Prof. Bhimaraya A. Metri
President, ISDSI Global, Director IIM Nagpur
Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, Director, IIM Nagpur is a distinguished academician, renowned teacher, researcher and an astute administrator. He is current heading ISDSI-Global as president. He is also chairman of IIMN Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development. An outstanding leader of management education, he has performed key leadership roles at many premier management institutes and corporate in his remarkable career. A renowned expert in the area of Project Management & infrastructure, Quality Management and Supply Chain Management, he has numerous research paper and books to his credit apart from being on the editorial advisory boards of several national and international journals.
Prof. Bharat Bhasker
President,ISDSI Global (India),Director IIM Raipur
Dr. Bharat Bhasker is currently working as Director of IIM Raipur. He is also a president (India) at ISDSI-Global. An authority in the area of digital economy, he has published multiple papers in international academic journals of high repute and authored several books. Dr. Bhasker has almost three decades of international experience in industry, research, teaching, and consulting. Dr. Bhasker has also been associated as Visiting Professor with ESSEC Business School, France, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, University of Maryland, University of California and University of Texas, USA.
Prof. Mahadeo Jaiswal
Vice President, Industry and institutional memberships, Director, IIM Sambalpur
Dr. Mahadeo Jaiswal is the Founding Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur. Prior to this he was Professor in Information Systems and Dean (Research) at MDI, Gurgaon. His qualifications include PGPX from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA; PhD in Computer Science from Delhi University and Sr. Fulbright Fellow from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Recently, He has been Visiting Professor at IIM Ahmedabad, University of California, USA and Rotterdam School of Management, NL. His area of expertise includes Innovation Strategy for Start-ups, Digital Innovation, Platform Eco Systems, Social Entrepreneurship, eGovernment, and IT Strategy. He has published more than 100 research papers and Cases in International Journals and He is author of seven books in Information Systems and Digital Strategy. He has pioneered in introducing Flipped Classroom as learning pedagogy in India. He has been member of several expert committee of GOI and Industry.
Prof. Eknath B Khedkar
Vice President, South East Asia and Middle East Region, Former Vice Chancellor, Ajinkya DY Patil Deemed University
Dr. Eknath .B.Khedkar is an eminent personality in the education circle, nationally. He is dynamic educationist with around 26 years rich experience in industry, teaching and research . He has more than 35 research papers to his credit in various national and international level journals and conferences. He has been active in participating in more than 150 national and international conferences. He has authored and published 9 books. He has been bestowed with prestigious national and international awards.
Prof. Arun Elias
Vice President, Australasia Region, Associate Dean, Victoria University, NZ
Dr. Arun is the Associate Dean, International and Accreditation with Wellington School of Business and Government. His main research interests are in the areas of systems thinking, system dynamics, stakeholder management and operations management. Arun has been associated with Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand since 1999. Before taking up his current role as the Associate Dean (International and Accreditation), he was the Director of MBA and Post Experience programmes from 2007 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2017.
Prof. Ramachandran Natarajan
Vice President, American Regions (North & south), Associate Dean, Tennessee Tech University, USA
Dr. Ramachandran Natarajan is the W. E. Mayberry Professor of Management and the Associate Dean of the College of Business. He holds professional certifications from ASCM, the Association for Supply Chain Management (previously APICS). He has published in leading journals in his area. In a study published in 1993 in Journal of Operations Management, he was recognized as one of the “Top 100 Researchers,” in Operations Management during a five-year period. He has received the College of Business Advisory Board Award for Outstanding Faculty/Researcher many times.
Prof. Mahesh Gupta
Vice President, Research and Publication, University of Louisville, USA
Dr. Mahesh Gupta holds master’s in management science from the University of Manitoba (Canada), and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville (USA). His areas of expertise and interest include evaluating and improving the organizational performance by using management philosophies (e.g., Just-in-Time, Activity Based Management, Theory of Constraints, Quality Management, Market Orientation). He has published his research in numerous journals including Journal of Operational Research Society, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers and Operations Research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, and Production and Inventory Management Journal.
Prof. Soni Agarwal (International Management Institute, Kolkata campus)
Vice President, Compliances and corporate governance
Dr. Soni Agrawal is Associate Professor, Dean EDP & MDP International Management Institute Kolkata. She holds doctorate in Management from IIT, Kharagpur. She specializes in HR & OB. She is having 18+ years of industry-academia experience. She is in the board of companies in the area of Fintech and BFSI. She had worked with IT/ITES and FMCG companies before joining academics. She is a corporate trainer and had trained senior and mid-level executives of both public and private enterprises in HR Analytics, building positive attitude and motivation for higher performance, negotiation and conflict management skills and performance management. Some of the companies include CESC, PCBL, Oxford University Press, India Post, LIC, Guiltfree, etc. As a researcher she had published two books and several papers in peer reviewed high-quality journal.
Prof. Rajwinder Singh (Patiala University, Punjab)
Vice President, Membership Development
Dr. Rajwinder Singh is an Assistant Professor at the School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala. Previously he has worked as an Associate Professor with International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar. He held several administrative positions such as Member Board of Studies, Member ACD, Coordinator (Student Activities), and Coordinator Placements. His specialization areas include-Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Quantitative Techniques.
Prof. Ravi Kumar Jain
(Director, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad Campus), Secretary General –ISDSI Global
Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain, a start-up evangelist, is a Doctorate in Business Management. Dr.Jain brings in over 20 years of rich experience in family business management, teaching and training, research, business consulting and academic administration. Institution building and championing new initiatives has been his forte. He is an avid researcher with more than 100 international and national publications to his credit; authored and edited 40+ books in the area of business management, banking & finance and ICT management. He serves on the editorial boards of reputed international refereed journals. He was the founding director of Symbiosis institute of Research and innovation at Pune; and currently he is the Founding Director of Symbiosis Institute of Business management (SIBM) Hyderabad Campus. He is serving on the Board of prestigious global education and Industry consortiums. Dr. Jain has won various awards for his academic and administrative activities. The latest being the “Best Director of B-School” by Decision Science Institute Indian Subcontinent chapter in the year 2018.