Research Interest:

 Public Policy, Public Health, Network and Broadcasting

Experience:

• Distinguished Visiting Professor, IIT Kanpur (May 2023 - Present)
• Chairman, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) (Sept 2024 – Nov 2024)
• CEO, National Health Authority (Feb 2021 - Jan 2023)
• Retired Member of Indian Administrative Service (Oct 2020 – Jan 2021)
• Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) (Aug 2015 – Oct 2020)
• Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (May 2014 – Jul 2015)
• Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand (Apr 2013 – Apr 2014)
• Director General and /mission Director, UIDAI (Aug 2009 – May 2013)
• Principal Secretary, Science & Technology + Drinking Water & Sanitation Department, Govt. of Jharkhand (Sept 2008 – Jul 2009)

Key Achievements & Awards:

Dr. Sharma was the founding Director General and Mission Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), where he played a pivotal role in creating and rolling out Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometric identity system. As Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, he advanced key Digital India platforms — including Digital Locker, eSign, eKYC, and contributed to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ecosystem. Dr. Sharma spearheaded the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) during his association with NHA. Dr. Sharma has been awarded several honors including: Voice & Data Lifetime Achievement Award (2022), Economic Times Telecom Award for Lifetime Achievement (2022), Voice and Data "Telecom Person of the Year" award (2019), Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kanpur (2016), and Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration (2008). Dr. Sharma has also authored a book titled “The Making of Aadhaar: World's Largest Identity Platform”.

Research Interest:

Operations, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability.

Experience:

• Founding Director (2011-2022) and Professor of Operations Management, IIM Udaipur (2011-2023).
• Faculty at IIM Bangalore (1991-2011) and Institute of Rural Management (1989-1991).
• International faculty positions including Honorary Professor, Nottingham Business School, UK (2007-2025); Visiting Professor, The Logistics Institute, NUS, Singapore (2001); Visiting Researcher, The Sloan School, MIT, Boston, (1997), and held several professional leadership positions.
• President of Seva Mandir’s board since 2018.
• Joint Managing Director, Jaydeep Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (1982-85) and Planning Manager, Neeka Tubes Ltd. (1980-82).

Key Achievements & Awards:

Prof. Shah has received Best Faculty-Overall: Student Award (1999); IBM Faculty Award (2008, 2005 and 2004); Prof. M.C. Puri Award, Operational Research Society of India (2017) and Change Maestro and Institution Builder of the Year Award by Industry Academia Conference (2018).

Research Interest:

Operations Research, Multi-criteria optimization, Simulation, Enterprise computing and e-Governance

Experience:

• Chairman BoG, IIITDM, Kancheepuram (2019 – 2023)
• Founder Director, IIIT, Bangalore (1999 – 2021)
• Faculty at IIM Bangalore (1995-1999) and DoMS (erstwhile IME), IIT Kanpur from 1979 to 1995.
• Visiting Professor roles at Rutgers University (1997) and AIT Bangkok (1990)

Key Achievements & Awards:

Recipient of the Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award (2024) for his contributions to developing IIIT-Bangalore and other institutions. Other honors include Cisco Digital Pioneer Award (2015), Fulbright Fellow (1992), and Fellow of IEE (UK, 2002) and Computer Society of India.

Research Interest:

Application of machine learning and natural language processing in financial decisions, mergers and acquisitions, financial irregularities, media coverage and financial decisions, corporate governance, market efficiency, dividend policy and technology management.

Experience:

• Full Professor, Finance and holder of the Ian Telfer Fellowship in Global Finance, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.
• Faculty roles at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia and Assumption University, Bangkok.
• Finance Manager and Project Controller at Lafarge - a world leader in construction materials

Key Achievements & Awards:

Prof. Dutta is a recipient of SSHRC grants and Barclays Global Investors Canada Research Award (2006) for the best paper on the Canadian security market. He is also a recipient of the Telfer School of Management Research Excellence Award in 2016 and Award of Excellence in 2021.