SOMETHING ABOUT Dr Prithwis Mukerjee By : # Sagar Kumar # Sagar Salot # Sayak Banerjee # Shayan Alam

Contents  Personal details  Introduction  Education background  Honors & awards  Work experience  Areas of interest  Various a spects of life  Contact details

Personal Details  Name : Dr. Prithwis Mukerjee  Home Town : Kolkata, India  Current City : Kolkata, India  Relationship Status : Married  Spouse Name : Mrs. Indira Mukerjee  Languages Known : English, Bengali and Hindi  Qualification : Ph.D., Management Science

Introduction Dr. Prithwis Mukerjee is the Program Director (Business Analytics), Professor, Head of Research Program and Head of Information Technology area in Praxis Business School, Kolkata. He has been associated with Praxis since 2008 and has been actively involved in the various academic programs that the institute offers. His vast knowledge, industry experience and teachings in the field of software development, management consulting, global delivery of software services and corporate training has greatly helped students for their career growth. His professional motto is "Resources are limited, creativity is unlimited". He can be called an all rounder in his field of interests and is in a league of his own by being a creator, developer, programmer, innovator, author and teacher.

Education Background  School - St. Xavier's Collegiate School (ICSE, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, History, Geography, Bengali, English) 1969 – 1978  Graduation - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering 1979 – 1984  The University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management Ph.D., Management Science 1985 – 1989

Honors & Awards  All India Rank 39 in the IIT JEE of 1979 May 1979 Did not complete Class XII but joined IIT, Kharagpur directly from Class XI  FIRST PLACE Winner of the Financial Express Big Idea Contest 2008 for suggesting the following idea which was adjudged the best : Modelled on NHAI, the National Schools Authority of India, will raise finance through tax-free bonds, and build a network of primary schools in every district of the country. After construction, the schools will be leased out to local entities through transparent bidding and operated as franchisees of NSAI.

Work Experience  Program Director, Business Analytics Praxis Business School (July 2013 – Present) Designed a new curriculum in Data Analytics  Professor Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (January 2008 – April 2013) Professor in the Information Systems area of the Vinod Gupta School of Management.  Professor & Head of Research Praxis Business School (January 2008 – September 2009, Head of Research Programs and Head of Information Technology Systems Area)

Continue…  Director IBM (October 2002 – December 2007) 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  Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers (May 1996 – September 2002) Created eBusiness practice for PwC in India. Offered consulting services to 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.

Continue…  Senior Software Engineer Tata Information Systems Limited (September 1994 – April 1996) Product Manager for DB2. Pre Sales support and marketing  Assistant Divisional Manager Tata Steel (September 1989 – August 1994) Database Administrator Executive Assistant to Director

Publications  Yantrajaal : Personal Website and Blog Blogspot (1999)  Business Information Systems, 2nd Edition Pothi / Self Publication (July 2012)  The Road to pSingularity, 2nd Edition(Link) Pothi / Self Publication (April 2012)

Areas of Interest  Virtual Worlds  Web 2.0  Social Networks  Vedanta  Mathematics  Cloud Computing

Various Aspects of Life  Programmer at heart with the passion of being at the leading edge of technology. Currently exploring the emerging business opportunities around Business and Data Analytics  Teacher : Business Information Systems, Web 2.0 Strategy, Quantitative Techniques at Business Schools, Business Analytics  Creator : Kollaborative Klassroom - 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

Continue…  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 or buy the paperback at  Editor : Information Systems for Crime Management. VGSOM Management Monograph Series #1  Producer, Director, Actor : nano-movie "Are You Real" spanning across three worlds : one real, two virtual. Check out  Specialties: Deep knowledge of databases, programming and web technology. Excellent communicator. Passionate about exploring the potential business opportunities around Business Analytics

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