Prabhat Pani, Former Special Advisor at Tata Trusts.
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Prabhat Pani

Executive in Residence

Prabhat Pani is the Executive Director of the Centre for Impact in Sustainable Development at SPJIMR. He holds a PG Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and an engineering degree from BITS, Pilani. Prior to joining academics in 2019, he had held C-level leadership positions with well-known organisations within the hospitality, telecom, and FMCG industries in India, much of it in the Tata group. In his professional career spanning 40 years, he has held vital responsibilities managing portfolios of sales, marketing, general management, partnerships, and philanthropy. He has been consulting with the prominent philanthropic organisation, the Tata Trusts. His research and teaching interests are anchored on social sector topics, SDGs, and impact finance.

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Post Graduate Diploma in Management, 1982

Major: Marketing

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

B.E. (Hons.) Mechanical, 1980

Major: Production Engineering

  • Courses

    Fund Raising and Resource Mobilisation, Learning NGO

  • Teaching interest

    Social Sector Topics

  • Work experience

    Professional Positions

    S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai (August 2019 – present)

    Executive Director, Centre for Impact in Sustainable Development (2022 – present)

    Head – Social Sector Projects and Interventions (2019 – 2022)

    Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Development Management (2020 – 2022)

    Tata Trusts (2016 – 2019)

    Head – Partnerships & Technology Platforms

    Taj SATS Air Catering (2013 – 2015)

    Executive Director

    Ginger Hotels (2006 – 2012)

    CEO and Director

    Tata Teleservices (2003 – 2006)

    COO – Karnataka & AP

    Airtel (2001 – 2003)

    CEO – Gujarat, MP, and Chhattisgarh

    ITspace.com (2000 – 2001)

    CEO

    Tata Cellular (1999 – 2000)

    COO

    Tata Teleservices (1998 – 1999)

    VP – Marketing, Sales & Customer Care

    BPL Cellular (1996 – 1998)

    Circle Head – Kerala

    Harrisons Malayalam (1994 – 1996)

    VP – Marketing

    Tata International (1993 – 1994)

    Chief Marketing Manager

    Tata Consumer Products (1983 – 1993)

    Divisional Marketing Manager

    Tata Services (1982 – 1983)

    Tata Administrative Services Probationer

  • Consuting

    Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) – Tata Trusts, Mumbai. (2019 – present).

  • MDPs/FDPs

    Jindal Saw Limited, ESG and Sustainability for Corporate Excellence Customized Programmefor Top Leadership & Senior Team at Jindal Saw Limited (December 2024).

  • Professional service

    Trustee, Tata Power Community Development Trust. (2019 – present)

    Member, Governing Council, Yes Foundation (2020 – present)

    Senior Advisory Board, Health Finance Institute. (July 29, 2021 – present)

    Member, Solve an initiative of MIT (June 28, 2021 – present)

    Member, India@75 Task Force on Urbanization, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) (2017 – 2019)

    Steering Committee Member, Toilet Board Coalition, Geneva, Switzerland (2017 – 2019)

    Past Member, and Co-chair of Sub-committee on CSR Southern Regional Council, CII (2003 – 2006)

  • Profesional membership

    Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur. (2018 – present)

    Visiting Faculty, XLRI, Jamshedpur (1988 – 1989)

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