Himanshi Tandon Brand Marketing at Reebok India | Lead - Digital Marketing

Dr. CNN is a mentor and coach to most of us students at IMI New Delhi and has inspired and enabled me during B-school and beyond. As a seasoned industry professional, a strong change agent, an incredible teacher, a hard taskmaster and an ethical leader, CNN Sir acted as an inspirational role model who encouraged us to create and innovate, build and lead, and prepared us for the future. For topics ranging from strategy to organization behavior, from knowledge about MBA schools to interview skills, and from mentoring to confidence building, I strongly commend CNN Sir’s thought leadership and ability to educate and inspire. It has been an absolute privilege to be mentored by Sir and look forward to many more years of his guidance.

Mr. Gaurang Bhale Rao CRM Lead | Manager at Kirloskar Oil Engines, Pune and the mentee of Dr.C.N.Narayana. Gold Medalist for the 2017 batch PGDM of KIAMS

" Talking about CNN Sir, His vast industry experience enabled him to teach case studies based on practical aspects rather than the Bookish knowledge. His mentorship at personal level, helped everyone to reach the possible potential and reach their desired goals with the best of their abilities. His mentoring does not stop at campus level. Even today after working for industry for 4 years plus, whenever required I go back to him and he responds immediately. Thank you sir for all your support.

Ms. Avni Sharma Mentee PGDM at KIAMS Harihar & Pune | Digital Head, Eco Energy, MNC, Bengaluru

Dr. CNN is someone who educates, instructs and inspire people through his vast experience. His excellent mentoring taught me how to have confidence in myself and how to be of my own person. His teaching and learnings during and after many years after completing my PGDM.

Ms. Oindrilla Guha Deloitte - US - Talent Acquisition specialist | Mentee of Dr.C.N.Narayna at SCMS Cochin School of Business

CNN sir was my mentor and Director at SCMS Cochin School of Business. He had a very big role to play in my mentoring. Whether it is with his class hours as a professor of change management. He made sure that it was way over and above whatever is in the text books. It was always about how to face the corporate culture and immersing effectively. How much change we can bring in any role. When I started working in Deloitte I realised how handy his teachings were. He inculcated the whole idea about of facing interviews, how to make your presence felt and what companies would be looking for when they come for campus hiring. Now even after working for an MNC I keep going back to him for his guidance"

Ms. Sejal Darde Mentee of Dr. C.N.Narayana at PBS | SBPIM alumni | University Topper

" As a part of Business School student, I always saw Dr.CNN Sir, not just as a Director but as a Coach, Mentor, teacher, Guide and a great change agent who inspired students to do better. He was more of a friend to us and always looked for change in everything we do to make it better.His guidance and motivation help students to do better for a better future. He not only builds confidence in us but inspires us with a vision for the future. His mentoring helped me to transform myself. MBA pulse is the best thing that could happen to higher management education seekers.

Shriyash Patil Recent mentee at PBS and SBPIM Pune | A new Entrepreneur of 2021

" I had a good fortune of coming in touch with Dr.Narayan Sir. It was one of the first lectures after he took charge as a senior professor and Director. I was pretty excited to listen to a person who worked in big MNCs and Indian companies at leadership roles and headed several highly reputed brands of management institutions of India and was truly transformational. I was surprised to the lecture on freelancing and Gig Economy as the future. I was wondering how a leader with such a huge legacy of experience talks about the future of Gig Economy, the term I heard for the first time and confused in the beginning. It took me while for me to realise that the economy is shifting to Gig economy and freelancing. Even the high level positions in the corporate is moving towards Gig Economy. It was a rare thing for a professor to have the future vision so clearly almost a year ahead. He taught me how to adapt to these changing work culture. I always wanted to interact with him more and more. I am glad that I took is advice and I am an Entrepreneur in Digital content and Copy writing earning very good instead of landing in a not so attractive corporate job. I want to perpetually interact with him as he can change your life to a great extent if you are a management education seeker or even life in general through MBA Pulse "

Dr. Revathi Iyer Former Professor of IFIM and Former Dean KIAMS | Now part of Industry CSR Lead at Chennai

"Dr. C.N.Narayana as we all know him. He is a leader who knows how to manage change and how to initiate change in not only business schools but in the entire ecosystem of business administration. I know him as not only a leader but as a great human. It is my honest opinion that every student or every seeker of an administration program hear his wise counsel. "