Faculty Spotlights
Mahima Kapoor
MBA
Postgraduate Professor
Professor Mahima comes to SNHU with more than 11 years of marketing and branding experience, specializing in the media industry. She has worked at companies such as Radio City 91.1 FM, Nickelodeon, ALTBalaji and TikTok. In addition to being a brand champion, Professor Mahima has also played important roles in multiple radio and television show launches, branding and rebranding campaigns, tactical social media campaigns, trade marketing and award show launches.
Prior to teaching at SNHU, she was a visiting faculty member at MET College & NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education in Mumbai. Professor Mahima received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Delhi University and her MBA from ICFAI University. She also holds a post-graduate certificate in Marketing and Brand Management from MICA.
Krupa Aditya Desai
MS Finance, CFA
Undergraduate & Postgraduate Professor
Professor Krupa has over 10 years of experience in delivering customized learning solutions in areas such as Indian capital markets, financial risk management and portfolio management. Along with this, she has years of professional experience in the banking and financial service industry. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Gujarat University, is a Certified Financial Risk Manager through GARP and obtained a Master’s in Finance from ICFAI.
Professor Krupa has been a consultant for Bloomberg Training at a leading education trust and has also taught postgraduate subjects at various business schools, including Mumbai University. In addition to teaching at SNHU, she has recently joined Russell Square International College as a visiting faculty member to teach subjects at the University of London, managed by the London School of Economics.
Swati Gupta
MBA
Undergraduate & Postgraduate Professor
Professor Swati is a talent development leader and strategic people executive with a career spanning over 16 years. She has led strategic change management initiatives, such as digital transformation, organizational restructuring and cultural transformation, with the Big 4 firms and has a keen focus on people, leadership and ethics.
As an expert in cultural diversity, she is passionate about promoting collaborative work across borders. Her diverse background and leadership skills have led her to support building India’s talent by contributing as a guest faculty at a variety of universities and colleges for almost two decades.
Rahul Bhandari
MBA, PMP
Undergraduate & Postgraduate Professor
Professor Rahul is a committed, results-driven project management professional with over 9 years of industry experience in end-to-end project management in fields such as pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, supply chain and digital transformation. He has managed projects at organizations such as RGP, Accenture, Flipkart and Rubicon Research. In 2019, he became PMP-certified and is a member of the PMI Institute, in addition to holding his MBA in Operations Management from Mumbai University.
Dr. Nilakantan Narasinganallur
PhD, MBA & MSc
Undergraduate & Postgraduate Professor
In addition to more than 32 years of experience in the finance industry, Dr. Narasinganallur has 15 years of experience teaching MBA programs and advanced subjects in quantitative methods. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Mumbai University, where his research focused on financial derivatives and the comparison of option valuation for indexes and equities in the Indian stock market to valuations in the US stock market.
Dr. Narasinganallur has published a book on modern risk analysis and published many peer-reviewed research papers in international journals, in addition to presenting his work at many international conferences.
Dr. Rik Paul
PhD
Undergraduate & Postgraduate Professor
Dr. Rik is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell for BML Munjal University in addition to his work with SNHU. Prior to his career in academics, Dr.Rik was an EHS consultant for multiple MNCs and earned his Ph.D. in marketing from IFHE University and is professionally trained in management pedagogy from IEDC Bled School of Management, Slovenia.
His innovative case teaching techniques are recognized and appreciated by prestigious international organizations such as the Marketing Management Association and the Wharton School of Management. Dr. Rik has written successful national and international academic articles that have won several awards and recognitions from organizations such as the Emerald Group Publishing and John Molson School of Business (University of Concordia, Canada).
