Amir Ullah Khan
Senior Policy Advisor Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amir Ullah Khan is a Development Economist and a Senior Policy Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from Osmania University. He studied at the Institute of Rural Management Anand and has a PhD in Economics and Business Studies from the Jamia Millia University. He has worked as a Researcher for the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and the UNDP for Project LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy). He was then the Academic Head at the Indian School of Finance and Management, after which he worked with Encyclopædia Britannica as Executive Director and Editor.
Amitabh Singhal
Director, Telxess Consulting Services (Pvt) Ltd., Board Member – Public Interest Registry
Amitabh Singhal is a Board Member of PIR.ORG. He was Founder and former President of Internet Service Providers Association of India, which was in continuation of its predecessor, the Email Service Providers Association. He has many feathers in his hat for various policy and regulatory achievements such as, helping the government to write key elements of the ISP policy; opening up the Internet for private competition that led them to set up international gateways and become dominant bandwidth owners; and opening up of Internet Telephony, among others.
Amarendra Srivastava
Senior Consultant & General Manager, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Amarendra Srivastava has comprehensive experience spanning 22 years across a wide spectrum of domains. He helps organisations through strategy reviews, process transformation and technology implementations. His areas of expertise include business planning, strategy & execution, human resources (hiring, talent management, performance management), learning & development, operational excellence and project management. He has designed and delivered training programmes in different areas such as Personal effectiveness, Presentation skills, Sales & marketing, Project management and Coaching & mentoring skills. He has also conceptualized and implemented ‘Change Management Framework’ for organisational transformation, designed ‘Co-Creation’ workshop model which is at the heart of ‘Coaching Skills’ workshops and other organisational development programmes. He has contributed to various Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), large organisations like American Express, Infosys and technology based non-profit organisations like Digital Empowerment Foundation, Liberty Institute (EmpoweringIndia.Org) and LetzChange.Org. He is quite active on Social Media and can be reached at @amarsrivastava on Twitter.