Transformation and exponential development specialist. Trained as an architect, project management professional and business management executive Alumnus of the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India –

International IP Advisor, Educator, Consultant and Mentor National (16 yrs;TRIPS negotiator) and international (26 yrs at WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland from Nov 1993 to August 2017). Digital Health Advisor, Educator, Consultant and Mentor –

Non Profit Advisor, Educationist, Volunteer, IT Consultant, Systems and Business Analyst, Corp Communication Expert –

Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. Former Secretary to Govt. of India. Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer with more than 34 years of wide ranging experience particularly in the areas of power, finance, infrastructure, trade and industry. Has been part of historic reforms in India – Transition from GATT to WTO regime; Carrying forward Delhi’s power reforms involving unbundling &privatisation of distribution; Setting up India’s Financial Intelligence Unit and establishing Anti- Money Laundering regime and Rolling out of GST in time bound manner. Passionate about reforms. institution building & bringing about systemic changes. –

20+ years of proven expertise in Leading Business Verticals & Business Development across Blue Chip companies in diverse sectors such as Insurance, Payment Services, Banking, Media & FMCG, with leading organisations such as Unilever, HSBC, Mastercard and Aviva Life. –

Dr. M.R. Anand belongs to the 1981 Batch of the Indian Economic Service (IES). Before leaving the service (on retirement), he was Principal Economic Adviser, Government of India in the Ministry of Communications, DoT and prior to that he was Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and MD / CEO Media Lab Asia (now renamed as Digital India Corporation). He holds a Phd and an MPhil in Economics from CDS Trivandrum, Masters from BITS, Pilani, Diplome in Enterprise Management from IIAP, Paris, Diploma in Systems Management and a Diploma in French. –

Noted expert in e-Governance and Certified Independent Director Advisor to Government of Sri Lanka and Government of West Bengal on e-Governance and ICT Policy DEPR is an independent think tank that formulates positions on policies for the Digital Economy –

Chartered Accountant (CA) with Industry Experience in Financial Services, Corporate Finance and International Accounting. He is also a certified Quality Master Black Belt in Six Sigma from Centre for Learning and Organizational Excellence (CLOE – USA). –