Who teaches
Retail veterans, not career lecturers
11 mentors with 225+ years of retail between them, drawn from the shop floors, category teams and supply chains our students want to work in. Every one of them has held the job they teach.
- Mentors
- 11
- Years between them
- 225+
- Longest career
- 32 years
- Specialisms
- 41
0111 mentors
The people in the room
Listed with the brands they built their careers in, because that is the credential that matters here — a 32-year Bata career is a stronger signal than any adjective.
- Bhaskar ChatterjeeSenior Retail Consultant & Trainer · Ex-Bata Ltd.HUL · Bata · Raymond · Jashn · RelianceIn retail32+ yrs
- Vinod AgarwalZonal Sales & Retail Leader · Siyaram MillsSiyaram · Arvind · StoriIn retail30+ yrs
- Vikalp SharmaRetail Operations · Ex-Landmark, DubaiLandmark GroupIn retail20+ yrs
- Bhushan GuptaBusiness Head · Callino IndiaCallinoIn retail20+ yrs
- Vikash KumarRetail Head & Fashion Business Leader · Aditya Birla Lifestyle BrandsReebok · Benetton · Arvind · Aditya BirlaIn retail20+ yrs
- Abhijit ChowdhuryRetail Head · Jewel BoxRaymond · Vedant Fashions · Page IndustriesIn retail17+ yrs
- Sanjeev Kumar SinghEx-Vice President · Anarock RetailHindustan Latex · TATA AIA · Arvind Lifestyle · AnarockIn retail17+ yrs
- Khalid AkhtarTraining and Placement — India & Middle EastWipro · AIRBUS · IBMIn retail25+ yrs
- Dr. Jojan ThomassBusiness Coach · Houston, Texas, USATenure not published
- Pankaj ChoudharyNational Retail Sales ManagerArrow · Izod · U.S. Polo Assn. · GantIn retail22+ yrs
- Prof. (Dr.) Nayan Ranjan SinhaRetail Marketing Expert · Tarkeshwar Narain Agrawal Group of InstitutionsIn retail22+ yrs
02Leadership
The two who started it
- Co-Founder & DirectorDr. Ankit KumarFounded AORE to put retail training within reach of people who do not live near a metro campus. His work sits at the intersection of retail operations and human resources — a doctorate in both, a counselling qualification, and two decades of building training programmes that are judged on whether people get hired.MA · PGDBM (HR) · NLP Practitioner · Certified Trainer (ISTD) · Ph.D in Retail & HR · PGD in Psychological Counselling
- Co-Founder, Director of HR & TrainingShweta SharmaRuns training and the HR function across AORE and AOne HR Services, the placement partner. Spends most of her time on the two ends of the pipeline that matter — what employers are actually asking for this quarter, and whether a candidate is ready to be sent to them.MBA-HR · Senior Certified Trainer (ISTD) · Retail HR Function Expert
03Between them
Where the faculty came from
Brands the mentors have actually worked for, each attached to a named person with a profile you can read — a firmer claim than any partner logo.
- AIRBUS
- Aditya Birla
- Anarock
- Arrow
- Arvind
- Arvind Lifestyle
- Bata
- Benetton
- Callino
- Gant
- HUL
- Hindustan Latex
- IBM
- Izod
- Jashn
- Landmark Group
- Page Industries
- Raymond
- Reebok
- Reliance
- Siyaram
- Stori
- TATA AIA
- U.S. Polo Assn.
- Vedant Fashions
- Wipro
Specialisms taught
Academics · Apparel · Apparel retail · Brand building · Business development · Channel sales · Channel setup · Consumer behaviour · FMCG · Fashion retail · Footwear · Franchise development · Global supply chain · Gulf markets · Hospitality · IT · ITES · Jewellery retail · Key accounts · Leadership · Lifestyle · Logistics · Middle East markets · Modern retail · Modern trade · Multi-brand outlets · Operations · P&L management · Premium lifestyle · Project management · Retail · Retail franchising · Retail management · Retail marketing · Retail operations · Retail real estate · Space design · Store management · Store operations · Store setup · Telecom
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Thirty-nine qualifications across seven subjects, with the syllabus, the fee and the roles each one leads to published in full.