Sri Kris Gopalakrishnan
Sri Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan holds Master’s degrees in physics and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Kris is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) and an Honorary Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) of India.
He is the Chairman of Axilor Ventures, a seed fund. Kris served as the vice Chairman of Infosys from 2011 to 2014 and the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys from 2007 to 2011. Kris is one of the co-founders of Infosys. Recognized as a global business and technology thought leader, he was voted the top CEO (IT Services category) in Institutional Investor’s inaugural ranking of Asia’s Top Executives and selected as one of the winners of the second Asian Corporate Director Recognition Awards by Corporate Governance Asia in 2011. He also was selected to Thinkers 50, an elite list of Global Business Thinkers, in 2009. He was elected President of India’s apex industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2013-14 and served as one of the co-chairs of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2014.
In January 2011, the Government of India awarded Sri Gopalakrishnan the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian honor.
Sri Gopalakrishnan serves on the Board of Governors of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and is the Chairman, Board of Governors of IIIT, Bengaluru. He is the Chairman of the Vision Group on Information Technology of Karnataka Government and the Chairman of CII Start-up Council. Sri Gopalakrishnan invests in promoting research on Brain sciences, aging related disorders as well as investing in start-ups and start-up ecosystems.
Sri Mohandas Pai
Sri Mohandas Pai holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) from Bengaluru University. He is also a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), and a Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, the body that oversees the International Accounting Standards Board.
Sri Mohandas Pai is currently the Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) and Advisor, Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG). Before joining MaGE, Mohan was a member of Infosys’ Board of Directors and Head – Administration, Education & Research, Finance, Human Resources, and Infosys Leadership Institute.
Sri Mohandas was an integral part of the Infosys team that enabled the first listing of an India-registered company on NASDAQ and the first sponsored secondary offering of American Depositary Shares by an Indian company. He was voted as the ‘CFO of the Year’ in 2001 by IMA India. He won the ‘Best CFO in India’ award from Finance Asia in 2002, and ‘Best Chief Financial Officer in India’ in the Best Managed Companies poll conducted by Asia Money in 2004.
Sri Mohan has been actively working with regulators to improve the business ecosystem. He was a member of the Kelkar Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India for reforming direct taxes, the Non-Resident Taxation Committee and the High-Powered Committee on e-Commerce and Taxation. He is currently a member of the Board of SEBI.
With his keen interest in improving literacy across the country, Sri Mohan has worked extensively in the basic education sector. He brings to MaGE his insights of the Indian system, his international exposure, his deep understanding of financial concerns, his experience in building an international brand and the personal credibility he enjoys with business leaders.
Prof. B. Mahadevan
Sri B. Mahadevan is a professor of Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru. He has close to 30 years of experience in teaching, research, consulting, and academic administration at IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Bengaluru and other reputed institutions such as IIT Delhi and XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Professor Mahadevan was the founder Vice-chancellor of Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth – a university for applied Sanskrit and Indian Wisdom.
He was a visiting scholar at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
Professor Mahadevan’s research interests include researching the possibility of using ancient Indian wisdom to address contemporary concerns, spirituality in the workplace, and management paradigms from Bhagavad Gita.
Prof. Sushant Joshi
Registrar, Chanakya University
Dr. Sushant Joshi is an academician, teacher, technocrat,
and trainer. His areas of expertise include Computer Science, Marketing, Strategy, Research and
Employability Skills. He has served as the Dean of M.B.A. at Jain College – Belagavi; and Controller of Examinations at the KLS Institute of Management Education and Research. Being on the board of Industry, Academic and Social organizations, he is the Co-convenor of Prabuddha Bharat Belagavi – a distinguished Intellectual Social Responsibility Initiative, renowned for its National Conclaves.
Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy
Director, Centre for IKS
Area of Specialization: Psychological insights in the Vedas, Sanskrit, English, Yogic Science and Applied Psychology.
Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy, being one of the members of the Founding Team of the Chanakya University, currently holds the position of the Director – Communications and as the Director -Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems at the University. He is also a Co-founder of Indica Yoga, a platform that offers authentic, immersive and transformative yoga experiences across the world. Recently, he has set up Ritambhara Retreat, an idyllic space for contemplation and learning close to Bengaluru city.
Dr.Vinayachandra is a dedicated teacher who has been traveling across the world conducting courses, lectures and workshops with a unique blend of Yoga, Psychology and Sanskrit.
He has had the privilege of being a tutor at the European Union of Yoga Congress, Zinal, Switzerland during the years 2013 and 2014. He was also the Guest of Honour at the same event in 2017. He has also served as a visiting faculty at the Department of Contemplative and Behavioural Sciences at Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Orissa
Vinayachandra brings with him nearly two decades of rich experience in the domains of research, teaching and policy formulation owing to his varied engagements. He has served as a Senior Consultant to the Committee – to Draft the National Educational Policy (NEP) under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan – set up by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India;
He has also served as the Director of Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, a Bengaluru-based research centre dedicated to Sanskrit and Shastric studies; Research Associate at Development Foundation, Bengaluru; Research Associate and Head of Centre for Indian Psychology, Jain University, Bengaluru and Research Associate at Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Govt. of Karnataka. Lecturer, Dept. of Sanskrit, Jain College, Bengaluru and Lecturer, Dept. of Yoga and Spirituality, SVYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru.
His publications include a report on Standardization of Yoga Terminologies for WHO; a book co-edited with Dr. Anuradha Choudry titled ‘Perspectives on Indian Psychology’, published by Jain University Press. Another book co-authored titled ‘Happiness: Indic Perspectives’ was published by Development Foundation – besides a few articles, papers, booklets on Yoga, Indian Psychology, Culture and Spirituality.
C.A. Sujiban Ghosh
An FCA and Finance professional, hailing from West Bengal, with over 3 decades of Experience across Multi-National Corporations and Educational Institutions, he has helped establish financial systems at new Universities, such as Manipal and Others. As the Chief Financial Officer at Chanakya University, he is responsible for the establishment of financial administration and systems.
