Currently working as Associate Professor at The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bangalore. Dr. Vishnuprasad is a post graduate in biotechnology and obtained his PhD for the work on identification of modulators of GLUT4 translocation from medicinal plants. He has more than 15 years of research and teaching experience in different universities in India and abroad. He is currently involved in trans-disciplinary research in the area of Ayurveda Biology where the concepts of Ayurveda and modern biology are integrated to deepen the systems level understanding of biological changes in glucose and lipid metabolism related diseases like diabetes, obesity, NAFLD etc. He has several peer reviewed research publications, conference papers and book chapters to his credit. He is guiding PhD and M.Sc students at TDU. He has conceptualized and introduced an innovative transdisciplinary post graduate program, M.Sc Life Sciences (Ayurveda Biology), at TDU and currently he is one of the coordinators of this program.
Mr. Anil Kumar completed a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Nuclear Physics from University of Delhi, India.
He started his career as an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in the year 1986. During 34 years of his distinguished services, he extensively dealt with issues relating to security of vital installations and important persons as well as issues relating to terrorism and anti-corruption. He superannuated from Government Service from the rank of Director General in 2020.
During his service, he also got an opportunity to work with Department of Atomic Energy as Inspector General (Security), Mumbai, from 2011 to 2016, where he supervised and advised on the physical security of installations of the Department of Atomic Energy, GOI. He participated in various training courses on Nuclear Security conducted by IAEA and GCNEP. He made significant contributions to the revision of the Physical Security Manual of DAE installations and various SOPs. During his tenure, he coordinated meetings of various inter-ministerial committees on security matters of Atomic Energy establishments in India. He also participated in various mock exercises on Nuclear Safety & Security.
Navneet Bhushan founded CRAFITTI (www.crafitti.com) in 2008, an innovation consulting firm, incubated at IIM Bangalore. He started as a Scientist at DRDO (ISSA) (1990-2000). His corporate stints (2000-2008) include Infosys, Philips, Wipro, and Hexaware besides serving as India CEO of CREAX. He is visiting faculty for warfare simulations and strategies for M. Tech. (Defence Technology) and for strategic design management at the National Institute of Design. Amity Institute of Defence Technology awarded him Honorary Professor title in 2022. He is a Member of the Board of School of National Security Studies, Central University Gujarat.
Navneet is the principal author of Strategic Decision Making – Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process which is featured at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge for Business Leaders and has 1460+ google scholar citations. Navneet developed “Inventive Energy” as the new patent trends metric on which two books have been published. His book on innovation and entrepreneurship - “Bhelpuri Thoughts” was published in 2022.
Navneet is an associate editor of International Journal of AHP and regularly writes on defence at http://www.indiandefencereview.com/author/navneetbhushan/. MTech in Computer Science and Engineering (IIT Madras), an M.Sc. in Software Science (Allahabad University), and a B.Sc. in Physics (Hons.) (Delhi University), Navneet holds diplomas in IPR (NLSIU, Bangalore) and Patent Information (The Netherlands).
Dr. G. Athithan received his B.E. (Hons) in Electronics and Communications from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nādu in 1981. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 1997. After a stint of seven years in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1988. His work in DAE was on computer graphics, computer-aided design, and modelling of quasicrystal structures. Later, in DRDO, he contributed to the development of parallel computing, scientific data visualisation, and information security solutions. He was a ‘Distinguished Scientist’ and a Director General of DRDO at the time of retirement in 2018. Post retirement, from August 2019 to August 2023, he was with the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Bengaluru as a DRDO Chair. His research interests are artificial intelligence, data mining, and cyber security. He has co-authored two books, one on outlier detection during 2019 and another on cyber security during 2022. He has published around twenty-nine papers in archived journals and around thirty papers in conference proceedings. From March 2024, he is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Studies as an Adjunct Professor.
Dr. M.P.Damodaran is an Anthropologist, specialized in Social-Cultural Anthropology, currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head-in-Charge in the Department of Anthropology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has graduated in NET-UGC (Anthropology), JRF-UGC (Anthropology), Ph.D. Research (Anthropology), and M.A. (Anthropology). With over 18 years of Teaching and Research experience, he had publications in Indian / international Journals and participated, papers presented, and organized about 200 National/International/Regional Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences. His area of specialization is/are Social-Cultural Anthropology. His Trust area of teaching and research is Ethnography, Tribal and Community Studies, Urban and Rural Anthropology, Research Methodology, Practicing and Application of Anthropology, Planning and Decentralization, Cultural Anthropology, Folklore and Teyyam. Dr. M.P.Damodaran served several academic bodies, expert committees, and professional organizations in various capacities including, Academic Council, Board of Studies, Doctoral & Research Advisory Committees, Government Committees, Selection Committees, College Inspection Committees, Life Member of Indian Science Congress, Life Member of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists, Founder Member of Indian Academy of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) Kerala Chapter and Tamil Nadu Chapter, and Working General Secretary of INCAA Tamil Nadu Chapter. He has received the Award "Bharat Gaurav Puraskar" (for exemplary and remarkable academic contributions to Anthropology) conferred jointly by "KTK Outstanding Achievers and Education Foundation" and "Helium Production", New Delhi, India, (July 2022).
Dr Nishchal Nath Pandey is the Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies(CSAS), a premier think tank of Nepal. Previously, he has served as the Executive Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Pandey was also an International Research committee member of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo. Pandey also teaches at the department of conflict, peace and development studies under the Tribhuvan University.
Dr. Harikrishnan N B currently holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus. His primary areas of interest revolve around data-driven learning, encompassing machine learning, brain-inspired learning, and causal machine learning. With a profound passion for teaching and research, he consistently dedicates himself to advancing knowledge in his field. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Harikrishnan N B also finds interest in Indian philosophy, reflecting a well-rounded approach to intellectual exploration.
Dr. D.N. GUPTA holds engineering degree from IIT Roorkee (1987) and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi (2012). In his Ph.D. program, he applied System Approach and System Dynamics Modelling to determine Public Policy in the Renewable Energy sector. He retired from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and held various positions in the government for policymaking and program implementation.
His areas of specialization include Policy Research; Complexity Science for Public Policy, Economy, and Business; System Approach and System Dynamics; Renewable Energy; Sustainable Development; Quality in Public Service Delivery; Institution Building; Behavioral Approach in Public Policy; Innovative approaches in Public Policy and Governance; and Policy Design. He has written various articles and books on development issues, public policy, institutional development, and economy