Dr Kondap, an M.Tech, Masters in Marketing Management and Ph.D, commended his career as a Sales Engineer at ABB and rose to become Sr. Vice President, entered into academics by being a Visiting Faculty at JBIMS, Sydenham, Chetna, Somaiyya and NMIMS. Later, he joined NMIMS as Professor of Marketing, where he held responsibilities like Dean, Director (in-charge), Pro-Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor.

During Dr. Kondap’s tenure as Vice Chancellor, NMIMS declared as Deemed University by the Ministry of HRD and received many awards for excellence in management education like Golden Peacock Award, Dr. J J Irani Award, Gurukul Jyothi Award and BMA’s Outstanding Management Institute Award for Five Years. NAAC has also accredited NMIMS with A Grade during his tenure.

The Prof Dharni Sinha Memorial Award for Excellence in Management Education was sponsored by Grid Consultants P Ltd., and has been conferred with six other Leadership Awards by Dr PN Singh, Prof YK Bhushan and Prof G Nanayakkara.

In response to the conferment of the Award, Dr Kondap acknowledged the guidance and support given by Amrish Patel, Hon’ble Chancellor and President, Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, BP Sheth, Vice President, SVKM and Prof YK Bhushan, Sr. Advisor & Campus Head, IBS, Mumbai, Vice Chancellor, ICFAI University, Meghalaya and Chairman, Federation of Universities and Faculty Colleagues and Staff.