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Dr. Binod C. Agrawal
Dr. Binod C. Agrawal, Vice Chancellor, HimgiriNabhVishwavidyalaya, Dehradun, India and Director, TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, India. Dr. Agrawal was Advisor (Social Applications) in satellite communications at Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He pioneered use of qualitative methods for communications research during the world famous Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) while leading SITE social research and evaluation team of over hundred inter-disciplinary teams of social scientists. Dr. Agrawal is founder Director of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) as well.
Chandrakant Dave
Educationist, Writer and Social Worker. Mr. Dave is active in the area of imparting, administering and leading the fundraising for Education & Healthcare sectors for many years. Active participation in many social projects as Advisor / Patron in India and Europe.
Prof. Hari Bansh Jha
Professor of Economics, ICCR Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Prof Jha is Executive Director at the Centre For Economic and Technical Studies. He has worked for more than three decades in the South Asian region on economic and social issues.
Prof. John Birchall
John Birchall is a Development Economist with over 30 years’ experience of practical development – mainly in Africa. His recent assignments have been in Sierra Leone and Zambia and included teaching and assisting young leaders to plan for the future – he is a Visiting Professor at Makeni University, Sierra Leone. His work mostly focuses on introducing development programmes that (a) are not based on ways that will lead the host country to repeat the mistakes of the ‘developed world’ and (b) fostering other ways of ‘developing’ the lives of the majority using ‘sustainable’ policies.
Prof. Kirti Singh
Chairperson, WNRF; President, ISNS; Former Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi; Former Vice-Chancellor, NDUAT, Faizabad (UP), HPKV – Palampur (HP) & IGKV, Raipur; Former Secretary, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi and a scholar and leader of many other national and global responsibilities has joined Saraswati Seva Foundation as a part of Advisory Board member.
Prof. P N Mishra
Prof. P N Mishra is professor of management at Devi Ahilya University Indore, and has been Director of the IMS Indore. He has been a recipient of UN Fellowship and Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship. In 1980, India Jaycees found him to be one of the ten most outstanding young persons of the country. He has also been conferred the title of “Yoga Shiromani” by Yoga Vedanta Dhanvantari Ashram, Trivandrum. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta offered him Sir Ratan Tata Visiting Fellowship in 1997.
Vivek Singh
Vivek co-founded Saraswati Seva Foundation and is currently associated in Advisor/Enabler capacity. He has worked in senior management roles with global software & consulting firms for over two decades globally. He has set up new businesses, led practices, and managed large programs. Vivek is associated with the strategic government initiatives e.g. part of the advisory committee to the Hon’ble governor of Rajasthan, industry adviser to TIFAC (An agency associated with Department of Science & Technology, Government of India) and Co-Chair of Skills Future Technologies Working Group with IET India (Institution of Engineering & Technology). He works to bring the government, donors, CSOs, academia and media to build sustainable solutions to attaining SDGs. Vivek is trained in Management at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, studied Environment at King’s College, London, and International Development at the University of Cambridge.
Aditya Mehra
“Mr. Aditya Mehra is a Corporate Finance professional with close to 20 years of experience across industries and countries. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, divestments, capital raising and investor relations having worked in Europe for ArcelorMittal and for a Vedanta group company in India. Presently, he is a partner in PwC India.
Aditya is a Chartered Accountant and an alumnus of Delhi University, Indian School of Business and the London School of Economics and Political Science.”
Atul Arya
With 25 years of expertise, Atul Arya is continually studying new technology in numerous industries. His areas of expertise include managing the P/L, sales, business development, channels, product marketing, product development, strategy, alliances, and partnerships, as well as managing and analysing business intelligence and advocating for public policy with both the central and state governments.
He has held positions at Panasonic as the Head of the Energy Systems Division, Alstom Grid’s Unit Commercial Director, and Johnson Controls’ General Manager, to mention a few.
Deepak Sharma
Mr. Deepak Sharma has over two decades of experience in Management and Marketing field globally. He holds knowledge of expertise in Risk Management, Strategic Marketing and Business Development, SaaS, Technology Offshoring, Product Development and Service Delivery, etc. He has a strong track record of growing SaaS, Technology Services and BPO businesses – in Captives, start-ups and traditional service providers. At present, he is leading the GIC Transformation Initiative in Wipro.
He has also established and managed a Global In-house Center (GIC) as CEO and Managing Director (State Street Global Advisors) and helped scale a SaaS start-up (Impelsys) as part of the Executive Team.
Farhat Nooruddin
Ms. Farhat Nooruddin has more than 34 years of experience in the global information technology industry. She is part of the senior management team of Cognizant Technologies in Europe. Prior to joining Cognizant, Farhat worked with TKS-Banking Solutions SA, Cambridge Technology Partners (ATOS), and Arthur D. Little in leadership positions in Europe. She has also spent 13 years with Tata Consultancy Services in various roles including Programme, Quality, Client, and Regional Management.
Farhat is a strong advocate of Mentoring and is herself an active Mentor and Coach. She is passionate about Inclusion and Diversity and has spearheaded the D&I initiative for the Global Growth Markets. In addition to her professional skills and strong leadership, Farhat brings terrific integrity, energy, and enthusiasm into whatever she does.
Farhat Nooruddin has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Bombay, India. Farhat is fluent in English, German, and French – apart from several Indian languages.
Govind Jaiswal
Mr. Govind Jaiswal is a highly accomplished academic administrator with past experience, serving as Principal OSD to Hon’ble Governor Rajasthan (Govt. of Rajasthan), Senior Educational Administrator (Govt. of Uttarakhand), Officer on Special Duty (Ministry of MSME Govt. of India), Deputy Director (Department of Education) Uttarakhand. He is a great visionary with a scientific approach & is skilled in Negotiation, Management, Strategic Planning, Leadership, and Strategy.
Govind holds a Masters degree in Botany & Bachelors degree in Law.
Rishi Bhatnagar
Mr. Rishi Bhatnagar is an established business leader with nearly 20 years of experience in leading strategic initiatives, executing & profitability scaling. He has managed large businesses globally across industries with key roles in Telecom, BFSI, Healthcare, Government & Education. He chairs several Indian think tanks including IET Future Tech Panel, Broadband India Forum AI and IoT Committee, CII IoT Summit and is an advisor to conferences, universities and government think tanks in India. Dr. Bhatnagar is the recipient of several awards; “Leadership Recognition Award”, “IoT CEO of the Year”, “Business Director of the Year”. He is currently the President of Aries Communications, India.
Dr. Rishi is an alumnus of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Roopesh Kumar
Roopesh serves as Senior Vice President at State Street, a global financial services firm. Prior to this, he managed wholesale banking operations in India and the Philippines while employed at Wells Fargo. He formerly worked as a consultant in London’s wholesale and investment banking operations, completing projects for Morgan Stanley, RBS, Lloyds Bank, as well as UBS and Deutsche Bank. He has experience in operations, risk, analytics, automation, and innovation, and he has also worked on shared services. He was also a member of the founding team at two start-ups. He is associated with Nasscom as well.
Roopesh is an IIM Calcutta and IIT Delhi alumni
Vinay Dalal
Mr. Vinay Dalal has a track record of success working in many fields of human resources. His expertise includes HR Consulting, Technical Recruiting, HR Policies, Sourcing, and Screening. Additionally, he is a Co-Founder of Tal Brum (Talent Cerebrum) & Mera Hunar, two cloud-based HRIS systems (a skills initiative).
He is the founder of Samadhan, a nonprofit organization that aims to lower the cost of healthcare, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas.
Vivek Mehrotra
Vivek Mehrotra is a chief software architect with extensive experience in digital transformation leveraging business and industrial technology across industries and regions. He is a visionary, seasoned executive leader with a global outlook. Vivek has over 24 years of hands-on technical and executive leadership expertise. Using cloud platforms PaaS, IoT, Digital Twins, AI, Machine Learning, and Cyber Security across sectors, he has imagined and produced a number of digital products, solutions, and services. Being a frequent writer and public lecturer on technology-related topics at international conferences, he participates actively in IET UK, SCS, and Singapore.
Vivek has an MBA and a Master’s in Computer Science, and the United States Patent Office has granted him four patents in diverse technological fields.
Vivek Kumar
Mr. Vivek Kumar is a business coach & ideator with close to 2 decades of experience across industries. He is passionate about helping clients to achieve their business goals by leveraging his experiences in sales performance improvement & sales training. He has been involved in training, coaching & consulting with leading organizations in various aspects of sales improvement. Currently, he is the director of Rain group (Global sales training & performance improvement Company) & Co-founder & director of Platinum One Business Sevices Ltd.
Vivek is an alumnus of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya & Aligarh Muslim University