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Prof. Radhika Lobo
Program Chair, B.A (Hons)
Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Program Chair (i/c), School of Legal Studies and Governance
Director, IQAC
Former Professor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Exchange Faculty, University of West Georgia
and Clayton Business School, Atlanta, USA
M.Phil., Ph.D. in Economics
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Prof. Smitha Rao
Program Chair, B.Tech (Hons) - Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
Professor of Data Science, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Former Director – Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering
Former Professor, Program Chair – Presidency University
Ph. D, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
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Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
Program Chair, Bachelor of Management Studies
Professor, School of Business Studies
Director, Start-up Management Program
Former Professor, Goa Institute of Management
Former Sr. Director, Cognizant Technologies Ltd.
Ph.D. in Management
MBA, IIM Bangalore
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Prof. R.P. Suresh
Professor of Practice, School of
Computational and Data Sciences &
School of Business Studies
Senior Data Science Practitioner at Accenture
Applied Intelligence
Former Professor at IIM, Kozhikode
Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Pune
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Dr. D.C. Kiran
Associate Professor, School of
Computational and Data Sciences
Former Associate Professor, PES University
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, BITS-Pilani
B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering)
M.E. (Computer Science & Engineering)
Masters in Business Law (NLSIU)
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Dr. Mahendra B M
Associate Professor, School of
Computational and Data Sciences
Former Assistant Professor, R V College of Engineering
Former Assistant Professor, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology
Ph.D. in Computer Vision & Image Processing,
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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Ms. Kavita Singh Kale
Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Award-winning film director and children’s
content creator
Former Creative Director, Moonberg Entertainment
Former Creative Director, Underground Worm
Art & Design Studio
Alumnus of NID, Ahmedabad
B.F.A., Delhi University
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Dr. N. Mehala
Associate Professor, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Former Faculty with CSIS, BITS Pilani and Nucleus member of the BITS WILPD
Former Associate Professor, PES University
Ph.D. in Computer Science, BITS-Pilani
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Dr. Amrita Ghatak
Associate Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Assistant Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad
Former Post-doctoral Fellow, Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Ph.D. in Economics, Mysore University through Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
M.A. in Economics, Kalyani University, Kalyani
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Dr. Bijil Prakash
Director of Campus Life,
Office of Student Affairs
Assistant Professor, School of
Computational and Data Sciences
Former Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani
K K Birla Goa Campus
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, BITS Pilani
M.Tech. in Modelling and Simulation
M.Sc. in Mathematics
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Dr. Anupama A.V.
Assistant Professor, School of Computational
and Data Sciences
Former Assistant Professor, REVA University, Bengaluru
Former Senior Lecturer & HOD, Vijaya Vittala Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
Ph.D. in Materials
Science,
IISc, Bengaluru
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Dr. Setu Havanur
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
and Design Studies
Former Project Staff (Psychiatry Dept.),
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Former Adjunct Faculty, IIT, Gandhinagar
Former Faculty, Chulalungkorn University, Bangkok
Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Birmingham
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Dr. Ranjana Raghunathan
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Adjunct Faculty, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Adjunct Lecturer & Tutor, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Ph.D. South Asian Studies, NUS
MA in Social Work, TISS, Mumbai
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Dr. Neha Khurana
Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies
and Governance & School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Assistant Professor, Gargi College (University of Delhi)
PhD and UGC-NET in English Literature
Keenly interested in visual cultures, censorship studies, political cartoons
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Ms. Kavya Salim
Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Senior Assistant Professor, School of Law, UPES, Dehradun
Former Senior Assistant Professor, School of Law, Presidency University, Bengaluru
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
LL.M. (Human Rights Law) National Law Institute University, Bhopal
UGC-NET-2012 (Qualified)
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Mr. Aravindan Anandan
Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Senior Assistant Professor and HOD (in-charge) School of Law, Presidency University, Bengaluru
Former Senior Assistant Professor, UPES, Dehradun
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. (International and Human Rights Law) & UGC-NET Qualified
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Dr. Priyambada Tripathi
Assistant Professor, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Former Assistant Professor, Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi)
Former Assistant Professor, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (University of Delhi)
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Delhi
M.Sc. (Mathematics), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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Dr. Jobeth Ann Warjri
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies,
Former Guest Faculty, The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Campus
Ph.D. in English Literature, University of Hyderabad
Recipient of the Zubaan-Sasakawa Research Grant for
Young Writers from the Northeast, 2018-2019 and 2022-2023.
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Dr. Ninad Patwardhan
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies,
Former Assistant Professor & Assistant Director (Liberal Arts),
Unitedworld School of Liberal Arts and Mass Communication, Karnavati University
Former Assistant Professor & Faculty Coordinator (Psychology),
School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, SRM University AP
Ph. D., Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Bombay
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Dr. Tania Islam
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Assistant Professor, Adamas University, West Bengal, India
Former Research Fellow, Center for the Humanities at Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
M.A. and Ph.D. in English, Temple University, U.S.A.
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Ms. Amlanika Bora
Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies, REVA University, Bangalore
Former Assistant Professor, School of Law, Presidency University, Bangalore
PhD Research Scholar, WBNUJS, Kolkata
LL.M., NET, JRF
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Ms. Spatica Ramanujam
Adjunct Faculty, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Diploma in Creating Theater and Performance, LISPA, London
Artistic Director, MukhaMugam Theatre Company
Former Faculty for Open Course,
Azim Premji University
M.A. in Psychology, Delhi University
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Mr. Prabhakaran Balasubramanian
Adjunct Professor, School of
Business Studies
Vice President, Avian WE
Member, Advisory Council, Harvard
Business Review
GM, Marketing, YLG India
Advertising Professional, Ogilvy &
Mather, Euro RSCG and Lowe Lintas
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Dr. Soorya Menon
Adjunct Faculty, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
EdTech Architect, Quest Alliance, Bangalore
Former Learning & Assessment Specialist,
Vedantu, Bangalore
Ph.D. in Language Education, EFL-University, Hyderabad
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Ms. Archana Kumar
Adjunct Faculty, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Introduction to Indian Classical Dance & Movement, Cornish College of Arts, Seattle, WA
Fundamentals of Indian Classical Dance, Kathak, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Certified Lifestyle Coach, Urban Fitness, Bangalore
B.S. in Psychology & General Studies, City University, Seattle, WA
B.Sc in Biology & Chemistry, Bangalore University
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Prof. Srikant Sastri
Professor of Practice, School of Business Studies
Chairman, i3g Advisory Network
Chairman, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
President, TiE Delhi NCR
Co-Founder, Crayon Data, Singapore
M.B.A, IIM Calcutta
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Prof. Manish Gupta
Professor of Practice, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Principal Applied Scientist, Microsoft Bing
Adjunct Faculty, IIIT Hyderabad
Visiting Faculty, ISB, Hyderabad
Ph.D. in Data Mining, University of Illinois
M.Tech., IIT Bombay
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Prof. Arvind Lodaya
Program Chair (Bachelor of Design)
Professor of Design, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Principal & Lead, ALo Consulting
Working Group Member, Future of Design Education
VP Design & Innovation, Propel Labs
Governing Board Member - Quest Alliance, Drishti Media Collective
Advisor - Radical Skills, The Sustainability Platform, Bask Research Foundation. The Hub Jorhat
Member, Board of Studies - Nirma University Institute of Design
Visiting Faculty, Kautilya School of Public Policy
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Prof. Radhika Lobo
Program Chair (Bachelor of Arts)
Program Chair (i/c), Legal Studies
Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Director, IQAC
Former Professor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Exchange Faculty, University of West Georgia
and Clayton Business School, Atlanta, USA
M.Phil., Ph.D. in Economics
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Prof. Umesh S. Mahtani
Program Chair, Bachelor of Management Studies
Professor, School of Business Studies
Director, Start-up Management Program
Former Professor, Goa Institute of Management
Former Sr. Director, Cognizant Technologies Ltd.
Ph.D. in Management
MBA, IIM Bangalore
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Prof. Smitha Rao
Program Chair, B.Tech (Hons) - Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science),
B.Sc.
(Hons) -
Decision Sciences
Professor of Data Science, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Former Director – Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering
Former Professor, Program Chair – Presidency University
Ph. D, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
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Prof. RP Suresh
Professor of Practice, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Senior Data Science Practitioner at Accenture
Applied Intelligence
Former Professor at IIM, Kozhikode
Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Pune
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Prof. Sidhartha Mehra
Professor of Practice, School of
Business Studies
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), ICAI
Associate Company Secretary (ACS), ICSI
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Prof. Aparna Vinod
Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Faculty Member, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design Technology
Founder, The Craft Caravan
M.A. Design in Education, Srishti Institute Of Art, Design, and Technology
M.A. in Mass Communication and Electronic Media, Bangalore University
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Dr. D.C. Kiran
Associate Professor, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Former Associate Professor, PES University
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, BITS-Pilani
B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering)
M.E. (Computer Science & Engineering)
Masters in Business Law (NLSIU)
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Dr. N. Mehala
Associate Professor, School of Computational and Data Sciences
Former Faculty with CSIS, BITS Pilani and Nucleus member of the BITS WILPD
Former Associate Professor, PES University
Ph.D. in Computer Science, BITS-Pilani
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Ms. Monika Bijlani
Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts
and Design Studies
Former Associate Professor, School of Design,
Presidency University
Former Course Leader, Pearl Academy, Mumbai
MFA, S.N. School of Arts and Communication,
University of Hyderabad
Alumna of Govt. College of Arts, Chandigarh &
South Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi
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Dr. Anupama A V
Assistant Professor, School of Computational and
Data Sciences
Former Assistant Professor, REVA University, Bengaluru
Former Senior Lecturer & HOD, Vijaya Vittala Institute of
Technology, Bengaluru
Ph.D. in
Materials
Science, IISc, Bengaluru
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Dr. Bijil Prakash
Assistant Professor, School of
Computational and Data Sciences
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, BITS Pilani
M.Tech. in Modelling and Simulation
M.Sc. in Mathematics
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Dr. Setu Havanur
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts &
Design Studies
Former Project Staff (Psychiatry Dept.),
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Former Adjunct Faculty, IIT, Gandhinagar
Former Faculty, Chulalungkorn University, Bangkok
Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Birmingham
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Dr. Ranjana Raghunathan
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Adjunct Faculty, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Adjunct Lecturer & Tutor, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Ph.D. South Asian Studies, NUS
MA in Social Work, TISS, Mumbai
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Dr. Neha Khurana
Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies
and Governance & School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Former Assistant Professor, Gargi College (University of Delhi)
PhD and UGC-NET in English Literature
Keenly interested in visual cultures, censorship studies, political cartoons
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Prof. Jayaraman Valadi
Adjunct Professor, School of Computational
and Data Sciences, Vidyashilp Research Centre
CSIR Emeritus Scientist, CDAC, Pune
Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory
Distinguished Professor, FLAME University
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pune University
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Soumik Bhusan
Adjunct Professor, School of
Business Studies
Soumik Bhusan
CEO, EV Logistics enterprise
Head of CX, Amazon
Advisor to multiple start-ups
Guest Faculty, IIMs
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Prabhakaran Balasubramanian
Adjunct Professor, School of
Business Studies
Vice President, Avian WE
Member, Advisory Council, Harvard
Business Review
GM, Marketing, YLG India
Advertising Professional, Ogilvy &
Mather, Euro RSCG and Lowe Lintas
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Prof. Siddharth Deshmukh
Adjunct Professor, School of Business Studies
Senior Advisor and Adjunct Professor, MICA
Former Advisory Board Member and Director, Cohezia, UK
PG Diploma in Mass Communication, MICA
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Ms. Spatica Ramanujam
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
Diploma in Creating Theater and Performance, LISPA, London
Artistic Director, MukhaMugam Theatre Company
Former Faculty for Open Course,
Azim Premji University
M.A. in Psychology, Delhi University