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Mohan Chandran is an entrepreneur, based in
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, offering a complete
suite of content development solutions (including business
writing), business research, and soft skill training services
through his company, “CPG Knowledge
Solutions.”TM He was earlier associated
in different capacities with organizations such as the Indian
School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Verizon Data Services
India, T.I.M.E. (India’s No.1 institute for competitive
exams coaching), iPrex Solutions (an Intellectual Property
Rights Company), Lok Satta (India’s largest democratic
people’s movement for political and governance reforms),
and ICFAI Center for Management Research, an affiliate of
the ICFAI University.
During
his first stint as a 'Research Associate' with ICMR, Mr. Chandran
developed about 20 management case studies on diverse topics
that were bought and read by leading international B-Schools
across the world. More than 5000 copies of his case studies
have been sold globally till date. One of his case studies
titled "Wal-Mart's Supply Chain Management Practices" became
an international best seller and sold more than 1600 copies
worldwide. It was bought/read by more than 100 universities
in 48 countries, including top B-schools/Universities such
as Harvard, Stanford, Purdue, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Richard
Ivey, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institutes
of Technology (IITs), Michigan, INSEAD, London Business School,
London School of Economics, IMD, Indian School of Business
(ISB), Oxford, Cambridge, etc., and top organizations such
as Ernst & Young, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Accenture, KPMG,
Citibank, Lombard, Eli Lilly, Unilever, Siemens, Rolls Royce,
TATA, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), etc.
About
7 of his case studies became international bestsellers.
During
his stint with ISB as Editor-Communications, handling the
quarterly magazine of the School, ISB Insight, Mr.
Chandran interacted with Dipak Jain, Dean, Kellogg School
of Management; JJ Irani, Director, Tata Sons and former CEO,
Tata Steel; Ramalinga Raju, Chairman, Satyam Computers; Marshall
Goldsmith, World renowned and sought-after Executive Coach;
Vijay Mahajan, Professor of Marketing, McCombs School, University
of Texas at A&M and former Dean, ISB; Professor Raghuram
Rajan, Eric J Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor
of Finance, University of Chicago and Economic Counsellor
and Director of Research at International Monetary Fund;
Professor Don Schultz, Marketing Master; Professor Jagmohan
S. Raju, Area leader in Marketing from Wharton; Rajat Gupta,
Chairman, Governing Board, ISB and Senior Partner, McKinsey
Worldwide; Pramath Raj Sinha, Ex-Dean, ISB, and
several visiting Professors from Wharton, Kellogg, and London
Business School. He also coordinated the discussions of visiting
faculty and industry executives with the resident faculty
of ISB.
Mr.
Chandran worked as a Research Associate and Media Coordinator
during his stint with an NGO called Foundation for Democratic
Reforms/"LOK SATTA" (meaning 'people's power'), India's largest
democratic people's movement for political and governance
reforms.
Lok
Satta is India's largest democratic people's movement for
political and governance reforms. It enjoys the support of
more than 20 million people in the state of Andhra Pradesh,
which has a population of about 70 million. It is headed by
a former civil servant. Lok Satta aims at eradicating corruption,
implementing democratic reforms such as Proportional Representation,
Direct election of the Heads of Indian states, introduction
of intra-party democracy, and other such reformative goals.
It has made significant progress since inception and is moving
ahead at a robust pace, achieving its goals with clinical
precision.
Mr.
Chandran has a profound passion for English and writing. He
is also an amateur poet and has penned more than 600 poems
in English till now. He holds a Master's in Management as
well as in English, a PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication,
and a Diploma in Creative Writing in English. Mr. Chandran
aspires to win, during his lifetime, any or all of the prizes
– Nobel Prize, Pulitzer, Booker, Man Booker, or Blooker
– for his literary pursuits.
He
also did freelance assignments as a Copywriter for an ad agency,
and volunteers for social organizations.
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