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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

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

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

Prof. Radhika Lobo
Program Chair (Bachelor of Arts)
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

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

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

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

Prof. Sidhartha Mehra
Professor of Practice, School of
Business Studies
CFO & CHRO, Zolostays, Bangalore
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), ICAI
Associate Company Secretary (ACS), ICSI

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)

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

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

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

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

Dr. Bijil Prakash
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

Ms. 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)
M.Phil (English) & NET
Pursuing PhD with thesis titled 'The Right to Dissent: an Analysis of Political Cartoons During the Emergency Years in India (1975-77)'

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

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

Ms. Monika Bijlani
Adjunct 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

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

Soumik Bhusan
Adjunct Professor, School of
Business Studies
CEO, EV Logistics enterprise
Head of CX, Amazon
Advisor to multiple start-ups
Guest Faculty, IIMs

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

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

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

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

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

Prof. Radhika Lobo
Program Chair (Bachelor of Arts)
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

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

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

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

Prof. Sidhartha Mehra
Professor of Practice, School of
Business Studies
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), ICAI
Associate Company Secretary (ACS), ICSI

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ms. 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)
M.Phil (English) & NET
Pursuing PhD with thesis titled 'The Right to Dissent: an Analysis of Political Cartoons During the Emergency Years in India (1975-77)'

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

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

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

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

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