The Faculty members at Amplify come from diverse backgrounds rich with knowledge and experience in the IT industry.
R Subramaniam, Director Academics
An M. Tech in Communication and Radar Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Brig Subramaniam possess vast and varied experience spanning over 34 years in setting up, maintaining and exploiting the entire gamut of communication systems - both fixed and mobile - in all types of terrain; and under both peace-time and operational conditions.
He also has rich faculty and training expertise in the fields of telecommunication and Information Technology, and has demonstrated leadership and man-management in large and complex projects for the Army.
Jamshed Khursigara is a Commerce graduate from St. Xavier’s college - Kolkata in 1969 and completed his MBA from XLRI - Jamshedpur in 1973. He has 36 years of rich professional experience in the field of Human Resources with TATA MOTORS LTD. He is having expertise knowledge in Manpower Planning, Recruitment, Training and Development, Performance Management, IR, Payroll Management and Administration.
He has been actively involved & streamlined HR operations at Commercial Vehicle manufacturing unit, Passenger Car Business manufacturing Division and Daimler-Benz-Tata Motors joint venture at Pune. He is founder member of National HRD network, Pune Chapter, and also represented TATA MOTORS at CII – H.R. Forum, Pune. He was also associated with various reputed educational institutions such as Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and Balaji Institute of Modern Management at Pune.
Sabu Francis is a graduate of architecture from IIT Kharagpur from the 1984 batch. He had excelled in academics; having stood first in class. That connection with academics continued when he started his own practice of architecture. He has taught for over 14 years in many colleges in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune. He has even conducted QIP (Quality Improvement Programs) for teachers in architecture.
He is also involved in architectural research having published four papers in important international conferences. He is now working on a book on geometry in architecture. He has extensive knowledge of architecture, mathematics, CAD, and owns intellectual properties in Computer Aided Architecture design, messaging, music and knowledge management. He is knowledgeable in many areas of computing that includes over 10 computer languages, graphics, XML, file formats, etc.
N. Hariharan - Head of Department (Finance & Accounts)
N. Hariharan is Professor and Head of Department,Finance and Accounts at Amplify Mindware Academy for Development of Education and Research [AMADER], Pune, Maharashtra. He was former Vice-Principal, Shree Chandraprabhu Jain College, Chennai, Tamilnadu. He has worked in various capacities at various institutes. He obtained his Masters Degree [Rank Holder] from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy and Master of Philosophy from Loyola College, Chennai, Tamilnadu. He has attended and presented papers at various state and national level seminars. He has presented a proposed research paper to Cambridge University, UK. He has been teaching Income Tax, Finance and Accountancy papers for more than 15 years at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a visiting faculty at Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Southern India Regional Council, Chennai, Tamilnadu. He is member board of studies/examiner in various institutes/autonomous colleges and professional bodies. He specializes in the field of Taxation, Finance and Accountancy and is a prolific author on these subjects. He has written books on Income Tax Law & Practice for Tata McGraw-Hill Publications. Books on Cost accounting and Management accounting are to be published shortly.
Shyamarghya graduated in Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry spanning software development for global markets, technical infrastructure, MIS systems and Quality systems.
Rakesh Tandan - Head of Department (Marketing & IIBM)
Prof Rakesh Tandan has a diverse experience of 35 years in the consumer durable industry. He worked as the General Manger of Philips India, Associate Director of National Panasonic and Vice President of Konka Electronics and JVC.
His professional career commenced after completing his BSc (Hons) from Mumbai University and his Management studies in 1972.
He has been associated with management education for the past ten years with institutes like JIMS (Delhi), ICFAI and K.C.College of management. For a period of two years was also in the field of pre primary and primary education as the CEO of Tree house playgroup and nursery – Mumbai.
He is a marketing professional and having an abiding interest in the area of Sales and Distribution Management.
At present associated with Amplify Mindware DITM as the Head Of Department for the Marketing course and his personal interests include theatre, reading and playing games to keep fit and relax.
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, A senior Professional with 37+ years of versatile experience in the field of Information Technology. He worked in various organizations like Fiberglass Pilkington, Grasim Industries Ltd, Supertech Solutions Ltd, Compulink Pvt Ltd and INFOCENTER (Qatar). The last assignment before joining Amplify Mindware was Vice President, conception to completion of RFID Solutions, at Infotek Software Systems Pvt Ltd – Pune, Associate Company of Finolex. Vijay Pujari has obtained and delivered many IT projects from UK, Germany and Middle-East.
Papers Presented / Selected: "Information Technology in Textile Industries" at CSI 91 Annual Convention at Delhi. “IT in Indian Textile Industries” at International Symposium, Alexandria, Egypt in May 1992 and International Symposium, Annecy, France in May 1993 organised by International Association of Science & Technology Development , USA.
Shantanu Ghosh has completed his B tech(Hons) from IIT Kharagpur and his PGM from IIM Lucknow. He is also a qualified Cost Accountant. He has worked for leading Technology and Educational institutions around the country and abroard. Some of the organizations he has worked are HCL Hewlett Packard Ltd, ICFAI,Satyam Computer Services Ltd..
An educationist and an entrepreneur-at-heart, he has been a noted Professor in the area of Marketing and has been instrumental in setting up and operating a number of leading educational institutes around the country.
After graduating from University of Pune in Bachelors of Telecommunications Engineering, he started working with USA based wireless research and development organization. He worked in close co-ordination with Professors and PhDs in IIT-Bombay, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA) and Princeton University (New Jersey) for 3G multimode wireless chipset reference design as well as carried out consulting assignments in Mumbai, New Jersey and New York City. With over 8 years experience in the areas of Mobile Applications and Platforms programming, Wireless Embedded and Radio Systems design he has been providing training / consulting services to India’s top IT/Telecom organizations like Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Satyam, Sasken, CDAC and many more. He is also currently involved in providing technical inputs for the Post-Graduate IT and Telecom Management programs.
His areas of technical expertise include Telecom Networks and Systems integration with Billing, Location, Mobile Internet, Security and Value-added services; Mobile Platforms Development including Nokia’s Symbian, Palm, CDMA BREW, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Blackberry RIM, Linux for Mobile; Wireless Applications Integration for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), Location Based Services, Japan NTTDoCoMo i-mode, WAP, VoIP, MobileTV (DVBH); Wireless Radio & Embedded Systems including Mobile Processors & platforms, DSP / Baseband / Antenna Design for wireless signal processing.
She is a dynamic, energetic and performance oriented trainer with over 13 years of experience in the field of Information Technology. After completing Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) with Mathematics and Physics, she did Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) from University of Allahabad.
She has worked as Sr. Faculty in IT training institutions like UPTRON ACL in Delhi, National Institute of Professional Studies (NIPS) and NIIT in Allahabad. Apart from this, she has imparted training to undergraduate and postgraduate students as lecturer and project guide. She was associated with AWES (Army welfare education society) also. She keeps upgrading her knowledge by various certifications and experiences to meet the latest technology needs, has traveled around the globe and is a good combination of art and technology as she has done graduation (prabhakar) in Kathak dance and is artistic by nature. She is a life member of IETE.
She has completed her Bachelors in Computer Engineering from University of Pune in the year 2000 and is having an experience of 7 years in the field of Education and 1 year of experience in retail management. Having started her career with Pune Institute of Computer Technology as a lecturer for two years, she moved on to work for a Company named ECCO in England for a year. She is currently involved in providing technical skills for Post Graduate IT and Telecom Management programs.
Her areas of expertise include C, C++, Visual Basic, Oracle, Data Structure and Files, Software Testing, Theory of Computer Science and Mathematics.
