Senior Academic Advisors

Anuradha Basu
Professor, NDIM

Anuradha Basu
Director, Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship and Professor, Department of Organization and Management
Biography
Dr. Basu is the Director of Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship and Professor in the Department of Organization and Management. She was the Founder-Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Reading ‘s Business School.

Arbind Prasad
Chairman of JSERC

Arbind Prasad
Chairman of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Expert Member on the Advisory Committee for DST Center for Policy Research, Punjab University Chandigarh
Biography
Dr Prasad is the Chairman of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Expert Member on the Advisory Committee for DST Center for Policy Research , Punjab University Chandigarh. He was the Board Member of Delhi Technological University and the Director General of FICCI.

K. K. Agarwal
Chancellor, K R Mangalam University

K. K. Agarwal
Chancellor, K R Mangalam University
Biography
Dr. K.K. Aggarwal is currently the Chancellor, K R Mangalam University, Delhi- NCR. He has completed his tenure as Member, Board of Governors, IIT, Patna and as Chairman, Board of Governors, MNIT, Jaipur. He was the Founder Vice Chancellor of Guru Govind Singh lndraprastha University, Delhi for 10 years and built this premier affiliating university of NCR with a lot of care and initiative.

P. K. Roy
Former Commander-in-Chief

P. K. Roy
Commander- in-Chief of the prestigious Andaman and Nicobar Command
Biography
Air Marshal (Retd) Roy served Indian Air Force for over 39 years in leadership positions including being Commander – in – Chief of the prestigious Andaman and Nicobar Command. He has been decorated with VSM, AVSM and PVSM and has been the President of the prestigious National Defense College.

Pramod Joshi
Co-Founder & The Winning Mantra, NOIDA

Pramod Joshi
Co-Founder & Director, The Winning Mantra, NOIDA
Biography
He is Co-Founder and Director, The Winning Mantra, NOIDA; Member, North East Technical Education Society, Guwahati; Advisor to the Chancellor, GLA University, Mathura; Former Advisor to Director, Birla Institute of Management Technology, G. Naida; Member of Academic Council , Indus University, Ahmedabad. He has been associated with the Shiv Nadar Foundation as Project Director, Shiv Nadar University.

Ram Upender Das
Professor, Research and Information System

Ram Upender Das
Professor, Research and Information System, Head & professor Center for Regional Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Biography
Dr. Das has been a Professor at Research and Information System, a Govt. of India promoted Think Tank since 2008. He specializes in International Economics and Development Policy. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Academy of World Watch, Shanghai, China. He is Head & professor Center for Regional Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India.

Sanjiv Goswami
MD, Springer (India) Private Limited

Sanjiv Goswami
Managing Director, Springer (India) Private Limited and Springer Editorial Services Private Limited.
Biography
He is Managing Director of Springer (India) Private Limited and Springer Editorial Services Private Limited. He has over 3 decades of experience in all fields of publishing. Over the past decade he has acquired expertise in e-media and spearheaded the transfor mation of a traditional print focused business into the new electronic world. Prior to Springer, he has worked with Oxford University Press and TATA McGraw – Hill, where he held senior positions. He is an active member of various national committees of GIi and FICCI and is also associated closely with Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO).

Ullrich Guenther
Professor, to institutions in Germany

Ullrich Guenther
Professor, trainer and consultant to companies and institutions in Germany
Biography
Dr. Guenther is a Professor, trainer and consultant to different companies and institutions in Germany, Finland , Mongolia , Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and USA. He has been the founding Dean of the School of Business Psychology at University for Applied Sciences in Luneburg, (Germany). For several years, he was the president and vice president of the German society for Business Psychology . Currently, he is a professor for organizational, personnel and cross-cultural psychology at the Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany.
Senior Industry Advisors

Alok A. Dimri
Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs

Alok A. Dimri
Joint Secretary (Multilateral Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs
Biography
Joint Secretary (Multilateral Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs. Mr. Dimri heads MER Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of India. He has worked for nearly a decade in China, Taipei and Mongolia and has also worked at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Anant Agarwal
Service Delivery Head with Accenture

Anant Agarwal
Service Delivery Head with Accenture and AVP & Director in Bharti Airtel Limited.
Biography
He is Service Delivery Head with Accenture . Earlier, he was the AVP & Director, Customer Operations and Client Services with Tele performance and was the Regional Lead for Vendor Operations Management in Bharti Airtel Limited.

Arun Rawal
VP-Corporate HR, Reliance Industries.

Arun Rawal
VP-Corporate HR, Reliance Industries.
Biography
VP -Corporate HR, Reliance Industries. He is MBA in Marketing and Finance & M.Sc in Chemistry having years of experience in Marketing, Business Development , Strategy Planning, Business Operations, Key Account Management and Channel Management mainly in the Chemicals/Industry .

Arun Taneja
Head Talent Development, TCS

Arun Taneja
Head Talent Development, TCS
Biography
Head Talent Development – Tata Consultancy Services, North India He has over of versatile experience of the IT industry in generating business and executing projects in Software Development, Cluster Computing, Networking , Geomatics, e-Governance, Healthcare Solutions, and on emerging new opportunities.

Bhagirathi Dhal
Senior Advisor, KPMG

Bhagirathi Dhal
Senior Advisor, KPMG
Biography
He is the senior advisor at KPMG India and a distinguished HR Professional with 38 years of experience in the area of Human Resources Management and Human Resources Development. Earlier he was the Executive Director (Personal & Administration) for Steel Authority of India limited.

CP Gurnani
CEO & MD of Tech Mahindra

CP Gurnani
CEO & MD of Tech Mahindra and heads Global Operations, Sales, Marketing, Competency and Solution Busi nesses for Tech Mahindra
Biography
He is the CEO & MD of Tech Mahindra and heads Global Operations, Sales, Marketing, Competency and Solution Busi nesses for Tech Mahindra. He was the Founder & CEO for Perot Systems Pvt. Ltd

K. Chandiramani
Director, Rubicon Learning Systems pvt,ltd.

K. Chandiramani
Co-founder, Director, Rubicon Learning Systems Private Limited
Biography
He is the Co-founder and Director of Rubicon Learning Systems Private Limited. He was the International Business Partner for Business Today International and the Executive Director HR & Quality at Xerox India Limited. Prior to that, he was the National Training & Development Manager of Motorola India Pvt. Ltd and the General Manager (HR) for Modi Xerox Ltd.

Marta Vanduzer-Snow
Doctor of Philosophy

Marta Vanduzer-Snow
Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science Rutgers University with Master of Arts from New York University
Biography
She is a Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science Rutgers University with Master of Arts from New York University and Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program, from Bard College. Her areas of Research are Political Economy of Development, Politics of Aid, US Foreign Policy, Global Governance: International Monetary Fund and Collective Action. She has been a scholar with India Development Foundation, India and has been Co-Editor Co-author of several books including “The United States and India: A History Through Archives The Formative Years” and “The United States and India: A History Through Archives The Later Years” She is a member of American Political Science Association, International Studies Association and India-Central Asia Foundation, New Delhi, India

Mahaveer Singhvi
Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of India

Mahaveer Singhvi
Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of India (Central Europe)
Biography
Joint Secretary at Ministry of External Affairs of India (Central Europe). He is handling all aspects of India’s relationship with 30 countries of Europe. He is also the Director (SAARC, BIMSTEC & Border Connectivity)

Mazhar Habib Siddiqui
GM Capricot Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mazhar Habib Siddiqui
General Manager Capricot Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Biography
General Manager Capricot Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry with track record of managing profiles and roles in Sales & Marketing, New Business Development, Enterprise Sales, Key Account Management, Channels & Vendor Management.

P. Dwarkanath
Former Director, Max India Limited, Group Human Capital

P. Dwarkanath
Former Director, Max India Limited, Group Human Capital
Biography
Mr. Dwarakanath was earlier heading the Human Capital function at the erstwhile consolidated Max India Limited as Director, Group Human Capital. He has served as the President, National Human Resources Development Network (NHRDN) , President of Delhi Management Association (OMA) and Regional President, Northern Region, AIMA.

R S Sharma
Principal Advisor, Ivy Search Consultants pvt,ltd

R S Sharma
Principal Advisor, Ivy Search Consultants Private Limited,
Biography
He is the Principal Advisor, Ivy Search Consultants Private Limited, Delhi and was earlier the Managing Director of Hella India Lighting Ltd and Birla Yamaha Ltd. He had been the Associate Vice President of Escorts Limited and started his career among the first batch of managers at Maruti Suzuki.

Rajiv Kapoor
Executive Director- Group HRM

Rajiv Kapoor
Executive Director- Group HRM at UNO Minda, N.K Minda Group (Japan)
Biography
He is the Executive Director- Group HRM at UNO Minda, N.K Minda Group (Japan) and the non-Executive Director of Ecom Express Pvt. Ltd. Earlier he was the Chief People’s Officer, Fortis Health Care and the Executive Vice President, HR & Legal with JCB India.

Rajeev Bhadauria
HR professional in NTPC

Rajeev Bhadauria
HR professional in NTPC and Reliance Group as President HR
Biography
Director – Mr. Bhadauria has rich and diverse experience as a HR professional in NTPC and Reliance Group as President HR. He has demonstrated competencies of leading acquisitions, demergers, incubations and steady state operations.

Tushar Pandey
Heads, NERI YES Bank and YES Institute

Tushar Pandey
heads the North East Region Initiatives at YES Bank and YES Institute
Biography
Mr. Pandey heads the North East Region Initiatives at YES Bank and YES Institute. He has over 20 years of professional expertise in Public Policy, Governance & Institutional Reforms and Public Private Partnerships. He is an executive alumnus of Kennedy School of Governance of Harvard University and an lndo-US Cochran Fellow on Agricultural Policy from US Department of Agriculture .

Vipul Rathore
Associate Director, KPMG India

Vipul Rathore
Associate Director, KPMG India
Biography
Associate Director, KPMG India He is part of the KPMG Learning Academy in India which brings together KPMG’s breadth and depth of subject matter expertise with best in class learning design, delivery and technology capabilities . Earlier he was at Accenture’s Talent & Organization
Senior Corporate & Entrepreneur Advisors

Anil Kumar Sekhri
Senior PM and Head IT Infrastructure with NIIT

Anil Kumar Sekhri
Senior Project Manager and Head IT Infrastructure with NIIT Technologies
Biography
He has been the Senior Project Manager and Head IT Infrastructure with NIIT Technologies. Earlier, he was the Manager, IT Infrastructure with GE Money, prior to which he was Deputy Manager with the Hindustan Times.

Ashutosh Chadha
Group Director Government

Ashutosh Chadha
Group Director Government Affairs & Public Policy of Microsoft India
Biography
He is Group Director Government Affairs & Public Policy of Microsoft India. He has nearly 30 years of national and international experience in the corporate and government affairs, policy advocacy, channel management and strategic planning. He has created and led high performance teams across various countries, and successfully managed and set up new businesses as an Independent Profit Centre Head. He has handled budgets in the multi million dollar range and has spoken at events hosted by WB, WTO, UNICEF, UNESCO.

Amit Jain, Founder, Wecare
streamlining the Money Transfer Business at Reliance Capital

Amit Jain, Founder, Wecare
instrumental in streamlining the Money Transfer Business at Reliance Capital
Biography
Amit Jain has been instrumental in streamlining the Money Transfer Business at Reliance Capital. He has created new benchmarks of growth and profitability for the business. All functions of Business from Sales, Finance, Operations & Quality, Compliance & Risk and Marketing reported to him as Business Head- Money Transfer Service, Banking Correspondent & Gold Coins.
In 2010 he established Gold Coin business in association with India Post. In 2012 he set up Domestic Money Transfer Business as well in addition to International Money Transfer business for Reliance.
Has previously worked with HDFC, ICICI & ABN Amro Bank before venturing into Reliance Capital in 2006. He has over 16 years of experience in various capabilities in BFSI space. He handled Liabilities, Assets, Wealth Management, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Equity Broking, Commodity Broking, Portfolio Management Services, Private Equity and Real Estate Advisory during his stint with the banks.

Alok Gupta, founder & CEO of Pyramid
founder & CEO, Pyramid

Alok Gupta, founder & CEO of Pyramid
founder & CEO, Pyramid
Biography
Alok Gupta is the founder & CEO of Pyramid. With over 25 years of rich and varied experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, Alok as an entrepreneur co-founded several ICT companies namely Samtech, airJaldi, XENSIXand Pyramid, a boutique Digital Crime, Fraud and Forensic solution and has been a services provider to Law Enforcement and Enterprises of which he is the Founder & CEO.
He is a past member of the National Committee on Information Technology for Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and a member of The lndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), Alok mentors young entrepreneurs. He is the President of the Alumni Association of Birla Institute of Management Technology and a founding member of Birla Alumni Association Network. He is a member of the IMS Law advisory committee and the founding member of the DSCI Cyber Forensic Forum (DCFF) representing the Digital Forensic industry.
He has setup offshore development centers from very nascent stage to profitable ventures with teams of enthusiastic and motivated developers. Specialties: SIP, SOA, IMS, Web Services, HTTP & SIP Servlets(JSR 116), Servlet container, Core Java, J2EE, OOPS, multi-threading, Design Patterns, JDBC, Solaris, Linux and Windows.

Amitesh Roy, CEO & Founder, Timeus Interactive
Founder & CEO ofTimeus Interactive-an integrated

Amitesh Roy, CEO & Founder, Timeus Interactive
Founder & CEO ofTimeus Interactive-an integrated
Biography
He is the Founder & CEO ofTimeus Interactive-an integrated, multi-skill marketing communication agency devoted to B2B and B2C segments. For him, the love as well as passion for devising 360- degree communication strategies is instantaneous and everlasting. His agency, Timeus, has been spearheading outstanding ideas and communication nuances since its time of inception. These have culminated in the strong digital presence of some top-notch organizations in the country. Driven by a bunch of creative enthusiasts and digital mavericks, his company Timeus has successfully carved a niche in creating award-winning innovations and creativity across communication channels.

Deepak Adhar
lead partner, Pegasus Institute,Excellence

Deepak Adhar
lead partner with Pegasus Institute for Excellence
Biography
He is the lead partner with Pegasus Institute for Excellence, New Delhi. Earlier, he was at Greenlam Industries Ltd, New Delhi; General Manager, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. and was the Business Head, HR Consulting for Ma Foi Randstad, Chennai.

Esha Guha
manager, Revenue Expansion

Esha Guha
manager, Revenue Expansion
Biography
She has been a successful manager with over 3 decades of experience in Revenue Expansion, Adve rtising, Marketing, Corporate Communica tion, Public Relations and Client Servicing. She is presently associated with Concept Communication Ltd., Delhi as Senior Vice President overseeing the complete operations of the government vertical of the agency. Alongwith being a visiting faculty in some Business Schools, she introduced an innovative course in Advertising in a reputed college of University of Delhi. She had been Joint Secretary of the Delhi Advertising Club, as the first ever female member of the Board and President of Miranda House Alumnae Association.

Gaurav Pradhan
Global ICT Professional

Gaurav Pradhan
Global ICT Professional, Data Scientist & Digital Strategist/ Business Head
Biography
Global ICT Professional, Data Scientist & Digital Strategist/ Business Head. High-performing technology executive and strategic business leader with more than 23 years’ broad-based experience in Information Technology, Business Planning, End-to End Solution Design & Execution across more than 55 countries. CIO – level success in pioneering and managing complex IT solutions designs including cloud-based applications, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation. Career marked by IT leadership roles with industry leaders like Timetunnel Consulting, Satyam Computer Services, Cognizant & HP”. Domain Expertise: BFSI, Retail, Hospitality, Tourism, Pharma, Manufacturing, Automobile, Healthcare, Government, Energy, Media, Logistics, Education, Mining, Public Transport. 2015 & 2016 10th in the Global Top 100 Most Social ClOs by Huffington Post, UK

Dr. GP Rao
Founder & Managing Partner GPR HR

Dr. GP Rao
Founder & Managing Partner GPR HR Consulting LLP
Biography
Founder & Managing Partner GPR HR Consulting LLP ( Good People Relations), Has spent 37 years in entire gamut of Human Resource Management with SAIL, JK Organization, SK Birla Group and Reliance Industries (in India and Malaysia) at Mines, Factories and Corporate offices. He has been National Secretary, National HRD Network; President, Rotary Club, Delhi Vasant Valley; Area Director, Business Network International, Delhi West; He is Chairman, Academic Senate, SRI SIIM and Advisor, KIIT University, Odisha. Bestowed with Outstanding Contribution Award from National HRD Network, HR Professional of the year Award, and HR Leadership Excellence Award at Singapore, Achievers Awards at Colombo and in New Delhi etc. Also got felicitated at the silver jubilee conference of NHRDN for his long and immense contribution.

Katharine Claytor
VP, HR Corvesta Companies

Katharine Claytor
VP, HR Corvesta Companies
Biography
Vice President HR Corvesta Companies. She led Organizational Transformations and Change Management Initiatives resulting in improved organizational performance and was selected for “100 Most Talented Global HR Leaders,” a book sponsored by CHRO Asia.

Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Professional

Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Professional
Biography
Independent Development Professional; Charter Member, Institute of Health Systems. She carries long professional experience in public management and administration with ADB, FAO, and UNDP and has worked with UNFPA, UNICEF, IPPF the Clinton Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Richard Gere Foundation. Is from the IAS and was Secretary Govt. of India.

Ratiranjan Mandan
CEO, SREI

Ratiranjan Mandan
Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Advisory Group
Biography
CEO, SREI, Dr. Mandal served at the Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Advisory Group,a subsidary of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited. He has earlier served as Executive Director of SREI Capital Markets Ltd. and as Advisor to India’s Planning Commission. He has been senior civil servant.

Ravish Roshan
Member Secretary, CEGR, New Delhi

Ravish Roshan
Member Secretary, CEGR, New Delhi
Biography
He is the Member Secretary of Centre for Education Growth and Research New Delhi, a Think Tank in the field of higher education. Earlier , he has incharge at the Allied Publishing Pvt. Ltd looking after the promotion of e-books, e-journals and other products.

Sameer Khanna
Global HR Business Partner for MS

Sameer Khanna
Global HR Business Partner for MS Networks at Ericsson in Stockholm
Biography
Global HR Business Partner for Managed Services (MS) Networks at Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden. Earlier, he was VP and Head HR for Ericsson in Gurgaon. Prior to this, he was Director and Country Head of Human Resource (HR) for Jones Lang LaSalle – India and Sri Lanka.

Suresh K Jangir
Co-Founder & CTO, Hocalwire

Suresh K Jangir
Co-Founder & CTO, Hocalwire
Biography
Co-Founder & CTO at Hocalwire A result-oriented technology enthusiast specialised on mobile & web programming using java and related technologies with more than 10 years experience in Java based scalable, carrier-grade, high performing and distributed web application, and android/iOS based mobile application development.

Simini Askari
HR,Apollo International Ltd.

Simini Askari
HR, Apollo International Ltd.
Biography
Ms. Askari headed the HR for Apollo International Ltd. She has been honoured with the Women Super Achiever Award (2010), Women Leadership Award (2014), and more recently at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the World HRD Congress (2017), cited and honoured as one of the India’s Most influential HR Professionals.

Vikas Bansal
Innovation , Product Management, Tata Teleservices Ltd

Vikas Bansal
Innovation , Product Management, Tata Teleservices Ltd
Biography
Innovation , Product Management, Business Analytics, CLM, Strategy and Planning at Tata Teleservices Ltd
He has strong experience across the different facets of demand fulfilment and demand generation – Sales, Revenue Planning, Product Management, Analytics, CLM, Strategy and Innovation. With an average Gallup score of 4.65 over the last 3 years, he highlights the ability as a team player.
He has made presentation to the erstwhile Group Chairman Mr Cyrus Mistry on emerging Telecom opportunities in Africa and was the 2013 finalist at TATA Group Business Leadership Awards.

Vijay Mehta
CMD of MEFCOM

Vijay Mehta
CMD of MEFCOM
Biography
Chairman, Mefcom He is the CMD of MEFCOM a leading Stock Broker and Investment Banker. He is also the Chairman of the Capital Market Committee of PHO Chamber of Commerce. He is the former Chairman of Jaipur Stock Exchange, a Director of the Delhi Stock Exchange and a Member of the Regional Advisory Board of BSE

Vishwa Prakash
HR Leader

Vishwa Prakash
HR Leader
Biography
IBM He is an accomplished HR Leader with around 2 decades of global experience across industries/sectors (Technology, Automobile and Healthcare) and varied geographies (India, UK, Korea, Australia), working with major companies such as IBM Global, Xansa Pie. and Daewoo Motors.