Ashwinkumar D Basari | Academic & Research Profile | Operations & IT Systems Management

01 — Research Statement

Overview

Statement of Intent

Business Analyst and Product Owner with 17+ years of Banking & Financial Services transformation experience, specialising in core banking implementations, digital transformation, business analysis, and product delivery. Transitioning into academia to teach and research in Operations, IT & Systems Management, bringing sustained industry experience alongside hands-on mentoring and internal training delivery.

Exploring industry-academia opportunities aligned with the UGC framework for experienced professionals, including roles as a Professor of Practice, while extending applied expertise through AI-assisted product development, including independently built solutions such as CommDraft and Digital Card Generator. In parallel, preparing for UGC-NET (Management), with a long-term goal of pursuing doctoral research and building a full-time academic career in teaching and research.

Operations Management IT Systems Management Digital Transformation AI-Assisted Product Development Banking & Financial Services Agile Governance

02 — Transition Strategy

Pathway to Faculty Appointment

Primary Route · Immediate

UGC Professor of Practice

Industry-to-Academia Route

17+ years of professional experience across Banking Technology, Core Banking Implementations, Digital Transformation, and Operations / IT & Systems Management.
Prepared to contribute to applied teaching in Business Analysis, Digital Transformation, Banking Technology, IT & Systems Management, Agile Delivery, and AI adoption in organisations.
Brings practitioner-led case discussions, real-world transformation perspectives, student mentoring, and industry-oriented learning into the classroom.
Exploring Professor of Practice and industry-academia opportunities aligned with institutional teaching, curriculum, mentoring, and industry-engagement priorities.

Parallel Route · Medium to Long Term

UGC-NET → PhD → Academic Career

Building Academic Credentials

Preparing for UGC-NET (Management), with academic interests centred on Operations, IT & Systems Management, digital transformation, and technology adoption.
Planning to pursue doctoral research that builds on industry experience and applied AI experimentation, with potential research themes emerging from CommDraft and the broader AI-adoption agenda.
A long-term goal is to combine doctoral research, academic credentials, and industry-informed teaching experience toward a full-time faculty career in management education and research.

The two routes are complementary: Professor of Practice supports near-term teaching engagement; UGC-NET and a PhD build toward long-term tenure.

03 — Focus Areas

Areas of Research Interest

I.

AI-Assisted Product Development

Business process automation and AI-assisted software delivery, grounded in the CommDraft project.

II.

Digital Transformation in BFSI

Core banking modernisation and digital onboarding as case material for operations management.

III.

Agile Governance Frameworks

Operational excellence and delivery governance in large-scale technology programs.

IV.

Technology Adoption & Change

Change management dynamics in large enterprise technology programs across global markets.

04 — Evidence of Practice

Teaching, Training & Mentoring

[01]Mentored 25+ junior Business Analysts across engagements at LTIMindtree and FIS — structured onboarding and documentation standards that brought new joiners to delivery-readiness within 4 weeks.
[02]Delivered internal training and knowledge-transfer sessions on core banking systems (FIS Profile 7.4), Agile ceremonies, and BA governance frameworks adopted across 200+ projects.
[03]Authored articles and professional posts on business analysis, digital transformation, and AI-assisted product development for a wider professional audience.
[04]Coordinated cross-functional stakeholder workshops and UAT training across 15+ business units — translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

05 — Applied Research

Independent Product Development

Self-Initiated Project · Jul 2026 – Present

CommDraft

AI-Assisted Business Communication Platform · commdraft.pages.dev

Independently conceived, designed, and delivered a live AI-assisted web application for generating professional business communications and document drafts — owning product vision, requirements, architecture, AI-assisted development, testing, and deployment end to end.

View CommDraft →

Positioned as the applied-research foundation for doctoral work on AI adoption in business process automation — directly aligned to an Operations & IT Systems Management research agenda.

Self-Initiated Project · 2026 – Present

Digital Card Generator

Free Business & Personal Card Maker · bcgen.pages.dev

Independently designed and delivered a free, no-signup web application for creating professional business and personal cards — live-preview design, multiple templates, logo/photo/AI-generated background support, and export to print-ready PNG/PDF or a shareable digital card with an embedded QR code.

View Digital Card Generator →

Built with a privacy-first, entirely client-side architecture — no data sent to or stored on a server — demonstrating applied product judgement around usability, accessibility, and data governance.

06 — Credentials

Academic Qualifications & Certifications

Masters in Financial Management (MFM)

University of Mumbai · First Class · Felicitated for Best Performance

2012

Bachelor in Banking & Insurance (BBI)

University of Mumbai · First Class

2007

UGC Professor of Practice — Eligibility

Meets 15+ years "exemplary professional practice" criterion · No PhD/NET required

Eligible Now

UGC-NET (Management)

Target subject area: Operations / IT & Systems Management

In Progress

Agile Scrum Master (ASM)

Simplilearn · Dec 2021 · 30 PDU hours

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Simplilearn · Nov 2022 · 35 PDU hours

AWS Cloud Accreditations

AWS Partner Program · Cloud Economics, Business & Technical

07 — Practitioner Background

Industry Foundation

17+ years leading Business Analysis, Product Ownership, and Agile delivery for core banking, digital onboarding, and CRM transformation programs across HSBC, FIS, Wipro, and LTIMindtree, with global stakeholder exposure across APAC, MENA, UK, and US.

Why This Experience Translates to the Classroom

Live case material, not textbook cases. Core banking go-lives, digital onboarding, and CRM transformation programs become real, current case studies for courses in Digital Banking, Operations Management, and IT Systems Management — the exact gap UGC's Professor of Practice scheme was created to close.
Mentoring experience transfers directly to academic advising. Structuring 25+ junior analysts from onboarding to delivery-readiness is the same skill as guiding students from coursework to placement-ready capability.
Cross-cultural stakeholder management maps to global business pedagogy. Coordinating APAC, MENA, UK & US stakeholders gives first-hand material for teaching international business, cross-cultural negotiation, and global delivery models.
Governance frameworks built in industry become teachable frameworks in class. RAID logs, Information Radiators, and Agile ceremonies adopted across 200+ projects are ready-made frameworks for operations and project management coursework.
Applied product development (CommDraft) grounds research in practice. Rather than teaching AI-assisted product development in the abstract, it can be taught from a live, self-built product — bridging classroom theory and industry execution.

Lead Business Analyst — HSBC

May 2023 – Jun 2026 · Pune, India

Led global Voice ID Remediation program migrating authentication systems across APAC, MENA & UK stakeholders.
Delivered World Class Account Opening (digital onboarding) for HSBC Singapore, standardising UAT frameworks.
Contributed to enterprise CRM transformation across 15+ business units.

Academic RelevanceCase material for Digital Banking, Global Program Management, and Cross-Border Stakeholder Management courses.

Specialist, PMO (BA & Scrum Master) — LTIMindtree

Mar 2022 – May 2023 · Navi Mumbai, India

Dual accountability as Business Analyst and Scrum Master for cross-functional delivery squads.
Introduced Information Radiator and RAID log governance frameworks adopted across 200+ projects.

Academic RelevanceReady-made governance frameworks for teaching Agile Project Management and Operations Excellence.

Senior Lead Analyst — FIS

Jul 2020 – Mar 2021 · Bangalore, India

Led BRD/FSD review for banking clients on the FIS PSS Umbrella core banking platform.
Mentored new joiners on core banking system architecture and documentation standards.

Academic RelevanceDirect precedent for structured student mentoring and technical-onboarding pedagogy.

Earlier Roles — Wipro, FIS/Trigent, XL Dynamics, Capita, Future Generali, Reliance Life

2007 – 2020 · India, US & UK engagements

Progressive Business Analyst and underwriting/operations roles across core banking, mortgage servicing, and insurance operations.
Full role-by-role detail available in the accompanying industry CV.

Academic RelevanceBreadth across BFSI sub-domains — banking, mortgage servicing, insurance — supports teaching across multiple financial services electives.

08 — Correspondence

Get in Touch

Email

ashwinkumar.basari@outlook.com

Phone

+91 98209 63105

Location

Mumbai, India

/in/ashwinkumarbasari

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