Prof. Uday Salunkhe

Group Director

about faculty

Prof. Uday Salunkhe heads WeSchool, one of India's leading business schools. He is actively associated with universities and educational authorities at the national and international level to improve the quality of management education. Dr Salunkhe has the distinction of being the recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship, USA which identifies, empowers and links leaders across the globe, empowering them further to make the much needed impact. While on fellowship, he looked at issues pertaining to academic leadership development; social innovation and entrepreneurship; future trends in management education; corporate leadership; and models for public and private drivers of social change. His corporate experience in organisations like Mahindra & Mahindra, is a valuable asset in the higher education realm. He currently chairs the Assocham’s National Council on Education. Also drawing upon his expertise, is the CII’s Sub-committee on Education, which he co-chairs, besides being the part of FICCI Higher Education Committee. He is also affiliated with the Advisory Committee on the Skill Development under Ministry of Shipping.

Work Experience: Over 35 years of teaching and corporate experience.

Academic Affiliations:

- State - Governor’s nominee to the Senate of the University of Mumbai

- Board of Management for all Management courses of the University of Mumbai

- Academic Council, SNDT Women’s University

- Academic Board, Ruia College, Mumbai

- Formerly on Executive Board of the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) and Chairman of Local Management Committee (LMC) of AMDISA

- Former President of Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS)

- Formerly on Board of Governors at the College of Engineering, Pune

Professional Affiliations:

- Chairman Education Committee, Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India

- Member, FICCI’s Higher Education Committee

- Former Chairman, CII WR’s Sub-committee on Education

- Former Chairman, National Council on Education, ASSOCHAM

- Former President, National HRD Network (NHRDN) – Mumbai Chapter

- Invited by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and CII, to be part of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s delegation of CEOs to Germany for Hannover Messe, 2015

- Former President, AIMS(Association of Indian Management Schools) which is the second largest network of Management Schools in the world and is represented by more than 400 business schools in India

teaching & research

Prof. Uday Salunkhe has been successfully guiding PhD students. He has authored several research papers/ articles in national & international publications. He has published a book on ‘Productivity Techniques’ and co-authored the section titled ‘Design Management in India’ in the ‘Handbook of Design Management’, published by Berg Publishers, UK.

Subject Expert:

- Turnaround Strategies, Leadership, Education, Policy Making and Management

consulting

publications

• ‘Impact of including Design Thinking competencies in management education’ - an experimental study, co-authored - DMI International Research Conference, August, 2012.

• ‘Design Inspired Innovation for Rural India’, co-authored - Impacting Society through Engineering Design – Journal of ICED11 conference proceedings, volume II, paper number 261, Denmark Technical University, 2011.

• ‘Pedagogical changes and challenges for the future growth of decision’ sciences, co-authored - Ninth International Conference on Operations & Quantitative Management, Los Angeles, June, 2009.

• ‘Unravelling The Mystical Indian Organisation Culture’, co-authored – Cues for Globalisation, 4th International Conference on Inter-Cultural Competence, Mexico, 2007.

• ‘A Framework to explore the Grassroots’ (Rural India by Design Innovation Thinking), co-authored – TISS Conference, Innovation Forum 2012.

• India’s Competitive Edge – A Study of the ‘Role of Corporate Social Responsibility’, co-authored - Selected for International Conference on Emerging Competitiveness Paradigms by PES Institute of Management, Bangalore and Indiana University of Pennsylvania & the International Society for Competitiveness, 2007.

awards & honors

• Awarded the "Grand Davos Award" at the World Communication Forum, Davos, for tremendous contribution and lifelong dedication in the field of business communication in India and the region.

• Recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship, USA, which acknowledges and honours the contribution of thought leaders across the globe, to their respective domains, bringing them together, for a greater impact.

• Awarded MIEDA award for excellence in education field by Maharashtra Industrial and Economic Development Association (MIEDA).

• Ravi J. Matthai National Fellow Award awarded by the Association of Indian Management Schools for exemplary contribution to India Inc. and society at large, in the fields of applied management and education.

• Conferred the ‘Best Education Entrepreneur of the year’ award by ASSOCHAM.

• Prof. Dharni Sinha Memorial Award conferred for Excellence in Management Education.

• Introduced WeSchool’s pioneering courses in Business Design, E-business, Retail Management, Healthcare Management, Rural Management (Emerging Economies) and verticals in Commodities Market.