Charting the Course with Technological Insight

N.Ravi Shanker was a Member of the IAS from 1980 to 2015. He served in the Govt of Uttar Pradesh; Govt of Uttarakhand & Govt of India. He has experience in the Education sector: He served as Secretary (Basic Education) in the Govt of UP and as Secretary (Education) in the Govt of Uttarakhand. From 2007-14; he served as Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary, Dept of IT (2007-11); Additional Secretary/Special Secretary, Dept of Telecom (2011-14); and Secretary Dept of Administrative Reforms [2014] in the Government of India. He was Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttarakhand in the period 2014-15 and retired from this position. At present, he is Chancellor of DIT University, Dehradun, from Oct 2018.

K. V. Chowdary is an officer of the 1978 batch of Indian Revenue Service (IRS). He retired as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in 2014 after serving the Income tax department in different capacities and posts. He was appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner in June 2015 for four years. He currently serves as an independent director in some large companies and is associated with many Charitable organisations.

He has been involved with the Indian Census since 1981. He studied Demography at LSE and also did his post-doctoral research from there in ‘ Smallpox and Vaccination in Eighteenth and Nineteenth British Century India. He specialises in Vital Statistics and Civil Registration System and is currently the Chairman of this Committee in MoHFW as also cochair on improving data on health and nutrition set up by ICMR with support from B&M Foundation. His core interest includes the girl child, Data-Driven Governance, public health and major infrastructure projects being involved with MMRDA. He has been involved with population censuses of Nigeria, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Lebanon etc. in the last two decades. Currently, he is a member of the Census of India 2021, Technical Committee.

J V Ramamurthy is an innovative business strategist, board member, and corporate leader. He developed enterprise-wide initiatives that built highly differentiated business verticals resulting in new business development and sustainable growth. He is a driver and champion of transformational programs, turnarounds. He has served as a board member in various capacities in HCL from 1998 till 2016.

Dr. Rajesh Hassija dreams and breathes education. The author of more than fifty books on mathematics and computer science, Dr. Hassija has made a significant impact in the field of education. An educationist who firmly believes in leading by example, he is a member of distinguished education bodies like the Committee of Courses & Assessment, of both CBSE and NCERT, and of the Executive Committees of the National Accreditation Board for Education and Quality Council of India. His contribution in the field of education in training and mentoring young minds odyssey has made him a “Pedagogical Grandmaster”. In recognition of his contribution in the education segment, Dr. Hassija was bestowed with the prestigious National Teacher’s Award 2003, which was awarded by then President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, and the Lifetime Achievement Award apart from numerous other awards which he received in his four decades of the educational journey.

Reema has a career spanning over 28 years, during which she had an opportunity to lead the HR function in various sectors and organisations like Nokia, BlackRock, IHS Markit and S&P Global at different stages of the growth journey covering multiple geographic regions. She has worked through large Mergers & Acquisitions focusing on Culture and Talent assimilation, Leadership Team build-outs, HR team and process transformation and CEO Transitions. She has been part of global leadership teams leading global People portfolios and has an appreciation for managing global teams and working through various global projects.

Amarjeet Sinha was posted on re-employment, as Advisor to the Prime Minister, in the rank of Secretary to Government of India, till 31 July 2021. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 Bihar cadre, retired as Secretary of Rural Development in December

Niraj Murarka is responsible for the credit business at IIFL Wealth group level. He possesses more than two decades of experience in structured finance, corporate finance, project finance, treasury, M&A, credit risk underwriting & management. Prior to IIFL Wealth, Niraj was associated with HCL Tech in various leadership roles and Indian Oil Corporation in the project finance division. Niraj is a rank-holder Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and MBA in Finance from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

Linda A. Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, is a leading expert on leadership and innovation. She co-authored "Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation" and co-founded Paradox Strategies and InnovationForce, a SaaS company recognized by Fast Company in 2023. Named among the top ten management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2013 and 2021, Hill’s research centers on leadership development, agile organizations, and digital leadership. Her TED Talk on collective creativity has over 2.9 million views, and her works, including “Becoming a Manager,” are celebrated as influential in the field of management.