Dr. Park is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Director General of its Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. He is chief spokesperson on economic and development trends and leads the production of ADB’s flagship knowledge products and support for regional cooperation fora. Dr. Park has more than 2 decades of experience…
With a background in Pharmacology, Dr. Dinesh Kumar served the prestigious premier nutrition research entity of India – ICMR – National Institute of Nutrition and retired as Scientist-G (Director Grade) after serving 38 years. Currently he is Chairman of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (SP-01), …
Prof. Alok Srivastava is a Physical Chemist with specialisation in Nuclear Chemistry and Application of Radioanalytical Techniques in Environmental Sciences and Public Health. He retired as Professor and was Chairman (HOD) of the Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Studies, Panjab University, in 2023. He has also held the position of Adjunct Professor in…
Mr. Ashish Kumar has joined Pahle India Foundation as a Distinguished Fellow. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the NITI Aayog, pursuing a project on the estimation of size and composition of digital economy using digital supply use tables. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New…
Dr Venkatesh is Professor Emeritus at St John’s Medical College Bangalore as well as CEO and the Director of the Foundation for Quality India (FQI). He is also the Director of the National Referral Centre for Lead Projects in India (NRCLPI). He is the current National Chairman of the Indian Society for Lead Awareness and…
Dr Soumya Swaminathan currently serves as the Chairperson of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai. She was most recently WHO’s Chief Scientist and before that, Deputy Director-General for Programmes. As WHO’s inaugural Chief Scientist, Dr Swaminathan built the Science division with a focus on research, quality assurance of norms and standards and digital…
Dr Indu Bhushan is a former Indian bureaucrat and economist. He was the first CEO of Ayushman Bharat, an Indian government agency providing national healthcare coverage to the low-income population of the country. His career spans over 40 years and across a multitude of sectors. He received his B.Tech from IIT-BHU and his Postgraduate Diploma…
Dr. Kumar, former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, recently resumed his chairmanship of Pahle India Foundation, a not-for-profit policy think tank, established by him in 2013. Dr. Kumar’s career has spanned academics to government to corporate chambers and multilateral institutions. The wide range of experience, combined with his intellectual depth, as reflected in his substantial…