Thought Leaders

Thought Leader, 

 Academic Advisor, Distinguished Academic Consultant

Focus Areas  

• Professor Dinesh Singh, chancellor K.R. Mangalam University is an Indian professor of mathematics. He served as the 21st Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi, is a distinguished fellow of Hackspace at Imperial College London and has been an adjunct professor of Mathematics at the University of Houston
• For his services to the nation he was conferred with the Padma Shri (one of the highest civilian awards of the Government of India awarded by the President of India)
• Served in Governance Boards of - National Science Centre, Delhi; Board of Trustees of the Association of Commonwealth Universities; Executive Committee of Universitas 21 (A global initiative of leading universities); Executive Committee of the India International Centre; Software Technology Parks of India; IIT Bombay; IIIT Delhi; Jury of the Jnanpith Award and Central Advisory Board on Education
• Member Scientific Advisory Committee (2011-18), Union Cabinet, Government of India
• Member of several international delegations led by President of India and by HRD Ministers 
• Delivered by invitation numerous prestigious lectures across the globe

Experience

• Chancellor, KR Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana, India (2018-)
• Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, University of Houston, Texas, USA (1998-)
• Distinguished Academic Consultant, Middlesex University, London (2018-)
• Distinguished Professor, SGT University, Gurugram (2020-)
• Distinguished Professor, Shoolini University, Himachal Pradesh (2018-)
• Director, Mathematical Sciences Foundation, India 
• Distinguished Senior Fellow, Advanced Hackspace (2015-18)
• Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London
• Honorary Professor (2017-2019), IIIT Delhi
• Professor of Mathematics (1997-2020), University of Delhi
• Vice Chancellor (2010-15), University of Delhi, India
• Director, South Campus (2005-10), University of Delhi, India

Education 

• PhD in Math from Imperial College London in 1981
• B.A. (Hons - Maths) in 1975 and M.A. (Maths) in 1977 from St. Stephen's College, followed by M.Phil (Maths) in 1978 from the University of Delhi
• Holds numerous honorary doctorates some of them being awarded by University of Edinburgh, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, University College Cork, Ireland and University of Houston
• Honorary Doctorates from University of Edinburgh; National University of Ireland (UCC); University of Houston, Houston and NIT, Kurukshetra, India

 Thought Leader, 

Advanced R&D, Engineering & Marketing, Advanced Cyber Infrastructure

Focus Areas

• The application of emerging technologies (including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital twins) to advance social good, improve education, and accelerate discovery in science and engineering
• Raise awareness of the ethical issues that ensue
• Help young engineers develop leadership skills in an environment of rapid digital transformation

Experience

• Dr. Agerwala is an Executive-in-Residence at the Grove School of Engineering, New York, Adjunct Associate Professor, Pace University, New York, and Adjunct Professor, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India.
• Retired from IBM in 2014 as Vice-President of Data Centric Systems after 35 years. Held executive positions in research, strategy, advanced development, marketing, and business development. Led teams that developed and delivered leadership cyberinfrastructure technologies and supercomputers to industry, academia, and the national labs to create transformational solutions in science, engineering, healthcare, education, and national security. 
• Life Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE).
• Member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committees on Engineering, Advanced Cyber Infrastructure, and Business and Operations. 
• Council Member of the National Academies (NAS) Government University Industry Research Roundtable (2015-17).
• Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (1975 - 1979)

Education 

• B.Tech. Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur 
• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland  

Thought Leader,  

Immigration Law, Advocacy for fair immigration

 Focus Areas

• Immigration Law, advocacy for fair immigration
• Political engagement and reaching for a ‘ more perfect union’. A long standing curiosity about the philosophical foundations of the General Theory of Relativity awakened by Bertrand Russell’s explorations and the theory of evolution by Teilhard de Chardin
• Build a better world

Experience

• An attorney specializing in immigration law. He has practiced law in the Houston area for over 35 years. He built a law firm from ground up and now has a 5 lawyer practice. He started his legal career as a commercial litigator and has argued before federal and state courts and tried cases in these forums. 
• His practice is now focused on immigration law. In this area of practice he has argued at all levels of federal courts either in person or by brief including at the US Supreme court. His background in political science, literature, anthropology and philosophy of science allows him to view law in a larger context and within a crucible of many disciplines. He  served in Governor Ann Richards administration in the early ’90s. 
• During the Clinton administration he was a frequent guest of the White House for consultations on immigration  and South Asian policy. He has served on many boards of a diverse variety of  organizations.

Education  

• BA (Double Honors political science and philosophy)  Summa cum laude. McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario Canada
• Doctor of Jurisprudence. South Texas College of Law, Houston Texas. Member Board of Advocates
• Currently working on the final chapters of thesis begun in 1979 on the Philosophical foundations of the General Theory

Thought Leader,  

Alternative Energy, Water Conservation, Waste Management, Technology

 Focus Areas

• Industries: Alternative energy, water conservation, waste management
• Technology: Disruptive processes for poverty alleviation and human emancipation
• Impact: Spiritual development, holistic health care, co-existence with all life

Experience

• Design engineer for fired heaters and heat exchangers for chemical and fertilizer plants
• Software design and development for Engineering, Optimization and Agricultural applications among others
• Principal engineer, engineering computer applications, in a US Oil and Petrochemical Consulting firm (Pullman Kellogg)
• Entrepreneur in software export out of India from 1986 

Education  

• B. E. in Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Trichy, South Inda
• M.Sc Thermal Power Engineering from University of London
• D I C from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

Thought Leader,  

Education (Professional Advisory & Development)

 Focus Areas

• Professional advisory to New Schools Projects
• Operational Management Services
• Curriculum Development
• Transformational strategy Planning 
• Professional development Services for School Leaders and teachers

Experience

• Founder Principal, The Kosala School-a rural day cum boarding school, Orissa
• Founder Principal, Delhi Public School, NALCO 
• Principal, GEMS OOEHS, Fujairah (UAE)
• Executive Principal, GEMS OOEHS, DUBAI
• Chief Academic Officer, GEMS(India) Delhi NCR
• Chief Executive officer, Synergy School Systems, NOIDA, Delhi NCR
• Chief Academic Advisor, Kothari Group of Schools and VES Group of schools, India  

Education  

• IV -year integrated B Sc., Bed (Science) , RCE, Bhubaneswar, governed by NCERT 
• MA (English) Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
• M. Ed, Central Institute of Education, Delhi University, Delhi
• CIIT, Marjons, Plymouth, UK

 Industry Influencer,

Cybersecurity, Startups Mentoring,  Marketing and Strategy, Author  

Focus Areas

• Mentoring entrepreneurs
• Technology - Emerging technical fields, information security, big data analytics
• Authorship in philosophical subjects, especially the corporate and personal living and Jain philosophy 

 Experience  

• 2011-2014: CEO, RedSeal, Inc.
• 2008-2011: Founder, CEO, JovianData.
• 2006-2007: McAfee Inc., EVP, Worldwide Corp Dev, BD and Strategy
• 2003-2006:  McAfee Inc., EVP & CMO
• 2000-2003:  Founder, CEO, IntruVert Networks

Education  

• PhD Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• MS Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati
• BS Electric Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
• BS Physics, Delhi University, Delhi, India

 Industry Influencer,

Risk Management & Entrepreneurial Finance; and Management Consulting   

Focus Areas

• Industry: Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals
• Technology: Noninvasive Diagnostics, Meaningful Clinical Risk assessments through Data Analytics & Machine Learning applications, Targeted Drug Delivery devices
• Social / Others: Creation of more effective clinician data analytics and algorithms to motivate patients’ individual management of chronic diseases and emotional wellness 
• Currently working for a venture developing ‘Personalized Treatments with new medicine formulations’ 

 Experience 

• 20+ years with large and medium manufacturing organizations at midlevel Operations, Executive & CEO 
• Founding team in three startups
• 20 years of teaching and research in Financial Institutions

Education  

• MBA, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
• ME (Industrial Engineering)
• B. Tech (Chemical engineering)

     Industry Influencer, 

 Climate Change,  Clean Air, EVs, Power Plants, Micro-Grids 

Focus Areas  

• Climate Change Mitigation
• Clean Air for all
• Electric Vehicles for all
• Electricity for every corner of the globe

Experience  

• Inventor and Innovator Renewable Energy and Waste-to-Energy
• 12 US Patents. Developing a power plant for gas with 2% the strength of natural gas
• Solar energy expert, concentrated solar, PV
• Grid interconnection expert
• Volunteer with Special Needs children

Education  

• MS, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Michigan
• MBA, Loyola University of Chicago
• BS., Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University

     Industry Influencer, 

Business Process Re-engineering, Digital Transformations (Healthcare & Telecom)

Focus Areas  

• Process re-engineering and transformation
• Building cross cultural teams globally to solve complex issues 
• Strategy development and P&L management 

Experience  

• 35+ years, created high performance teams, fostered innovation, implemented strategic changes, re-engineered processes, and executed strategies for growth
• P& L management of data services ($700M+ annually) for Concert, JV between AT&T and BT 

Education  

• Alumnus of IMD, Switzerland, and University of Kansas 
• M.B.A. – Finance & Operations Research, Ph.D. - Operations Research (ABD) 
• Executive Management programs at Columbia University, NYU & Thunderbird 

Industry Influencer, 

Investment Banking, Energy, Technology Services

Focus Areas

• Mentoring promoters of promising startups
• Sales strategy, product-market fit
• Governance and Value Systems

Experience  

• Field Operations with Oilfield Service Providers 
• Investment Banking (IPOs, M&A advisory, Structured Debt)
• Technology Solutions leveraging AI and advanced analytics on IIoT data
• Private Equity in Commercial Real Estate

Education    

• BS in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, India
• MBA in Strategy and Finance from IIM Ahmedabad, India

Industry Influencer, 

Medicine and Sub-Specialties in Cardiology

Focus Areas

• Interest in interface of technology and medicine to deliver, effective, cheap healthcare with resource optimization
• Interest in cutting down redundancy, and financialization of medicine improving patient access & affordability 
• Data driven healthcare with emphasis on upstream prevention rather than downstream disease intervention
• Partnership with patients with self monitoring and management of chronic conditions
• Non drug options and alternative paradigms in conditions not effectively addressed in mainstream medicine

Experience

• Nearly 40 years academic and clinical experience in Medicine and Sub-Specialties
• Exposure to wide range of Healthcare institutions public and private with unique demography and challenges
• Consultant Cardiologist in the Southwest Houston/Sugar Land Area
• Held academic positions in Medicine and Cardiology at Baylor, as well as University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, prior to transitioning to private practice
• Maintains an active interest in academic Cardiology and is a proponent of optimization of Clinical Care with effective use of technology, data and analytics, to render better and more cost effective care

Education

• Graduate and  Post Graduate (Medicine/Neurology), Medical education in India. 
• After Research and Clinical fellowship focusing on HIV, at University of Miami, completed Internal Medicine residency  and Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease from Baylor College of Medicine at Houston, TX

 Industry Driver & Enabler,

 Technology Consulting and Outsourcing in Diverse Industry Segments, Startups Mentoring

Focus Areas 

• Business & Technology Consulting and Technology Outsourcing 
• Sales & Marketing Strategy - Market penetration and market Shaping across Europe, US & Asia Pacific 
• Building high performance team 
• Start-up propositions and GTM strategy for new region, propositions and industry 

 Experience 

• Niraj has over 30 + years’ experience of working with F500/G2000 Companies across various Industry Segments in Business and IT Transformation Consulting, Sales & Marketing strategy for new market/Industry, building high performance team, Sales & Customer advocacy, Business Operations and P&L Management for the region
• He has experience of working with Global Engineering & Technology Consulting companies like L&T, Atos Origin, L&T Infotech and HCL Technologies across, Europe, US, SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand and India. 
• As a regional head for business at HCL Technologies, he is responsible for New and Strategic Business across Diversified Industries Portfolio including Hi-Tech & Manufacturing, CPG, Retail, Energy & Utilities, LS & HC, Travel, Transport & Logistics, BFSI and Public Services/Government and he is based out of London, United Kingdom 

Education  

• MBA in Marketing from NMIMS Mumbai, India 
• B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Mumbai, India 
• Post Graduate courses from NITIE, Mumbai and IIMA, India

 Industry Driver & Enabler,

 Smart Cities, Telecommunication & Utilities, Advisory Services, Technology & Risk Consulting

Focus Areas 

• Kaustav is a software, telecom and management consulting expert having 30+ years of experience in varied roles. He has worked with global telecom operators and service providers across 35 countries 
• Kaustav has built successful software companies in the past. He has also worked with big four management consulting firms like PwC and KPMG as an advisor to their management and risk consulting practices
• Industries: Engineering Consultancy in Transport, Water and sustainability; Smart City and related initiatives; Telecommunication & Utilities
• Technology: SCADA, IOT , Big Data & Analytics 

 Experience 

• Kaustav helps to drive strategy for business growth primarily in Asia Pacific and MEA (Middle East and Africa) regions. 
• He is also involved in undertaking business advisory functions for Strategic business transformation and restructuring work for SMEs
• Currently working as Senior Advisor, Business Development South East Asia & MiddleEast at Eptisa from last 5+ years
• Worked in the domain of Advisory services in the areas of Strategy and Business Development for firms in India , Middle East & Africa for 10+ years
• Managed Advisor Management & Risk Consulting in KPMG and PwC for 5+ years
• Worked as SVP at Connectiva Systems Inc for 10+ years

Education  

• Kaustav is an electronics engineer from Shivaji University and is also certified by many top software technologies like Microsoft , Sun etc.

 Industry Driver & Enabler,

Start-Ups, Management Consulting, Technology Outsourcing

Focus Areas

• Passionate entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, education, equity & community; Start-Ups, Management Consulting, Technology Outsourcing

Experience

• Usha combines an extensive background as a senior IT Director (HP/Tandem) and CIO (Fujitsu PC) in Fortune 500 companies, with a passion for entrepreneurship and dedication to social impact in all that she does
• With her lifelong interest in education equity, she is currently Founder/CEO of Meemli, a nonprofit education technology company that works to improve equity in education by leveraging the ease of technology, the power of community and the expertise of educators to bring great learning experiences to all students
• In addition to Meemli, Usha mentors women of all ages from teens to retirees, and is actively involved with dynamic arts nonprofits Enacte Arts, Sangam and is a Founding Circle member of Neythri, promoting women’s career development

Education

• MS, Mathematics , IIT Madras, India