Speakers

Dr. Vikas Singh is Vice Chancellor at ITM University Raipur. He is a very passionate teacher and has positively impacted the career and life of more than five thousand students directly in his class rooms over his twenty five years teaching career. He is a TEDx speaker. He is the author of the bestsellers category education book “Paper to Screen – The Future of Education”. This book has been translated into the Persian Language by the University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. Dr. Singh has published two patents, three books, three award-winning case studies, and more than 30 research papers. Dr. Singh has guided many doctoral and post graduate research scholars. Dr. Singh has been honoured with the award of “Best Academician – Director” by India Today; “Excellence and Innovation in Engineering Education” by Business World; “Top 50 Distinguished Educators in Higher Education Across India” by uLektz Chennai; and “Iconic Leader in Higher Education” by AKS Education Awards. Dr. Singh has also been recipient of “Life Time Achievement Award for Education Excellence” by IEDRA. He has the distinction of being the only Asian member in the Global Leadership Coaching Group of BUSINET – Global Business Education Network, United Kingdom. He is also an old Rotarian and a Paul Harris Fellow. Prior to ITM, Dr. Singh has worked with Amity University; Chandigarh University, and ITS – The Education Group.

Raj Singh is the Vice Chancellor of JAIN Bangalore. With 40 years of experience including 27 years in education, he has been the Vice Chancellor of prestigious Universities like G D Goenka University-Gurgaon, Amity –Jaipur and Amity-Gwalior. He has been advisor to many Universities across India. He served the Indian Air Force from 1981 to 1994. A consultant, trainer, astute academic administrator, teacher, speaker and education entrepreneur. Dr. Singh has done his Masters in Economics and CFA and PhD in Strategic Finance. Dr Singh is known for his orataory skills, and is a TEDx Speaker. Widely travelled, and a visiting Professor at IIT-Delhi, Delhi School of Economics, Jamia Hamdard UNiversity, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur and Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has been conferred Awards for exemplary Education Leadership in 2012, 2016, 2017 and Peter Drucker Memorial Award 2020. He is also the Vice Co-Chair, ASSOCHAM, Karnataka Chapter. He has developed the unique Trans-disciplinary Project Centric Learning️ at JAIN, which will take education to the intersection of research and practice during JAIN 2.

Dr.B.R Ramakrishna (Vice Chancellor, S-VYASA Deemed to be University) Awarded Gold Medal & Karnataka State Award for topping the University. Member of Senate, Syndicate, BOS, Academic Council & AYUSH faculty, RGUHS, Bangalore. Member of BOS, BOE, Academic Council and S-Vyasa Yoga University, Prashanthi Kuteeram, Jigani, Bangalore. Member of Sub-Committee, Task Force for AYUSH, Government of India New Delhi. Member of Sub-Committee, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Government. of Karnataka, Bangalore. Member of Karnataka Fee Regulatory Authority for professional Courses, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Member of Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Board, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Member of Integrative Cancer Programme , Government of India, New Delhi. International Exposure: Conducts Ayurveda & Yoga Workshop at Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Dr. Nagarajan Ramamoorthy received his PhD in Business and Management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Ramamoorthy has taught a variety of courses in the management discipline at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He spent a semester at the University of National and World Economy in Bulgaria as a Fulbright Scholar in 2008 and a recipient of a second Fulbright grant to teach/research at the University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera, Latvia. He has lectured at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, the University of Applied Sciences in Austria, Burgas Free University, and University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria). He also received the University’s Research and Scholarly Excellence Award in 2008, the Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and the Best Reviewer Award for European Management Review awarded by the European Academy of Management. He has served as the founding Chair of the Management & Marketing Department of the University of Houston-Victoria’s School of Business (AACSB accredited), member of the President’s Cabinet, and member of the Academic Council, Chair of the University Grievance Committee, Policy Review Committee, among others. He has published his research in leading journals including Human Relations, British Journal of Management, Journal of International Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Creativity and Innovation Management Journal, and has presented his research at several national and international conferences. He has served on several editorial boards including the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology in the UK, the Irish Journal of Management in Ireland, Current Issues of Business and Law in Lithuania, and the Fulbright Peer Review Board.

Hersh is the CEO of India Affiliate of Institute of Risk Management, UK, and India Chairman of IRM Regional Group. He has over 11 years of experience in audit and assurance, risk management, consulting and corporate finance including structuring strategic alliances & partnerships with specific focus in the education sector. Hersh was previously associated with KPMG Risk Consulting where he worked on many enterprise risk consulting assignments across South Africa, USA, UK, China and the Middle East. Post KPMG he also helped in setting up entrepreneurship business school.

Sri Enugala Vikram Reddy is a Co-Chairperson of the Viswa Bharati Education Society. He acquired B.Tech. from MGIT Hyderabad. After completion of his graduation, he has completed MBA from U.S.A. He is Serving as a Director for Eva Motion Studious. B Tech- Computer Science (JNTUH) MBA – Project Mnagement, Keller Graduate School of Management Leadership in Etchical Practice – Harvard University, USA. Award Recieved for Educational Entrepreneur of the year in 2016, organised by CNBC TV 18

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.

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. Venkat Ramana Sudigali is a UK-qualified Consultant Radiologist with 20 years of experience in NHS as a doctor – licensed to practice in the UK, Ireland, and India. He is currently the Medical Director and CEO of Excell Hospital in Hyderabad, India. Dr. Sudigali is the first-ever Ambassador of the Royal College of Radiologists. Facilitation of international collaborations and partnerships in advanced healthcare technology, innovation, education, and public health. Dr. Sudigali has an MBA in advanced healthcare management. He is also an Advisor and Consultant for several world-class health technology firms and startups including Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, and Digital healthcare. Dr. Venkat is Patient-centric and keeps his emphasis on quality and safety.

Dr. Kunal Jawahar Thakkar is Chief Operating Officer at BAPS Pramukh Swami Hospital, Surat, Gujarat since 2013. With a progressive career spanning more than 12 years he has led teams in the field of medical administration, quality, project management and hospital operations. Graduated as a medical doctor from B.J.Medical College, Ahmedabad, he pursued post-graduation in Hospital & Healthcare Management from IIHMR, Jaipur and has Executive Post Graduation in Financial Management from IMT, Ghaziabad. He is certified in Healthcare Risk Management by CAHO and ASQua and is also a Qimpro certified Qualitist. He is NABH Assessor for Hospitals. His passion is to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and also work towards developing healthcare professionals for the future. He believes that with medical knowledge and managerial expertise, he can contribute his bit towards a better healthcare for the country.