemplifies fundamental skills he learned as a student at GIM- teamwork, encapsulate strengths of others, offer help before demanding assistance, and do not fear the unknown.

Mario was an alumnus from the 2nd batch of GIM when the institute was still trying to carve a niche for itself in the management education space. He has an extensive 18 years experience in Transaction Banking & Cash Management. He specializes in Cash Management, Transaction Banking, Fund Management, Liquidity Planning, and Project Management. He has been associated with the Kotak Mahindra Bank and HSBC. He fondly remembers that the faculty at GIM taught him to sensitize and humanize the management solutions he comes up in the real world.

Ever since he graduated from GIM in 1998, Dhiresh has been associated with a wide range of HR innovations and initiatives in both IBM and Microsoft, especially in the spectrum of e-HR, technology applications in HR problem solving, and IT-enabled HR Service Delivery. Of all things, he has learnt he particularly reminiscences the courses in Production and Operations Management by Mr. Costabir at GIM. He believes that these courses taught him immensely about teamwork and he got an opportunity to learn about life in general. He acknowledges Mr. Costabir’s assessment methodology to be a tool he uses in his real life too.

Samarjeet has almost 20 years of experience in the direct consumer business. He currently has a workforce of 650 people in his company Iksula, an e-Retail Strategy Consultancy. Before this, he was part of the leadership team of e-Comm giant eBay (Bazee.com absorbed by eBay) and also served as the Dean at eBay University. He confesses he always had an entrepreneurial bent of mind and visited the campus as part of the Grand Alumni Meet in 2016. He spoke at length to students about entrepreneurship from a student’s perspective.

Rohit is one of the earlier alumni of GIM and passed out in 1996. Since then he has built his experience around the marketing domain and has worked with companies like Pernod Ricard, Dr. Lal PathLabs, BVM Minerals, and InorqTechnologies. He is now the CEO and MD at Daakiya Marketing and Logistics. He belongs to the first batch to study at the Ribandar campus of the institute and fondly remembers that a lot of processes were set up by him and his peers. This experience helped him set up methods and systems at Daakiyaa as well. He believes those who cease to learn, eventually cease to exist.

Sameer completed his PGDM in Marketing in the year 2000 and has an experience of more than to 16 years in business management. He has worked across geographies in Sales, Marketing, Product management & driving large-scale business operations. He has been associated with names like BP Mobile, Airtel and for the last one year is the CEO at Wynk Ltd, a start-up owned by Bharti Airtel. The three takeaways that he has taken from the two years he has spent at GIM are- “Teamwork, a clear sense of purpose, and being prepared.”