Speakers

Dr. Manish Kothari is the President of ISBR Group of Institutions and a doctorate from University of Mysore and MBA from Karnataka University. He is also a Gold Medalist to the University of Karnataka . He is the receiver of various awards like Jewels of Rajasthan award for his contribution to the field of Business & Education, «Business Excellence »award through the K.L.E Group for his Business Acumen,The “Godwad Gaurav” award, a prestigious award awarded as the “Achivement of Excellence” in the Jain Community and awarded the “Young Achievers Award”by the ‘Lions Club International. His Group of institutions under his leadership has 16 international university partners across the globe. His Business School has recieved the National Excellence Award as the ‘Most Upcoming Business School of the Year’.

Dr. Jamshed Bharucha is the founding vice chancellor of Sai University. He is the president emeritus of Cooper Union, New York. His previous positions include provost & senior vice president, Tufts University; dean of the School of Arts & Science, Dartmouth College; fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; and visiting scholar at Harvard University, Stanford University, and Carnegie Mellon University. He has done extensive research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, focusing on the cognitive and neural basis of the perception of music. He was editor of the interdisciplinary journal Music Perception. Dr. Bharucha is a Pride of America Honoree accorded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award by Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College and the Huntington Teaching Award by Dartmouth College. He completed his PhD in Psychology at Harvard University. He is also an alumnus of Yale University, Vassar College, and the Trinity College of London.

Dr. Dwarika Prasad Uniyal, is the former Dean of FLAME School of Business, He brings with him rich and varied experience of more than 25 years in premier academic institutions and industry. FLAME University. In an academic career spanning over two decades, Professor Uniyal taught at premier Business Schools like IIM Kashipur MICA – Ahmedabad, SPJIMR – Mumbai and SP Jain School of Global Management – Dubai. Professor Uniyal was also part of O.P. Jindal Global University as the Founding Assistant Dean. In the past he had been invited by Govt. of India to serve as Professor of Management in India’s premier academy, LBSNAA – Mussoriee, to train India’s civil services. Professor Uniyal served on the board of Braithwaite & Co. Professor Uniyal is also an academic entrepreneur having worked towards many startups institutions as a part of founding team.

Prof. D.N Reddy is the Chairman of BOG Vasavi Engineering College, Hyderabad. He has served as the Director of CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS), HCU Campus, Hyderabad since last 4 years. Prof. Reddy has also served as Chairman, Recruitment & Assessment Centre, DRDO, Min. of Defence and also as the Vice-Chancellor, JNT University Hyderabad. He has been In-charge Vice Chancellor of Osmania University during Feb – July 2011. Prior to this, he has contributed immensely in the area of academic planning and research as Principal, University College of Engineering, Osmania University for nearly eight years, Dean Faculty of Engineering, E.C. Member, Osmania University and also as the Founder Director, Centre for Energy Technology, Osmania University for promoting Renewable Energy Technologies. He served in Osmania University for over 3 decades as Faculty of Engineering. Prof. Reddy is Life Member of many professional societies. In his illustrious career, Prof Reddy has widely travelled in India and abroad. He has supervised 15 PhD’s besides having 90 publications. He has significantly contributed in DRDO in the selection and career growth of Scientists as Chairman RAC. He is also Honorary Chairman, Appellate Committee, National Board of Accreditation, MHRD, Government of India since last 5 years.

Dr. M S Shyamasundar, senior most adviser in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is one of the first team of officers of NAAC. He has been a part of its development for more than two decades. His academic expanse knows no bounds. He has secured Ph. D (Agricultural Economics) with high distinction, first rank in M. Sc. (Ag. Econ.) with two gold medals, third rank in B.Sc. (Ag.Ma.Co), destination in PGDBA and much more. Having worked as Research Fellow, Research Associate, Research Officer, Assistant Adviser and Deputy Adviser in different organisations, he has impacted a lot of institutions with his experience. He has participated as an international expert in Training of Trainers / Accreditors / Auditors in Philippines, Nepal, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. He also shared the dias with the Chief Minister of Karnataka and Hon’ble Vice President of India. He has co-ordinated on-site visits to more than 3200 institutions.

Dr. Yaj Medury is an acclaimed academician and a seasoned professional with more than three decades of opulent academic and administrative experience. Before joining Mahindra Group, Dr. Yajulu Medury was the Vice Chancellor of Bennett University at Greater Noida, U.P. At Bennett University, he developed academic partnerships with Georgia Tech for Engineering, Johnson Business Cornell University for Management, Cornell Law School for Law, Babson College USA for Entrepreneurship and others. In addition, between 2001 and 2003, Dr. Medury successfully established 3 Universities (2 State and 1 Deemed). Prior to that Dr. Medury was the Vice Chancellor of Jaypee University of IT, Himachal Pradesh and Founding Vice Chancellor of VIT University, Vellore. Immediately before that he was the Chairman & Managing Director of Educational Consultants of India Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking of the Government of India. His contributions to the field of academics have been widely acknowledged. He has more than 40 publications to his credit which have been extensively circulated in national and international journals and conferences. Dr. Medury has a B.Tech Honours degree from IIT, Kharagpur; MS and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Dr. Kiran Reddy Completed her MBA from Bangalore University with a Specialization in HRM & Marketing. Dr Reddy has thirty five years of rich experience in academics that includes teaching to post graduate management students; administration as head of the institution, member in the Academic Council (three terms); Syndicate (two terms); Senate (one term) of Bangalore University; Member of Board of Examinations (BOE); Member of Board of Studies (BOS) of Bangalore University; External Examiner of MBA students of Bangalore University. She has also acquired an insight into the processes, Quality Policies and administration of the educational institution by serving as: Chairperson & Member for Local Inquiry Committee of Bangalore University; Member – AICTE Inspection Committee and certified Assessor for NAAC audits. Twenty Seven years of dedicated effort to nurture Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences (AIMS) from a ‘two UG -programme institute’ to a prestigious ‘Fourteen Programme Institute’ that now competes with well established and long standing institutes in India.

Dr. B. Sendilkumar, Dean and Director of School of Allied Health Sciences, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation-DU hails from the beautiful temple city of kanchipuram in India and has acquired the following Qualifications starting from BDS, MBA, MPH,MPhil-HHSM,Phd, D.Litt,D.sc. Administering nearly 20 UG and 11 PG courses in Allied Health Sciences at 3 different campuses in Salem, Pudhucherry & Karaikal. With a rich 25 years of experience including Academics ,He has published 25 Research Papers and Articles,Had been invited as a Guest speaker and Panelist in around 30 International and National events, Organized 20 International and National Conferences and 100+ webinars. As a recognition for His Outstanding and Excellent Contribution to various academic and research activities he had been awarded 21 prestigious and honorary awards by different International and National conclaves. The CSR activities organized by him for the benefit of the society has been well appreciated and acclaimed by people of all sectors. He is dynamic and versatile person having a quest for knowledge and continuously marching towards success.

Dr. Chattar Singh is a well-known Social Scientist and a political analyst. Dr Singh specializes in regional studies having done his Master’s degrees in History, Mass Communication and Laws. He was awarded Ph.D degree by Kurukshetra university. He organized three national seminars and one international conference as Chairman of the History Department besides many orientation and refresher courses for the university and college teachers. As a Founder of School of Social Sciences, Law, Management and Fine Arts, Dr Singh spearheaded quality academics with focus on research an national and international seminars. He worked as Registrar of a noted international university in Greater Noida and as Proctor in another global university in Bikaner which was conferred the Best Education Award-2017 by The Economic Times and The Best Rural University of India for 2017-18 by the ASSOCHAM.