Shri Kewal Krishan Sethi, IAS (Retd.), is a former senior civil servant who held several important positions in the Government of India and the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He served as Chief Secretary of Manipur and subsequently as President of the Board of Revenue in Madhya Pradesh.
He also served as Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, a constitutional office established under Article 350-B of the Constitution of India. In this capacity, he presented to the President of India the 38th to 43rd Annual Reports of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities.
These reports examined the implementation of constitutional safeguards and the Nationally Agreed Scheme of Safeguards for linguistic minorities across India. They made recommendations to the Central Government, State Governments and Union Territory administrations aimed at strengthening the implementation of these safeguards, addressing grievances and aspirations of linguistic minorities, and ensuring that the constitutional protections available to them were effectively realised.
With extensive experience in senior public administration and governance, Shri Sethi brings to public policy issues a deep understanding of India’s constitutional framework, federal administration and the institutional safeguards designed to protect linguistic and other minority interests.
Dr Anoop Swarup, who is based in Melbourne, Australia, has recently been elected Secretary General of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP). Representing more than four decades of distinguished engagement across education, public administration, finance, international affairs, science, peace-building and social entrepreneurship, he brings to the position extensive global experience as an educationist, life scientist, futurist, writer and columnist, peace activist and former civil servant. A former Member of the AUAP Advisory Council, he has served as a Vice Chancellor since 2008 and as an Emeritus Professor in India and abroad, and has held senior positions in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Human Resource Development, including Executive Director of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan. In 2007, he was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a UN representative on financial and security matters in connection with the implementation of a UN Security Council resolution relating to Darfur. An ardent Gandhian and advocate of nonviolence, he is a recipient of the Hiroshima Peace Award, Japan, the Presidential Award of India, the Ambassador of Peace Award, Australia, and numerous honorary doctorates, fellowships, medals and international recognitions, including recognition by Soka University, Tokyo, and a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, London. His international engagements have included work with the UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNICEF, UN Volunteers and WWF, as well as academic and institutional associations with universities and organisations across Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe. He has authored and edited books spanning Gandhian thought, nonkilling and nonviolence, Indian civilisation, life sciences, finance, money laundering, financial crimes and international economic engagement, and has written extensively on contemporary affairs and the future of society. Through his varied public, academic and international roles, Professor Swarup has consistently sought to bring together education, knowledge, ethical public service, scientific inquiry and the Gandhian pursuit of peace and human development.
Shri A. Vijay Anand is a retired Indian civil servant who held senior positions in the Department of Space (DoS), including Joint Secretary, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser at the Department of Space/ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru. In these capacities, he was involved in the financial, administrative and policy framework of India’s space programme.
He also served as an adviser to the Chairman of ISRO and was associated with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO, including as a member of its Board of Directors. His association with the Department of Space and Antrix placed him at the intersection of India’s space programme, government policy, financial administration and the commercialisation of space capabilities.
After his retirement from government service, Shri Vijay Anand has continued to contribute to discussions on India’s space-sector reforms, institutional restructuring and the increasing role of private industry in the aerospace and space ecosystem. He has provided perspectives on the transition taking place in India’s space sector and the policy challenges involved in integrating private enterprise with the country’s established public-sector space institutions.
He has also served in various post-retirement capacities, including as an independent external monitor and as a non-executive director of public-sector and private institutions.
With extensive experience spanning government administration, finance, the space sector and public-sector governance, Shri A. Vijay Anand brings a distinctive institutional perspective to the evolution of India’s space programme and the reforms shaping its future.
Dr. G. Shreekumar Menon, IRS (Retd.), Ph.D. in Narcotics, is a former Director General of the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) and the Multi-Disciplinary School of Economic Intelligence, Government of India.
A senior public administrator and specialist in narcotics, economic intelligence and international security, Dr. Menon has held several positions involving public administration, enforcement, economic intelligence and national security.
His academic and professional engagements have included fellowships at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in the United States and the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia, USA. He has also undertaken advanced studies in Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, and was an AOTS Scholar in Japan.
With extensive experience in government administration, narcotics control, economic intelligence and international security, Dr. Menon brings a broad institutional and policy perspective to issues concerning national security, transnational crime, economic intelligence and public administration.
Dr. Bala Surya Kumble is a technology and innovation professional with more than three decades of experience spanning telecommunications, information and communication technology, defence, aviation, government, healthcare, artificial intelligence and advanced research.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Kumble has been associated with the development and delivery of large telecommunications infrastructure projects for government departments and major international organisations, including Telstra, Telecom New Zealand and Commonwealth Bank. His professional experience encompasses large-scale infrastructure development, multimedia and data communications, technology transfer, product development and the management of complex technology projects across diverse sectors.
He has also held senior positions in the Government of India. He served as Joint Director in the Department of Electronics, Government of India, and was Member Secretary of the National Radar Council Working Group. His work and research interests have extended to satellite communications, data communications, Universal Personal Telecommunications, multimedia systems and multi-service inter-working.
Dr. Kumble is a senior member of the IEEE and was awarded the IEEE Millennium Medal for his contributions to the field. He has also served as Chairman of the IEEE Victoria Section and has published several technical papers in the fields of telecommunications and communications technology.
His more recent work has increasingly focused on the convergence of technology, artificial intelligence, healthcare and advanced research. He has been involved in AI/ML, bioinformatics, medical science and drug-discovery initiatives, including collaborations with international research and clinical-trial centres.
Dr. Kumble is the Executive Chair of Global Knowledge Alliance and has served as a Partner at Steinbeis Global Technology Accelerator (SGTA) and as Executive Chair of Clarion Analytics, an AI/ML and clinical research enterprise. He is also the CEO and Managing Director of Innova Sierra Pty Ltd, an innovation, research and development services company engaged in developing technology products and solutions across areas including telecommunications, mining automation, smart-grid technology, bioinformatics and biotechnology.
With experience extending from government technology policy and national infrastructure to advanced telecommunications, artificial intelligence and biomedical research, Dr. Bala Surya Kumble brings a multidisciplinary perspective to technology development, innovation, research and technology transfer.
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