Gim - Digital Leadership and Fintech Transformation

Faculty & Experts

Prof. Neeraj Amarnani

Dr. Neeraj Amarnani is a Professor of Finance at GIM, with extensive leadership experience including Dean (Academics) and Chairperson of the PGDM program. His prior roles at Nirma University and MICA, where he led the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, demonstrate his commitment to academic innovation.

His research focuses on fintech, behavioural finance, and investments, evidenced by numerous publications, co-edited books, and international seminar presentations. He has received accolades such as Best Paper in Finance (Nirma, 2007), a Certificate of Excellence (ISB, 2005), Best Teacher in Financial Management (Lokmat, 2015), and Prof Y K Bhushan Most Influential Professors (2023).

Dr. Amarnani designs and conducts training programs on fintech, financial modelling, and finance for non-finance executives and also facilitates in-company training modules in finance.

Prof. Arpita Amarnani

Prof. Arpita Amarnani's expertise spans sustainable finance, fintech, renewable energy, and broader financial systems. She completed the Sustainable Finance Foundation Course at Oxford in 2019, demonstrating her commitment to this emerging field. As founding Chair of the Centre for excellence in sustainable development at GIM, she has spearheaded and documented various sustainability practices at the institute.

She holds a PhD in Management, an MBA in Finance, and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering. Arpita’s research focuses on Fintech business models and Sustainable Finance, with publications and Best Paper awards at international conferences. She is currently leading a GIM team in an EU-funded Erasmus+ project on impact-focused entrepreneurship along with multiple European and Indian partner universities. Under her leadership, GIM’s sustainability initiatives earned global recognition at the International Green Gown Awards 2022.

Prof. D N Venkatesh - Dean Academics GIM

Prof Venkatesh is an HR professional with close to three decades of experience across diversified leadership roles as a generalist and specialist. He had managed an employee span of over ten thousand across geographies, contributed to organizational transformation and growth of the organization. He has been into learning facilitation and development for over a decade.

He has designed and delivered generic and customized learning programs for executives across organizations, locations and levels and has provided HR consulting services to organizations across India. These HR Consulting assignments include Leading HR Re-engineering and Outsourcing. He has also contributed to people excellence in excellence in organizations through HR Audit, Policy Re- design.

Prof. Abhishek Naresh

Prof. Abhishek Naresh's research focuses on labour markets, climate change, and monetary policy in emerging economies, with a particular interest in India's informal labour markets. He also researches economics of education in low-income households. His diverse background includes a PhD in Economics from IIM Bangalore, an MA in Economics, and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering.

He has experience in after-sales marketing at a major automobile manufacturer and in improving learning outcomes in low-income schools. He has collaborated with TISS, Mumbai, and INSEAD, Singapore, on research projects.

Prof. Naresh offers freelance research consultancy in climate change, labour economics, and economics of education. His expertise includes macroeconomics, microeconomics, regression analysis, and time series econometrics.