MINDS Academic Council

Nominees from STEM Governing Council

Prof. B. Bhaskara Rao: Executive Director of STEM. Housing & Human Settlement Consultant for over three decades. Alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur. Was Professor & Dean, IIM-B as also adviser to the UN and the Governments of Bhutan & Saudi Arabia.

Prof. M. Panduranga Vithal: Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Founder-Director, MINDS. Currently, Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM)-Bangalore, Was also a faculty  at the University of Delhi, Institute of Rural Management (IRMA)-Anand and IIM-Calcutta.

Padmabhushan Prof. N. S. Ramaswamy: National Professor and Member of the Board of Directors of STEM. Was Founder Director of IIM-B, Director of NITIE- Bombay, and Professor at the Bajaj Institute of Management of Bombay University. Currently, presides over the Bangalore-based Centre of Action, Research & Technology for Man, Animal & Nature (CARTMAN) and Indian Heritage Academy (IHA).

Nominee from MINDS Faculty

Prof. V. B. Koujalgi: Ph. D. from IIT-Bombay. Was on the faculties of IIT-Bombay and IIM-Bangalore. Was also consultant to UNDP.

Professionals/ Practitioners

Prof. K. M. Anantharamaiah: Ph. D. in Transportation & Environmental Planning from the University of Birmingham, UK. Was on the faculty of IIM-B for over two decades. Was the RBI Chair Professor in Infrastructure Management. Was Visiting Professor to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, and the University Sains Malaysia.

Prof. T. P.  Gopalaswamy: Ph. D. in Agricultural Economics from IARI, New Delhi. Specialist in Rural Marketing & Rural Infrastructure Development. Was on the faculty of IIM-B, for over two decades.

Mr. Maloy Banerjee: Alumnus of IIM-C. Former faculty IIM-B. Currently, Director, Oakdene India.

Mr. Nabaroon Bhattacharjee: Program Manager & Team Leader – Urban Management,  Office of Economic Growth, USAID.

Prof. P. Narayana Reddy: Ph. D. in Engineering from USA. Director, The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Dr. N. C. B. Nath: Former Chairman of State Trading Corporation. Presently, Chairman, Foundation to Aid Industrial Recovery (FAIR).

Prof. P. S. Rao: Specialist in water resources development and management. Held various faculty positions at IIM-B. Was associated with The World Bank, FAO, the Govt. of The Netherlands, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)-Colombo, and Global Water Partnership (GWP).

Dr. G. Thimmayya: Former Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India, Director, Institute of Social & Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, and Economic Adviser, Govt. of Karnataka.

Institutional Nominees

Convenor

Dr. K. V. Subramanian: Director, MINDS. Fellow (Ph.D) in Management from IIM-B. BE in Electrical Engineering from NIT-Surathkal. Has been a Management Consultant for nearly two decades.

Secretary

Prof. S. Nagendra: Dean (Prpogrammes), MINDS. Specialist in Human Resources Management (HRM). MBA from Mysore University and  LLB from Bangalore University. Also, Fellow of National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM). Has more than 30 years’ experience as teacher, trainer, academic administrator and corporate & HR professional. Is Member, Board of Studies in Management, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU).