Karnataka Law Society’s INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HINDWADI, BELGAUM (Autonomous).

Press Note

An Alumni Interaction Session was conducted by Mr. Anil Kulkarni, Executive Director & CEO, Prism Johnson Ltd- RMC (India) Division from 1994-96 batch on 20 th December 2024 at KLS IMER.

Mr. Anil Kulkarni is a Top-performing sales, marketing & business development professional with ability to drive business expansion through aggressive sales initiatives that deliver revenue growth, market share & market penetration for Cement, Ready Mixed Concrete, Building Products, Construction and Chemicals Industry. He is a strategic thinker who can plan & implement sales, marketing & business initiatives to support corporate objectives. He has a track record of success driving unprecedented revenue & profitability gains within highly competitive organizations, industries & markets.

Mr. Anil Kulkarni delivered an inspiring session for the students through his personal journey where he spoke on various business functions like sales, operations, technology, systems and leadership from his personal experiences. He explained the nuances of Cement and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) industry and described the various challenges that he faced during his journey from a sales executive in Goa to being the CEO of a company and how he overcame those challenges through hard work, willingness to learn new things and business acumen.

He gave students very important and useful advice which are

Understand your role to the T.
Learn about the business operations and understand your market and your competitors.
Accept new challenges and overcome adversity.
Maintain good relationships with your colleagues, create a strong network and don’t remain aloof.
Get out of your comfort zone and don’t be risk averse.
Develop the ability to think under pressure and learn from your experiences.

The students were highly motivated after the session and asked him lots of questions and thanked him for guiding them.

The session was coordinated by Mr. Rahul Mailcontractor under the guidance and leadership of Dr. Arif Shaikh, director, KLS IMER.