Career Design Centre
Career Design Centre (CDC)
Services Provided
Career Counselling and Mentoring
Career Readiness Training
Industry Pattern Assessments
Industry Mentoring
Interview Preparedness
Higher Education Assistance
Internships
Placements
C S Pawan Kumar
Dean – Careers, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management (HITAM)
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C S Pawan Kumar is a strategic and visionary leader with over two decades of experience spanning military engineering, infrastructure development, crisis management, and academic leadership. Currently serving as the Dean – Careers at HITAM, he brings a rare blend of operational excellence, people-centric leadership, and a deep understanding of industry-academia alignment.
A decorated veteran and former Joint Director at the Border Roads Organisation, he has led and delivered high-impact infrastructure projects in some of the most challenging terrains of India, including the Himalayas and the Northeast. His career reflects an unyielding commitment to excellence—evident in milestones like achieving 95% progress in a $30B Ladakh highway project ahead of schedule, constructing strategic bridges within days, and enabling crisis-ready COVID-19 healthcare infrastructure in Hyderabad cantonment.
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Dipti Ranjan Lenka is the Assistant Dean – Careers at HITAM, focused on student career development, employability, and career services.
With over two decades of experience in higher education, including 17 years as an Associate Professor at NIST University, he brings extensive expertise in teaching, mentoring, career coaching, and student development.
He supports students through interview preparation, resume building, networking, and career planning, while strengthening industry partnerships to enhance professional readiness.
He holds an MA in English Language and Literature from Ravenshaw University and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA from IIM Sambalpur.
Email : assistantdean.careers@hitam.org
Phone No. : 9154269873
Dipti Ranjan Lenka
Assistant Dean – Careers, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management (HITAM)
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Head - CDC , Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management (HITAM)
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The Head – Career Development Centre (CDC) leads HITAM’s strategic initiatives across corporate relations, placements, internships, admissions outreach, and student employability.
The role focuses on building strong industry partnerships, expanding recruiter networks, and creating meaningful career opportunities for students. The CDC drives placement excellence through campus recruitment, industry engagement, internship pathways, and outcome-focused career development. It also supports admissions and outreach through school engagement, counselling, digital campaigns, and targeted student outreach.
Through strong industry–academia collaboration and structured career initiatives, the CDC works towards preparing students for successful, future-ready careers.
Email : head.cdc@hitam.org
Phone No. : 9247001102
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Akhila Poornakanti works at the intersection of brand, education, and student opportunity, shaping how institutions communicate, connect, and engage with their audiences.
As Lead – Branding & Overseas Students Counsellor at HITAM, she drives brand strategy, integrated communications, digital storytelling, outreach, and international student engagement. With over seven years of experience, including five years at the International Centre for Culinary Arts, Dubai, she brings a distinctive blend of brand thinking, education operations, and cross-cultural student engagement.
Her work is centred on turning institutional stories into meaningful connections and creating pathways that help students see beyond education towards global opportunities and purposeful careers.
Email : akhilap.admin@hitam.org
Phone No. : 8125946855
Akhila Poornakanti
Lead - Branding & Overseas Student Counsellor , Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management (HITAM)
Career Design Centre · HITAM
Know Your CDC
Meet the team supporting career development, industry partnerships, placements and global opportunities at HITAM.
C. S. Pawan Kumar
Leading career development, industry engagement and future-ready learning at HITAM.
Dipti Ranjan Lenka
Supporting student employability, career planning and industry connections.
Akhila Poornakanti
Building HITAM's brand and connecting students with international opportunities.
C. Harinath
Strengthening placements, student readiness and industry engagement.
C. S. Pawan Kumar is an engineering professional, academic leader, and strategic thinker with over two decades of experience across engineering, infrastructure, project management, leadership, and higher education.
An M.Tech graduate from IIT Kharagpur, with an MBA in Human Resources from Osmania University and PMP® certification, he brings strong technical and managerial expertise to engineering education.
A decorated veteran and former Joint Director at the Border Roads Organisation, he has led complex engineering and infrastructure projects across challenging terrains, including the Himalayas and Northeast India.
As Dean – Careers at HITAM, he leads initiatives in career development, industry engagement, placements, internships, experiential learning, and international collaborations. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Sustainable Solutions at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus, further deepening his engagement with sustainability and future-focused engineering. An award-winning innovator and inventor of a patented water purification device, he champions an education model that develops engineers as problem-solvers, innovators, leaders, and responsible contributors to society.
Dipti Ranjan Lenka is the Assistant Dean – Careers at HITAM, focused on student career development, employability, and career services.
With over two decades of experience in higher education, including 17 years as an Associate Professor at NIST University, he brings extensive expertise in teaching, mentoring, career coaching, and student development.
He supports students through interview preparation, resume building, networking, and career planning, while strengthening industry partnerships to enhance professional readiness.
He holds an MA in English Language and Literature from Ravenshaw University and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA from IIM Sambalpur.
The Head – Career Development Centre (CDC) leads HITAM’s strategic initiatives across corporate relations, placements, internships, admissions outreach, and student employability.
The role focuses on building strong industry partnerships, expanding recruiter networks, and creating meaningful career opportunities for students. The CDC drives placement excellence through campus recruitment, industry engagement, internship pathways, and outcome-focused career development. It also supports admissions and outreach through school engagement, counselling, digital campaigns, and targeted student outreach.
Through strong industry–academia collaboration and structured career initiatives, the CDC works towards preparing students for successful, future-ready careers.
Akhila Poornakanti works at the intersection of brand, education, and student opportunity, shaping how institutions communicate, connect, and engage with their audiences.
As Lead – Branding & Overseas Students Counsellor at HITAM, she drives brand strategy, integrated communications, digital storytelling, outreach, and international student engagement. With over seven years of experience, including five years at the International Centre for Culinary Arts, Dubai, she brings a distinctive blend of brand thinking, education operations, and cross-cultural student engagement.
Her work is centred on turning institutional stories into meaningful connections and creating pathways that help students see beyond education towards global opportunities and purposeful careers.
C. Harinath is the Assistant Training & Placement Officer at HITAM, supporting student career development, placements, and industry engagement.
With professional experience across Wipro, Knoah Solutions, G-System, and Concentrix, he brings expertise in customer relations, content development, technical support, and leadership.
He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from HITAM and is currently pursuing an M.Tech in Computer Science. At HITAM, he works towards strengthening student employability and creating meaningful career opportunities.