Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Location: Delhi
Vice Admiral Raman Puri was commissioned in the Executive Branch of
the Indian Navy in Jan 1966. He is a Gunnery and Missile specialist and holds a Masters
degree in Defence Studies from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He is
also an alumnus of the Command and General Staff College from the erstwhile USSR
and the National Defence College, New Delhi.
The Admiral has held a number of important Command and Staff appointments
during his distinguished career. These include command of 5 frontline warships of the
Indian Navy including the Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant. His ashore appointments include
founder Director of the College of Naval Warfare, Flag Officer Offshore Defence Advisory
Group, Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area, Fortress Commander
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, New Delhi and the
Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Naval Command. Prior to his retirement the
Admiral was the Chief of the Integrated Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
(CISC).
During his tenure as the CISC, a number of bold initiatives were implemented to
strengthen the Higher Defence Management of the Armed Forces. These included
streamlining of the acquisition process, Development of Industry-Academicia-DRDO and
Armed Forces partnership for formulating indigenous solutions to the needs of the Armed
Forces, Development of the Defence Space Vision for the Armed Forces etc. The
Admiral was also a key member of the Committee established by the Govt to examine
changes in the acquisition process and enable greater participation by the private sector
in Defence production. Also lead staff talks with Miltary Staffs of other countries.
The Admiral retired from the Indian Navy in Feb 2006. Post retirement he was
Advisor to Bharat Electronics Ltd and on the board of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd till
September 2009. He was also member on the Task Force for Net Assessment and
Simulation of the National Security Council. and Director of the Institute of National
Security Studies and the Forum for Strategic and Security Studies wherein he has
undertaken projects for various institutions like the NCAER, DRDO, IDS HQRS, 13
Finance Commission and the NSC covering various National Security and Strategic
issues and also participated in a number of track 2 dialogues with various countries. Also
he was member of the National Security advisory board and consultant to Ministry of
Defence. Currently he is a Distinguished Fellow with the Vivekananda International
Institute.
Location: Delhi
Air Commodore Om Prakash Tiwari (16678) was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a navigator in flying branch on 11 Dec 1981. He is a CAT 'P( Qualified Navigation Instructor, Air Force Examiner on IL-76, Canberra and HS 748 aircraft. He has flown in excess of 6000 hours and functioned as Navigation leader at operational squadrons, Aviation Research Centre and Air Crew Examining Board. He has held several important and challenging appointments such as instructor at College of Defence Management, Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff at Headquarter Integrated Defence Staff before being appointed as the Air Officer Commanding of Air Force Selection Board, Mysore with effect from 26 Dec 2012. With his vast flying experience in Canberra, Air Commodore OP Tiwari was instrumental in streamlining the Para dropping procedures and he is also a pioneer in night operation and formulation of standard operating procedures of IL-76 aircraft at Leh and Thoise. He was involved in active flying during Kargil operations, relief operations during Tsunami and earthquake at Bhuj. He has undergone Higher Defence Management Course and the National Security and strategic studies Course at NDC. As DACIDS (Adm) at HQ lDS, he resolved the issues in acquiring the land for HQ and the construction of Messes. In the Tri services environment his efforts to maintain cohesiveness were well appreciated by the CISC. As AOC of Selection Board Mysore, he keenly followed the progress of Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS) and his remedial suggestions to DIPR expedited the process and CPSS is likely to be commissioned soon. He has also ensured a conducive selection environment besides bringing about administrative improvement in the quality of life of air warriors, civilians and welfare of veterans. He resolved long pending issues of mutation of land and found permanent solution to the water shortage at the station by means of getting direct water supply pipeline and rainwater harvesting projects. In view of sub conventional threats, regular exercises with Civil Police/intelligence agencies have been initiated and SOPs have been formulated. For distinguished service of high order, Hon'ble President is pleased to award Vishisht Seva Medal to Air Commodore Om Prakash Tiwari.
Location: Delhi
I was born in 1962. More than 33 years I have been in good terms with the Indian government and I have also been a great assist in strengthening the political situation of Tibetan society in exile.
Qualification:
Acharya from CIHTS, VARANASI IN 1988.
Class X from CST SHIMLA IN 1979.
Work Experience:
1983-1987 to service on the various post of Institute committees.
1989-1991 to service in the CIHTS, Varanasi.
1992-1996 to service in the TCV Suja as academic administer and Tibetan language teacher.
1994-1996 to service in the NDPT on the post of joint secretary by elected.
1997-2004 to service in the NDPT on the post of president by elected.
1997-2004 Indo Tibetan friendship association executive members.
1/8/2004 joined the TPPRC as executive programmer.
2006-present member of Tibetan in exile.
2007-2013 president of Ngari Chithung association.
2012 appointed as board member of Tibetan culture and education printing centre.
2013-2016 minister of cultural department of govt of India has appointed me as board of governors in central university of Tibetan studies, Sarnath Varanasi.
2012-present I am a member of Mahabhodi Society of India.
From 1989-1992. I was the executive member of the Tibetan united association.I was elected as member in the fourteen Tibetan parliament in exile in 2006
In 2007 I was appointed as the advisor to the 'BhoerigThuntsoeg' (South Delhi Tibetan Association)
I was also an active member of the 'middle way approach committee' from 2008-2010.Since 2015 till now, I was appointed as the advisor of Indo Tibet Friendship Association of Dharamshala.
I was the former executive programme officer at the Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre.
In 2008 I was the member of 'ZaDrakLeygyulTsokchung' (The 2008 movement committee)
From 2006- 2021 I was elected thrice, stretching time in Tibetan parliament in exile representing the Utsang committee.
I was first elected as the member of Tibetan parliament in exile in 2006 representing the U-tsang community and than re-elected as a member of the 15th Tibetan parliament in exile(TPIE) from U-Tsang community in 2011.
I was elected as deputy speaker for the 16th Tibetan parliament in exile (TPIE ) in 2016. During that as the deputy speaker, I have attended various international conferences and met many honourable delegates and politicians around the globe, I have succeeded in bringing up the Tibetan society during in my tenure.
In 2015 I was also appointed as the advisor of 'Sowa Rigpa Tibetan Traditional Medicine'.
In 2020 November I was appointed as advisor of the BTSM.
In April 2021 I was appointed as advisor of the Triganga Salute organisation.
Achievements:
I had founded the Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch in May 1999.
11/3/1989 at Dharamsala first Tibet support group meeting was organised. 25 countries representative were present.
1997-2021 in between this period I have attended national and internation conference.
I had also attended the 'United Nations high commissioner for refugees' (UNHCR) Sub-Committee Session at Geneva in 5 August 2000.
From 9 July - 26 August, I have participated a peace march, walking through 3 different countries covering 700 km.
In March 2010, I have attended the international liberal and religion meet, highlighting Tibetan exiled in Germany where I was represented the Utsang community and I was elected as the deputy speaker of tibetan parliament in exile in 2016. During that period I have gave numerous workshops and organised several seminars as an opportunity to back to the community.
In Between 2009 and 2015 there were numerous national seminars and conferences among Indian schools and colleges where I had attended as an honourable guest and advocated Tibetan cause.
Between 2014 and 2015 I took the responsibility in forming the 'Indo-Tibetan friendship association' located in four different places in Himachal Pradesh and Since 2015 untill now, I was appointed as the advisor of Indo Tibet Friendship Associationin Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
I was involved in the guidance of publishing of books highlighting the Tibetan community in exile, writing articles about the highlights of the meetings held regarding the formation of laws and duties for the people.
Furthermore, organised several meetings for the Tibet support group along with scholars and Doctors.
In 2019, I received the prestigious award of 'Dr.Shyamaprasad Mookerjee National Excellency Award for Outstanding Public Leadership' by Chanakya Foundation, a non-governmental organisation in Delhi. It was honoured for my outstanding contribution towards strengthening the Tibetan community, promoting human rights and justice and my leadership in the Tibetan cause.
I had also appeared in Indian and international news channel describing and highlighting issues related to Tibet and its people in exile.
Langauges:
Tibetan, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Nepali.
Location: Delhi
Ambassador J.K. Tripathi is a retired officer of Indian Foreign Service with 33 years of
experience in Diplomacy. Starting his diplomatic career in 1981, Ambassador Tripathi has vast
experience of Africa, Europe, Middle- East and Latin America. He had served in Indian missions in
Zambia, Maldives & Hungary as Second Secretary/ First Secretary looking after the political, cultural,
information and administrative wings. He had also served as the Deputy Chief of the Mission in our
missions (embassies) in Sweden, Venezuela and Oman before taking up the important post of Consul
General of India in Sao Paulo, Brazil, India’s only trade office in entire central and South America. As
such, he was responsible for growth of India’s trade relations with Brazil. In between his postings
abroad, Ambassador Tripathi had served as Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow, Deputy Secretary
(Myanmar) in the Ministry of External Affairs and Director in the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
Ambassador Tripathi retired in June 2014 after serving as Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe.
He is an active member of Association of Indian Diplomats and Ambassadors’ Club of
PHD Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador Tripathi is also on the Board of the Indo-Latin American
Chamber of Commerce, Centre for Economic and Cultural Cooperation, M/S Dimitris Infra Pro Pvt. Ltd.
He is also a Senior Advisor of MIICCIA (Millennium India International Chamber of Commerce, Industry
and Agriculture) and Forum of Global Studies. He also chairs the Advisory Committee for Curriculum for
Political Science (U.G., P.G. and Doctoral) in the Sharda University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, U. P. He has
a keen interest in keeping himself abreast with the latest developments in International Affairs and
Diplomacy. He frequently appears on various National TV Channels for panel discussions on these issues.
He also regularly contributes articles related to Foreign Policy and Diplomacy and his articles have been
published in various periodicals, newspapers and online think-tanks like The Week, The Economic Times,
The Financial Express, The Vivekanand International Foundation etc. Besides, he is the Managing Editor
of “The Journal of Indian Ocean Studies”, a journal published three times a year for last thirty years by
The Society for Indian Ocean Studies, which was established in 1983 at the initiative of late Mrs. Indira
Gandhi. Ambassador Tripathi has a keen interest in India-Pakistan and India-China relations. He also
coaches the civil service aspirants for interview.
Ambassador Tripathi is a keen Golfer and a poet. Two collections of his Urdu Ghazals
had been published so far- one in 2010 and the second one in 2023. He is well versed in Hindi, English,
Urdu and Spanish. His hobbies are reading, writing and travelling.
Location: Delhi
36 years of long journey in Military Service. Superannuated in Sep 18 as Commander Junior Leader s Wing which trains commandos
Has the distinction of seven tenures in Jammu and Kashmir and active participation in operations in Counter Insurgency and Border area.
After superannuation
Present
Motivational Speaker, Mentor, International Affairs and Defence Expert
President of Advisory Committee of EXSTEMPLAR Education Linkers Foundation.
Member of Advisory Board of International Institute of Influencers, Oman
Member Advisory Board Forum for Global Studies
Currently, part of the defence expert team with media groups and regularly comes on TV Channels.
Voluntarily, guiding and mentoring Civil Services aspirants for their interview.
Past
CEO of SSSDC and Honorary CEO of CAPSI –
Senior Fellow in Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).
Chairman of ICISSM a common forum for practicing Security and Safety Professionals.
Additional Directorate General of Rashtriya Rifles
Co-ordinated 85,000 human resources deployed in Jammu and Kashmir.
Brigade Commander
Had the honour to induct first Army brigade in the ‘Red Corridor’ in Chhattisgarh where a field formation had never operated before
Within a short span was able to change the psych of local population from apprehension and total negative feelings towards Army to very supportive and positive outlook.
Has been awarded Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Card for exemplary and distinguished service.
Superannuated on 30 Sep 18.
Presently, based in Greater NOIDA (NCR).
Location: Delhi
Commander VK Jaitly is a motivational speaker, a consultant, a coach, a writer and a mentor for the corporate world. He is known for his communication and leadership skills. His trainings are well-known for being informative, interactive, and action oriented. His USP is his energy and enthusiasm and is able to imbibe that in the minds of his participants to enable them to create a performance driven culture in the organization. He has been instrumental in the creation of PanIIT India as its Founder Board Member. He was the Chairman Logistics, Operations and Entertainment Committee of PanIIT2004 & PanIIT2010, a global meet of ex IITians. He was the President of Technology Alumni Foundation, IIT Kharagpur that has chapters across the world. Jaitly did his M.Tech in Sat Comm and B.Tech (Honrs) in E&ECE both from IIT Kharagpur and he worked extensively in the area of Web Marketing for his MBA project. He was on the Board of Advisors of ‘India America Today’ a Washington DC based Journal. He was the commissioning crew of INS Viraat and contributed immensely in computerisation in the India Navy and also developed the First Multi Media of India at INS Valsura, Jamnagar way back in 1991. He proved his leadership as the Founder Dean of Jaypee University of Information Technology, Distt Solan and put it on a strong footing. He was Govt and Defence Consultant–India and SAARC region of Cisco Systems and was responsible for creating awareness about SWANs (State Wide Area Networks) and Network Centric Warfare (NCW) in Indian Defence Forces. Presently, he is on the Board of IIT Bhubaneshwar and Advisor at SC School of Quality and Reliability at IIT KGP. He is also the Advisor at Technology Students Gymkhana at IIT Kharagpur. He is on the International Board of Advisors at PG Academy of Leadership. Jaitly has a number of articles to his credit and has delivered lectures/presentations at National and International forums and has travelled across the globe and therefore has international exposure and understanding. He had been the Leader for an All India Motor Cycle Rally and was Oi/C for a Car Rally from Kanyakumari to Delhi. He loves to trek, plays Golf and devotes some of his energies for promoting education in the bastis and tribal areas. His books ‘We Can! We Can!’ and ‘Safalta ki Udaan’ and his YouTube channel ‘ExcellenceGuru’ have changed the lives of many.
Suggested Topics:
1. Indian Youth 4 Global Peace and Harmony.
2. Kaya hai yiva varg ki safalta ka formula.
3. Skilling Youth in India.
4. Success Mantra for Start-Ups.
5. Achieving the Next Level of Excellence.
6. Productivity Improvement for Atma Nirbhar Bharat.
7. Mein, Mera Parivaar, Mera Desh.
8. Shaping Your Future in Four Years.
Location: Delhi
A retired Maj Gen from EME with MTech degree from IIT Madras in the field of Computer Science. A Defence technology expert in the field of Electronics. Also working as Principal Consultant with C-DOT. Maj Gen Janaki Pant, an alumnus of NDA and IMA, is a result-oriented top professional with demonstrated abilities in strategic leadership. Functional leadership includes facets of HRM, Operations. IT, Supply Chain & Logistics, General Administration & Technology. Distinguished career of over 37 years in the Indian Army, having spearheaded multiple functions for organizational development and higher efficiency. Superannuated on 31 Jul 2021. He retired as Commander Technical Group where he spearheaded an apex organization responsible for cases of Capital Acquisition as a part of Capability building in Indian Army leading thereby to enhancing potential through an outlay of several billion Dollars. Undertook performance audit of DPSUs in terms of support to the Services leading thereby to resolving of major contentious technical issues and reducing long standing issues. Was responsible for issue of guidelines and policy formulation regarding the nuances of sustainment of equipment of the Services thus obviated policy anomaly. Streamlined procedures and modalities for adoption of Transition Management for Indian Army which enabled graduated capability build-up wherein lot of vintage equipment was replaced in record time.
The officer has 37 years of extensive experience in areas of entire gamut of HR, Finance, Administration, IT, Operations, & engineering support activities. Included effective communication and interpersonal relations at a wide spectrum of systemic environment. Also envisioned & implemented a comprehensive end to end solution for Automation of HRD aspects of 40,000 officers of Indian Army as regards HRIS and appraisal management to induce fairness and transparency. Was strategically evolved and build new management protocols for increased efficiency and improved motivation. Also awarded Vice Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card and GOC-in-C Commendation Card for distinguished service of high order. Was part of Tech Evaluation Team of EW Equipment fielded by Israel, Germany, France, and South Africa.
He is also a Fellow of Indian Institute of Engineers (FIE) and Fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE). He is an Electronics Engineer who has done his MTech in Computer Science from IIT Madras also an active Sportsman who has played Squash, Badminton, Hockey, Cricket & Golf.
Known Author, a Communication Consultant, and a voluntarily retired IPS Officer
Location: Delhi
My experience profile so far relates to the fields of media and publicity, civil governance, and policing. Writing has been my passion. I have eight major books to my credit and few short films too. Photography is a natural corollary.
In the government I have had the opportunity to serve in senior positions in police department in the Delhi and Mizoram, and in civil bureaucracy at the centre (Prasar Bharati) and in the State (Delhi Government), where I had the privilege to head the communications and media vertical of Delhi Government and Commonwealth Games 2010.
In an academic institution, I had the privilege of being the pro-VC of the Indira Gandhi Technological & Medical Sciences University.
Having taken voluntary retirement in 2009, I am in private sector now chasing my passion in communication consultancy and writing, and have authored and edited eight (8) books so far.
His Objective In Life:
He is exploring the North Star of his life, in search of excellence.
His Specialisations:
Author.
Communication Consultant.
Advocacy, Media Engagement, Public Affairs.
His Achievements At A Glance
Uday Sahay has authored 8 books related to media, heritage, and civilisational issues. His book on media titled ‘Making News’ published by Oxford University Press was the best seller of 2007, and his current magnum opus, Kayasth: An Encyclopedia of Untold Stories is read world wide.
Kayasth Encyclopedia is an encyclopaedic account of the Kayasth community written with an objective of revisiting their ‘identity’ and ‘preserving their heritage.’ The book details their history, mythology, legal status, migration, cuisines, temples, scripts, and state wise presence, among other subjects.
Uday Sahay has 14 years of experience in COMMUNICATION CONSULTANCY, 12 years in FIELD POLICING, and 10 years in CIVIL GOVERNANCE.
He has served as Communication Adviser to UIDAI, DIMTS, ONGC, INLEAD, IHD, Delhi Government, Manipur Government, and Haryana Government.
He has served several organizations in senior capacities such as Ministry of Commerce, Delhi Police, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Delhi Government, Commonwealth Games, a Delhi based private limited companies, and Arunachal Pradesh based Indira Gandhi Technological & Medical Sciences University.
Location: Delhi
Prof. V.Achuta Ramaraju retired from department of Economics, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi in 2019 June after 37 years of teaching and research. He has obtained two post graduate degrees in Statistics and Economics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
He worked as Research fellow in NCAER for 3 years.He joined Sri Venkateswara College in Delhi University in 1982. He was selected by Minstry of External Affairs, GOI under Colombo Plan for deputation to Bhutan to teach Economics in Sherubtse College in Kanglung, East Bhutan during 1991-95.
He did his PhD course work and refresher program in Delhi School of Economics where he was trained by well known economists like - Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh, Suresh Tendulkar and K.L.Krishna.
He taught papers like Statistical methods for Economics, Business mathematics, Public Finance and policy, Indian Economy and development policies, Security regulations and foreign exchange markets, Understanding union budgets and analysis, Macro Economics and Banking. He also taught Managerial Economics and Quantitative techniques for MBA Program.
His PhD thesis was on 'Sanitation policies , role of leadership and economic development'.
His research paper on 'India's performance in Sanitation sector and the impact on health economics scenario' was adjudged as one of the best papers in IJAS Conference organized by Harvard medical school, Boston, USA in 2017 May. It was later published by them where he was invited to preside over session on Health Economics at Harvard University.
He was invited by Rajrata University, Anuradhapura, Srilanka in 2017 November to present his paper on Share of Srilanka's share in trade in SAARC Markets. He also visited Srilanka three times to give guest lectures in Sabaragumawa University and South Eastern University at Olovil.
He has 3 published papers each in national and international journals.
He also has been working with UGC for various examinations.
He feels delighted to work work with the distinguished members of this group 'Youth4Nation'.
IIT Kharagpur
Location: Delhi
Dr. Brajesh Kr. Dubey is presently an Associate Professor – Environmental Engineering and Management, the Director of Sustainable Engineering and Circular Economy Research Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), India. Dr. Dubey received Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. He received Outstanding International Student Award from the University of Florida during his PhD program. He has received BTech (Hons) in Civil Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur, India.
Dr. Dubey has over 16 years (post PhD) of research, teaching, and consulting experience within the broad fields of environmental, sustainable/resilient engineering and circular economy approaches, addressing the nexus among sustainability, resiliency, infrastructure, waste, energy, and the environment. His research expertise includes: (1) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment of emerging/next-generation technologies for solving sustainability challenges related to energy systems, built infrastructure and processing and manufacturing; (2) Decarbonization of the urban infrastructure, especially for integrated waste management systems; (3) Characterization and engineering applications of waste/recycled materials including beneficial reuse risk assessment; and (4) Resource Recovery from solid and liquid waste streams. His research has been funded by several national, international agencies such as United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); National Geographic Society (NGS); International Transport Forum (ITF) - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris; Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Circular Initiative, Singapore; Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Department of Science and Technology (DST), India; Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Auckland Regional Council, New Zealand among others. Prior to PhD, he has 4 years of industry experience as a Civil/Environmental Engineer in the area of petrochemical, refineries and offshore oil platforms.
Dr. Dubey is author of more than 250 publications which includes 115 journal papers, 4 edited books/conference proceedings, 25 book chapters, and 27 full conference papers (with h-index of 36. I10-index of 74 with over 4,250 citations). Dr. Dubey has given more than 50 invited presentations in various countries in the world including Canada, USA, China, Germany, India, South Korea, Thailand, and U.K.). Dr. Dubey has served or currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Members of 5 different journals, including ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Journal of Waste Management & Research -The journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, and Frontier Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science and Expert Opinion on Environmental Biology. He has also served on various professional committees, including the State Level Advisory Committee for Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Urban Development and Urban Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, India. Co-Chair of Member, Organic Waste Facility Public Liaison Committee, City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He has served as ISWA Working Group member for the Groups on “Waste Minimization and Recyclingâ€, and on “Climate Change and Waste Managementâ€. He has also served as a Member of Working Group on “Risk Assessment†of Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC), Washington, DC USA and as a Judge for the “Plastic Innovation Challenge – Circular Economy Track†organized by National Geographic Society, USA.
National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs
Location: Delhi
Dr Chandan Ghosh, a Civil-Infrastructure Engineering
professional, has been serving the society for more than 3
decades especially towards the up-scaling of policymakers,
technocrats and entrepreneurs. After having his analytical
acumen sharpened at the IIT-Kanpur in 1990s during doctoral
research, he took up extensive experimental investigations at the
Ibaraki University, Hitachi City, Japan and developed several
equipment with specific motivation towards recreation of field
problems into large scale laboratory set-up. His salient research
works earned him 2nd Doctorate Degree in 2004 from the Ibaraki
University, Japan.
He did post doctoral research at Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba,
Japan as a part-time researcher from October 1998 to March 2000, during which he had
the exposure to robust facilities on (Earthquake) shaking tables and dynamic centrifuges
and also at the University of Tsukuba from April 2004 to January 2005, before taking up
an advisory post in the newly created Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centre at Mausam
Bhavan, India Meteorological Department, Govt. of India (now under Ministry of Earth Sciences). At EREC, Dr Ghosh did
seminal work on the 1st cut Seismic microzonation of Delhi brought out in Dec 2005
and before Joining NIDM as a Professor, he framed the basis of conducting detail
Seismic Microzonation study of Delhi, which is now taken up across the country under
MoES, GoI.
In the foundation years of his research career in IIT-BHU, he gave new formulation
to the soil-reinforcement interaction in terms of Ëœtension" Ëœconfinement" and "combined"
the mechanism for improving the bearing capacity of reinforced earth bed. Having grown
through extensive analytical and numerical formulation dealing with soil-reinforcement
interactions and contributing immensely towards the discretization of classical solution
of elastic half-space with the precincts of sub-grade modeling approaches of Winkler
and Pasternak. This work has opened up new vistas in the soil-reinforcement
interaction studies and the subject is still growing.
Dr Ghosh has the international flavor to abreast the developments of other countries
and instilling Indian wisdom/fundamental ethos towards frontier areas in sustainable
development, disaster mitigation and landslide mitigation, particularly usage of
geosynthetics and bio-Engg. methodologies in combination with modern techniques
such as soil nailing, reinforced earth wall, etc.
Besides, being a hard core professional in areas of resilient infrastructure
development in the country and dealing with disaster management affairs since July
2006 at the Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, Prof. Ghosh has embarked upon several
projects, wherein, his whole hearted effort has been towards skill-oriented training cum
capacity building for the engineers, architects and town planners.
His academic, research and professional zeal have grown exponentially with
the skill-based higher education acclimatized with the current surge in Innovation,
automation, machine learning, and IoT. His understanding is effectively tapped by the non-life insurance agencies, PSUs, hydrocarbon industries, hill area development, Bioengineering industries, construction and retrofitting agencies, etc.
As a matter of fact country's enormous venture towards higher education and
industry-conducive R&D are very much nipped in the accrued expertise of Prof. Ghosh.
Being an inspiring educator cum HR collaborator, he is one of the most sought-after
personnel in addressing various academia, industry and Disaster Risk reduction fora.
Location: Delhi
Mr. Sushil Pandit a world-renowned activist; and the owner of Hive Communications India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Pandit is a prominent Kashmiri leader and above all, an intellectual well informed in the history of Kashmir. His talk emphasized the need to confront the issues prevailing in Kashmir and provided keen insights into how India as a nation can put the politics of partition behind to build a stronger and more united country.
Career:
Mass Communication professional/Faculty at IIMC.
Academics:
Commerce/Economics.
Delhi University.
Chinese Studies.
JNU.
Worked at:
Indian Express/The Telegraph.
Ogilvy/McCann/JWT.
Founder Promoter:
The Hive, Exchange4Media.
Roots In Kashmir.
Publisher:
Praznath.
A journal on the indigenous identity and culture of Kashmir.
Activist/Campaigner:
Victims of Hindu Genocide in Kashmir.
Location: Delhi
An Engineer, MBA and LL.B. with about 41 years’ experience in Corporate World. Born in 1959 and started his career in Aug 1980 and thereafter worked in Maharatna PSUs, including BHEL, NTPC & Power Finance Corporation Ltd- PFC as well as in a few professionally managed private sector organization viz.Punjab Tractors Ltd & PTC India Financial Services Ltd (the reputed NBFC in the private domain. The longest tenure of about 29 years was in PFC which provided a wide exposure/experience at national/international levels. Superannuated in July 2021 after having worked as an Executive Director in PFC till Sep 2017 and thereafter as a Whole Time Director (a Member of Board of Directors) in PTC Group from Sep 2017 to July 2021.
Core areas of experience: Technical, financial, commercial & economic appraisal/due diligence of infrastructure projects including renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass etc) , power (generation, transmission, distribution); roads/highways, ports, electric vehicles, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), environmental projects (about 600 projects), with estimated cost of ~ INR 6700 Billion (93 Billion USD) including following major activities:-
Key activities: scope of work, cost estimates, Implementation plan, project networks & scheduling, Statutory clearances & linkages, estimation of cost of generation, electricity pricing models, tariff based on financial modelling, Discounted Cash Flow Techniques, quantitative techniques, cost-benefit analysis, viability estimation, estimation of Project IRR, Equity IRR, Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Risk assessment/analysis, risk mitigation.
Project financing, Policy & strategy formulation; Corporate Governance, Strategic Management/Leadership, Managing Non Performing Projects/Assets (NPAs) in bank financing.
Field experience: Installation of large power projects & Ultra Mega Power Projects, Servicing & troubleshooting power projects of various sizes, Maintenance/overhauls of Thermal power generating units, Project planning (PERT/CPM networks), Project Management.
Major Challenges faced/stands taken during service in the larger interest of society: Successfully resisted very severe/extreme pressures for about 20 years form various quarters, including bureaucrats, political arena, industrialists and top management of PSUs with regard to the activities of project appraisal/financing, involving highly capital intensive projects, being implemented by many top industrialists. Though this adversely affected the career prospects, generated lot of mental stress affecting the family also but gave immense satisfaction for having contributed towards the society/nation. The attending of Shakhas in sector 7 Chandigarh during school days were also a guiding force in such endeavours. A real aficionado, appreciator and follower of Hon’ble PM Sh. Modi Ji for his vision & having taken extremely difficult steps in the highly challenging situations in the interest of our nation/motherland which could not be done earlier for many years.
Awards/accolades/achievements:
1. An award by CMD, PFC for having done meritorious work in PFC 1992.
2. Awarded Top Grade by Harvard IID in Program on Investment Appraisal/Risk Analysis 1996.
3. An award from Secretary, Ministry of Power, (India) on behalf of Hon’ble Minister of Power for a paper on residual life assessment of thermal power plants 1996.
4. Selected as a Member of the High Level Study Team constituted by Govt of India that visited Japan.
5. Germany and USA for recommending technology & size of the next generation of thermal plants in India, 2005.
6. Spearheaded (as Director In-charge of the concerned SPV) the establishment of Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (4000 MW) in Gujarat (2006-2007) which was the largest thermal plant at one single location in the world, monitored by PMO, Govt of India. Had the proud privilege of being blessed by Hon’ble Chief Minister, of Gujarat Sh. Narendra Modi Ji in April 2007 by thanking and hand shaking during a meeting with top Gujarat Govt. officials (i.e. Secretary/Principal Secretaries) after successful preparation of such a prestigious project in a record short time.
7. Also included as Member of the 3 Member Committee (including other two members as Chairperson/Member, Central Electricity Authority, Govt of India, Principal Secretary Energy, Govt of Gujarat).
8. Led a mission of PFC to Nepal, addressed their power sector professionals, Ministry officials, Independent Power Producers Association regarding a USAID program. 2016.
9. Research on electric power demand in individual industrial segments in India (not carried out earlier anytime individually for industries) including Cement, steel, Aluminium, Textile, Automobiles, Chlor-Alkali, Cold Chain, Leather, Heavy Industries, Fertilisers, Chemicals, Sugar, Dairy, Plastics etc and presented to Secretary, Power, Ministry of Power, Govt of India in April 2017.
10. Presentation on renewable energy challenges: PHD Chamber of Commerce with international participation: 2018.
11. Prepared & presented an Accelerated Generation and Supply Program (AG&SP) in 1998 for expediting implementation of languishing power projects, approved by Govt of India and Implemented in 9th, & 10th Five year Plans.
Presentations/lectures/research papers/honours in national/international conferences & also in B-Schools
a) National/International conferences:
1. Unlocking Solar Capital Asia & Financial Summit†Singapore- participation 2019.
2. Presentation on future role of Financing of infrastructure projects- by NBFCs in Conference by India Infrastructure at BKC Mumbai, 2019.
3. STEAG Energy (India)- a wholly owned subsidiary of STEAG GmbH, Germany: International Seminar on 'Implementation of PAT Scheme in Power Stations - Issues and Challenges 2014'; as a panellist in conference on Environmental issues and challenges 2017 & Talk/presentations to officers from Zimbabwe Power Corporation 2013.
4. ICC India 7th Energy Summit: Powering India : Expediting struggling projects (on dais as a panelist with Sh. Anil Razdan, IAS, Secretary (Power), GoI 2013.
5. Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) Scheme-methodologies for efficiency/performance improvement of power plants- presentation to Ministry of Power, State Power Utilities & Bureau of Energy Efficiency 2012.
6. Public Private Partnership (PPP) as a panellist (on “Transmission economics and Financingâ€) in conference organized by (India Infrastructure Publishing 2011.
7. Presentation :“Role of Banks/FIs for project financing and associated challenges in financing sector†2011.
8. Presentation in Conference organized by CEA/ JCoal, Japan (on efficiency and environmental improvement).
9. Presentation: International Conference: Projects financing, credit risk, Project Risk, Regulatory Risks 2011.
b) Talks/presentations/honors in reputed B-Schools/research/papers:
1. NTPC School of Business, Noida (Presentation/lecture on Financial Institution Mechanism in India.
2. Electricity Act 2003, amendments & challenges 2022.
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Dwarka, New Delhi with MBA students (as a special guest on Annual day presentations) 2022.
4. Symbiosis Institute Pune in ENECON: invited as a Guest of Honour 2014.
5. Presentation/Lecture to MBA students of Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, New Delhi on Coping with uncertainty (Decision making under uncertainty) 2014.
6. A paper presented at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai on turbo generators retaining ring performance improvement and life extension- research paper mid 1994.
7. A research paper on residual life assessment of thermal power plants 1991.
8. Two papers on the subjects a) design improvement of Turbo Generators and b) another one on performance improvement of Russian design generators of 210 MW were presented in a national conference held in BHEL, Hardwar in 1988.
Suggested topics:
Technical, financial, commercial & economic appraisal/due diligence of infrastructure projects.
Installation of large power projects, solar power generation/issues, battery storage of power.
Energy and it’s impact on environment.
Sustainability.
Strategic leadership/Strategic management.
Controlling of Non-performing assets (NPAs) by lenders/banks for infrastructure projects.
Corporate Governance.
Heritage Conservationist Author & Historian
Location: Delhi
Surya Roy is a Heritage Conservationist, Walker & an independent Indic History researcher whose research spans across the History & Culture of Vraj Mandal, Kurukshetra, Odisha, Bengal, Mewar & the Maratha history. He is a keen student of archaeology & focuses on the enlistment of Heritage properties & preservation of ancient manuscripts. A Life Member & Researcher with INTACH New Delhi HQ, he is also an Associate Member of ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments & Sites) which is an UNESCO body formed under the Geneva Council of 1974 for the preservation & conservation of Archaeological sites. Most recently he has also been appointed as Director of North India Operations with IHAR (Indian History & Research) a Houston US, based NGO which engages in research, preservation & practising of Indian Heritage & also provides scholarship to bright Indian students engaged in the field of Indian Heritage & History Research.
By profession he is a Supply Chain & Logistics professional who has been into SC/Logistics Operations for the past 22 years now. Surya Roy is based out of Delhi & has graduated in SC/Logistics from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata & Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore apart from holding a master’s degree in commerce from Calcutta University.
Location: Delhi
Resume :: Captain Shyam Kumar Indian Navy Retd
Capt Shyam Kumar Is a highly regarded Naval Veteran with highly versatile outlook.
* An Alumini of Indian Naval Academy, Indian Air Force Academy and Defence Services Staff College , Wellington, M. SC in defence and strategic studies, Chennai University and hold distinction of being both War Ship Captain and a Naval pilot Instructor.
* 37 years of distinguished service to Nation involving ship , air and special Operations including foreign missions, airline accident investigation, Disaster Relief operations. COMMENDED BY CNS AND C-IN-C for excellence.
Youth enabler, energiser and Motivational speaker, Career counsellor, personality development and Leadership trainer. Defence Interview SSB online Trainer, Civil Services mock interview Trainer
*Panelist, commentator and Anchor on Radio, digital and TV media.
*Contributions to various journals and Magzines on defence and strategic affairs
A Classical Tabla player who is also involved in conservation of indian Art & Culture.