About the Authors
Saikat Dutt, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM is author of three books ‘PMI Agile Certified Practitioner-Excel with Ease’, ‘Software Engineering’ and ‘Software Project Management’ published by Pearson. Two of these books - ‘Software Project Management’ and ‘PMI Agile Certified Practitioner-Excel with Ease’ are text book in IIMC for PGDBA class.
Saikat is working on AI and Machine Learning projects especially focusing on application of those in managing software projects. He is a regular speaker on machine learning topics and involved in reviewing machine learning and AI related papers. Saikat is also a ‘Project Management Professional (PMP)’ and ‘PMI Agile Certified Professional’ certified by Project Management Institute (PMI) USA and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). He has more than Nineteen years of IT industry experience and has expertise in managing large scale multi-location and mission critical projects. Saikat holds a B.E. degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and at present he is working as Director in Cognizant Technology Solutions. He is a guest lecturer in IIMC since 2016 for Software Project Management course in PGDBA class. Saikat is also an active speaker on Agile, Project management, Machine learning and other recent topics several forums. He is actively working with IIMC to develop management case studies which are taught in global business schools.
S. Chandramouli, PMP, PMI-ACP, is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K). He is a Certified Global Business Leader from Harvard Business School. He is a prolific writer of business management articles dealing with delivery management, competitiveness, IT, organizational culture and leadership.
Author of books published by Pearson which has been recognized as a reference books in various universities, title includes ‘PMI Agile Certified Practitioner—Excel with Ease’, ‘Software Engineering’, ‘Software Project Management’. In addition to this, he has edited two books of foreign authors to suit the needs of Indian universities: ‘Applying UML and patterns’ by Craig Larman and ‘Design pattern by Gamma’ (Gang of four). He is certified ‘Green Belt’ in six sigma methodology. He is a certified master practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Chandramouli has a good record of delivering large-scale, mission-critical projects on time and within budget to the customer’s satisfaction which includes AI and machine learning projects. He was an active member in PMI’s Organization Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) and Project Management Competency Development Framework (PMCDF) assignments. He has been an invited speaker at various technology and management conferences and has addressed more than 7,000 software professionals worldwide on a variety of themes associated with AI, machine learning, delivery management, competitiveness and leadership.
Amit Kumar Das is a seasoned industry practitioner turned to a full-time academician. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM). He is also guest teacher in the Department of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta. Before joining academics, he was a Director in the Analytics and Information Management practice in Cognizant Technology Solutions. Amit has spent more than 18 years in the IT industry in diverse roles and working with stakeholders across the globe.
Amit has done his Bachelor in Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur and his Master in Technology from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. Currently he is pursuing his research in the University of Calcutta. Amit’s area of research includes machine learning and deep learning. He has many published research papers in the area of data analytics and machine learning published in referred international journals and conferences. He has also been a regular speaker in the area of software engineering, data analytics and machine learning.