Board of Advisors
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Hari S Bhartia
Co-Chairman & Managing Director, Jubilant Organosys Limited |
Mr. Hari S Bhartia is the Co Chairman & Managing Director of Jubilant Organosys Ltd, an innovation driven integrated pharmaceuticals industry player delivering products and services to the global life sciences industry. Read More |
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Dr Gurcharan Das Acclaimed Author & Former MD, P&G Worldwide (Strategic Planning) |
Gurcharan Das (born June 9, 1946), is an Indian author, consultant and public intellectual. He is a columnist for The Times of India and other newspapers. Currently he is a venture capitalist and a consultant to Industry and Indian government. Read More |
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Dr Omkar Goswami
Founder and Chairman, CERG & former Chief Economist, CII |
Omkar Goswami is an Indian economist and business journalist for Business India. He is the founder and chairperson of Corporate and Economic Research Group Advisory Private Limited (CERG). Read More |
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Syeda Imam
Executive Vice President (Creative) Contract Advertising |
A world renowned advertising professional, Mrs. Imam has won awards at Cannes and has been published in the prestigious international showcases including the New York Festivals, D&AD London and in various issues of Archives and Communication Arts. Read More |
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Prof PV Indiresan
Former Director, IIT-Madras |
Dr. P V Indiresan was educated in Presidency College, Madras, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and at the University Of Birmingham, UK. He started his career at the University of Roorkee and then joined IIT Delhi. Read More |
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Prof Sudhir Jain
Professor, Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur |
Sudhir Jain obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Roorkee (IITR/BT/CE/1979), Masters and Doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. Read More |
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Arun Kapur
Director, Vasant Valley School |
Mr. Arun Kapur has over 31 years of experience in the field of education. He started his career at The Doon School, Dehradun, and went on to join the British School in New Delhi as Principal. Read More |
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Prof Sugata Mitra Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University (UK) & Professor Emeritus, NIIT University |
He is the instigator of the Hole in the Wall (HIW) experiment, where in the year 1999 a computer was placed in a kiosk created within a wall in an Indian slum at Kalkaji, Delhi and children were allowed to freely use it .Read More |
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Som Mittal President, NASSCOM |
Som Mittal is President of NASSCOM, the premier trade body and the “Chamber of Commerce” for the IT – BPO industry in India. Read More |
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Dr RK Pachauri
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2007 on behalf of IPCC |
Dr Rajendra K Pachauri was born in Nainital, India, on 20 August 1940. He assumed his current responsibilities as the head of TERI (Tata Energy Research Institute) in 1981, first as Director and, since April 2001, as Director-General. Read More |
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Leela Samson Performing Artist & Director, Kalakshetra Foundation |
Leela received the impulses for her growth as a dancer from Kalakshetra, the College of Fine Arts in Chennai, Tamil-Nadu. She adheres to the mould of the Kalakshetra technique yet has grown out of its binding, believing as she does that adherence to any school is a point of reference only. Read More |
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Prof Rajeev Sangal Director, IIIT Hyderabad and Former Professor, IIT-Kanpur |
Prof. Rajeev Sangal is the Director of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, a new-era research university in India. Read More |
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Dr Kiran M-Shaw Chairman & MD, Biocon Limited |
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (b. 23 March 1953 in Bangalore) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Ltd. In 2004, she became India’s richest woman. Read More |
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Harpal Singh Mentor & Chairman Emeritus, Fortis Healthcare Limited |
Mr. Harpal Singh, a Non-Executive Director, graduated with a B.A. (Honours) degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and holds a B.S degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in public affairs from the University of California at Hayward, U.S.A. Read More |
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Arvind Thakur CEO, NIIT Technologies Limited |
Mr. Arvind Thakur, chief executive officer, NIIT Technologies is responsible for spearheading the organisation and raising its delivery capabilities to world-class standards. Read More |
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Dr Naresh Trehan Chairman, Global Health Private Limited Former Executive Director, Escorts Hospital |
Dr. Naresh Trehan is an Indian surgeon and medical administrator. He has served as personal surgeon to the President of India since 1991, has received numerous awards, including the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. Read More |
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Ravi Venkatesan Chairman, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. |
As the Chairman for Microsoft India, Ravi Venkatesan is directly responsible for Microsoft’s marketing, sales, operational and business development efforts in India. Read More |
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Surendra Singh President, ORF-Centre for Politics and Governance |
Surendra Singh joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1959 and retired in 1996 as Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. During a distinguished career spanning nearly four decades, he held a number of important positions in the Government of India. Read More |