Advisory board
Anurag Batra
- Entrepreneur, media observer and journalist
- Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Exchange4Media
- GroupMember, Sales & Marketing Committee, Delhi Management Association
- President, Franchising Association of India, Northern Chapter
Anurag is a B. Tech in Computer Sciences, a degree that he acquired before joining MDI, Gurgaon. In 2006, Anurag was awarded the “Most Distinguished Alumni of the Decade” award by the institute. He is passionate about magazines and is on the Executive Committee of the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM). Anurag wants to give back to the industry and his love for teaching comes into play in his position as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Futuristic Media Communication Centre (FMCC), a leading media and communication school in India.
Dr. Christian Ketels
- Principal Associate, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
- Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics
- Director, The Competitiveness Institute
Dr. Ketels holds a PhD (Economics) from the London School of Economics and further degrees from the Kiel Institute for World Economics and Cologne University. He has led cluster and competitiveness projects in many parts of the world, written widely on economic policy issues, and is a frequent speaker on competitiveness and strategy in Europe, North America and Asia.
He currently serves on the advisory boards of The Baltic Development Forum, the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness at the Universidad de los Andes, The ORKESTRA-Basque Competitiveness Institute and Invest in Sweden Agency. Dr. Ketels is a special advisor to the Asia Competitiveness Institute, a member of the selection committee for the Spitzencluster-Initiative launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), and is a member of the European Commission’s European Cluster Policy Group.
Christopher Doyle
- MD, Dynamic Results India
With almost 21 years of experience as a professional manager in industries as diverse as consumer products, hospitality and information technology, Christopher has worked as the business head with leading multinational companies like Coats Viyella, Eveready Battery Company Inc, Bausch & Lomb, Hilton Hotels and IBM. His last assignment was as the Country Manager, India with the Economist Intelligence Unit. His current job involves working with clients in supporting them in their strategic planning and strategy execution, and in helping them achieve their growth plans through performance enhancement at the organizational and individual levels.
Dr. G. Balaji
- Senior Director, Talent Development, Fidelity Business Services India
Before joining Fidelity, Dr. Balaji worked with Bharti Airtel as Vice President, Learning and Development. He has also been active in the IT field with assignments such as the training manager at Intel Technologies India and the Principal Consultant at Satyam Computer Services.
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams
- CEO, Cluster Navigators, New Zealand
- Founder and Past President, The Competitiveness Institute
- Member, Advisory Board, The Competitiveness Institute
- Board of Advisors, Pan African Competitiveness Forum
Ifor is recognized globally as a leader in the development of clusters—from training economic development professionals in the process of cluster development, the start up and review of clusters, innovation and competitiveness programs to establishing local cluster development initiatives and leading cluster workshops.
His global client base includes World Bank, OECD, UNIDO, Commonwealth Secretariat, Swedish Aid Program (Sida/SAREC), US Aid and New Zealand Aid. He also serves national, regional and local economic development agencies in over 40 countries.
His specialties are introducing the relevance of cluster-based economic development and presenting interactive cluster training workshops. He is a frequent presenter at competitiveness and economic development conferences. He has served as the New Zealand Vice President at the Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSA).
Dr. Ram S. Jakhu
- Managing Editor, Space Regulations Library Series
- Member, Editorial Board, Annals of Air and Space Law and Utrecht Series in Air and Space Law
- Board member, International Institute of the Space Law International Astronautical Federation
- Chairman, Legal and Regulatory Committee, International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety
Ram teaches and conducts research in international space law, law of space applications, law of space commercialization, government regulation of space activities, law of telecommunications, Canadian communications law and public international law.
Sanjay Verma
- Executive Managing Director, South Asia, Cushman & Wakefield
Sanjay overlooks C&W’s operations in South Asia, including New Zealand and Australia. As part of the senior Asia leadership team, he plays an important role in increasing the company’s market share within the region and is responsible for assessing expansion opportunities in other emerging markets; thereby enabling integrated service reach and widened delivery to clients.
Sanjay continues to focus on the expansion of the highly successful India operations by way of both organic- and acquisitions-led growth, and evaluates opportunities enhancing service delivery capabilities and reach.
