“I am a passionate designer who likes the big questions as well as the small after effects.

I enjoy the challenge of conversion from the idea to the tangible, affecting on its way both market and meaning.

I enjoy the fact the design contends with both the explicit as well as the implicit, celebrating in its outcome cultural codes of value and quality.

I like to stretch the notions of how overarching the role of design can be in its width and depth, especially at this crucial juncture where we ask, ‘do we progress to solve, or regress to survive?’.”

I have a passion for teaching. And it gives me immense joy to facilitate the growth and development of the students.

With over 25 years of art practice and teaching, Devaraj’s works shows high technical proficiency as well as strong conceptual understanding. He is the winner of the ‘Lalit Kala National Academy Award’ and many other recognitions. He has many solo & curated exhibitions to his credit. He has designed over 300 cover pages, books, architectural perspectives and has illustrated over 1400 caricatures for ‘The Economics Times’, Bangalore.

Dr Vijendra Singh has doctoral degree in political science from Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His Ph.D. was on modern Indian political thought where he engages with the idea of the spiritual and the secular in the writings of Aurobindo Ghose. For Ph.D, he received doctoral fellowship from Centre for Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. In his research he engages with Indian thinkers thematically, and focuses on their engagement with modernity and with Indian intellectual traditions. He also explores international dimensions of Indian thought. He specializes in modern Indian political thought, political theory and electoral politics in India. He has served as Assistant Professor at School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He teaches wide variety of courses related to political theory, Indian politics, research methodology and Indian thinkers on international relations, and has developed several teaching courses. He has written research articles on Indian political thought and Indian politics, and has presented his research at several academic platforms.

Combined expertise in teaching, research and financing industry. Initiated the career in teaching economics and commerce, thereafter into mainstream economics research. In the banking industry held executive roles in development banking, commercial banking and multi-national banks viz. In the financing industry, held executive positions such as Economist, head of project financing, chief risk officer etc. In the financing industry, specialised in financial risk management, policies etc.

“Prof. Lakshmi Arya Thathachar is Dean- Research and Professor in the School of Law, RV University. In her capacity as Dean-Research, she also chairs the Office of Doctoral Studies. Lakshmi is a historian by training: She earned a PhD in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research and teaching is interdisciplinary and spans History and Philosophy. Her areas of interest are the socio-cultural history of colonial India, epistemology, and political philosophy.

She has previously held faculty positions at various institutions including O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat; AURO University, Surat; and the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore. She has been awarded several prestigious fellowships, including a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, a Charles Wallace Fellowship, and a Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. Lakshmi also writes creatively. Her poems and short stories have appeared in literary journals. “

Mr. Bhanu Prakash Nunna has 3 years of experience in teaching and research. He is also a Mental Health Practitioner with over 10 years of experience in counselling teenagers, university students, geriatric population, and families/caregivers of the elderly. He is a Doctoral Research Fellow at O.P. Jindal Global University in the areas of Victimology and Victim Assistance. Mr. Nunna is the founding Co-director of the Bangladesh Postgraduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice. He is also a Resource Faculty at the prestigious Victimology Postgraduate Courses in Europe and Asia. He is a recipient of World Society of Victimology (WSV) Scholarship in 2018.

“Prof. TVP Chowdry has 30+ years of work experience both in Industry and academics (Institution Building Research, Consulting, Guiding, Teaching and Program management), worked with following companies -HAL, CMC Ltd., Godrej & Boyce, HOPE Technologies, NIIT, dot com startups and other software development companies spanning the areas of Manufacturing, Start-ups, Software Development, Product Design Development, & Project Management.

A graduate in Mechanical engineering, Postgraduate in Marketing Management, Industrial Design, & Applied Computer Science. Doctoral work in Technology Management.

Prof. Chowdry was Head of Design Clinic Scheme (South India) part of Governament of India’s National Competency Program for Manufacturing (NCPM). Worked with SME Clusters and industrie conducting awareness programs, and workshops. Responsible for planning, organizing, monitoring the program implementation. Conducted Awareness Seminars, Workshops and Design projects for Small & Medium industries in 4 southern states.

Earlier academic positions include Founder Dean of RJS Institute of Management Studies – Bangalore, Dean (Business Design) at Welingkar Institute of Management – Mumbai, Bangalore, Chair Person Academics at IFIM Business School – Bangalore. “

Keerthi Kishore S is interested in teaching, training, and conducting research in the area of applied psychology. He believes in using experiential learning as one of the main pedagogical tool to facilitate learning. He is actively involved in designing and conducting learning and development programmes in the area of human resource development.

Dr Samudra has completed his BCA, MBA(HRM) before completing his PhD in Public Systems from IIM Ahmedabad. Prior to joining IIMA, he worked in a large PSU for more than a decade. His research interests lie in the areas of public policy, productivity analysis, education, etc. He has published several cases, journal articles and book chapters.