nitin nohria: chairman
The first Indian Dean of the Harvard Business School, Nitin’s research centers on leadership, corporate accountability and organizational change. He teaches courses across Harvard Business School's MBA, PhD and Executive Education programs. Nitin lives in Boston.

ajay piramal: member
Chairman of Nicholas Piramal India, Ajay envisions making his company the most admired in the Indian pharmaceutical industry. India's fourth largest pharmaceutical company has embarked on a focused R&D program in a world class facility in Mumbai in the areas of NCE (new chemical entity), NDDS (new drug delivery system) and process development. Ajay lives in Mumbai.

apurv bagri: member
Managing Director of the Metdist Group of Companies, Apurv has a deep interest in education and technology. The Metdist Group is involved in international non-ferrous trade and industry and a group company is a floor member of The London Metal Exchange. In addition, the group has manufacturing and trading interests in South East Asia, the Indian sub-continent and the US. Metdist also has extensive investments in the technology sector. Apurv lives in London.

gay haskins: member
Director of External Relations at the London Business School, Gay has oversight for the Regional Advisory Boards established worldwide to advance the School's global reach. An MBA with distinction from York University, Canada, Gay was awarded the 1995 prize of the Sven Ake Nilsson Memorial Fund in Sweden in recognition of her contribution to management development. Gay lives in London.

kamini banga: member
Managing Director of Dimensions Consultancy, Kamini is a consumer and brand consultant. Over the years, clients using her expertise have included Cadbury, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Philips, Godrej, StanChart, Hindustan Thompson Associates, Hindustan Lever, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, UTV and Quadra Advisory. Kamini shuttles between London and The Netherlands.

n r narayana murthy: member
Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, Murthy served as its CEO between 1981 and 2002. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on Nasdaq in 1999. On the board of several of the world's leading educational institutes, Murthy has led key corporate governance initiatives in India. Murthy lives in Bangalore.

dr omkar goswami: member
Founder and Chairperson of CERG Advisory (CERG is the acronym for the Corporate and Economic Research Group), Omkar was earlier Chief Economist of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India's apex industry association located in Delhi. With a master in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a DPhil from Balliol College, Oxford, Omkar lives in Delhi.

prahlad kakar: member
Founder of the ad film company Genesis Film Production, Prahlad has ruled the ad filmmaking business since 1977 and has won several awards for technical excellence, innovation and creativity in advertising over the years. Prahlad lives in Mumbai.

rajesh jain: member
Managing Director of Netcore Solutions, Rajesh has a BTech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, New York. On completing his formal education in 1989, he worked at NYNEX Science and Technology for two years before returning to India in 1992. Three years later, Rajesh launched IndiaWorld.com. From its pioneering start, IndiaWorld grew to be one of the largest collections of India-centric websites, comprising Samachar, Khel, Khoj, and Bawarchi. IndiaWorld was acquired by Satyam Infoway in November 1999 for $115mn. Rajesh lives in Mumbai.

maneck davar: associate publisher
The promoter of Spenta Multimedia, Maneck has 28 years of experience in print journalism and publishing, having written for and worked with several major Indian newspapers and magazines. In the past, he has been the assistant editor of the national weekly Blitz, city editor and chief reporter of the Mumbai newspaper Daily, editor and publisher of the law magazine Lex et Juris, editor and publisher of the Gentleman Group of magazines and is now executive editor and publisher of Spenta Multimedia. Maneck lives in Mumbai.

gita piramal: editor-in-chief
A business historian and India's foremost business writer, Gita is the author of several bestselling books, including Business Maharajas and Business Legends, and coauthor with the late Professor Sumantra Ghoshal of Managing Radical Change and World Class in India (both of which won the Delhi Management Association prize for the best management book). Gita shuttles between London and Mumbai.