DISTINGUISHED HONORARY VISITING PROFESSORS

Dr. Rao is the Director of the WIPO Coordination Office in New York. He has been WIPO's representative since 1998 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Dr. Rao worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India for nearly 25 years and became its Chief Legal Adviser. He was also the Legal Adviser at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York from 1995-1998. Earlier, he was a full time professor at the Advanced Legal Studies Department of the University of Madras from 1977 to 1982 and lectured at several universities in USA since the 1990s. He was also a visiting faculty member at the Indian Academy for Diplomacy and International Law, Indian Foreign Service Institute, Executive Member of the Indian Society of International Law, Member of the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of International Law and the Indian Year Book of International Affairs, and an active member of the International Law Association in India Branch. He is enrolled as a member of the bar at the Delhi High Court, and has several publications

Dr. Rao holds the following degrees: B.SC., LL.B., LL.M. (Andhra University, Waltair); M.Phil, Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi).

(M.Com, LL.B, FCS, FCMA, Ph.D and MCJ (Master of Communication and Journalism) M. A. (Astrology) and M.A. (Sanskrit), Ph.D. (Capital Markets), President 2001. The Institute of Company secretaries of India, a National Public Autonomous body under an Act of Parliament, President-South Asian Federation of Accountants- (SAFA)-2019). Dr. P V S Jagan Mohan Rao is a member of the IFAC Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) committee. He also serves as a central council member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and as Vice President of the South Asian Federation of Accountants.

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Dr. Rao has previously served as National President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, a member of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards, a member of Accounting Standards Board of SEBI and a member of Company Law Committee and Committee on Banking & Insurance of Federation of AP Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He has held the positions as Director (Finance), CFO, Vice President (Finance) & Company Secretary and worked with several organizations including Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd, Karvy Consultant Ltd, and the Naandi Foundaton. Dr. Rao obtained his Ph D in Capital Markets from the School of Management Science JNTU Hyderabad.

Mr Ranganayakulu was the Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India from August 08, 2008 - August 11, 2017, in-charge of Legal, Enforcement and Adjudication Departments. He is instrumental in bringing various legislative changes, regulations and defending high profile enforcement actions, before Securities Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court. He joined SEBI in 1997 as a Division Chief. Before that he worked for ten years as Law Officer with HUDCO, Government of India enterprise. He was proactively involved in financing various housing, social and urban infrastructure projects.

He presented several papers on issues relating to securities market in national and international forums. He was on the Governing Board of Indian Institute of Capital Markets and was a member of various advisory committees of SEBI, including committees which framed Takeover Code and Insider Trading Regulations. He was a member of Indian delegation to UNIDROIT Geneva Securities Convention and served as a member of justice Lodha committee appointed by the Supreme Court in the matter of PACL.

Mr Ranganayakulu is currently a member of Advisory Committee on service providers, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, Member Committees of National Stock Ex change of India and Central Securities Depository Limited, Investor Grievance Commit-tee of National Securities Depository Limited and independent director on ICICI Prudential Trust Limited and ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company. He is enrolled with Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa as an Advocate and has been engaged by law firms Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Economic Laws Practice, Mumbai as part-time retainer. He holds Bachelor degrees in Cor merce and Law, Masters in Political Science and Constitutional law. He also holds a Masters in International Law and Economics (from World Trade Institute, Switzerland).

Former Advisor, IGP & Director, APFSL, Chairman, Truth Labs and Managing Director, Genome Foundation .

Dr. Gandhi P. C. Kaza was born on 24th January 1948 in a family wedded to Gandhian values and tradition just before the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi and therefore was given the first name of Gandhi. Dr. Gandhi P.C. Kaza is Advisor to the Government of West Bengal and J&K, Former Advisor, IGP & Director, APFSL, Chairman, Truth Labs, Managing Director, Genome Foundation. .

With a Ph.D. in Physics, Dr. Gandhi spent his life time in scientific investigation and detection of crime joining the forensic science wing of Intelligence Bureau in 1970 and retired in 2007 only to continue his public service passion and commitment and started Truth Labs, the first independent non-profit forensic science laboratory in India; realizing the need and importance to support and supplement the efforts of the government forensic labs to cater to the needs of common man and several other government and non government organizations facing issues of cheating, fraud, misappropriation, white collar offences as well as theft, burglary, rape and murder and many other crimes. During 38 years of service in government and over 11 years in Truth Labs, Dr. Gandhi has made remarkable strides in forensic science service taking to the doorstep of the people and also assisting police, courts, government and private agencies thus making significant impact in detection of Truth and upholding of Justice (Dharma) in India and several others abroad.