CAII Experts Panel

Madan Mohan

Madan Mohan is a post graduate from IARI and had his management education from IIM Ahmedabad and Asian Institute of Management, Manila. As development management professional, he did pioneer work in developing SHGs in the state of J&K, skilling and financing of rural enterprises in Punjab. He has been to Harvard for advance course in appraisal of agri projects. Formerly, CGM, NABARD and CEO of NABARD Consulting, he consults with ministry of Agriculture and is a faculty with National Institute of Banking studies and Corporate Management (NIBSCOM).

Updesh Kumar Sharma

Updesh Kumar Sharma is a former Adviser (Infrastructure and S&T) Planning Commission and NITI Aayog. He is an Electrical Engineer, MBA and MA (Public Policy & Sustainable Development). He has played a key role in setting up Atal Innovation Mission at NITI Aayog for radically transforming innovations and entrepreneurship eco-system in the country. He has also worked with NHPC and BHEL in various capacities and been on the Board of Central PSUs. He has participated in various academic and training programmes at leading Universities of US, Australia, South Korea.

Bhushan Mohan

Bhushan Mohan is an industry veteran and worked as Principal Consultant, NeGD, MeitY, Govt of India. He was responsible for formulation of policies, guidelines and strategy for implementation of NeGP with a vision to bring public services within reach of every citizen. He has contributed extensively in areas of policy formulation, strategic planning, procurement and technology assessment. He is an independent Consultant and a Mentor and also works as Advisor to PWC.

Gopo Bihari Panda

Gopo Bihari Panda is the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard India. She has countrywide responsibility for revenues and profitability and ensuring the greatest leverage from HP’s Services, Personal Systems and Imaging & Printing businesses. With a portfolio that extends to offshore activities, BPO, Software Engineering, Research and IT Services, Neelam is focused on shaping the company’s overall business agenda and leading its strategy and corporate development efforts to make HP the most admired company in India. Previously, Neelam was the Managing Director of Microsoft India, a position she held from 2005 to 2008. During her tenure, she sharpened Microsoft’s strategic focus and improved its operating efficiency and execution, as well as its financial performance and customer focus.

Prior to this assignment, Neelam held a varietGulshan Raiy of successful leadership positions in leading Indian IT companies, including HCL and IBM. Neelam holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and a Masters in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

Subodh Shukla

Mr Subodh Shukla, Senior Fellow, SKOCH Development Foundation, is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT-Kanpur, is Former Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre. He is one of the rare professionals who worked on Mainframe Computers for years. After a brief stint abroad, he joined NIC in 1989. The I&B Ministry and its affiliates. He subsequently handled and implemented Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance (AEBA).

Ram Kishore Gupta

Ram Kishore Gupta was Adviser (Communications and IT), Planning Commission where he played a key role in formulation of Science and Technology Policy. He was associated with the formulation of National Telecom Policy, 2012, National Policy on Electronics, 2012 and Spectrum Auction, besides the establishment of the Office of Adviser to PM on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations. He has also participated in various training programmes, e.g., John F Kennedy School of Government; Asian Productivity Organisation, Tokyo.Ram Kishore Gupta was Adviser (Communications and IT), Planning Commission where he played a key role in formulation of Science and Technology Policy. He was associated with the formulation of National Telecom Policy, 2012, National Policy on Electronics, 2012 and Spectrum Auction, besides the establishment of the Office of Adviser to PM on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations. He has also participated in various training programmes, e.g., John F Kennedy School of Government; Asian Productivity Organisation, Tokyo.

Nirmal Bansal

Nirmal Bansal is a Certified Corporate Director-IOD/ MCA/IICA, M.IOD, Post graduate in commerce, CA IIB, PGDPR and Senior Fellow, SKOCH Development Foundation for over a decade. He is a Banking and Financial services professional with Public Affairs expertise. He was EVP & Govt Business Head with HDFC Bank; Director, Business & Government Affairs, FINO - responsible for establishing BC network for various banks across the country. He was instrumental in devising various digital initiatives like MCA21; payment of Scholarships at MHRD and so on.

Surinder Singh Sur

Surinder Singh Sur, Former Adviser, NITI Aayog is an Electrical Engineer by profession. He is a Master of Electrical Engineering from Delhi Technological University, MBA from University of Hull, UK and Master in Public Policy from TERI University. He was India’s representative at Development Policies programme in International Development Centre, Tokyo, Japan. He put together the blueprint for Integrated Energy Policy, 2008; represented India at G20 in China, Germany and Argentina. Now, he is an emeritus faculty in Pusa and Aryabhatt Institute of Technolgy, Delhi.