Attraction Conference 25
Chief
Guest
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Padma Vibhushan, Eminent Economist & Former Deputy Chairman,
Planning Commission of India
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an economist, and civil servant, was former Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Government of India. He joined the Government in 1979 as Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, after which he held a series of positions including Special Secretary to the Prime Minister; Commerce Secretary; Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs; Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; Member of the Planning Commission and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. In 2001, he was appointed as the first Director of the newly created Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund. He resigned from that position in 2004 to take up the position of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission which he held from 2004 to 2014.
Mr. Ahluwalia has been a key figure in Indian economic policy. He writes on various aspects of development economics and has been published in prominent Indian and international journals and books. He co-authored Re-distribution with Growth: An Approach to Policy, which, published in 1975, was a path-breaking book on income distribution. In February 2020, he published his book, Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years, an insider’s account of policymaking from 1985 to 2014.
For his outstanding contribution to economic policy and public service, he was conferred the prestigious ‘Padma Vibhushan’ in 2011, India’s 2 nd highest civilian award for exceptional and distinguished service.
Mr.
Ahluwalia
graduated
from
Delhi
University
and
holds
an
MA
and
an
MPhil
in
Economics
from
Oxford
University.
He
is
an
Honorary
Fellow
of
Magdalen
College Oxford.
Keynote
Speaker
Prof. Pankaj Setia
The IIMA Chair Professor, Professor of Information Systems
Prof.
Setia
consults
and
conducts
executive
education
programs
with leading organizations and government institutions. His opinions on
various
aspects
of
digital
transformation
and
leadership
have
appeared
in leading outlets, such as the Business World, Outlook, and Forbes
India,
amongst
others.
He
is
often
quoted
by
leading
national
dailies, such
as
Economic
Times,
Indian
Express,
and
many
others.
He
teaches graduate-level
courses on the leadership of digital organizations,
strategic management of digital innovations, and digital transformation
at
the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). He has previously taught
for many years at Michigan State University and the
University
of
Arkansas
in
the
US.
His
research
has
been
published in the top information systems
and business journal such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and
Journal of
Operations Management,
amongst
many
others.
Over
the
last
ten
years,
based
on
his
publications
in the top two
leading
IS
journals
(on the
Financial Times
top
50
journal
list),
he
has
featured
among
the
top
100
researchers
in the field of Information Systems worldwide. His research has
been presented at conferences across the world. He has been invited to give
research
talks
or
keynote
speeches
by
universities
from
different
countries, such as India, the US, Chile, and Singapore. He is serving or
has
served
as
the
chair
of
the
Information
Technology
track
at
the Decision Sciences Institute
Governance, Digital Strategy and Value track
at
the
International
Conference
on
Information
Systems,
guess
associate
editor
at
MIS
Quarterly,
Associate
editor
at
the
Journal
of
the
Association
for
Information
Systems,
the
editorial
board
of
the
Decision
Sciences Journal, amongst other such service assignments.
Prof. Sebastian Morris
Senior Professor,
Goa Institute of Management, Goa, India
Prof. Sebastian Morris is Senior Professor and Chair of the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at the Goa Institute of Management. He retired from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad after over 25 years of teaching, research and consultation. His principal interests are the Indian economy, infrastructure development and regulation, the public sector and governance, international trade and investments, macroeconomics, and small industry. His recent books have been: Macroeconomic Policy in India since the Global Financial Crisis – Trends, Policies and Challenges in Economic Revival Post COVID, Springer Nature, 2022, Singapore, (ed.) The Difficulty of Being Gajendra Haldea – Reflections on His Life and Legacy, 2023, Bloomsbury, and (ed.) The India Infrastructure Report 2023 – Urban Planning and Development, Bloomsbury, 2023
Qualifications: Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management (Ph.D.), Calcutta; M.Sc. (Int.) (Phys.), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Areas of Expertise: International trade and investment, industrial development, economic history, public sector, infrastructure, regulation, public policy, macroeconomics, regional development and small firms.
Experience: Was earlier Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for over 25 years. Co-chaired and designed several Phase
V
IV and III Executive Programmes for Senior Civil Servants. Have
designed
and
offered
Executive
programmes
for
the
IAS,
IAAS,
IRS,
ITS,
WB,
CAG, IES, public and private sector
firms
and consulted
for
national
and
international
organizations
and
enterprises.
Was
recipient
of
the
Ford
Foundation
Post-Doctoral
Fellowship
in
International
Economics;
won
the
EXIM Bank’s International
Trade Research
Award;
was
visiting
faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Essec
Business
School,
Paris.
Earlier
worked
as
Calcutta
Correspondent
and
Senior
Staff
Writer
for
Business
India
Magazine,
and
Associate
Professor, Institute of
Public
Enterprise, Hyderabad.
Was also ICCR Chair
Professor
at
Copenhagen Business School.
Mr. Mihir Joshi
Managing
Director,
GVFL Limited
Mihir
Joshi
is
the
Managing
Director
of
GVFL
Limited,
with
25
years
of
venture capital investment experience across diverse sectors. He is one
of
the
few
venture
capitalists
in
India
to
have
navigated
full
fund
life cycles
multiple
times—from
fundraising
to
investment
and
successful exits—gaining
deep
expertise
in
venture
investing.
Over the course of his career, Mihir has invested in 150+ startups, successfully exiting from 80 investments. He has served on the board of 30+ companies, actively guiding them through strategic growth and scaling. His investment portfolio spans multiple sectors, including Deeptech, SaaS, Consumer, TravelTech, Logistics, FoodTech, EdTech, Renewable Energy, Space, Biotech, AgriTech, MedTech.
Mihir
is
a
Charter
Member
of
TiE,
and
has
been
active
member
of
various
industry
associations.
He
holds
professional
qualifications
ICWA
and
CS
and
has
completed
Advanced
Management
program
at
IIM
Ahmedabad and
Venture
Capital
training
at
IAPEI
Hong
Kong.
Panel
Discussion
Title :
Entrepreneurship and Economic development: Perspectives from Asian Countries
Moderator:
Prof. Chandramauli Pathak
Honorary Director
LJ Institute of Entrepreneurship and Family Business L J university, India
(Moderator)
Panellists:
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