Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Director – Welingkar Institute Of Management
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    • Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Director – Welingkar Institute of Management

    Uday A Salunkhe

    Director – Welingkar Institute
    Director of the Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, in Mumbai and Bangalore, Dr. Uday Salunkhe is a leader andvisionary. At Welingkar since 1995, Dr. Uday Salunkhe previously worked with Mahindra & Mahindra, ISPL and other well known and prestigious organizations before joining Welingkar at his appointed post as faculty member for Production Management. A mechanical engineer with a management degree in ‘Operations’ and a Doctorate in ‘Turnaround Strategies’, Dr. Uday Salunkhe has more than 12 years of experience in the corporate world. He has brought that and more to the table at Welingkar ever since his appointment as Director in 2000, only 5 years after he had initially joined the institute. Dr. Uday Salunkhe’s inherent passion, commitment and dedication toward the institute led to his appointment as Director of Welingkar and he has not looked back since. Dr. Uday Salunkhe is continuously looking to find new and innovative ways to allow students of Welingkar to grow and equip them with the necessary tools required to, not only compete on a global playing field but also, succeed on it with the help of a quality education.

    Well respected home and abroad, Dr. Uday Salunkhe has been invited to the Harvard Business School and the European University in Germany as visiting faculty. He has also delivered seminars at the Asian Institute of Management in Manila. Recognizing his excellence and contribution to management education, the 12th Annual Convention on Leadership has conferred the ‘Professor Dharni Sinha Memorial Award for Excellence in Management Education’ to Dr. Uday Salunkhe for his outstanding work. Dr. Uday Salunkhe has also been awarded “The Young Achievers Award” in the field of Academics by the Indo American Society. The teachings of Jack Welch and Arya Chanakya are strong influencers in Dr. Uday Salunkhe’s life and it is what he has learnt and understood from them that reflect in his work.

    Dr. Uday Salunkhe is currently the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Board of Studies in Management Courses of the Mumbai University and Chairman of the Local Management Committee of the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) which is an initiative of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Dr. Uday Salunkhe took over as the President of Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), which is the 2nd largest body of management schools in the world with over 500 members, for the year 2007-2008.

    Through the leadership and vision of Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Welingkar Institute of Management was ranked 7th in West India and 16th overall in India’s Top 50Business Schools by the Hindustan Times Best B Schools in India Survey in 2010. Under Dr Uday Salunkhe’s visionary leadership, Welingkar Institute has been ranked 8th in the private B-School category by Outlook in the B-School Survey in 2008, 3rd inStudent Exchange Program category, 7th in Faculty Exchange Program category.

    The Dewang Mehta Business Award, an award that recognizes talent and leadership amongst the Business Schools across India, was awarded to Welingkar in 2008 in the following categories:

    1)    Business School which encourages Innovations that lead to better development,

    2)    Business School Leadership Award,

    3)    Business School with Best Academic Input (Syllabus) in Marketing and Retail / Services.

    The awards that Welingkar won are in recognition of leadership, development, innovation and industry interface when it comes to business schools and was due to the positive influence of Dr. Uday Salunkhe. Welingkar institute was also the recipient of the JJ Irani Award as the Best Management Institute, in September, 2006. Udhy Salunkhe has initiated several international partnerships for Welingkar with universities across the globe to facilitate faculty & student exchange programs, study internships in the USA, UK and parts of Europe that include Sweden, France etc. Dr Uday Salunkhe has also been part of the official bodies of the University and the Directorate of Technical Education to improve the quality of management education that is currently prevalent.

    In February of 2011, the Economic Times did a story on how students from non – IIM institutes like Welingkar were receiving prestigious offers from companies in the financial sectors and the IT sectors. Dr. Uday Salunkhe was quoted as saying that India Inc. was back on its feet. Sectors like IT, ITeS and finance were getting a lot of international business, which was creating opportunities for students. Something that only bodes well for Welingkar and everyone that is associated with it.

     

    Through Dr. Uday Salunkhe’s vision and result oriented thinking, Welingkar is now a name to reckon with, not only in India but at a global level as well. Dr. Uday Salunkhe has been the guiding light for Welingkar and has elevated it to the level that it is at today and has been nominated for and has won numerous awards due to his valuable contributions towards not only Welingkar but also towards education.
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