Speakers

Prof. Sasmita Samanta is currently donning the mantle of Professor of Management and Vice-Chancellor of KIIT (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Her academic areas of interest and specialisation include: Organisational Behaviour, Human Development and Leadership. Prof. Sasmita’s illustrious academic career is manifested in such distinctions as Ph.D. (Management); a Stanford LEAD Alumna and Stanford Distinguished Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA; Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (FRSA, UK); and Fellow of Computer Society of India (FCSI, India). Her rich academic accomplishments and long administrative experience have made her an ardent believer in leading from front with human-centric values, a sine qua non, for imparting distinct identity to any institution of real substance. Besides, Prof. Sasmita has an unmitigated penchant for engaging in different social initiatives related to Education for All, Occupational Health and Safety, particularly for agriculture and construction workers, Indigenous Entrepreneurship, to name a few. Her professional and social commitments provide a much-needed source of inspiration to her colleagues to pursue ‘academic excellence tempered with societal concerns and aspirations’.

Amey Parulekar is a B-Tech engineer and is the go to guy for school Fee Finance. He comes with a wealth of 15 years of experience and is one of the founding members of Financepeer. Amey is a skilled professional , He is experienced in Global sales and has worked for companies like Microsoft, eMudhra and Groupe Veritas. He envisions to ease out Global School Fee Payments and boost the K-12 School/Education Eco-System

Meghdut Roy Chowdhury is the Director of Global Operations, Techno India Group, Kolkata. He is a serial entrepreneur, community builder and social change maker. He started his first company at the age of 19, a music recording studio by the name of BlooperHouse Studios, which has till date produced more than 3000 albums and artists from across the world. Meghdut has a Masters’ in Management with a specialization in International Business from HEC Paris, Stanford University and Tel Aviv University. He is currently the Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer at Techno India Group, one of the largest educational conglomerates in India and has been driving a new wave of experiential inter-disciplinary learning for adults through the recently established Offbeat CCU, a school of the future. He also runs a co-working space/startup incubator called ‘Technopreneurs Surrogate Ventures’ in Kolkata. He has recently co-founded Bengal Business Council to promote Entrepreneurship and change the narrative around doing business in the East.

Dr. Madan Mohan Goel is the Vice Chancellor of Starex University, Gurugram. He is a researcher, guide, orator, prolific writer and experienced in educational governance in universities under state, centre and private sector. As Founder of Needonomics School of Thought, he is completely dedicated to its development with broad based expertise in Indian economy. He possesses 40 years of teaching experience including 16 years as Professor of Economics at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK). He has administrative experience of 16 years in various capacities as Vice-Chancellor, JNU Jaipur, Director-cum-Vice-Chancellor Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur (RGNIYD- An Institution of National Importance) appointed by President of India, Pro Vice-Chancellor Veer Kunwar Singh University Ara (State University of Bihar), Dean of Colleges & Social Sciences, Chairman, Dept. of Economics & Dept. of Journalism at KUK. He also worked as Advisor (Public Finance) 6th State Finance Commission Haryana. Professor Goel has international recognition. He was first ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) Chair Professor in South Korea at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul. He was bestowed upon the honour of ‘Ambassador for Peace’ by the Universal Peace Federation. Adjunct Professor at School of Indic Studies, Institute of Advanced Sciences Dartmouth, USA. Dr. Goel was conferred Rotary Foundation Award for international understanding in 1983 which provided him the opportunity to be India representative in USA, UK and Canada. He has successfully guided 23 PhD and 25 MPhil Scholars. He has completed two research projects. He is a recipient of two gold medals for standing first class first in MPhil (Economics) and PGDJMC.

Dr. P.Balakrishna Shetty, known as one of the youngest Vice-Chancellors, born on 1st Oct 1962, at Kundapur. Father Thyampanna Shetty, mother Kamala Shetty. After this Dr Shetty, went to USA for further studies in Radio Diagnosis. In 1995 Dr Shetty was appointed as faculty Pediatric Radiology, at Children Hospital, Montréal, Canada. However he came back to India. Shetty joined as Asst Professor of Radiology in Sri Siddhartha Medical College.He is known in the International arena for developing the MR PET technology for early detection and staging of Cancer without Radiation. As an eminent Radiologist, Dr Shetty has worked in many International hospitals and Universities like Yale University Connecticut USA, Texas Children Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, St Lukes Episcopal Hospital Houston, Hamad International Hospital, Doha, and Cleveland Clinic, USA. Dr Shetty is involved in various Research Activities in the field of Whole Body Cancer Imaging by MR PET, Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Renal Cancers, Uterine Fibroids, and Stem Cell Imaging and rare Muscular Dystrophy.

Prof. (Dr.) Raghuvir Singh is currently the Vice Chancellor of Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad (U.P.), a large multi-disciplinary University. He is a Post Graduate in Management from Jamna Lal Bajaj Institute of Management (JBIMS), University of Mumbai and Doctorate from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has been in management education for last 27 years. Some of the prominent institutes where he has served at senior positions are: Director, Business School, Manipal University, Jaipur; Head Management Group, BITS, Pilani; Founder Principal, Mody Institute of Management, Lakshmangarh; Director, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Gurgaon Campus; Director, IILM, Jaipur; Director and Executive Secretary, Indian Society for Technical Education, Delhi and Director, J.K. Business School, Gurgaon. His areas of interest are: Strategic Management, International Business Management, Research Methodology, Business Environment and Human Resource Management. Dr. Singh has published books & research papers in National & International journals, presented papers and chaired technical sessions in many national & international conferences. Delivered numerous guest/ invited lectures in different institutes & refresher programs sponsored by UGC. He is life member of professional bodies like AIMA, ISTD and ISTE and AIMS- International. Dr. Singh is the recipient of “Top Director of leading business schools in India” in 2012, awarded by Competition Success Review (CSR), New Delhi and top 50 Higher Education Thought leader for 2020 & Top 20 Vice Chancellors of India for 2020 by uLketz and others.

Namit Soni is the Director & CEO of Soni Group of Hospitals. He did his B.Sc. from St. Stephens College, Delhi and MBA from Indian Management Institute, Delhi. He has received IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award. Mr. Soni is an Internal Accessor (NABH) with Quality Accreditation and also the President in BNI Coral. He is also the Executive Director in Corporate Connection Jaipur and Executive Member in Vidyashram Old Student’s Association (VOSA).

Prof Dr. Sayalee Gankar is the Vice Chancellor of D Y Patil University Pune. He has worked as a Dean Academics l Dean Management (PG Program) at MIT World Peace University. He worked as Director for two Flagship institutes of MAEERs MIT Group of Institutions: MIT School of Management (MITSOM) & MIT College of Management (MITCOM) for more than 14 years. He is the National President for National Council for Higher Education of India at Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI), New Delhi. Dr. Gankar is the Honorary member of National Advisory Council at SME Chamber of India, Mumbai. He also worked as Chairman and Member for various committee namely Board of Studies and Advisory Board of National, University and Industry level such as National Institute for Banking & Management (NIBM); Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU); Symbiosis International University, Pune; J K Laxmipath University (JKLU), Jaipur. He worked with MCCIA as Chairperson for Women Entrepreneur Committee. He received Scholarships and Awards Best Entrepreneur Trainer Motivator by EDII, Ahmedabad in 2003, Mother Teresa Award, Dronacharya Award, Best Director Award, Best Teacher Award and many more.

Sahil Pruthi is the founder of Keto India and Livofy – which are one of India’s most loved chronic care management companies that helps people reverse, manage their chronic care issues through personalized, integrative care protocols. Sahil was recently featured on Shark Tank India, where his company was offered one of the highest funding offers of INR 1.6 Cr. He has previously worked in the US Healthcare space at Innovaccer and has worked at leading companies like TravelTriangle, Samsung, and Kronos Inc. Apart from creating impact in the healthcare space, Sahil is passionate about writing, theaters, and poetry.

Dr. Shuchin Bajaj is the Founder Director of Ujala Cygnus Hospitals. He is a highly qualified medical scholar. After completing his MBBS from PGIMS, Rohtak, he did his Doctorate in Internal Medicines (MD) from Dr S N Medical College, Jodhpur in 2004. Apart from the foregoing, he also did a Certified Professional course on Diabetes Management and Total Control from American Academy of Continuing Medical Education, the USA in 2008, Advanced Program in Strategic Management from I.I.M. Calcutta in 2013, and Advanced Program in Cardiac Emergencies from Boston University in 2014. Dr Bajaj was the recipient of the British Government’s 2015 Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence award at King’s College London, where he spent considerable time studying the various facets of Leadership, its various challenges, and its learnings for India. In addition to numerous other awards and accolades, Dr. Bajaj has received the “World Wide Achievers Health Care Excellence Award 2014” for Healthcare Excellence in Internal Medicine in Delhi and NCR, ”Best Consultant in Internal Medicine in Delhi 2012” by the Time Research Media Foundation, “National Award for Excellence in Healthcare 2015” for fastest growing healthcare chain in North India along with “2015 Leaders Award”.