Location: Paschim Bengal
Bodhibrata Nag (Ph.D./Fellow, Operations Research and System Analysis, IIM Calcutta & Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, born 1961) is a Professor of Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta. He has held the position of Acting Director, Dean (Academic), Provost & Chairperson of Student Affairs, Chairperson of Doctoral Programs and Research, National Coordinator for Post Graduate Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing at IIM Calcutta, as well as Director of IIM Calcutta Innovation Park. He holds certifications in various areas of Operations Management, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Data Sciences from The World Bank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Georgia Institute of Technology, ESSEC Business School, University of Virginia, University of Amsterdam, John Hopkins University, Delft University of Technology and the Technical University of Munich. He has received training in the case methods of teaching and case development at Harvard Business School and power projects design at Electricite de France. He was born and underwent schooling in Shillong(Meghalaya).
He has 21 years of transportation and energy industry experience and 18 years of teaching and research experience at IIM Calcutta. He has served in the Central Electricity Authority (New Delhi) and Indian Railways in senior management positions of various bodies, including the Director of Research Design and Standards Organization (Lucknow) of the Ministry of Railways. He was instrumental in starting IIM Calcutta's One-year Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing program (which is now running its fifteenth year) and the One-year Advanced Program in Supply Chain for corporate executives (which is now running its tenth year), launching electives covering Operations Research Modeling, Quality Management, and Project Management, as well as developing management case studies in the Indian context about public sector companies such as Indian Railways, Delhi Metro, CPWD and Hindustan Petroleum. He has authored two books "Optimal Design of Timetables for Large Railways" and "Business Applications of Operations Research" and co-authored the Special Indian Edition of Hillier & Lieberman's classic textbook "Introduction to Operations Research", besides publishing in numerous national and international journals and conferences proceedings. He has also been a consultant to The World Bank, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Ministry of Railways, Planning Commission, West Bengal Department of Health & Family Welfare, and the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. He is currently a Director of an online food delivery startup, a Mentor of a software development startup, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of a reputed school run by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture.
He has been elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers(India) and a Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE, USA). He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) and BNSF Railway (Dallas, Texas, USA) on the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship. He topped the University and Union Public Service Commission’s Engineering Services Examination, besides securing a very high rank in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination. He has also been awarded the "The Union Ministry of Energy-Department of Power" Gold Medal for the best paper published on Power Development and Utilization at the 29th Indian Engineering Congress. His primary research interests are applying analytic techniques for planning, designing, and operations of energy and supply chain systems and cyber security.
Ph. D. (IIT), M.S.(USA), M. Sc; PDF(USA), LL. B
Location: Paschim Bengal
Dr. Virendra Kumar Goswami, Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, MS from the University of Wisconsin, USA. Post Doctorate Fellow (PDF) at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. ‘Visiting Scientist’ to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), ICTP, Italy. Expert Panelist International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Canada and the United Nations. Founder President ‘Environment & Peace Foundation’& Wing Commander (Retd.) with more than 550 hours of flying as a supernumerary Aircrew.
Dr. Virendra Goswami worked at Space Science Engineering Centre, NASA NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) at the University of Wisconsin, USA. Former Vice-Chancellor: Sangam & Sunrise Universities. Had been, Director General of Management Institutes & Director of Engineering Institutes as well as Vice-President Havells India Ltd. Special Invitee by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) of the United Nations, Geneva in 2001. Expert Panelist of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) & Ph. D & M. Tech Examiner at Centre of Energy Studies at IIT Delhi. More than 44 years of teaching, research, and administrative experience at Home and Abroad. Also, Prof. Emeritus, Member: American Geophysical Union) SCB, AMS & IMS. Lately, appointed Reviewer /Member of Editorial Board of Royal Meteorological Society(R.Met.S),Atmospheric Science Letters(R.Met.SAL) as well as Prof.Emeritus: Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University (JVWU)&RVIT, India.
Presented Papers in the field of Chemical Technology, Atmospheric Sciences, Space Sciences, Lunar Sciences, Satellite Application, Climate Variability & Control of Global Warming & Quality Higher Education at International and National Conferences held in India, USA, UK Latin America, South Africa, Canada, and Europe (more than 32 countries of all the Continents). Besides, headed various delegations at the Natl. & International Levels.
Special Invitee in Apr’15 at NSF, NPW: NCAR USA. Invited Speaker to the Coupled Data Assimilation Workshop, sponsored by Météo-France, WMO and US: CLIVAR & Invited Speaker at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Sep17.Chaired the session & Guest Speaker at International Conf. on Defense & Space Application (ICDSA), AK Technical Univ,22-25 Aug’19& Chief Guest on 24Feb’20 at AMU. Recently, Chaired Sessions/Invited Keynote Speaker in the WEBINARS: AGU-Oceanography-20-USA; WEB-EPF-IIT- Pollution-Aug'20; SOLAS- PICES,26OCT’20, Globalistic-20-MSU-Russia, Euro-Marine 2021, CG13 Climate Change, Canada,08Apr’21, Hi-Tech, Météo-France 16 Apr21, CLIVAR-TPON-24May21 & CTBT(SnT20) INDICO, Jun'21.
Serial Entrepreneur, and Startup mentor.
Location: Paschim Bengal
Pragya Jhunjhunwala, Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Founder of Hairsmart, Magical Mantras, and Q startup.
She belongs to the new era of startup and internet economy, and still holds the wisdom of industrial economy. She is an entrepreneur, and an empowerment catalyst. As a mentor and faculty, she has mentored more than 2600 people in her 16yr of journey as a professional. As a startup consultant, She has empowered many startups to level up. and by being part of various social organisations, she has played a vital role in the development of Rural villages, and women specifically.
She has extensive experience as a speaker, moderator and panellist, and has trained people on Soft skills and Subjects of Leadership, motivation, Communication Skills, and Teechnical Subjects like Finace for Non Finance etc.
She is the Vice president , of MSME development Forum.West Bengal. In the executive board for Professionals4Bengal,Gram Samriddhi Foundation, and other NGO’s and Professional Associations. She was recognised by business connect as top 20 women Entrepreneurs in 2020.