Leadership
Advisory Board
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Prof. Abhay Karandikar
Director, IIT Kanpur
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Sudha Murty
Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
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Rakesh Sharma
IIT-K Foundation, East Coast USA
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Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Chairman, Narayana Health
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Subramaniam Ramadorai
Tata Trust
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Saurabh Chandra IAS
Former Secretary, GoI
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Dr. Mammen Chandy
Director, Tata Medical Center (Kol)
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Arun Seth
Former Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation
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Dr. Kamal Sharma
Vice Chairman, Lupin Limited
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Muktesh ‘Micky’ Pant
Micky & Vinita Charitable Fund, USA
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Dr. Dev Joneja
Chief Risk Officer, Exodus Point Capital Management
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Mr. Hemant Jalan
Managing Director, Indigo Paints Limited
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Mr. Anil Bansal
Chairman, Vsplash TechLabs
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Mr. Rakesh Gangwal
Co-founder, IndiGo airline
Gangwal School Task Force is assigned the responsibility of tracking the overall progress of the
project from an operational position. The project team has been divided into 3 key verticals:
Infrastructure, Research and Development, and Fundraising. This task force meets every 2
weeks to assess and discuss the progress of each sub-committees. The task force includes the
chairs and convenors of all the committees.
- Prof. S. Ganesh, Deputy Director (Chair)
- Prof. Braj Bhushan, Dean of Administration (Member)
- Prof. Samit Ray Chaudhuri, Dean of Infrastructure and Planning (Member)
- Prof. Kantesh Balani, Dean of Resources and Alumni (Member)
- Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Head, BSBE (Member)
- Prof. K. Muralidhar, ME (Member)
- Mr. Rajeev Garg, OSD IIT Kanpur (Member)
- Mr. Arun Seth, Former Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation (Member)
- Mr. Gautam Khanna, CEO Hinduja Hospital (Member)
- Prof. Jayandharan G. Rao, Associate Dean R&D (Member)
- Dr. Shweta Bhat, Research Establishment Officer, Directorate (Secretary)
- Dr. S Deepashree, Project Executive Officer, Gangwal School Cell (Secretary)