Ministry of Human Resource Development announced Mr.C.P.Gurnani, MD & CEO – TechMahindra as the Chairman of IIM Nagpur Board of Governors. An accomplished business leader with extensive experience in international business development, start-ups, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, he brings to IIM Nagpur a dynamic leadership with dedicated focus on growth of the institute.

The Ministry appointed Prof L S Murty, professor at IIM Bangalore as the First Director of IIM Nagpur. Prof.Murty comes with a long and exemplary academic and industry experience. His areas of interests are Operations management and operations strategy. He joined the institute on March 23, 2017.

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Prof. R. Vaidyanathan is Professor of Finance and Control at Indian Institute of Management IIM-Bangalore. His areas of interest are Corporate Finance, Investments, Portfolio Management, Risk Management and Pensions. He is the founder Chairperson for the Centre for Capital Market and Risk Management [CCMR] at IIMB. He is a National Fellow of ICSSR. He was UTI chair Professor in the area of capital Markets at IIMB.

A graduate of the Loyola College, Madras and a Masters from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta he obtained his Fellow in Management (Doctorate) from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta where he also taught for four years.
As a visiting Fulbright Scholar in Corporate Finance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaigne USA, he studied the credit rating mechanisms of major agencies like S&P,Moody's etc.He was a Visiting Faculty at the International Center for Banking and Financial Services at Manchester Business School and was a Fellow of Salzburg Seminar at Austria. He was a visiting Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Management at theUniversity of Mauritius.He was a visiting Fulbright Fellow at the Georgia State University at Atlanta and International Insurance Foundation at Washington D. C. during 2003 and studied the Pension Systems in the USA.
He was named one of the best ten professors at all IIMs by business Today magazine. He was the member of several committees related to SEBI,IRDA, EPFO, NPS for PFRDA, SIDBI, Standing Advisory Committee on database of the Indian Economy for RBI etc.He was the President of the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Ass6ciation (APRIA)(HQ Singapore). He is on the International Academic Advisory Board [IAABI ofSingapore College of Insurance [SCII. He is on the Board of many Corporates andBanks.He has published a number of articles in India and abroad on Corporate Finance andCapital Markets. His recent book titled "lndiaUninc -- about Unincorporated Sector in theIndian economy- published by Tata Westland; has been well received by policy plannersand the market. He has also published a book on Pensions-"f'6slng the future" incollaboration with ING global-- by Tata McGraw-Hill He is working on a book onBlack money & Tax Havens and India's wealth abroad. He has been a consultant tovarious organizations such as HLL, LIC, ITC, BPL, and a number of Banks.
He is currently on the board of many large listed companies

Mr Vaibhav Dange, presently working as Private Secretary to Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari. With past experience of working on Policy issues was selected as the only Private Secretary from corporate sector against the normal practice of appointing serving IAS officer. As PS to Union Minister had to play a pivotal role in ensuring that the Government's vision and objectives of Infrastructure Development is translated in action on ground.

The Ministry of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping has been recognised as best performing Ministry by various media surveys and report. He was formerly working as Deputy Director at FICCI India's Apex Business Chamber. His job profile involved coordination with Central and state government's commerce & industry departments for investment promotion and state level reforms through effective policy changes. Primarily worked on Investment promotion both domestic and FDI and has been involved in very large scale investment promotion initiatives like Vibrant Gujarat, Destination Madhya Pradesh and Resurgent Rajasthan organised by respective state governments.

Dr Preetha Reddy is the Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Hospitals Group, Asia's foremost integrated healthcare provider. She is widely recognized for her contributions in making high quality healthcare accessible to millions across the country and also for her support to various entities and industry bodies, working for the betterment of India. Dr.Preetha works closely with the organization's clinicians in introducing contemporary protocols to continuously enhance clinical outcomes. She leads the thrust on continuous quality improvement processes to achieve the highest standards of patient satisfaction.

She is the Managing Trustee of the Apollo Hospitals Education Trust; a principal body steering institutions in Nursing, Allied Health Sciences and Management, with a shared objective of building a talent pool of skilled health human resources in India. She has been the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement award for distinguished service in the field of Social Science from the Loyola Forum for Historical Research. She was also awarded the NHRDN 'People CEO Awards - Women Leadership' by The National HRD Network. Dr.Preetha Reddy holds a Bachelor's degree in Science and a Master's in Public Administration. She was conferred the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Dr. MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of healthcare.

IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra.

IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra.

He graduated from BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli under Karnataka University with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and was a gold medallist. Thereafter, he obtained a Masters and Doctorate from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Prior to joining College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP,he was a member of faculty at IIT Guwahati for 11 years. He was also a lecturer at NERIST, Itanagar. He served as the Director of CoEP from 2005-2015. Presently, he is the chairman of AICTE.

IAS, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra

Ms. Sindushree Khullar, brings over four decades of senior strategic and operational experience across a variety of sectors. In her last post as the first CEO of NITI Aayog from its inception on 1st January 2015, she successfully managed the changeover from the Planning Commission (1950-2014) to the new institution seamlessly, downsized the organisation and refashioned its processes to serve its new purpose and functions.

She also set up a system to monitor outcomes against targets set for priority sectors and reported the quarterly analyses and progress for all key sectors in detailed presentations to the Prime Minister. In her previous roles Ms Khullar has been Secretary in Planning Commission, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Special Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. She held several significant positions like Secretary (Planning commission) Spl Secretary (MoF) and was involved in framing of policies for key sectors like Infrastructure, health, education and nutrition. She led several initiatives in Delhi like Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) scheme, Transition of fleet from Diesel to CNG, etc. Ms Khullar has also represented the country in National and International fora including the G-20 and the Commonwealth Finance Ministerial. She has been on the Boards of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Telecom Commission, National Highways Authority of India, ONGC, IGL and LIC among others.
Ms Khullar has a Master’s Degree in Development Economics from Boston University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. These were acquired while she was in service. She is an alum of Lady Shri Ram College and Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Mr. Puneet Pushkarna is currently General Partner of Solmark, an organization formed by a group of tech entrepreneurs who have launched and built several companies and bring expertise in all aspects of growing a company in a competitive global marketplace. Solmark'starget portfolios include Business Platforms, Cloud Technologies, Analytics, Data Management and Customer Experience Management companies

Prior to this, he was the President of Headstrong, a highly specialized deep-domain business in the Capital Markets that helped its customers through a strong process-centric digital technology services platform, leading to transformation in the front, middle and back office. Headstrong eventually got acquired by Genpact in 2011. He was also the co-founder of TechSpan, that consistently ranked as amongst the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley. He was also part of the founding team that helped grow HCL America into what is now HCL Technologies.
He sits on a number of Boards/Advisory Boards of several organisations like Servion Global Solutions Ltd, SP Jain School of Management, Holmusk, Mobikon, Evolko. Catalyst at SMART (Singapore MIT Alliance for Research & Technology), Judge at TR35 Asia – Program to identify World’s top innovators under 35 run by MIT. He is also involved with a number of philanthropic initiatives like the Indian Foundation for the Arts, South Asian Heart Center, Pratham, etc. Puneet is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) from its early days in the Silicon Valley and serves as its Chairman of the Singapore chapter and is also a member of the Board of Trustees for TiE Global.
Puneet did his B.Tech from Nagpur and his MBA from State University of New York. After spending almost 25 years in the US, Puneet now lives in Singapore.

Ms Smita Waingankar, has completed her Bachelor's in Legislative Law (LLB) from Mumbai University and has a Master's degree in Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy from TISS. She is currently engaged with the government-funded project titled 'Impact of Infrastructure and Governance Transformations of JNNURM on Small, Medium and Large Cities' at the Centre for Urban Policy and Governance. In the past, she has worked with Urban India Reforms Facility (UIRF), a programme that focused on areas such as housing in small and medium towns and gendered governance in an urban space. She has done significant work in Community Participation in urban governance.

Dean Programmes, IIM Ahmedabad.

He has more than 28 years of experience in consultancy, industry and academics. The consulting experience includes working with several organizations in both private and public sectors and also on the assignments funded by international agencies like the World Bank, OECF, ICA, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, etc. The consulting areas include: financial restructuring, business systems development, accounting & costing systems and corporate performance measurement. The industry experience is in the areas of corporate finance, accounting and MIS in chemical companies. The academic experience includes teaching and research in the Finance and Accounting Area.

He has designed and conducted several management development programmes in China, Egypt, India, Kuwait, Nairobi, South Africa and Thailand. The major clients for consulting and management development programmes cover various sectors like banking and insurance, engineering, infrastructure, energy, chemicals & pharmaceuticals and IT.
He is a member of the Cost Accounting Standards Board of the ICWAI. He has served as an expert member in the Pension Reforms Committee and Financial Resources Committee set up by the Finance Department of the Government of Gujarat. He specializes in accounting, management control, and performance measurement and management systems. His research interests and publications are in developing financial and non-financial performance measurement tools, Balanced Score Card, accounting issues and impact

Specialization in Organizational Behaviour. Worked in industry for several years in different line and staff functions, ranging from production, HRD, to R&D. Taught and worked in several academic and administrative capacities at IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Indore. Was part of the "founding" faculty team at IIM Indore before joining IIM Ahmedabad. Has taught courses in organizational behaviour, organization theory, management of change, and research methodology in IIMA and elsewhere.

Has studied issues arising out of the transformation of private sector organizations, and of government related services, and written and presented cases/papers papers on them. Has consulted, and conducted executive development programmes for middle to senior level executives for many multinational and Indian organizations. Current interest areas for research are leadership and management of organizational change and transformations

Until recently, he was Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Before joining IIMA, he was Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. Before that, he was a Harvard Business School faculty member for 13 years.Nanda was Fellow, Harvard Business School Executive Education from 2013 to 2017 and Officiating Director, IIM Nagpur from its inception in 2015 to 2017.

Professor Nanda stepped aside as Director, IIMA in September 2017 and in October 2017 joined the Strategy Unit of Harvard Business School.
Nanda's research, teaching, and advisory work focus on leadership, particularly in the context of professional services and institutions of higher education. He has published case studies and articles on professional services in three primary streams – management of professional service organizations, professionals’ labour markets, and professionalism. During his stint as Director, IIMA, Nanda has written on, and participated in conferences and task forces related to, administration of higher education institutions, particularly Indian professional schools.