WileyNXT

Exponential Learning. Applied.

The Wiley Innovation

Advisory Council (WIAC)
conceptualized by Wiley,
has a mission to foster
exchange of topical industry
insights and technology
trends, evangelize
IN AI, ANALYTICS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES innovation and thought
leadership, collaborate to
develop industry-focused
learning and research
frameworks and platforms
for AI and exponential
technologies. The vision is
to lead to a sustainable
industry academia
partnership, joint talent
A Council of Seasoned and development and R&D
Proven Leaders from the Corporates Initiatives relevant for
Industry 4.0 .
and Academia on a Single Platform
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Key challenges we are The Journey so far...

dealing with today Fostering a platform for exchange of
industry insights, perspectives and
What would be the impact of exponential trends in exponential technologies
technologies on businesses across industries?

How can industry and academia collaborate to build

effective learning frameworks and curricula for new age
job roles of the digital economy?
InnovationNxt discussion at WGIC’19

What can be the strategy towards building a continuous

cycle of talent who remain continuously relevant?
Panel discussion organized by Bridgei2i

Evangelizing innovation and thought

Evolution of Wiley Innovation leadership through publications such as
the Wiley Innovation Black Book on
Advisory Council (WIAC)
Exponential Technologies 2019
In context of these problem statements, the only way to arrive at an
effective solution is by bringing in thought leaders from both
industry and academia together and engaging in discussions and
collaborations that lead to concrete outcomes.
Launch event of Wiley Innovation Black Book
With this intent in mind, Wiley conceptualized the Wiley Innovation on Exponential Technologies 2019 with Peter Wiley
Advisory Council (WIAC) with a forum of top in uencers, thought
leaders, business leaders and industry experts, willing to Building industry-focused learning
contribute towards the Future of Work and Future of Learning. frameworks through WileyNXT for
The contributions and initiatives of WIAC are a step towards developing skilled future-ready
helping learners, professionals, institutes and organizations workforce to bridge the talent gap
prepare best for Industry 4.0.

For more information, visit www.wileynxt.com/wiac

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Glimpse of WileyNXT online learning platform

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List of WIAC Members—Academia

Prof. Arnab Laha Prof. Dinesh Kumar Prof. S Sadagopan Prof. Shashikant Albal Prof. Sridhar Seshadri
Faculty, Production and Quantitative Faculty, Decision Sciences and Director (President) Director, Shiv Nadar Faculty and Key In uencer at
Methods (P&QM), IIM Ahmedabad Information Systems, IIM Bangalore IIT Bangalore Foundation Institution ISB Hyderabad & University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign

List of WIAC Members—Industry Leaders

Ajay Kelkar AN Rao Anand S. Anees Merchant Anshu Sharma Raja

Co - Founder, Hansa Cequity Ex-SVP, Global Head, CEO, Gramener Global Business Head – Digital Managing Director,
Cognizant Academy and Insights at Course5 Intelligence Standard Chartered Bank

Arvind Thothadri Ashish Singru Atul Jalan Chris Arnold Deep Thomas
VP, Global Training and Certi cation, Senior Director, CEO, Manthan Analytics Knowledge Services Leader Group Chief Data and Analytics O cer
Automation Anywhere Finance and Analytics at eBay Wells Fargo Aditya Birla Management Corporation
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List of WIAC Members—Industry Leaders
Divesh Singla
Vice President, HEOR, Paraxel
Pramod Singh
Chief Analytics O cer and VP
of Data Sciences and Analytics
at Envestnet Yodlee
Saraswathi Ramachandra
Head of Personal Banking
IT & Analytics Center of
Excellence at Danske IT
Ganesh Mahadevan
Technology and Innovation Practice
Head, BI & A, IoT, Analytics at Atos
Prithv it Roy
Founder and CEO, BRIDGEi2i
Analytics Solutions
Satbir Kohli
Co-Founder and President,
GSY Technologies,
Ex-SVP Global SAP Head,
Tech Mahindra
Mahesh Calavai Pankaj Kulkresthra Pankaj Rai
Chief Data and Analytics CEO, Scienaptic Systems SVP, Strategy, Wells Fargo
O cer, TVS Motors
Dr. Rohini Srivathsa Sameer Dhanrajani Sanjay Srivastava
National Technology O cer Chief Strategy O cer VP, Analytics and Reporting
Microsoft India Fractal Analytics American Express
Sriram Rajagopal V aya Kumar Ivaturi Vikas Gupta
Founder and CEO, Diamindpick Co-Founder and CTO Managing Director,
ex-SVP, HR, Cognizant Crayon Data Wiley India