Dr. Sanjaya Baru is Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institution of India. He has been
Editor, Financial Express and Business Standard; Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute of Strategic Studies (UK) and has taught economics at the University of Hyderabad. He was Media Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. His books include The Strategic Consequences of India’s Economic Performance (2006); Accidental Prime Minister (2014) and India’s Power Elite: Caste, Class and a Cultural Revolution (2021).

Rohit Bansal is Group Head of Communications, Reliance Industries Ltd. A media leader and influencer, he is listed in this year’s global Holmes List of 100 top in-house communicators in the world. His expertiseis at the intersection of Government and Regulation, Media/Social Media, Reputation, Strategy and Value Capture. He is a multiple TEDx speaker and a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. Rohit serves on the National Executive of FICCI and the inaugural Industry-Academia Forum of CII. He has previously served on the boards of leading media houses including Network18, TV18, Viacom18 and TheEditors Guild of India. He considers himself a shishya of Dr. Sanjaya Baru.

Video