Romal Shetty is the Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte South Asia. He is also a member of Deloitte’s Global Executive Committee. In his more than two decades of work experience, Romal has led large transformation programmes across more than 40 countries for Indian and global clients. He is a Fellow Member of the ICAI and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. He has also completed the Executive Leadership International program at INSEAD.

Prof. Kulbhushan Balooni is the Director at IIM Kashipur. He has been associated with the IIMs for more than 25 years. He served as IIM Kozhikode's Director from September 2014 to June 2018 and established and nurtured IIM Amritsar as Mentor Director during the same period. He has been Director of IIM Kashipur since June 2019. He undertook post-doctoral research at the University of Tokyo and doctoral research at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA).

Prof. Vinita S Sahay is the Director at IIM Bodh Gaya. She has completed her Ph.D. (Customer Value) from CSJM University, Kanpur. Her research interests are in the area of Marketing of Services, Retail Management, Retail Supply Chain Management, Customer Value & Customer Satisfaction, Customer Relationship Management and Trust & Relationship in Supply Chain. She is a professional member of American Marketing Association. She has received Business School Affair & Dewang Mehta B-School Award for Best Teacher in Marketing Management for the year 2011.

Professor B.S. Sahay is Founder Director, Indian Institute of Management Jammu. He was the Director of three top national level institutes in India, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon and Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad. Prof. Sahay completed his B.Tech. from BIT Sindri; M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, India. He has about 36 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy, executive education including over 12 years in industry. He was also Advisor to the Chancellor, NMIMS University, Mumbai and mentoring five Campuses of NMIMS. 

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Mr. Sunil Katyal is the President of Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the year 2016-17 and 2023-24 (2 terms). He is having more than 35 years of experience in field of Entrepreneurship and Manufacturing Industries in different Steel Allied Products. Presently involved in the construction of luxury apartments for ‘Gaylords Group’ in the real estate sector. He is also the Working President & Trustee of Sahar Seva Samiti, Rourkela and Chief Patron of GARIMA (A cultural organization for Women Development and Empowerment, Rourkela).

Mr. Pradip Subramaniam is the Chief Innovation Office at Livpure. He is an experienced techno-commercial entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience in the area of innovative, smart and disruptive technologies. He has been associated with global multi-national corporations like GE, Philips, Hitachi, Pepsico, and LG. His company ‘Growtech’ was acquired by Erstwhile Luminous (later acquired by Schneider) as a part of their expansion plan in the health and wellness sector. His expertise involves in dealing with everyday societal and environmental challenges like water and power conservation, and reduced carbon footprints.

Mr. Ratnesh Jha is currently working as Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network India supporting the private sector in its ESG journey. Prior to this, he was associated as a Senior Fellow with National Institute of Public Finance and Policy for the analysis of fiscal and monetary policies. As part of UNDP (2009-2018), he has contributed towards areas of financial services, livelihood opportunities, skill and entrepreneurship training. He was associated with Small Industries Development Bank of India and was engaged in credit and business development support facilitation to MSME. 

Mr. Maninder Singh Bawa is the Co-founder of Innovent Studio. He is a technology enthusiast with 9+ years of experience in the field. He is passionate about teaching and especially on designing large-scale web applications. He has been actively involved into consulting, evaluating, and mentoring IA portfolio startups on how to design robust and scalable technical architecture. 

Mr. Bodhisattwa Sanghapriya is the CEO and Co-founder of IG Drones. Bodhisattwa is a two times Chief Minister Awardee for his innovation and contribution to the society. He has also been awarded by Union cabinet minister of Department of Science and Technology (DST). Bodhisattwa was invited by Russian Ministry of Trade and Aviation to represent India at World Festival of Youth and Students at Moscow. He has also received the prestigious Molodo Zvezda (English Translation: Youth Star) award from the Russian Federation for his contribution to space science.

Mr. Deepak Sharma is the co-founder of India Accelerator (IA) and IA Labs. He is an engineering graduate from Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh with more than 25+ years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) domain. Over the last decade of his entrepreneurial journey, he has been on the founding team of several successful startups and businesses like India Accelerator (IA), IA Labs, Cabbazar, Lawyered, AppWorks Technologies (AWT) and Organiq Consulting.

Mr. Sandeep Ruhela is the Head of Strategy, Business Planning & Digital Transformation at Escorts Kubota Limited (EKL). Escorts Kubota Limited (EKL) is a merger between Escorts Limited and Kubota Corporation. His core competencies include strategic planning, corporate strategy, M&A, digital transformation, program management, product and brand strategy, sales strategy, and market research. He has worked with 10+ C-suite professionals in various projects and capacities.

Mr. Sanjay Padode is the Founding President of Vijaybhoomi University & Chairman of Centre for Developmental Education, India. He completed his B. E. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) and Honors in M. Sc. (Maths) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He founded Dataline and Research Technologies Ltd (DaRT) in 1993 (Later acquired by Religare and renamed as Religare Technova Global Solutions).

Dr. Srinivasan R. Iyenger is Director & Professor at JBIMS, University of Mumbai. He holds in PhD degree in Management from Mumbai University. He has more than 24 years of experience in corporate and academics. He is a member on the Advisory Board of esteemed journals like Journal of Business Retail and Marketing Business Management (JBRMR), Journal of Development Research (JDR) and Bhagavad Gita Research Foundation (BGRF).

Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain is the Founding Director of Sparsh Global Business School. Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain is a Doctorate in Business Management. Dr. Jain brings in over 20 years of rich experience from academia and business management. He is an avid researcher with more than 100 international and national publications to his credit; authored and edited 40+ books in the area of business management, banking & finance and ICT management. He was the founding director of Symbiosis institute of Research and Innovation at Pune; and the Founding Director of Symbiosis Institute of Business management (SIBM) Hyderabad Campus.

Dr. Anurag Batra is the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of Business World. He is a B. Tech in Computer Sciences, a degree, which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon. He is a first-generation entrepreneur and has acquired Businessworld, a 35-year strong media brand and business publication in the country. Mr. Batra serves as the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media group.

Mr. Devi Prasad Dash is currently working with Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). He is a B.Tech Graduate from XLRI and a Chartered Professional in Human Resource Management with 18 years of experience in the Industry. He has previously been associated with VPS Healthcare Group in UAE, Unisys India, Maxelor Technologies, and Systems Technology International.

Jaya Suri is currently the CHRO at Kimbal Technologies. Her expertise lies in the area of talent management, engagement and development, and building employee value propositions for diverse workforces. She has been previously associated with brands like Randstad, Kohler, GUS Global Services. Her entrepreneurial journey provided her with valuable insights into the strategic impact of HR on business outcomes within a short span of time.

Jayanthi Jagannath is a Chief Human Resource Officer at K&S Partners. She has over 22 years of progressive experience in Human Resource Management. She completed her PGPX in Business Administration and Management from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a Masters in HRM from University of Madras. She has previously been associated with Nucleus Software, Xchanging, Fiserv, Deloitte, and Shardul Amarchand.

Mr. Dilip Pattanayak is currently working as President & CHRO - Steel & Corporate for JSW. He was previously associated with Reliance Industries as a Senior Executive Vice President & Head HR (Manufacturing). He has over 24 years of experience and has worked with companies like Vedanta, L&T, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, and Siemens. His professional career encompasses experience in the areas like Organization Design & Building, Manpower Planning & Resourcing, and Performance Management & Compensation Management.

Prof. Varsha Jain, the AGK chair, professor of marketing, and co-chairperson of research and dissertation at the MICA, India. Her interest areas are advertising, branding, consumer behavior, and digital immersive technologies. She is an associate editor (AE) at four ‘A’ category journals, namely the Journal of Consumer Behaviour (JCB), the Journal of Advertising Research, the Journal of Consumer Marketing, and the Australasian Marketing Journal.

Dr. Mathiyazhagan currently working as a chairperson – Research Centre and Associate Professor, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.  He is an associate editor in Business Strategy and the Environment (Wiley), Management Decision (Emerald) and Environment, Development and Sustainability Journal (Springer). He has been associated as an editor for special issues with reputed journals like Journal of Business Logistics (JBL), the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (IJPDLM), the International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM) and others.

Prof. Dongmei Cao is an Associate Professor in Business Transformation, Course Leader for MSc Business Transformation, and research coordinator in the Department of Management at Nottingham Business School. Prior to this, she worked at Coventry University and Anglian Ruskin University. Her research has been published in high-impact Strategy and Business Management Journals such as Long Rang Planning, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Industrial Marketing Management, and others. She is the Associate Editor at International Journal of Management Reviews and Journal of Marketing for Higher Education.

Dr. Surajit Bag is an Associate Professor at EMLV Paris. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing and International Journal of Logistics Management (Emerald). He holds a PhD in LSCM from the School of Business, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, India and completed a 2nd PhD in OM from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (QS World University Rankings 2023- 412). He has 11 years of industry experience and works at the interface of supply chain management and B2B marketing. He has published research articles in TRE- Part E, SCMIJ, ANOR, and JBR.

Dr Gita Bajaj is an OD & BT Consultant and Director, VINSAK India. Dr Bajaj is a Harvard Business School Affiliate. She is a Professor of Communication, OB & HR. Besides teaching at MDI Gurgan, Dr Bajaj teaches at IE University, Spain, IIM Sambalpur, India and BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. She was formerly a full-time Professor at IMT Dubai for 9 years and MDI Gurgaon for 11 years. She has also taught at IIM Calcutta and University of Maribor, Slovenia.

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Prof. (Dr.) T G Sitharam is the Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi since December 2022. He was the Director of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam from July 2019 to December 2022. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He also held the positions of Director (additional charge) at Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam; Chairman, BOG of IIT Guwahati; Chairman, Board of Governors at CIT, Kokrajhar and Chairman, Board of Management of North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Arunachala Pradesh.