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Prof. VINAY KUMAR NANGIA

Prof. Vinay Nangia is Professor BML Munjal University, New Delhi. His area of interest is general management, finance, e- governance and institutional development. He has received many awards like the Best Professor in General Management (2013), Life Time Achievement Business Education Award (2015), Shiksha Ratan Puruskar (2014), Skoch Excellence Award (2014), Best Citizen of India Award (2014 and 2015), Government of India Chair Professor in Knowledge Economy (2006-2014), and Distinguished Alumni Award (2005).

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Mr. AMAN ZAIDI

Mr. Aman Zaidi is skilled at facilitation. He helps his learners to develop insights on how they can achieve more in the areas of Leadership Development, Employee Engagement for Managers, Coaching Skills, Communication Skills, Advanced Presentation Skills, and Managing Customer Relationships etc. For 20 years, He has been helping individuals and organizations better their performance.

He has 19+ years of extensive experience working within the challenging confines of industry, doing coaching, mentoring, hiring, retention, motivation, engagement and performance management amongst his various roles as a ‘People Manager’. He has worked with several industries like, Information Technology, Financial Services, ITES, Automobile, Water Treatment and Technology, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Telecom etc.


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Dr. MERLIN TEODOSIA SUAREZ

Prof. Dr. Merlin Teodosia Suarez is Professor of Computer Science at De La Salle University (Philippines), where she works on systems that analyze user emotions and behavior using machine learning. She was also chosen as a United Board Fellow in 2017, joining the first cohort to study at the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, part of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
As a member of the Fellows Program, she spent two months at Hong Kong University of Technology, observing campus life and learning from its academic leaders.

As an administrator, she served as Dean of the College of Computer Studies at De La Salle University where she spearheaded the revision of its curriculum to conform to outcomes-based education principles. She also served as Vice-Chancellor for Academics at De La Salle University, where she led the redesign of its undergraduate programs, including interdisciplinary general education courses, a gap year, and minor programs. In addition, she implemented the university’s strategic transition to blended learning via AnimoSpace. She is currently on sabbatical leave, studying worker emotions and motivations.


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Dr. LEONILO BASAS CAPULSO

He is a Senior Master Teacher at San Matias National High School, School Division Office of Pampanga, Region 3 of the Department of Education in Philippines with over two decades of teaching experience. Leonilo is a “Dangal Ng Bayan” Award-winning educator. The “Dangal Ng Bayan” Award from Philippines government is conferred to an individual for performance of the extraordinary act or public service and consistent demonstration of exemplary ethical behavior on the basis of adherence to the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees. He is also the recipient of Asian Achiever Award (2019), Gawad Pat National Award (2019), Outstanding Research Advocate of The Philippines Award (2019) and Most Outstanding Teacher Award (2018).

As a research advocate, it has been his advocacy to promote the culture of research by developing school-based research management in the region. He has initiated research capacity building for new researchers in the government and private schools. His network with other international organization became a bridge in hosting international research conferences in the Singapore, Bangkok, Philippines and Vietnam. His love for less fortunate moved him to conduct studies and advocacies for community development in the depressed areas and initiated literary and faith program to select children of Macabebe, Pampanga, Philippines.


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Dr. MACARIO G. GAYETA

Dr. Macario G. Gayeta, Professor, University of the East Caloocan, PHILIPPINES, is a Researcher, International Reviewer in Educational Management, Business and Tourism, Historic Studies, & Media & Communication in Italy, Pakistan, Iraq, Scientific Board of Editor in Turkey, International Board Advisory, & Media & Communication Specialist, & International Conference Advisory Board in Iraq, Turkey.

He holds PhD in Educational Leadership and Administration, PhD in International Hospitality and Tourism Management, MA in Education, BSc Tourism Management & Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication. He was invited as Eminent Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Resource Person & Honourable Speaker in Indonesia, India, Nepal for over 20 times and is known as a Global Management Leader and Asian Transformational Leader.



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Dr. PHILIP ARNOLD TUANO

Dr. Tuaño is currently a lecturer at the Economics Department of the Ateneo de Manila University. He served as Director III of the Macropolicy Unit of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) wherein he represented NAPC in inter-agency meetings with the National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Budget and Management, United Nations Development Program, World Bank and other policy and aid organizations. He also coordinated with the Social Weather Stations in the use of social surveys for poverty measurement and anti-poverty planning and programming.

He also had engagements with the Caucus of Development NGO Networks, and the Foundation for Media Alternatives. His area of specialisation is Development Economics. Mr. Tuaño completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of the Philippines. He received his Master in Development Economics at the University of Sussex and earned academic units for an MA in Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University.


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Mr. V. RAJA SREEDHARAN

V. Raja Sreedharan is an Assistant Professor in the Rabat Business School, Université Internationale de Rabat. Before joining, the Rabat Business School, he worked in the AACSB Institution Amrita University, India and prior to that he has worked as a faculty member at Anna University.

He has undertaken his doctoral research at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Anna University and has his Ph.D. was in the field of Lean Six Sigma. He has taught Manufacturing System and Processes, Facilities Planning and Layout, Business Research Methods, Manufacturing Technology and Data Analytics for both the Masters and Undergraduate programs. He has garnered corporate exposure working with Apollo Hospital as an external auditor for 5S implementation and process engineer in VOLVO.

He has taught internationally in countries like Dubai; France and Morocco and has published articles on business transformation including 7 A category in ABDC journals. His current research interests are centred in the field of Lean services, Healthcare Operations and Industry 4.0



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Mr. SHRAVAN CHARYA

Mr. Shravan Charya built the world's first career ecosystem platform from start to finish. He has received many awards and credits from around the world including UK, Belgium and India. He started currently operating www.socioladder.com. He holds 21 patents awarded by the Danish Patent Office of the Singapore Patent Authority. He is a senior business leader with experience in diverse multi-national, multi-geography, global exposure and Chartered Supply Chain Professional (CIPS, United Kingdom).

He has good experience of New Business Ideation to Commercialization, Start-Up Business Build-outs, Outsourcing, Product Development, Technology Practice Management, Supply Chain design and global execution, Leadership Planning and Development for Mid to Large organizations.



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Dr. PURNIMA GOPALKRISHNAN

Dr. Purnima Gopalkrishnan is an experienced psychometric and HR consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the workplace assessments space. She is an expert in Analytical Skills, Designing Assessments and Psychometric Tools, Statistical Modeling, Research Design and Program Evaluation.
She has a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University.

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Mr. GURPREET BAJAJ

Gurpreet Bajaj, Vice President (Consulting), KNOLSKAPE is an expert in Human Resources and Leadership Development. He is a Consulting Certified Executive and Life Coach, specializing in Mindfulness, NLP and Emotional Intelligence.
He is an alumni of Oxford Mindfulness Center and Indian Institute of Management (Indore). He has associated with Ex American Express, Ernst and Young, J&J , Baxter, Make My Trip and American College of Middle East.

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Ms. ROSHNI DULAL

Roshni Dulal is an experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry.
She is skilled in enterprise strategy, digital transformation, cloud and program management. She has a Master’s degree focused in Management of Information Systems from the University of South Florida.



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Mr. MOHAMMED ZAHEER BAIG

Mohammed Zaheer Baig, Senior Consultant, KNOLSKAPE is a development strategy consultant who specializes in using new age gamification and simulation based learning approaches. He has worked as a domain expert and an advisor, helping develop business and HR strategies for various organizations. He is also a researcher on Positive Psychology, affiliated with Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore.



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Dr. ANOOP KUMAR KOILERI VEETIL

Dr Anoop Kumar, Assistant Professor and Deputy Dean, Ambedkar University Delhi is a clinical Psychologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating psychological disorders and treating addicts, alcoholics and people with emotional traumatic issues. He has a decade long experience working as a behavioural scientist and clinician with various government organizations. He has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Calicut and an MPhil from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore.



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Dr. TONY SAM GEORGE

Dr. Tony Sam George is a practicing psychotherapist and an Associate Professor of Psychology involved in training, research and clinical practice. He is the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Head of the Psychology department and spearheads Centre for Research at Christ University, Bangalore India. He is also the director of the Centre for Academic and Professional Support. Dr. Tony gained his doctoral degree in Psychiatric Social Work from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore. His doctoral dissertation focused on the role of group therapy in reducing social disability among persons affected by OCD.



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Ms. ARCHIE AWASTHI

Ms. Archie Awasthi is an expert in enabling Human Resource solutions like Psychometric Assessment, Practices, Assessment/Development Centres and Research. In her career as a practitioner, she has specialized in areas such as Managing and Leading Assessment, Designing tools for Assessment, Planning and Delivery of Assessment/ Development Centres, Developing and Customizing Competency Frameworks, Business Process Model development, Project Planning and monitoring and Team Performance Assessment.Ms. Archie Awasthi is an alumnus of Christ University, Bangalore with a Masters degree in Psychology - Human Resource Development and Management.

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Dr. A.N. BHATTACHARYA

Dr. A. N. Bhattacharya, Professor of Marketing & Social Innovation at School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), Gurgaon, India is passionate about courses on Sales Force Management, Network Management & Optimization, After-Market Pricing and Return on Investment, Consumer Psychology & Buyer Behavior etc. His near two decade-long experience in the consumer industry helps bring real-life examples and practicality to his discourses. Post his industry stint, he has been facilitating courses for MBA students for the last 10 years.

He is actively engaged in capability building with corporate, providing end-to-end solutions through in-depth problem diagnosis, gap analysis, designing training interventions, delivery, and post-delivery impact analysis with clients like - Mondelez, Engineer India Ltd., Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, NTTF, Pfizer, Gabriel India Ltd., Victor Gaskets, Spicer India Ltd, Perfect Circle Piston Rings etc. He also associates with NGO’s such as Navjyoti, Srishti, Salaam Balak, Muskaan, Saksham, Tamana, Esha, AADI, Sarthak, NTWS, Gene Bandhu, Adharshila, Udayan Care etc.



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Dr. ROOMANA N. SIDDIQUI

Dr. Roomana N. Siddiqui is a social psychologist with a PhD in the area of Environmental Psychology from the Center of Advanced study in Psychology, University of Allahabad. She has worked with international collaborators and has published research articles in reputed international and national journals like Environment and Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, European Journal of Personality, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Psychological Studies, Psychology and Developing Societies and Indian Psychological Abstracts and Review.

Her current line of research includes issues related to environment, identity and intergroup relations and identifying the shared spaces between diverse groups which has implications for intergroup harmony. Her teaching interests include Applied Social Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Intergroup Relations, Personality, Experimental Psychology, Adjustment and Mental Health and Research methodology.

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Dr. NADEEM LUQMAN

Dr. Nadeem Luqman, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Ansal University is an expert who has a commendable academic career of publishing in various academic journals of repute, reviewed research papers and has presented in various national and international conferences. Dr. Luqman has also worked on projects with Aligarh Police, Heinz India ltd and University of Malaya and is a specialist in Research Methodology, Statistics, data analysis softwares like SPSS, MEDCALC, GOOGLE ANALYTICS.

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Dr. YOGESH KUMAR ARYA

Dr. Yogesh Kumar Arya, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Benaras Hindu University is a specialist in areas such as Cognitive Psychology, Health and well-being, Physiological and Neuropsychology and has 15 years of experience in teaching. He has made significant contributions to the field through his numerous academic publications in various research journals of high repute.



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Dr. ASGAR ALI PATEL

Dr. Asgar Ali Patel, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, Annamalai University is an expert who specializes in Social Gerontology and E-Culture. He has close to two decades of teaching and research experience and has published in various national and international academic journals in the field of Psychology.

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Dr. RITA KUMAR

Dr. Rita Kumar, Professor, Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University is an expert Psychologist and researcher who has specialized in Industrial Psychology, Human Values and Professional Ethics. She has previously worked with organizations such as Bharat Institute of Technology, Meerut, Meerut Kidney Hospital and DPS Meerut.
With close to two decades of experience in academics, Dr Kumar has published extensively in various international and national journals and has conducted various workshops and talks in her field of expertise.

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Ms. AYA MATSUURA

Ms. Aya Matsuura, a Gender Expert at the International Labour Organization, has over 15 years of experience and her broad areas of interests are Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Equality, Gender, Capacity Building, Civil Society.

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Ms. KARUNYA A DHONTI

Ms. Karunya A Dhonti, a Global Talent Acquisition Leader at Palo Alto Networks is an alumnus of Christ University. She has worked as a talent acquisition specialist at Flipkart and has worked as a Team Leader in Talent Acquisition and specializes in technical, non technical, cloud and diversity hiring.
She is an expert in Team handling, client management, people management, sourcing, screening, end to end recruitment, database management and hiring of skilled candidates.

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Dr DEEKSHA SHARMA

Dr Deeksha Sharma is a Postdoctoral researcher with Cornell University who is an expert in human resource management, psychology, and neuroscience. She is currently working on Emotional Intelligence in the Affect and Cognition Lab, and on Adaptive Intelligence in the Robert Sternberg Lab at Cornell University.
She did her PhD from IIT Roorkee in 2018. Her Ph.D. research was in Emotional Intelligence and finding its association with self-efficacy in real-time with a customized software build by her on PHP/SQL.She is also a TEDx speaker and an author.

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Mr. SRIJAN PAL SINGH

Mr. Srijan Pal Singh is an electrical engineer from Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow and management graduate from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is one of the leading young activists in India. Between 2009 and 2015 he worked with our 11th president of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as his officer on special duty and advisor for technology and policy. He has co-authored the bestseller book with Dr. Kalam titled, ‘Target 3 Billion’ which recommends innovative solutions towards sustainable development of the rural areas of the world.

He was instrumental in starting a youth movement with Dr. Kalam, called ‘What Can I Give Mission’, which reached a network of over 500,000 volunteers from across India, both rural and urban who are working towards a clean, green and corruption free India.

He worked with Boston Consulting Group and world’s leading advisor on business strategy.



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Dr. JOHN VARGHESE

Dr. John Varghese, Principal, St. Stephens College, University of Delhi is an expert in English Language and Literature. He has formerly worked as the Dean, School of Communication, Deputy Dean, International Relations and many other administrative positions at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
He has conducted several training programs in Communication Skills/English Language for government agencies including Prasar Bharati and National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management.


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Mr. PRASHANT MICHAEL

A seasoned Leadership and Organization Development professional with over 21 years of solid track record in the areas of Organizational Development, Talent Management, Organization Effectiveness, Training, Competency & Leadership Development, Mr. Prashant Michael, is an experienced ICF certified, empowering coach with ability of drive self-assessment and action planning.

He is awarded as Best Learning Leader of the year, Chief Learning Officer of the year in L&D world awards, Chief Learning officer of the year in HR Talent Management Leadership Awards.



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Ms. DIVYA AMARNATH

Ms Divya Amarnath is a Talent & Leadership Development Professional and Executive Coach with over 17 years of diverse global corporate exposure in 10 countries. She has recently published a best seller book on Relationship Management. A Culture Coach for Client Organizations, she is also valued as a Design Thinking Practitioner-Facilitator to enhance the internal processes as well as help clients in countries like UK, US, Germany, Netherlands and Australia, on human centered design and innovation.

She is an alumnus of Columbia University, New York; her current fascination is in transforming the digital landscape of L&D at our organization.

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Dr. DILEEP KUMAR M

Prof. Dileep Kumar M is an educator, edupreneur, educational consultant, academic administrator and Professor of Nilai Filed Research Centre, Malaysia, Having 18 years of experience, he has worked in institutions like University Institute of International and European Studies (Netherlands) Berjaya Business School (Malaysia), International Teaching University Georgia (East Europe), University Utara Malaysia, (Malaysia) MoHE & Ministry of Manpower (Sultanate of Oman), Symbiosis Center for Management & HRD (India) etc. He was the Director of DBA Program (UNIES, Netherlands), Head of Leadership, innovation and Change Competence Center (OYAGSB, UUM, Malaysia) and Coordinator of Research Method Courses for DBA and research programs (UUM) Malaysia. He was the Director Corporate Relations and Training, during his tenure with AIMS, India.

He is the Editor/Editorial Member/Reviewer of several international journals including Scopus journals. He has secured best researcher award (GLCA), best research paper awards in IBRIICT conference, SJBIT Conference, & IPE National Conference, India. He has engaged as a member in quality assurance and accreditation process (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA, ISO certification, ADRI quality Assurance etc) that enhance the institutional growth. He is the external examiner of PhD & dissertations of various international universities.


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Ms. CHAVVII PRABAKAR

Ms. Chavvii Prabakar Founder & CEO, Global Indian Solutions, India`s 1st integrated Solutions provider for the 31 million Pravasi Bharatiyas ( NRIs ) who are seeking assistance in managing their assets in India and require a trusted partner. She is a senior financial services professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in NRI Banking, Wealth Management and Private Banking with premium organizations such as Citibank, Societe Generale Private Banking, American Express Bank, Standard Chartered Private Bank and Axis Bank. She has a successful track record of building new businesses, creating and leading large diversified multifunctional teams.

She has been elected as the Chairperson, Finance Committee, Delhi Management Association ( DMA ) for the term 2020 – 2022. She has won the prestigious “DMA All India Women Entrepreneurs Award 2020”




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Mr. PRAVEEN B A

Currently serving as the Deputy Director, Manipal Global Academy of BFSI, Bangalore Mr Praveen B A has in in his career spanning 2 decades, worked across Investment Advisory, Wealth Management and Training industry.

In his current role Praveen focuses on designing new training solutions, development and delivery. He also leads the International Business Initiatives of Manipal Global Academy. He completed his MBA in Finance in the year 2000 and has always believed learning is the key to growth.

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Dr. URVASHI SHARMA

Dr. Urvashi Sharma, an Associate Professor in the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, has over 19 years of experience and has worked in various leadership capacities including head of the Department (BBA) in GGSIP University Colleges.
She has also been Course Coordinator of MBA (HRD) for 4 years. She has also worked at different places in India and has experience in teaching in NCT, Sultanate of Oman.

Dr. Urvashi Sharma is very active in the area of Human Resource management, Organizational Behavior and Corporate Governance and written many article/research papers in the same areas which have been published in Repute Journals and proceedings. She also presented many papers in conferences and seminars in different institutes and colleges.
She is NCC ‘C’ Certificate holder in army wing and has also been the Editor of Journals of the colleges of GGSIP University. She is a life member of ‘Indian Journal of Commerce’ and ‘Indian Accounting Association’.




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Dr. PARUL BANSAL

Dr Parul Bansal is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, India’s premier liberal arts college, affiliated to the University of Delhi. She received a BA in psychology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, and an MA and a doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Delhi. Her teaching career spans over 15 years, during which she has served as the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Lady Shri Ram College for Women. In addition, she has been actively involved with curriculum development and course writing at the University of Delhi and IGNOU.

A devoted teacher, her teaching is geared towards imbibing in students an active curiosity in understanding and critiquing ideological issues in psychology and fostering interest in epistemological and methodological pluralism. Her academic and research interests are in psychosocial studies of self, identity and social change, critical psychology, psychoanalysis and mental health, and qualitative research methodology. She was awarded Shashikala Singh Gold Medal for being a topper of University of Delhi in her Masters. She has also received ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship to conduct her PhD work.


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Ms. POOJA BAJPAI

Ms Pooja Bajpai, the Founder Director-The Talent Alchemy is an entrepreneur with over two decades of corporate experience. As a former organization change and culture leader at a Big 4 professional services firm, she enjoys co-creating solutions for her clients from greenfield to large scale transformation projects.
She has led cross-functional, multi-cultural, high-performance global teams with focus on people agenda for high value projects with direct impact on several thousand people across the globe. She is also certified on mind training as a facilitator and a Psychodrama Leadership Practitioner.

She is currently working with her clients to provide solutions in talent development and inclusion space. She engages in consulting assignments to design processes, policies, trainings and systems to drive inclusion at workplace, conceptualise and design learning interventions for a target group of audience. She also has coached senior leaders, returning mothers and young high potential achievers from corporates, social sector and academics. She has conceptualised, designed and implemented multi-year training and skill development initiatives for Fortune 500 clients, Indian conglomerates, Government of India and non-profit organisations. Indicative assignments post my corporate journey - Genpact Centre for Women Leadership, INSEAD, Capgemini, Marks and Spencers.




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Dr. JASPREET KAUR

Dr.Jaspreet Kaur is an associate professor at Pearl Academy. She has over 16 years of teaching experience in Marketing research. She has received the GRABS "Best researcher Award" in 2008 and the ITSR "Best researcher's Award" in 2020.

She has authored two books on Customer Relationship Management and Service Marketing and has written many research papers in Scopus and ABDC journals. She is an Editor and Reviewers to many ABDC and Scopus journals like International journal of consumer studies(Wiley) and Management Decisions(Emerald).
She is an AMT certified faculty from AIMA. She is a trainer for NVIVO software from Numerical-analytics.com for the Software training in many management Institutes. She has conducted over 25 FDPs and workshops on the topics of: “Systematic review and Meta-Analysis" and "Qualitative research with NVIVO" this year.






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Ms. AANCHAL MALHOTRA

Ms. Aanchal Malhotra is a founder and CEO of FundTQ, Asia’s first Digital Funding Assistance Platform which is highly insights driven and analytical. It helps start-ups close a fundraising or acquisition deal with ease and precision without any efforts. She started her career in Investment banking and has expertise in valuation and business structuring. She has worked with consulting firms like EY and Moody Analytics for over 10 years.

FundTQ offers Valuation and Idea Validation Software which is used by existing and aspiring founders across IIT, IIM, DCE, NSIT, NIT, BITS, ICAI, etc. Her vision to upgrade Indian Start-up ecosystem made her launch her first fundraising magazine FundTQ early this year which elaborates points which various investors expect from start-ups. She brought naïve and innovative concept of InvesTQ which is a virtual event for start-up fundraising where start-ups pitch live in front of Investors. It got an overwhelming response during COVID and attracted 60% success ratio in shortlisting.
She is highly active in media and has organized past events with esteemed organisations such as Startup India, EY, SAP, Fluid Ventures, Bharat Innovation Fund to name a few.






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Mr. UMESH BAWA

Umesh Bawa is a clinical psychologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. He is the director of the International Relations Office for the entire University, tasked with enhancing the global profile of the university’s academic, scholarly and socially conscious community engaged mission. He also serves as a senior team member on key community-engaged research projects led by the University of South Africa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences.

He has worked in the fields of violence rehabilitation, trauma and human rights in South Africa, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Chile. He has served on the Council for the International Society for Health and Human Rights, and was until recently the Director of the Children for Tomorrow- South Africa Project, a free psychological service for children traumatised by violence in impoverished communities in the Western Cape province of South Africa. His research, training and clinical interests are in the areas of the psychological effects of violence on children, trauma counselling, the re-integration of ex-combatants and child soldiers in post-conflict countries, and safety and peace promotion.
He has published his work on visual methodologies like Photovoice, youth engagement, community based participatory research and the relevance and utility of psychology interventions in LMIC.






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Dr. C. S. SHARMA

Dr C. S. Sharma is a distinguished educator with broad experience of 40 years in India and overseas in teaching, program development (including enriched digital content), institution building, financial performance and business development.
Currently, engaged in teaching at SRCC, earlier he was Director at Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies and JRE Group of Institutions. He was also Director of the Induction Programmes conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, sponsored by Ministry of HRD at Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
He looks after the National Resource Centre – Commerce Discipline sponsored by MHRD at SRCC.

He has supervised research at IIT, Delhi, Melbourne University and Department of Commerce, Delhi University and has acted in a consultative capacity to corporations, renowned institutions of higher learning, and is a sought - after speaker notably in research methodology, human behaviour and finance. He has conducted numerous workshops and training programmes at Institutions like Punjab Police Academy, Ramanujan College-DU, CPDHE-Delhi University, Academic staff College- Guru Jambheshwar University, MDU Rohtak, Manav Rachna University etc.
He has to his credit forty-five research papers, with publications on topics like Fuzzy Financial Ratios, Mergers and Acquisitions, Servant Leadership, Spirituality, Green Purchasing Intentions, Default Probability, Trust etc.


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Ms. CHARUSMITHA RAO

Charusmitha Rao is a creative Talent, Learning and Organizational Development professional with 16+ years of experience currently heading the Talent Development function for Asia Pacific, Japan and India at Akamai Technologies. She is part of the Diversity and Inclusion core team at Akamai and chairs the Women’s Forum ERG for India. She is recognized as a thought leader who has created global impact in her role with deep passion for building inclusive cultures, mentoring, coaching and humanizing frameworks.

She has won several industry accolades including the 'Next Generation Women Leaders' award by Zinnov and HR40under40 which recognizes top 40 HR gamechangers in India. She is also currently pursuing her advanced studies in Social Psychology and is the author of a paper in SAJTA on 'Discovering Positive Memories' through therapy. Charu is also the co-founder of a creative pursuit called Coolture which aims at making culture cool.


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Mr. FAISAL KAWOOSA

Mr Faisal Kawoosa is a senior technology market analyst, Founder & Chief Analyst at techARC, which is into technology analytics, research and consulting services. Prior to this he has worked with organisations like IDC and CMR.
Serving leading technology brands with insights and market trends, Faisal is closely engaged with the CXO leadership and strategy teams advising on product portfolio, go to market, channel operations and other areas.

He also works very closely with think tanks and industry trade bodies working on advocacy and driving thought leadership. He plays an influencing role in the technology domain and actively writes columns in leading tech and mainstream publications.
His quotes regularly appear in all national and international publications covering technology. He has also authored, Digital India – Way Forward which was published in 2018.

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Ms. ANAMIKA VISWANATHAN

Ms Anamika Viswanathan is a Post Graduate in Advertising & PR from IIMC, New Delhi, M.Sc. in Business Psychology from the University of Westminster, London and Leadership Trainer from Center of Creative Leadership, Gainesboro, US. She is also a member of Association for Business Psychologists, UK.

She is a UK trained Business Psychologist with two and a half decades of organizational and leadership experience in Business Psychology and Advertising. She helps business professionals nurture their strengths and build sustainable careers.

At Christ Consulting, she helps to deliver results-based solutions to clients across industry sectors and manages projects across all Christ departments