Speakers
Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe
Group Director at WeSchool, Senate Member at the University of Mumbai
Prof Dr. Uday Salunkhe is the Group Director of Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (now: WeSchool). WeSchool is a self-financed business school in India with campuses in Mumbai and Bengaluru and ranks amongst the top 20 out of 5000 business schools in India.
With education going global, Dr Salunkhe realizes it’s imperative to identify the right potential and develop students to face the VUCA world. He understands this inevitability - of bridging the academia – industry gap and thus interacts closely with multiple stakeholders. Dr. Salunkhe’s passion for leadership, design thinking & innovation has helped transform his Alma Mater be it through launching of pioneering initiatives by way of academic programs, establishing partnerships with Universities/organizations across the globe while connecting across communities ranging from Corporate India to Rural India. Coupled with this, his efforts to brand the Institute as “WeSchool”; has immensely helped in strengthening the institute’s brand image.
Beyond his leadership role at WeSchool, Dr Salunkhe is actively associated with Universities and educational authorities both at the national and international level to improve the quality of management education. He is the State Governor’s Nominee on the Senate of University of Mumbai and Member of National Board of National Human Resource Development Network (NHRDN) and as the Former President of the Mumbai Chapter, he has developed connect with the HR community that has brought industry and academia together. Few of his leadership positions which he has held in the past are: President AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools which is the 2nd largest network of business schools in the world) and Chairman, LMC AMDISA (Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia- a SAARC initiative).
He has the distinction of being the recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship [focused on ‘Leadership Development’] and a recipient of several awards and accolades including ‘Ravi J. Mathai National Fellow Award’, MIEDA award for ‘Excellence in Education’ to name a few.
Group Director at WeSchool, Senate Member at the University of Mumbai