A great leader, a solid product, and a trustworthy team can be some of the most pivotal aspects of a company that can be scalable. To grasp an efficient business model, there are times when a company comes through unforeseen circumstances that might slow down the growth. Turnaround strategists or business consultants play a huge role in shaping the business to achieve goals like improving business operations and cash conversion cycles, focusing on expansion, augmenting bottom-line business assignments with the right people and tasks, acquiring market share, and many other metrics. Dr. Uppiliappan Gopalan has been exceeding expectations for large corporations for several years in the space of corporate strategy, being a stellar turnaround specialist.
Dr. Uppiliappan Gopalan is a proficient mind in the business ecosystem, knowing all its scope and sharing key insights on new-firm startup, turnaround, and diversification for his distinguished clientele. The crisis management expertise of Dr. Uppiliappan allowed the R C Manubhai Group to undergo a comprehensive restructuring process. Dr. Gopalan’s leadership helped the company in optimizing the supply chain, streamline operations, and chalk out business priorities for the latest market trends. With a current career spanning over two decades, Dr. Uppiliappan has acquired industry experience from diverse sectors like manufacturing, retail, FMCG, technology, and energy.
The editorial is extremely impressed by Dr. Uppiliappan Gopalan’s educational background. He is an Engineering Graduate & a Management Graduate from the globally acclaimed Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) with Finance as his specialization. He also holds a doctorate degree in Supply Chain & Finance Integration from the Indian School of Business. Additionally, Dr. Gopalan is a gold medalist in his CFA Examinations. Furthermore, Dr. Gopalan was cherry-picked for the Inlaks Foundation’s Fulbright scholarship for doing his Management Studies Programme in Monetary Economics & Policy Planning at the prestigious London School of Economics.
If we could analyze the technical skills of Dr. Gopalan, he humbly shares with us about leading complex digital transformation initiatives, particularly in the deployment of SAP enterprise systems, operational excellence frameworks, and mergers & acquisitions integration programs. Mr. Gopalan is also one of the 100 Powerful SAP Practitioners of ASIA PACIFIC, and he sits on the board of SAP’s Product Forum. Most importantly, under his supervision, business performance has skyrocketed with innovation, efficiency, and human capital development. Dr. Gopalan’s achievements are beyond measure, with being awarded as the Global Turnaround & Transformation Leader by Prime International (France) for his outstanding work in business transformations, receiving the Peter Drucker Award in 2016 for his exceptional performance in Finance & Business Process Improvement, getting featured by Fortune Magazine, Business Standard, Forbes Magazine as Top 100 Business Tycoon of India, etc. He is one of the member secretaries of the Economic Forums of the World Bank, UNDP, & IMF (Economic & Sustainability Development Council). To top all these, Dr. Gopalan has also been the adjunct faculty for prestigious B-schools like LSE, INSEAD, GLIM, IIT, & IIMs. Dr. Uppiliappan is a qualified Chartered Business Law Practitioner (CBLP) specialized in Insolvency Provisions, and this has made him the perfect fit in terms of making a total coverage of Business/Systems/Operations/Risk & Compliance. In his broad career, Dr. Uppiliappan has expanded his network across countries like United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Germany, Austria, Singapore, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Jordan, Lebanon, Switzerland, Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Malawi, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, the Maldives, Mauritius, Thailand, Malaysia, Italy, Rwanda, Sudan, and Congo (DRC). The editorial is awestruck by Dr. Uppiliappan’s expertise in successfully managing the P & L for company divisions with annual revenues of over $600 million.
What moves us and the business ecosystem the most is Dr. Gopalan’s drive toward youth mentorship, skill development, and rural advancements. He sets his eye towards uplifting society in general by committing to philanthropy with the GEO India Foundation & Serene Charity Foundation that provides shelter, love, & care. For his galactic career growth, he shares how his family has supported him along the way. Dr. Gopalan also shares that he is blessed to have a few forward-thinkers in his network, who have guided him along the way. They are Mrs. Bama Gopalan (mother of Mr. Uppiliappan, who was instrumental in making his values stronger), Mr. Arif Muhammad Sayani (Managing Director of Trinity Holdings, UAE), Mr. M V Subbaiah (Chairman Emeritus of Murugappa Group), & Late. Dr. Prof. Bala V Balachandran (Distinguished Professor in the renowned Kellogg School of Management at Chicago & Founder of Great Lakes Institute of Management).
In a time where trends set a societal hierarchy and dictate prestige, reputation and power, Dr. Uppiliappan Gopalan is still a staunch believer of the ancient wisdom of Arthshastra. He embraces the vitalities of living a fulfilled life, painted by ethics, morality and principle. We stress again on the humbleness of Dr. Gopalan, who goes by the rules of Dharma. To the best of the editor’s knowledge, dharma stands for living by the ethical code of conduct of life, to help others, to inspire others and to uplift others. Dr. Uppiliappan Gopalan shares that to work on perfecting a product, building a solid team is something that should always be inspirational and that is how a successful business venture is being made.
