Kochi Dialogue Advisory Group
Ms Soumya C, IFS
Joint Secretary, Policy Planning and Research Division,
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Mr P K Hormis Tharakan IPS (Retd)
Former Chief of R&AW
Ambassador T P Seetharam
Former Indian Ambassador to the UAE
Ambassador Venu Rajamony
Former Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands and Press
Secretary to President of India (Shri Pranab Mukherjee)
Ambassador Muktesh Pardeshi
Former Indian Ambassador to Türkiye, Mexico & New
Zealand
Mr Balagopal Chandrasekhar
Chairman of Keralam State Industrial Development
Corporation and former Chairman of Federal Bank
Vice Admiral M P Muralidharan AVSM & BAR, NM (Retd)
Former Director General of Indian Coast Guard.
Vice Admiral Ashok Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)
Former Vice Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy, former
National Maritime Security Coordinator
Mr Alex Thomas
Managing Director of Tierra Foods India Pvt Ltd.
Mr Manoj PV
Former Indian Consul in China
Dr Shakila T Shamsu
Formerly OSD (New Education Policy), Ministry of
Education (MoE) and was also Secretary to the Committee to Draft National
Education Policy.
Prof K C Abraham
Retd from SH College, Thevara and Advisor to CPPR
Dr Madhu Pillai
Operations and Project Management expert based in Saudi
Arabia
Mr K V Thomas
Former Asst Director (IB), Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India
Mr Thaha Mohammed
President, Indian Business and Professionals Council,
Qatar
Mr Nandi Vardhan Mehta
CFO, KAAF Investments, UAE
Ms Zahraa Taher
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Finmark Communications,
Bahrain
