India

India Office

Telephone: + 91.80.2334.6554
E-mail: india@fuqua.duke.edu

Vinoo Urs
Co-Regional Director, India
vinoo.urs@duke.edu

Vinoo Urs is the Co-Regional Director for India at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Urs has close to two decades of experience in the education and finance sectors. He previously consulted for the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, and set up an Executive Post Graduate Program (one year MBA). Prior to this, Urs was Associate Dean of Operations at the Bangalore School of Business (BSB), where he played a critical role as one of the architects of the school. Apart for the BSB, Urs was instrumental in setting up the Indian School of Business (ISB). Urs was the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the ISB. 

Urs started his career as a Foreign Exchange Dealer for a major Indian bank before heading the BNP's credit operations for North India, before shifting to the finance and management of educational institutions. This included 10 years with the Fulbright and USIA funded American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad (ASRC) as their Operations Head. He has worked in Indian and global geographies, and has extensive finance and operations experience.

Urs earned a masters degree from India and has an MBA from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Urs's areas of professional interests include institution building and organizational change.

Robert F. Markley
Co-Regional Director, India
Director of Corporate Relations
rmarkley@duke.edu

Bob Markley is the Director of Corporate Relations at Duke's Fuqua School of Business and is also Co-Regional Director for India. In the corporate relations role, he is responsible for business development for Fuqua's educational and research programs. As Co-Regional Director for India, he oversees the  development of the school's physical presence that will house research, education, and service programs in India. In addition, he is recruiting the inaugural class of The Duke MBA—Cross Continent program. 

Markley holds a BS from Dickinson College, Geology; BA from The Ohio State University, Economics; and an MS from Cornell University, Applied Economics and Public Policy. 

Debu Purohit
Academic Director, India
Professor of Business Administration
purohit@duke.edu

Debu Purohit is Professor of Business Administration at The Fuqua School of Business, where he also serves as Faculty Director for India and previously served as Associate Dean of The Duke MBA—Cross Continent program.

Purohit's teaching and research interests include marketing high technology products and marketing strategy. He teaches a second year elective on marketing of high technology in the MBA program. He has been involved in executive education programs at Duke and the University of California, Berkeley and teaches in various executive education programs such as Marketing Leadership Forum and Program for Manager Development. In addition, Purohit teaches in custom executive education programs for companies including ABB, Ericsson, IBM, Microsoft, Progress Energy and Siemens.

Click here for Debu Purohit's full biography.

Bhavana P. Shah
Office Manager, India
bhavana.shah@duke.edu

Bhavana Shah is Office Manager at the India Regional Office of the Fuqua School of Business. Her responsibilities include strategic marketing, promotions, and recruiting. Shah is the primary interface between local students in India, and alumni and administration. She also manages residency sites and ensures all appropriate resources are in place for the programs.

Her last assignment was with the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) where she assisted in the coordination of the newly launched Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP). Her responsibilities included the interview and registration process for incoming students. She was an integral part of the team which initiated the fundraising brochure. She worked closely with the Dean and was instrumental in analysis of faculty workload and payouts. Before the IIMB, Shah worked at Dell Financial Services (DFS) where she handled escalations and provided support to agents.

Shah earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) Degree from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University, with a specialization in accountancy.

Duke in India

In October 2008, Duke University President Richard Brodhead, Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard and other representatives from Duke visited India to build existing relationships with India. Learn more about the visit on this blog .

Duke India Advisory Board

In October 2008, we named a board to advise the University on strategies for expanding and enhancing Duke's presence in India. The advisory board, consisting of graduates of Duke University and Fuqua's MBA programs, will also assist Duke in forging new partnerships in the country.
 
The board is chaired by Malvinder Singh, CEO and Managing Director of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited.

Other board members include:

• Dr. Amit Mitra of FICCI
• Suhail Nathani, Partner, Economics Law Practice
• Timothy Kasbe, Chief Information Officer, Reliance
• Sanjith Shetty, Vice Chairman, Soham Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
• Devinjit Singh, Managing Director-Asia, Carlyle Group
• Shivinder Singh, CEO and Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited
• Vikrampati Singhania, Deputy Managing Director, J.K. Organization
• Bharat Tandon, President and CEO, SABIC India Pvt. Ltd.

Duke Corporate Education

Founded in July 2000, Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) is Duke University's corporate education arm and sister organization to Fuqua. It has been ranked the world's No. 1 provider of customized executive education programs for the past seven years. In 2006, Duke CE formed a collaborative arrangement with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to develop and deliver custom corporate education programs to organizations throughout India. The India office is based at IIM-A's new campus in Ahmedabad. Program topics have included leadership development, functional excellence, and strategy execution. For more information, email Namit Kapoor at namit.kapoor@dukece.com .  

Duke CE's clients in India include: 

• Oil India Ltd. 
• State Bank of India
• Aditya Birla Group
• Genpact
• Infosys Technologies

Alumni Clubs

Fuqua boasts more than 30 alumni clubs around the world, including in India. Visit the Fuqua alumni club's page to learn more about the latest events and activities of the clubs. For questions about Fuqua's alumni clubs, please contact Katie Thomasson, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, at katie.thomasson@duke.edu.

Through our extensive recruiter network, Fuqua alumni work across the globe. Our alumni are currently in positions at a number of fine organizations within the region. A representative, but not exhaustive, list is below: