Speakers

Prof. (Dr.) Sandeep Chakravorty is the Executive President of Indus University. He is Ph.D in (Power System), M.E. Software Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and Gold Medalist in B.E Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is an able academician and administrator, who aims to lead with sustained prominence and strategic focus on advanced initiatives to fulfil the vision and mission of the University with the up-gradation of the competitive, educational and qualitative professional indices in an empowering environment. Dr. Chakravorty has contributed to the field of Power System Planning, Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Tools, and Soft Computing and have published articles in refereed journals and conferences. He is also in the advising and reviewing committee of many International and National Journals. His other notable achievements include framing of Industry oriented courses, design and installation of PV stand-alone systems, etc. Prof. Sandeep is an active member of several professional bodies, including the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Dr. Mahendra Sharma is the Vice Chancellor of Ganpat University and he is Professor of Management studies with Ph.D in Consumer Behaviour area. He specializes in Strategic Management, Rural & Retail Marketing, Sales & Distribution Management, Services Marketing & Consumer Behaviour. He has contributed immensely in launching Industry Focused Programs in emerging disciplines in collaboration with several reputed organizations. In particular, programs like Post Graduate Diploma in ERP Systems with triangular arrangement with SAP, Victoria University and Ganpat University is very unique program. Dr. Sharma has played a pioneering role in establishing several Centres of Excellence like; Establishment of first Japan India Institute of Manufacturing (with Maruti Suzuki) as a part of collaboration between Governments of India and Japan with first Automobile Assembly Line in a University set-up. He guided the implementation of ‘Choice Based Credit Semester System’, ‘Ph.D Guideline’, and ‘Examination reforms’. Dr. Sharma is a Chairman of GUNI – Incubation Centre. Under his visionary leadership the university has established a complete ecosystem (Pre-Incubation, Incubation & Growth Acceleration) of the Incubation Centre. He has successfully guided 22 M.Phil. and 7 Ph.D. dissertations. He is the recipient of several awards for his Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Education and innovative leadership.

Dr. A K S Suryavanshi is a senior academic, with 30 years of experience, across corporate and academics organizations. He is Vice Chancellor of ‘Karnavati University’ and a former Vice Chancellor of ‘SGT University’, Gurugram. He had held several senior leadership roles in premier organizations such as Reliance Industries Limited, Chandigarh University, SGT University, Top 5 Business school- S P Jain Institute of Management & Research and Amity University where he also held role of Head -Executive Education for the India’s largest education group- Amity. In his splendid academic career, he has been a Professor of Marketing and strategy including Visiting Professor in international universities like ‘University of London’. Dr. Suryavanshi holds a full- time Ph. D. degree in business management. He was awarded ‘Top 10 Vice Chancellor’ award by ‘Brand Honchos’ in May, 2022. He was also awarded with prestigious ‘AIMS International Fellow’ in Jan 2022. Professor Suryavanshi has been member of prestigious Project Review Committee of CDC, DSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology and International Life Science Institute. He has guided 12 Ph.D. Scholars, 04 Post-Doc scholars and large number of international dissertations. He serves on Boards of several companies across India, Singapore and Canada.

Shiv K. Tripathi is Vice Chancellor at Atmiya University, Rajkot. He also leads Humanistic Management Network India country chapter. He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching, research and higher education management in India and abroad with more than 90 publications, including 10 books.

Dr. S. K. Rathor PhD, M.Sc. & M.Phil. in Physics and MBA in marketing started his career as Computer Engineer in one of the top IT Company of the country in 1991. After four and half years of his services he established and successfully ran his own Computer Company but his undying passion towards education, inspired him to venture into early year education. He started first preschool in 1999 and his vision to establish an unique learning system for the preschoolers made him travelled to several countries to understand and explore different preschool education systems. His in-depth research on early year education inspired him to adopt U.K. concept of preschool education. Dr. S. K. Rathor is decorated with “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” for his contribution in the field of education and is awarded as “The Most Successful Educationist in Early Childhood Education”. He is a well-known name in the field of education today and his Success Story is telecasted on ABP News. Dr. Rathor is a regular speaker in major conferences & seminars on Education & Entrepreneurship in the country.

Tijay Gupta is the co-founder & COO at BACHPAN Play School & Academic Heights group of schools which has 1200+ branches across India & Nepal. Awarded by Business World 40 under 40 Entrepreneur Award in 2020 he holds a graduate degree in Pol. Science (Hons) from Delhi University and has a vast knowledge and inclination for Computer Science & Management. Owing to this interest and talent, he went on to pursue a lot of popular and market-driven certifications & programs conducted by universities across the globe. He has been an eminent speaker, moderator & panellist in more than 200 webinars & seminars pertaining to education & technology of national and international repute. As an eduprenuer he has been awarded with many titles which recognise his amazing contribution in play as well as formal school sector.

B. Anantha Krishnan is the CEO Operations at Kalorex Group Of Institutions. Mr. Krishnan is a target oriented professional with 22+ Years of Experience in Techno-commercial and Operational roles in the field of Education. He has a good exposure in starting Schools and Educational Institutions right from the drawing board and establishing them into a profit venture. He also has an expertise in K-12 Joint-Ventures, Supplimentary Education programmes and tie-ups at Pan Asia level. Prior to joining Kalorex Group in 2014, he was associated with FIITJEE Limited in the position of DGM – Formal Education & International Ventures. He holds a B.Com. degree from the Delhi University.