Dr. Shankhadeep is a techno-management enthusiast, and his entire career reflects this passion. His education includes PhD in Management Information Systems from IIM Calcutta, MBA from IIM Calcutta (including a semester at NEOMA Business School, France), and B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from NIT Durgapur. He has several years of practitioner experience at reputed technology companies like Microsoft, Computer Sciences Corporation (client: eBay), and Amazon.

Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan is Director and Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). He was earlier Director of IIM Indore. He is currently the Ram Charan Chair Professor in Innovation and Leadership, and earlier held the Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship at IIMB from 2007 to 2010.

Professor Sadagopan, Former Director of IIIT -Bangalore, is an alumnus of Madras University, India and Purdue University, USA. He taught for over 25 years at IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras and IIIT-Bangalore, in addition to short teaching assignments at RUTGERS, USA and AIT, Bangkok. He has authored seven books, several book chapters and papers. He is a Fellow of IEE (UK) and Computer Society of India.