
Professor of Information Technology -- Data Management, Web 2.0
India

Professor of Information Technology -- Data Management, Web 2.0
India
18+ Years as a footnote in the Great Indian Software Story ! "Been There, Done It All" : in-house software development, business consulting with major corporates in India and of course, Global Delivery of software services to transnational clients.
Programmer at heart with the passion of being at the leading edge of technology. Currently exploring the emerging business opportunities around Web 2.0
Teacher : Business Information Systems, Web 2.0 Strategy, Quantitative Techniques at Business Schools.
Creator : Kollaborative Klassroom http://kk.praxis.ac.in - a laboratory of Web 2.0 ideas, tools and technologies in Higher Education.
Author : "Business Information Systems" -- an ultra cool perspective on what B-Schools refer to as Management Information Systems. To read and buy this text book, go to http://bis.yantrajaal.com
Author : "The Road to pSingularity" - that seeks to explain Advaita Vedanta in terms of the Turing Machine and the Human Genome. Read the book at http://psingularity.yantrajaal.com or buy the paperback at http://bookshop.yantrajaal.com.
Producer, Director, Actor : nano-movie "Are You Real" spanning across three worlds : one real, two virtual. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebq0tbhap-g
Deep knowledge of databases, programming and web technology. Excellent communicator. Passionate about exploring the potential business opportunities around Web 2.0
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Adjunct Professor in the Information Systems area of the Vinod Gupta School of Management
(Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 9 months)
Head of Research Programs and Head of Information Technology Systems Area
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2002 — December 2007 (5 years 3 months)
Head of Calcutta Delivery Centre
Head of India Learning & Knowledge ( Internal Training Department)
Service Line Leader - Package Software ( SAP / Oracle / Siebel / JDE)
Extensive experience in Global & Offshore Delivery
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
May 1996 — September 2002 (6 years 5 months)
Created eBusiness practice for PwC in India.
Consulted with top Indian companies on creating and implementing eBusiness strategy.
First to design and sell browser based solutions to clients both within and outside India.
Created the offshore delivery service of PwC India and branded it as Business Beyond Borders.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1994 — April 1996 (1 year 8 months)
Product Manager for DB2.
Pre Sales support and marketing
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
September 1989 — August 1994 (5 years )
Database Administrator
Executive Assistant to Director
Ph.D. , Management Science , 1985 — 1989
Worked as a graduate teaching assistant from 1985 - 1989
1979 — 1984
ICSE , ICSE , 1969 — 1978
Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, Social Networks, Vedanta, Mathematics, Cloud Computing