Team

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