Our Governing Council comprises pioneering leaders of industry and academia whose strategic vision defines the BITSoMian values of imagination, innovation and action. Their rich and diverse experience shapes our approach to your education: grounded in practicality yet soaring in spirit.
The Governing Council is one of the main pillars of BITSoM’s commitment to a multidisciplinary, real-world educational experience that propels our learners into leadership roles.
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Chairman, Governing Council, BITSoM
Chairman, Aditya Birla Group
MBA, London Business School
In the 28 years that Mr. Birla has been at the helm of the Aditya Birla Group, he has accelerated growth across markets and geographies, and significantly enhanced stakeholder value. In the process, he has raised the Group's turnover by over 30 times to USD 60 Bn. Today, over half of the Group's turnover comes from global operations.
He has been the architect of over 40 successful acquisitions in India and globally. Under his stewardship, the Aditya Birla Group enjoys a position of leadership in all the major sectors in which it operates, from cement to chemicals, metals to textiles and fashion retail to financial services. Over the years, Mr. Birla has built a highly successful meritocratic organisation, anchored by an extraordinary force of 140,000 employees, belonging to 100 different nationalities.
Mr. Birla is also an eminent educationist. Apart from being the Chancellor of BITS Pilani, he has served as Chairman of the Board of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Delhi. An alumnus of the London Business School, he is on its Asia Pacific Advisory Board and is an Honorary Fellow of the school.
Shobhana Bhartia
Chairperson, Hindustan Times Group
Pro Chancellor, BITS Pilani
University of Calcutta
Souvik Bhattacharyya
Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
PhD, Texas A&M University
MS, University of Cincinnati
BME, Jadavpur University
Ranjan Banerjee
Dean-BITSoM
PhD, University of Minnesota
MBA, IIM Calcutta
BTech, IIT Bombay
DILIP GAUR
Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Ltd (ABMCPL)
BTech, Nagpur University
Advanced Management Programme, Harvard University
Bharat Puri
Managing Director, Pidilite Industries Ltd.
BCom, Punjab University
MBA, IIM Ahmedabad
Geoffrey Garrett
Dean,University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business
PhD and MA, Duke University
BA, The Australian National University
Hari Menon
Chief Executive Officer, BigBasket.com
MBA, Carnegie Mellon University
MSc (Tech), BITS Pilani
BTech, University of Kerala
Nishi Vasudeva
Former Chairman & MD, HPCL
MBA, IIM Calcutta
BA, Lady Shri Ram College for Women
Preetish Nijhawan
Co-founder and Partner, Cervin Partners
MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management
MS, University of Southern California
BS, BITS Pilani
Rajagopal Raghunathan
Professor of Business
University of Texas Austin
MBA, IIM Calcutta
PhD, NYU Stern School of Business
BE, BITS Pilani
Revathi Advaithi
Chief Executive Officer, Flex
MBA, Thunderbird School of Global Management
BTech, BITS Pilani
SP Kothari
Professor of Accounting and Finance
MIT Sloan School of Management
PhD, University of Iowa
MBA, IIM Ahmedabad
BE, BITS Pilani
Tulsi Mirchandaney
MD, Blue Dart Aviation
MBA, International Aviation, Concordia University, Montreal